Ready to Hit the Road

So he got a hotel room last night, courtesy of Werner. We got some sad news courtesy of the Werner driver that was just leaving in his own truck for the first time. He had just recieved his 500 bonus because he had stuck it out until time to get his own truck. HOWEVER this took not 6 weeks but 4 months AND you can not request a time out at home (okay so I forgot what it is called) or you loss your bonus. Hopefully, this guy is an exception not the rule and Scott really will only be with Marcel for 6 weeks and then get his own truck. Also learned that you get a paperback copy of the Road Atlas when they give you your own truck, so this nice guy gave his to Scott so now Scott can figure his own routes and such and see if they compare to where they go.

Anyway onto the rest of the story. Marcel called him at 7 and asked him how soon he could be down there. He had a load, empty trailer, and was raring to go, HOWEVER, when they got to the gate the guard asked if Scott was the primary driver and would not let them leave until Marcel went to see the safety director, seems that you have to take your (something, something, something) sort of like continuing education course, every 3 months or when you hit a terminal you can not leave until you have completed them. So yesterday while Marcel was bugging the mechanics he could have been taking these tests and they could have left but instead Scott had been sitting in the truck for 2 hours but pleased as he could air it out and be alone at the same time. So as of 11:20 they still had not left and Scott has no idea even where they are going now because their original load was given to someone else so it would be delivered on time. Got to get to work myself. BYE