Remember i quit back in Nov last year. He called me late Jan and was stuck for a driver for a 1 day job to the Bluewater bridge. I said ok, 1 load. Then it was, I have a 4 day load to Fargo, all following, could you do that one. Ok, and then the next etc.
Well, i really don't like the work. To stressfull, and to much away from home. Had 34 years of that. Plus the truck keeps breaking down, leaving me some waht late or no show for my equine jobs,( I have a good rep in the area and this could blow it for me) and this run accused of letting my driver damage the tower on a sign. I knew that was false, and went out and took photos of the intersection in question, the damage. When confronted with this evidence, they changed their tune and maybe a driver backed into the load. However they told their boss, i was inatentive. I have processed the photos of the dent, intersection and ding from the load that backed into my drivers load and forwarded to my boss. There will also be a mention of, oh btw i'm done.;-0 I was told i could do my shows as well as drive for him. So far i have missed 2 of 3. I am trying to add shows to fill in the holes, and i have managed some, so if i can do that, i can make a living from these shows, and thats what i would rather be doing.:-) Dave On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 6:41 PM, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How the hell can you not quit? That's some employment contract. > > > > David J Brooks wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > Back from another 7 day adventure to Fargo with those wind towers. > > Again another trip that should have been 4 days. To quote John > > Beluchi<sp> "But Nooooooooo". > > > > Another late start in Fort Erie,and another midnight run from Hurley > > Wis to Fargo. I hate that day.:-0 > > > > This should work out well. Breakfast, then a drive to Madison, then > > home on Sat and make my horse show on Sunday. > > > > Perfect. > > > > Well....... > > > > Last trip my truck broke down twice and i managed to get it going to > > keep the loads on track, and twice i ran into > > very nice and friendly service people in Escanaba Mich and Hurley Wis, > > that fixed me up. > > > > Dropped the towers off Friday at 9am and five of us headed to a Petro > > station on I94 for breakfast. As i was leading, i turned off > > at the exit and went over the freeway, and saw the two left turn > > lanes. I was still doing a proper speed, but not fast for the > > intersection. I saw an 18 wheeler infront take the outside left lane > > to turn and i WAS going to stay behind, but decided, at the last > > moment, to get into the left-left lane, to make my turn to the > > station. > > > > Good thing as at the time i hit the brakes, one line let go, shot > > fluid all over the engine and i slide through the intersection. Had i > > not > > changed lanes when i did, i would have slammed into the back of said > > big truck. Instead, i slowly came to a stop about 1/4 way into the > > intersection. One guy made a smart comment on the CB. When i mentioned > > i have no brakes, silence. > > > > Well instead of a drive to Madison, i spent the rest of the day at > > Gateway GM in Fargo for repairs. > > > > I must say, so far everyone i have met in my break downs have done a > > great job in helping us out asap and friendly. > > > > Over night in Fargo, drive Sat to New Buffalo Mich and home around > > 2:30 pm today. > > > > Missed my show, and this is not what i wanted as i am getting new work > > from this famr and they have a lot. > > > > Boss knows i'm pissed and he'll most likely get his keys back Monday. > > > > Maybe Monday i'll quit, but i'm told they won't let me.:-( > > > > This was and is my big worry of this job. Things like weather and > > break downs i have no control over. > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... > -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
