The Tractor Trailer Driver Gets A Load In Seekonk Massachusetts... Thats Going To The Other Side Of Indianapolis Indiana..(About 1100 Miles)..Its The Middle Of Winter....10 Degrees....When The Driver Gets Almost To Ohio On Route 80 West...The Heater Core In The Truck Starts Leaking...The Driver Knows This Because The Passenger Side Windshield And Door Window Are Fogging Up ...From The Leaking Anti Freeze....And The Driver Knows That If He Loses His Anti Freeze..He Will Lose His Heat
So The Driver Calls The "Big Fat Owner" ..The Owner Says To Go To The Truck Dealer... And Have Them Disconnect The "Front Heater Core"..Telling The Driver ...That There Is A Rear Heater Core...And He Will Still Have Heat Coming Out Of The Bunk Area In The Rear Of The Truck
The Driver Does What Hes Told... And Has The Truck Dealer Disconnect The "Front Heater Core"
The Driver Starts Driving On
The Driver Gets Further Down The Road...And His 14 Hour Clock Is Running Out...He Has To Stop Before Hes In Violation Of Federal Law
And Guess What?...At The Time He Stops...The Heat Stopped Also!!
He Calls The "Big Fat Owner"...Who Says... "They Must Have Done Something Wrong"
Well...Thats Nice..The Driver Cant Move.. Because Of Federal Law...And He Has A Long.. Bitter Cold Night Ahead Of Him
Needless To Say That... The Driver ...Literally... Almost Froze To Death That Night...(And It Was Totally Impossible To Even Sleep..Thats How Cold It Was....And..When Youre In That Kind of A Situation....A Minute Seems To Take Forever To Pass...Each Minute Seemed More Like An Hour
The Next Morning...When Its Legal For The Driver To Drive Once Again...(And Without Consulting With The "Big Fat Owner") The Driver Goes Back To The Truck Dealer ...And Has Them Put It Back The Way It Was
This Way...Hed Still Have Heat....(Though It Was Leaking)....As Long As He Kept The Radiator Full
Oh......And By The Way... The Driver Was Told When He Went Back To The Truck Dealer... That There Was No "Back Heater Core"...As The "Big Fat Owner" Had Said
Now..... Lets Fast Forward.... To When The Driver Gets Back To The Terminal...At The End Of That "Disaster Of A Week"
The Driver Walks Into The Office...(Where The Other 6 Or So Personnel ...Are Seated At Their Desks...Busy With Their Staring At The Computer Screens)
The Driver Hands In His Paper Work For That Week To The "Big Fat Owner"
The "Big Fat Owner" Was Angry At The Truck Driver...And He Says To The Driver..(Loud Enough For All In The Office To Hear)........."Whats Wrong With You?!!"...."Dont You Know That You Put In The Wrong Bill Of Laden Number On This Return Sheet?!!"
"My Staff Had to Waste A Lot Of Time...Trying To Run Down That Bill Of Laden Number"
"This is A Business Im Running Here Sir...And We Cant Afford To Be Making Mistakes!!!!!
At This Point...It Is Clear That The Office Personnel Are Listening...(Though They Are All Making Believe They Are Hard At Work
Needless To Say... That The Truck Driver Has Had Enough Of This Bull Shit
And He Replies To The "Big Fat Owner" ... With A Decibel Level... That Was A Lot Louder Than The "Big Fat Owners" Voice Level
And He Says...(Rather Loudly)
"You Wanna Talk About Making Mistakes?!!"
"Well...Heres One For Ya!!
"Was It Not You ...That Told Me To Have Them Disconnect The Heater Core On The Truck!!"
"Was It Not You... Who Said There Was A Back Heater Core...And That Id Still Have Heat?!!"
"Was It Not You That Made The Decisions?!!"
"And Was It Not... Because Of You..... That I Almost Froze To Death Out There...While You Were In Your Nice Warm Home?!!!"
"You Got A Lot Of Nerve To Be Telling Me About Making Mistakes!!"
(At This Point..The "Big Fat Owner" Was Tongue Tied..(As He Knew The Office Personnel Had Heard All That Was Said)
The Truck Driver......Realizing... That The Owner Had No Reply To That
Walked Out Of The Office..............And Went Home