It's a Team's Life

You know it is going to be a bad day when…

I finally came to the realization that I was not going to find the license and I needed to come up with an alternate plan.   First I talked to safety to have us pulled off of team status and see if they had any ideas of what I could do.   Tim suggested I call the local DMV in Texas to ask questions of them.   Luckily I got a lady who was the first of many helpful people.   She could not help but she knew the number I needed to call in Missouri to find out the next step.   I called the state and talked with Eva who was even more helpful.   She asked me if I had internet and then walked me through downloading the correct form, giving me the fax number and telling me if I would call as soon as I faxed it she would get it back to me within a half hour.   I needed to get the paper notarized and I had no clue where to find a local notary so I called the Pilot in Fort Worth, TX.   The manager, Ken Bible, gave me directions to his local bank and also gave suggestions on where to park the truck.   I was thrilled with his help as most people do not understand the problems we run into with many people not wanting a truck on their property.   The next problem was to get something notarized without a driver’s license!   I carry a copy of our driver’s licenses and I was able to take that into the bank, a copy of my TWIC card with picture, and a copy of my FedEx Custom Critical Contractor badge with photo.   The girl at the bank was not sure what to do so she called in the manager.   He looked at all my ID’s and also who I was sending the notarized form to and agreed I had enough ID.   I went back to the truck stop and faxed in my form and also called the MO DVM and let them know.   Here comes the great part!   Eva, from the DMV called me back to tell me she had sent my fax to the truck stop so I could go in and pick it up.   I now have a temporary 15 day license to run on.   I was pretty stressed and I felt very lucky from my first call all the way till I received my permit on how many people were so helpful in this crisis.   I believe that having a copy of my driver’s license was the biggest help as I knew my driver’s license number and I could show the copy to the bank to get my paper notarized.  

I hope this never happens to you but if it does I hope you have as good as luck as I did talking to people.

Bob & Linda Caffee
Leased to: FedEx Custom Critical
TeamCaffee
Saint Louis MO
Expediters 5 years been out here on the road ten years
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