Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

I kind of doubt it as he was a hard working team player, but it didn’t work if it were a punishment as he went on to bigger and better things.

 

Why are you running today? I figured they’d be nice enough to let you have a day or two off.

 

What do bosses know? Lol.

 

Nope, I’ve sworn off weekend runs for the winter. If I go back to the extra board in the spring, I might be more interested in it.

 

Well, I've got a rant.
good ol Friday, things looking smooth. Out the gate on time, met with turn driver, 5 min swap, back to yard, drop trailer than go with a single 4k pup out to a small terminal about 3 hours away on the other side of a windy, out in the middle of nowhere backcountry highway.
stop about halfway through that road to take my mandatory 30 minute lunch. Have the truck on keeping me warm, was about 29 degrees outside, all the sudden, truck dies and everything turns off. Headlights, cab light, horns didn't work, even the on board computer/gps was dark.
Best part? I'm miles away from even a hint of any kind of cell phone service. It's 330 in the morning, pitch black outside. There's no heater, no light aside from my eld light, my cell phone, and my headlamp. Oh, and mountain lions and bears are also know to wander around the area.
so, being it's pitch black, freezing out. I had to spend 4-5 hours curled up on the floor of the truck trying to keep warm with cheap off brand hand warmers while covering myself up with a bunch of ratchet straps as a sort of blanket till the sun came up and things started warming up.
then I had to walk 3 miles till finally, by the grace of God, a nice couple who just by luck happened to be good friends with the terminal manager of the terminal I was going to recognized the truck and saw me walking, offered to give me a ride to where I'd have service.
after finally getting to service, being put on hold 5 times by dispatch and the shop not answering,I finally got ahold of the person responsible for getting me a tow truck. Get a ride back to the truck, and end up waiting 3 1/2 hours for the tow truck arrived. After a then 3 hours truck ride back to my home terminal, my ### finally ends up being able o go home and take a flipping 12 hour nap