So, we have beds with no bedding.  In a house. That is provided for new people coming into their system. Noted and will be remembered - forever actually.  That is kind of a pile of dog s***.  We are told to get our own food after we land.  I found the RV park next to their operation, a lot of very negative reviews. I'm getting a bit concerned here.  And a lot of other things that are adding up to - something I'm not sure I want to be involved with. A lot of this information I didn't think to ask because I have never heard of it being done in the trucking industry.  

I'll still fly over there and hope that it's something I can deal with - over here.  I am beholden to no one in that company and I have no qualms walking away from a shi*** company.  

Well I don't know why I didn't do this long ago, it just never crossed my mind.  The reviews on this company are almost all horrible.  But none of it was the division over here.  All of it that I could find was over there in the northwest.  I dunno if this is going to be worth wasting my time with this.  It doesn't bode well with everything that I'm reading. They certainly want a LOT of the drivers for what they are "giving" back in terms of just doing an orientation.  

I guess I'll just go, get into this thing and if it sucks, I'll find something else. All of trucking sucks as far as I'm concerned, but there are definitely companies out there that are true horror stories.  A corporate office "full of dogs that smells like pee" and other wonderful stuff. 

Oh well.  I liked the idea of home daily, I'm getting the feeling that that probably isn't going to be true. I also know that I will immediately call them out on it, using their own words, for I nailed this down decisively.  I left none of that to chance.  

So, it's Friday evening, I'll enjoy my last nights and day here, go to church on Sunday, come home and leave for the airport.  And not stress over this company. It's just this idea that the "beds don't have sheets"and other such nonsense that started sending the alarm signals rolling through my mind.  Yes, I'm having serious second thoughts. Not about going back to work, but going back to work for this company.  Yikes!  

Uhh, ok, going to just sit here and think about all of this.  

 Friday - early

Getting up early to get used to a different schedule.  

Heat coming back - but just a little.  It will be 88 high today, which is a far cry better than the 107 last week.  No rain today, overcast at 97% humidity. That's what gives the 88 degrees a little bit of a bite.  

Doing all of my laundry today and getting ready for this elongated trip coming up in 2 days.  I have to go over her list again, but I think I have everything in order.  They want me to bring steel toed boots, which I have, but takes up a lot of space in a suitcase.  Well just wear them over here on the plane!  Plane rides are bad enough being cramped in there without having to add a heavy pair of boots to the discomfort.  

Well whatever, I'm pretty much sealed into this - I could not go and there isn't a thing they could do about it, just cancel the ticket and move on.  I'm not officially employed by them and won't be until after I pass all of their ridiculous tests.  Even the recruiter admitted the extensive testing is a bit much....

It's called truck driving, not marathon running at the Olympics.  Yes, there is a physical element to this job in climbing up a ladder onto a trailer and pulling hoses and putting them into place, nothing worse than what I was doing last job.  

Anyway, well into the day, getting stuff done, going to go over later after it warms up and see what's happening with the 125 amp breaker.  I suspect nothing..it took a few months for the other one to peter out and that was in dreadful heat temperatures.  It's just something that can be put off temporarily.

I dunno, but after much consulting with people who are in the business, with every single person saying yes, go ahead and run the card, that's exactly what I did.  They aren't staying for free, those 2 that are working the QT, I doubt they expected that to be the case but they also didn't inform me they were leaving again and staying out for so long.  It's like they're doing another entire job somewhere else before coming back. Did they finish this job? I have no idea.  

Today is the last, paid day that the other guy has going for him.  I've got his card info as well.  The amount I charged to the past due account sent an email to him, I'm not trying to hide anything and if they have an issue with it? Yes, please call me, today! That letter has been sitting over on those steps for a week now?  

So whatever.  I'll go see if they finally showed up, but I left a note on the steps so I would hope the past due guy would call.  He's still past due 2 days, I didn't charge anything but the weekly rate to sort of get caught up.  Of course, that note has been rained on on 2 separate occasions, it may no longer be legible.  

A family of 8 allegedly showing up for 3 weeks.  I dunno, but I quoted a much higher price than my regular tent camping rate.  6 kids? She claims they are "very well behaved", my gut tells me something different.  No matter, really, they will be far from the RV park and if they like to play, they have woods to run free in. Just don't destroy stuff, don't throw trash, respect the property and the wildlife.  The money is for usage of the facilities.  You have that many people using the bathroom, yes, you are going to charge more.  I also specifically stated that minors will not be using the amenities facility without adult supervision.  A lot tent campers never show up anyway.

I don't have any coals in the fire for long term.  I need some, those 2 are likely leaving soon, the QT workers and others that aren't really there for that long.  I just have one lot available currently, but that lot has no overnight reservations on it even tho it's completely open and available.  Well I take that back, a railroad worker called, but he said he wasn't coming til next month. That doesn't help me in the here and now.  

I'm considering an across the board rate hike for long term once I start getting paychecks rolling in.  Back to what it was, actually. $450 and $475.  This quite the deal when you consider electricity is included.  The big competitors raised their price to that amount recently, I haven't followed suit.  I can't afford to lose anyone right now or lose any potential new people.  But once I get money flowing in, that can change.  Just considering it.  Or add meters and lower the rent but make people pay their own electric usage.  

And just before I leave, the dog is eating 12, yes 12 cups of dog food per day. 6 in the morning and 6 in the evening.  His ribs are sticking out, his pelvic bones are sticking up, he's skinny as a rail.  I'm spending as much time with him as I possibly can before I have to leave.  Just one reason I am not really liking having to jet off over 2,000 miles from here. Many other reasons as well.  

Anyway, off to the park. 

G'day.