we all saw your picture. quit bragging !!!!!!!!!!! LOL
January Locations and Banter
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jujubeans
OVM Project Manager
I didn't read anyone saying they weren't happy for people who get loads.
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appears I misread again....sorry gang...
tenntrucker
Expert Expediter
Finally unloaded and clear of the McCormich Place, that was as much fun as dental work.
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With a non automotive load none the less!!! LOL
Anytime you hear McCormick place ask questions. Lol
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It may be carrier related, the type of freight that gets hauled, I don't know, but I do know that with my previous carrier January was my best month of the year in 3 of the 5 years I was with them (one of those was a 13,300 loaded miles month) and the other 2 years January was the second-best month of the year. On the flip side, 4 of those 5 years had September as being my worst months, and the one year where September wasn't the worst, October was. Go figure.
Glass half full, glass half empty, I don't even know what that means, other than a lot of people seem to use a glass that's twice as large as it needs to be.
He likely didn't hear it until it was too late.
Personally, I wish we had more of those types of loads...as long we are compensated well for the accessorials. I would imagine that these companies who run that kind of freight a lot get a little chuckle every time they broker a load out to a company not used to doing trade shows. I would imagine the low bid gives it away every time.
I've honestly never understood the whole half-full, half-empty thing. Seriously. People who are pessimists see the glass as being half empty. Pessimists tend to see the worst in things. When I see a glass that's half empty, I figure half empty is better than empty empty. People who are optimists see the glass as being half full. Optimists look on the bright side. Yet if you order a drink in a restaurant and they bring it to you half full, you're not likely to look on the bright side of that.
One of my long-time sigs from Usenet:
Optimists may say the glass is half-full.
Pessimists may say the glass is half-empty.
I say using a glass that's twice the size
it needs to be is a waste of resources.
So, people just need to quick whining about how full or empty the glass is - either empty it out or fill it up, or get a proper sized glass.
One of my long-time sigs from Usenet:
Optimists may say the glass is half-full.
Pessimists may say the glass is half-empty.
I say using a glass that's twice the size
it needs to be is a waste of resources.
So, people just need to quick whining about how full or empty the glass is - either empty it out or fill it up, or get a proper sized glass.
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personally, we dont mind them. we did alot of tradeshow loads when we were at conway. like everything else, once you do enough, you get use to the routine. they also have to pay appropriately.
I've hinestly never understood the whole half-full, half-empty thing. Seriously. People who are pessimists see the glass as being half empty. Pessimists tend to see the worst in things. When I see a glass that's half empty, I figure half empty is better than empty empty. People who are optimists see the glass as being half full. Optimists look on the bright side. Yet if you order a drink in a restaurant and they bring it to you half full, you're not likely to look on the bright side of that.
One of my long-time sigs from Usenet:
Optimists may say the glass is half-full.
Pessimists may say the glass is half-empty.
I say using a glass that's twice the size
it needs to be is a waste of resources.
So, people just need to quick whining about how full or empty the glass is - either empty it out or fill it up, or get a proper sized glass.
For us simple minded people half full or empty makes perfect sense.
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tenntrucker
Expert Expediter
BINGO! The main point I was going for, it should be more pay than a dock to dock drop, but you can't ask for more if you don't know it's a trade show. Looks like I'm getting 4 hours detection, so that helps. But it was a short run, only from Detroit to Chicago with a overnite wait to drop.
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Show me the money!!
tenntrucker
Expert Expediter
Show me the money!!
Well I ain't doing this to improve my health...:beer:
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Easier to charge differently to regular trade show customers. I think you were hauling a regular robotics customer that happened to have one going to a show. But ideally the handling was the same and the customer paid the detention so not really much different really.
tenntrucker
Expert Expediter
Yes the detention pay does offset, but you have to get it, which I did. Since I haven't done a trade show before, there are extras to consider like they reguire me to have a scale ticket and to get one there I had to enter their pay parking lot ($21.00) then scale going in and out (10.00)...ouch! If you do these shows regularly you know this, I didn't but sure learned fast....
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