I haven't posted on here for some time for a couple of reasons. Primary reason was my six month battle with doctors whose sole purpose in life seemed to be to poke, prescribe pills, run tests, and have a competition to see who could suck the most blood out of me. Other reasons were the slow freight and the negativity in here. I didn't need to be more depressed than I already was.
The battle with the docs is over. The cure was as simple as keeping the cap tight on a soda bottle to keep the fizz in. My biggest problem was that I felt I wasn't in control of what was happening to me. Who do I blame for that?? The docs, God, voodoo beads lost power? Nope, myself.
So who's to blame for slow freight?? The economy, Obama, John, dispatch, sales, OVM, Turtle, Scott, everybody, nobody. I think the latter, at least for the overall picture, it really doesn't matter. What can we do? Our trucks are our business, we control them, change the operation. I've been making changes constantly. What works one week, doesn't mean it'll work next week. The new normal is nothing is normal. In short, adapt as much as possible. I don't expect John and Load 1 to make it better for me, I expect to work with them to make it better.
Anyway, that's my two cents. Agree, don't agree, your choice. If anyone is looking for me, I'll be around making sure the cap on my soda bottle is tight.
