12 plus hour day. Started with no tractor/trailer available, had to go back to my hotel to find one that had been taken here by another driver.
The truck was empty - no nitrogen in it, hadn't been refueled, etc etc etc. That threw the whole thing out of whack. That truck was supposed to be at the yard, fueled, filled with nitrogen and ready to go.
Whatever the case, I am going to by pass the entire day and go to the last stop, where the trainer texted the manager and told her I am "green" meaning I don't know how to load trucks and do all of this stuff - but he's learning.
She texts back expletives and said she would have to find out "what to do with me" - as if she didn't already know I didn't know any of this stuff. For when I got here, she asked I told her flatly that I have never done oxygen or nitrogen. She must have known I wasn't staying forever and therefore training me was a waste of time.
So I get a text from her telling me that she contacted Holly and that I was to drive back up to Vermont to work out of there. No thank you for coming, no nothing. I was a bit disappointed, to be honest, that I had learned as much as I had and wouldn't have the opportunity to finish out the training. I don't want to stay up here forever, but word has it work is slowed way down again in Texas. But it doesn't really help them that I would take advantage of learning and then leave. Tho I could have come back here and there to help out for a week or two.
Well, I texted my manager and told him what was going on, he tried to call me but the noise of that "pony pump" they call it pumping nitrogen into the tank was too loud, I had my ear muffs on. I called him back a little later and told him what was going on.
I mean, someone should have to answer for telling these people that I knew oxygen and nitrogen. But whatever, tomorrow morning I will drive back up there, get into a hotel again and do nothing for that day and presumably get a run or two on Friday. Or sent home. I dunno, but I'd rather stay up there a few more days and get a few more $300's on the books. It's relatively easy work regardless of the junky trucks and I'll just do it. But my manager sounds like he's bringing us back.
So that's it. Boston was interesting - we drove through downtown and the trainer was showing me all these homeless people and a building where they get some sort of narcotics and drug themselves up al day long. One man was laying in the middle of the street, obviously doped up and paramedics were there doing whatever they were going to do. We saw dozens and dozens of drugged up homeless people everywhere - well hundreds actually.
And long lengths of row housing - but more like apartment version of it. I'll be posting a pic of that on my facebook later on or whenever I get to it. The streets weren't near as busy as they should be - another state/city shut down by mayor/governor due to covid19.
Oh, this dude this morning, not my trainer he is a Trump supporter - anyway these pudgy, boisterous short little dude with a big mouth started going off on Trump this morning. He said anyone that is a Trump supporter is an idiot. I directly spoke to him that I support Trump. He said you're a Trumpette. I countered that you and the left only know how to throw out stupid insults and act like adult children throwing a temper tantrum. He didn't like that, lmao and let off a string of Trump hating, Trump supporter hating statements that I continued to counter - these people don't think for themselves. They don't bother to check to see if the s*** they are being spoon fed is actually true. They just believe it and that's that.
He suddenly decided to stop with the nonsense and off into another subject that had nothing to do with politics.
It truly doesn't bother me if you don't like Trump, or his supporters. That's fine, we all have the right to our opinions. But get over yourselves. If you start throwing a temper tantrum and talking like a teenager in heat in puberty, please just shut your d*** mouth. Your emotional outbursts and tirades only make you look like an idiot. You people that think you can dictate to the rest of the country how we should talk, act and think are just asking for trouble. I saw a video of that unfolding a few days ago. BLM protesters attempting to attack real men. The real men won, they beat the s*** out of a couple of the worst of them and then asked if they needed help.
Just like this dude this morning, these people are used to Trump supporters cowering or backing off. I'm not one of those people and neither were the people in that video. I am in no wise into violence, but if you're going to assault people that are far bigger than you, expect a world of hurt to come back at you. IF you're one of those people that mouths off all the time and think that everyone should just bow in agreement, you may eventually encounter someone who isn't going to just listen to you mouthing off for 15 minutes.
The other driver had - no run to do today. So, he went to lake Champlain and took a ferry to some island out there. Rather than sitting around a hotel all day long, of course. I was kind of jealous lol, cause today I definitely learned a lot more and am just starting to get the hang of how this works. Oxygen and Nitrogen both unload the same and it's the same sequence, every time. But since I'm not finishing training, none of this will stick with me. I'll just have an "idea" of how it goes down the road.
My manager said he found out - now the story changes yet again - that they only needed our help on the weekend. On weekends, the regular drivers disappear, they go home, leaving them shorthanded hence flying us up there. That's why they initially stated we would only be gone 2 days. Then management looked at the price tag of bringing us up there and decided to keep us longer. I'd be a fan of doing that more frequently, just fly me up Friday, I'll work Saturday, Sunday and Monday, fly me home Tuesday. At least when we're slow lol.
My 401k's are up thousands of more dollars, into territory I've never been in before. If this holds up I'll break my first 100k in savings soon enough. Yea I know, that's not much for my age, but it's a good foothold into getting there.
I dunno what else. Addler probably getting grumpy by now, tho James can handle him lol. Going home will be fun, he'll literally try to knock me over when he sees me.
Well I'm a bit tired so I'm offa here.
