The Food Service Rant thread

Discussion in 'LTL and Local Delivery Trucking Forum' started by LoneCowboy, Jun 20, 2015.

  1. truck_guy

    truck_guy Medium Load Member

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    My understanding is that they closed thirteen stores in the Midwest. I know the two closest to me are closed, but I think there are still two in Michigan.

    Streamlining. Closing 'underperforming' stores.
     
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    Ohhhh today was a fine day at work, but gosh my alarm went off at 3am and I got up, but it took me a good hour to start to wake up. It's funny some days I am up and at em and other days it takes a little longer to get the cobwebs off, well that's how it goes.
     
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    So, I have to tell you, even though I've been doing trimwork (windows doors trim, worse than food BTW) they finally got us our trailers so we've been taking the single axle tractor and a 28' pup around. Which I know I lot of food service guys use but MBM didn't (48's and a tandem axle, usually a sleeper).

    Ok this SATT and Pup is like cheating. It"s hilarious, I laugh all the time. You can flip a ##### in a residential street, back that sucker up anywhere. It's great.
     
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    Pups are the fat chick at the party - you hope noone sees you banging her but #### it's fun.
     
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    2' of snow,no work tonite.No trks coming in.!!!!
     
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    LOL
    OMG
    You owe me a new keyboard!!!!!!!!!!!
     
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    One of draws of GFS is we use pups for pretty much 90% of everything. Yeah we have 50' but those are only for volume and some chains and those are all pretty much relegated to running out of the warehouse. I've pulled the GFS 50' trailers. Actually the 50's I was kind of amazed as how they back up pretty good they just go right back no problem they don't walk much or any thing.
     
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    Alright Tuesday's cross town beat down, was another major success. 17 stops with 860 cases loaded up to 20,000lbs. I got to work at 3:00am and clocked out at 5:30pm I think sometime around there. I had a back haul to so that added time and what not. Got every case delivered and scanned and off the truck. Worked out well.
     
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    Lag I learn so much from you, I never knew that's what you did with the fat chick at the party, and now I know there all a bunch of fun. It's suddenly changed my world view a little bit.
     
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