It is 6 AM and I am washing a load of laundry because……my truck got red tagged for recalls! The load that I was to take to El Paso was taken away while I sat and waited for Freightliner to arrive to change out a part or two. Could it be that I pissed off the weekend dispatcher last night as there was no mention of a recall when I arrived yesterday morning? If I was told of the recall yesterday, the shop would have given me a voucher for a room!
My year of nice loads has come to an end…….as I have previously discussed with family members, it is as if the company is purposely making my stay here as frustrating as possible as there are students (20 students here) waiting to start their year of starvation and abuse. I talked to the shop mechanic this morning; there have been over 18 accidents in the past month that were driver error. Not only that, there are over 300 brand new trucks here at this facility waiting to be assigned and these trucks, are small! I assumed that they were for solo drivers but found out that they are for teams as well. They have half the sleeper room as my truck which means half the storage and of course, a lot lighter…..so they can haul more of course. And, they are all white, not the standard company blue.
On a good note, at least my computer works (can’t say much about the company WiFi); I have stocked my cooler and now have clean laundry. Great way to start the week!
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