What if it Snows?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Dave_in_AZ, Mar 19, 2018.

  1. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    Whoops.

    I may have put some high speed cat feed in the tank at the blue wilderness feed mill/canning station in Richmond, In a few weeks back.
    I been looking all over for it, some nice gentleman in a suit coat gave it to me in West Memphis, though he called it high speed chicken feed....
    I kept telling him we tried that before, we couldn’t catch the genetically engineered 4 legged chicken..

    In other news.
    400 mile ag exempt down, another 100 to go, had to eat at subway because I must like self pain and punishment.
     
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  3. spindrift

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    I had the displeasure of eating at a Subway today, but not because of the food. I get behind a very, very old gentleman, or at the very least he's seen a hard life...probably both. He's clearly uncomfortable with the situation, probably hasn't frequented places like this much, if at all.

    The young guy behind the counter, who would rather be sitting on his arse at home collecting a Covid check, asks the old guy what kind of bread he wants, and not in a very polite manner I might add. The fella has NO idea what bread he can choose and this clearly flusters the man while the kid stands there, doing absolutely NOTHING to help, waiting for the man to make a decision. The older guy is getting a bit more confused as the kid stands there motionless staring at him. I couldn't take it.
    PLEASE TELL THE MAN WHAT BREAD YOU HAVE AVAILABLE! The kid doesn't look at me and CONTINUES to stare at the gentleman. At that moment, I saw the bread selection board pasted to the front cooler window and told the fella to make his decision from those choices on the board.

    I tell ya', there aren't many things that piss me off more than people disrespecting our older generation. It seriously frosts my ###. I just about jumped over that counter to wring the kid's neck.

    Why do we treat our oldest folks the worse? Back when I was in the commercial emergency generator biz, I'd have to visit government subsidized old folks' facilities. You wanna' wake-up call? It's embarrassing how the government spends our money. Really, it is. ####tards, they are.
     
  4. SoulScream84

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    I'm in direct contact with brokers, rather than working for a company, they evaluate who they do business with using your MC# as your ID. So when one of our guys calls and agrees to a rate/load even without the Rate Confirmation sheet it's basically considered a done deal, and nobody else SHOULD be able to steal it from under you while waiting on paperwork. Unfortunately, some less honorable individuals will agree to a rate, keep shopping for better loads, and then "fall off" the load they agreed to. Once this happens enough times, even if you didn't do it, you're burned because of their behavior.
     
  5. spindrift

    spindrift Road Train Member

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    Ok, but how does somebody you don't know, get your MC#
     
  6. spindrift

    spindrift Road Train Member

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  7. SoulScream84

    SoulScream84 Road Train Member

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    Because I am operating under a company mc#, rather than having my own authority. Think of it like working for Swift, Prime, etc... only instead of being dispatched I am my own boss. It removes some overhead for me, gives (gave) me access to some better brokers who don't typically work with startups, and has some small advantages on fuel prices in their network.
     
  8. spindrift

    spindrift Road Train Member

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    Ahhh...thanks for the clarification.
     
  9. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    We’re all busy. My terminal is giving away about a third of our business because we just dont have the manpower or the equipment to cover everything.
     
  10. spindrift

    spindrift Road Train Member

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    Ignore.
     
  11. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    I’m offended and I’m telling “Dr.” Fowchie. :biggrin_25523:
     
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