Oct 9, 2009

      offically dedicated

      well it looks official, we have a dedicated  fedex north bound run  from fresno to kent (seattle) sometimes  to spokane. its the south bound load that is always a mystery.  its hurry up to washington and they will   give us extra time on our southbound run.  but we just drop the trailer, and have to   pick up an empty one to take to fedex. that is where we are wasting 3 and 4  hours

      looking for a stinking empty trailer. they'll send us to  stockton, sears has one,  send us to patterson, khols has three. dont take any from costco.

      one time we could not find an empty everywhere they sent us. so they said they had a driver that was sitting over in their yard  with an empty and he would hold it for us. ok so over there we go,  he's gone but we got the trailer and went to hook up to it and the lights  didnt work, and no shop to fix it, luckily we found another empty there.

      last time we found an empty with a flat, tried to get the shop to fix it and

      2  hours later he still never got around to it. so we left without an empty.

      i told will we should have hooked up to it, drove down the block, then called   for road service. but he didnt think that would work. how do you know if you dont try. its not just us. every time we drop at the lathrop yard there is a line of drivers  at the window asking for empty trailer locations.

      last time i thought will was going to have a stroke. he's there at the window with  several  other drivers asking for empty's and one of the local drivers ( the guy that works 8-5) says, oh you need empty's, i made three deliveries today i guess i should have  brought back empty's with me. but i wanted something to do later today.

      omg, i could hear the vein in his neck start throbbing. he just  shook his head and left. if they can figure out what to do about the lack of empty trailers things might work out better.

      its funny how men and women see the same thing and associate it a different way.

      ...for instance...... we are delivering our fedex load in kent washington, and looking for a  place to park for the night.  we turn the corner and  there are two buildings one big blue with yellow letters and right across the street is a  smaller building,  same shade of blue with yellow letters. so i say, 'thats weird, i wonder why they have two ikea stores across from each other' will says ikea, i was thinking that was the biggest  napa ive ever seen'  (ikea was the big building, napa was the little one)

      sally is right oregon needs an in and out burger.  they really are nothing special,  you can  a hamburger or a cheese burger, or you can get a double hamburger or a double  cheese burger. with fries. thats it. the burger is a good size one too. the onions are a full round slice. and its fast. but california  needs a burgerville. i miss the walla-walla onion rings, and sweet potato fries.

       i did grab a couple of books last time i was home.  How the irish saved civilization. the  untold story of history between the fall of rome and the raise of  medieval Europe and In my own words, the autobiography of the Dalai Lama.  will really needs to   read that one, either that or i need to steal some of kenny's pills.  he is just so  intense about things.  everything is like the last straw.  we have to hurry there is no time on this load.  we have to hurry

      we dont want to get stuck in rush hour traffic. hurry up go around this guy before we get to the hill. hurry, the sooner we get there the sooner i can get some sleep.  and on and on. he is always so pessimistic about things.  i told him a glass half full,   will still quench your thirst. he says wtf does that mean.   

 i keep telling him i cant afford to keep giving him my karma points. 'earn your own' that attitude probably cost me some points

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