In Rapid City for the night...got slowed down by a couple cattle drives on the way here.....ranchers are bringing the cows in off grazing in the open prairies...to be closer to home and the winter hay....almost winter time now....
October Banter and Location
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Holy smokes
Cows have the right of way...LOL
Is there a macro for that?
Moo 99 .
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Don't get caught in the buffalo stampede! !!!!
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golfournut
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MAC donalds, 2 all beef parties!
In Kalamazoo, sure would be nice to have 1 more for the weekend.
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golfournut
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I don't think Ken was complaining or whining when he said the above. Just stating his theory. Heck, he's been off for what, a month! Slacker!
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golfournut
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You can never have enough customers. Especially good quality customers.
A professional aggressive sales force produces those types of customers by prospecting. Prospecting for quality leads is worse than sitting waiting on a load.
Then they sell the company and product but never price. Price doesn't sell, sales people sell.
Order takers quote price not quality, company or product.
It never ends, get the name out, call backs, staying in front of them.
One day you show up, their having a bad freight day, bingo, time to deliver.
There are countless customers out there. Gotta put someone in front of them. Just so much you can do over the phone.
I don't think anyone said anything about anyone moving or not trusting.
Ken just stated his theory.
I just asked where did the progress stand.
This got a little blown out of proportion.
We have all been at this long enough and know the basics.
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Absolutely Ron....one can't stand still...forward ho....never hurts to have people out there beating the bushes....
Like you I am NOT being critical of John or dispatch, they do a great job....
In this economy, shippers aren't looking for quality so much as who will do it cheaper/cheapest....and that is not Load 1....we are great at what we do....provide quality service for a quality price....
Prescription of the day....Patience......
Don't get caught in the buffalo stampede! !!!!
Specially with roller skates on.....and watch out for those cows - one driver had one land on his sleeper, so they're not as slow as they look!
I've had a b a d week too: total 385 miles, followed by 3 days in rainy Pa with a brokedown APU, and I'm not complaining, you know why? Cause it could always be worse. [And at one carrier, if a driver complained, it definitely got worse, lol]
Seriously - we know how it goes, and we know it'll get better, every week isn't a winner, etc, etc, etc - bottom line is, if we weren't happy, we wouldn't be here. I'm happy.
[I'm going to spend the weekend with my WildChild, lol, enroute to a Mon delivery.] Then I'm getting the dam APU fixed!
even a bad week is a good week....
even a bad week is a good week....
In more than six years of driving, I've never once woke up thinking "I don't wanna go to work today" - that's reason to be happy, IMO.
I sometimes wish I hadn't gone to work, lol, but only in hindsight!
golfournut
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Gotta have that APU runnin. Especially this time of the season.
Hope its nothing major.
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Hope its nothing major.
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golfournut
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Absolutely Ron....one can't stand still...forward ho....never hurts to have people out there beating the bushes....
Like you I am NOT being critical of John or dispatch, they do a great job....
In this economy, shippers aren't looking for quality so much as who will do it cheaper/cheapest....and that is not Load 1....we are great at what we do....provide quality service for a quality price....
Prescription of the day....Patience......
During the Great Depression, the companies that quit advertising and cut their sales force went under.
The ones that increased their advertising budget and sales force grew, even in those times.
Gotta have patience. I'm not one of those that call in or send QC messages bugging them. They know I'm here waiting and willing and I know they're lookn.
One thing we don't know is how many loads are bid on for us and not gotten. So they are workn.
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Good Morning Gang....From Rock-A-Billy Hills, South Dakota..
Eye opening 37 degrees here...
Eye opening 37 degrees here...
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Yeah summers over fo sure
jujubeans
OVM Project Manager
Good Morning Gang....From Rock-A-Billy Hills, South Dakota..
Eye opening 37 degrees here...
Good morning gang! lil rain on the deck here..missing cat finally came in this morning and is owning my warm bed.
jujubeans
OVM Project Manager
Yeah summers over fo sure
yep...time to get all that mulch on and try to stain the deck between the raindrops and the snow that is sure to come!