Am I REALLY cut out for this?

 Oh my gosh! I think I had the WORST LOAD so far. 

Nothing wrong with the load itself, a bunch of containers, box floor was full, going to an auto manufacturer, but when we got there WE COULDN'T FIND THE DOCK TO UNLOAD!

 We went the location we were told, it wasn't the right one, so a yard jockey took pity on us and sent us to the correct place. It turns out, you go to this location, the Linker Dock, and they tell you which dock around the plant you need to go, and the Dock is the building. You go in the man door and they tell you which dock door, or bay, in that Dock you need to back into. 

So the nice woman at the Linker Dock sent us to Dock 1. 

When we passed Docks 1A, 1B & 1C, we could be forgiven for stopping there. The nice smoker told us Dock 1 was right down there, in the direction we were going, following the directions from the nice lady at the Linker Dock. 

We followed our instructions to Dock 1. We went to the first empty bay we came to and the guys out smoking there, said "You're at the wrong dock. That isn't what we get. We only get seats, so that doesn't go to this Dock." 

So we go back out, looking for another Dock 1, another man door, anything so we can unload. 

In the meantime, these little cars that have been recently put together are zipping around to be parked. 

So this one guy at Dock 1 tells us we might want to go to this Dock at the end of the building, there are bays over there. So we go looking for the Dock at the end of the building, dodging these little cars, and discover we can't get to the end of the building this guy told us about. We realize this about the time Security stops us. 

I tell the Security Guy we were told to take our load to Dock 1 by the nice lady at the Linker Dock, but the guys at Dock 1 won't take it because it isn't seats. He says we need to talk to security at the gate, follow him and he'll lead us there. So we head back to the gate and the security guy stops outside Dock 1. 

He goes in the man door at the other end of the bays, where we found nothing but a thru-way where the forklift drivers zoom back and forth. He comes back, tells us Robert will take care of us, and to be safe and have a good evening. Robert comes out, tells us to go to the next empty bay, probably bay 4. 

Well we go to the next empty bay which is 6. Robert comes out and says you're supposed to be in bay 4. I pointed out he said the next empty one and he said 6 is a designated spot, we need to move to bay 4. Ok, we move. Robert comes out at 1:27am and says they'll unload your at 2:00. They take their dinner break from 1:30-2:00. 

So we sit, relax, check our phones, get a drink, and about 2:05, we start getting shaken around as they unload the truck. About 10 minutes later, they are done and no one brings out our paperwork. 

We won't get paid without this paperwork, so I'm not leaving without it. I go in the door, see my paperwork on a shelf next to the door, unsigned, so I look for Robert. This time a few people walk by and ask if I need help. I tell them I'm unloaded, just need my paperwork signed, so they start looking for Robert. 

Finally, the paperwork is signed, we get out of the Dock, around the plant, and back to the road that goes to the security gate. The security guys wave us out and we're done, out of there, EXHAUSTED. We get to the nearest truck stop, find a spot (THANK GOD!) and park.

 Nick shuts the truck down and settles the log for the night, I get the girls and take them out real quick, then we hit the bed. 

O. M. G.

At least Esme is clean, is up-to-date on all her maintenance, and has nice, cold AC.