from bad through worse and into hellish

[valarltd]

My work-week's tally:

3 out of 4 loads late
3 flat tires (not counting number 4, 2 weeks ago)
A blizzard in Ohio
A backing accident (I scraped a stretch about 4' long and 2 mm deep off a concrete ledge and lost some paint off my ICC bumper)
Getting stuck backing into the dock and having to be salted out. TWICE!
Getting scaled and then called into the chicken coop
a $320 fine for being overweight on my rear axle by ~3000 lbs
A tandem that wouldn't slide and took the scalemaster, me AND a random flatbedder to get me legal
Skinning into the parking area with 30 seconds on my 11 hours, giving me 70 hours of work this week (Had I been late, I would have logged yesterday's 4 hour pickup as sleeper berth)

And no toilet paper in the Wendy's bathroom.
The last just kinda adds insult to injury.


I told dispatch, "It could be worse, but only as a matter of degree."

I want to go home and rethink my life
Or at least my career choice.

Comments

[rimmie.livejournal.com]

*hugs you* My dad is a trucker, he's had the rough weeks like that too. *hugs you again* Hope it all turns out alright.

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

It's amazing how a night of sleeping in your own bed, being cuddled really helps.

[maisfeeka.livejournal.com]

*Hugs you*

*Misses Han*

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

It was definitely a Han sort of week.

[maisfeeka.livejournal.com]

*sends more hugs*

The D-Man checks in

[(Anonymous)]

Well... I'm sure Han Solo has some rough weeks too. At least you don't need to worry about getting boarded by Imperial troops, or run down by pirates.

Re: The D-Man checks in

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

The former is called DOT (Department of Transportation) and yeah, we get boarded by troopers... Saw one guy getting DOT'd today.

And the only reason I don't worry about pirates is what I haul. No self-respecting hijacker or terrorist wants 144 Hummer hood louvers or 288 Canyon rocker panels. (I won't tell you how many trucks get hijacked every year, and how much hazmat freight gets lost. The numbers would only make you worry)