#Driver Retention

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[healmefit]

Blog Post #3: Driver Retention and the cost associated with turnover

Turnover for a single driver in the trucking industry can cost a trucking company up to $15,000 for replacements and missed opportunity costs. But, for the whole industry, the numbers are shocking, as driver turnover costs are $2.8 billion each year. Additionally, when you take into account the costs of hiring, onboarding, and training for new drivers, as well as seeing your Also, because of these reasons driver turnover is a huge problem for over-the-road companies. Turnover is high among early-stage drivers, these are drivers who have worked with the company for less than a year. About 70% of drivers leave the carrier company in the first year itself. This is because many do not feel the supervisors fully understand their problems or they did not get proper training and walkthrough in the onboarding process which leads the driver to not feel like they are part of the team. Other problems include the present coronavirus pandemic which has caused many older drivers to retire due to their age.

Finally, besides all the problems mentioned earlier, the biggest challenge fleet managers face is driver retention. No matter if the company is a small business, a medium business with a local fleet, or a team of on-the-road drivers there are tips that can help all of them. For example, if you are a small business you must hire carefully and then create a relationship with your drivers because for small businesses drivers can be like a family, also keep communicating with them to see what is going on in their lives. Furthermore, for a medium-sized company with a local fleet, keep in mind that all your drivers will have various management and working styles. And keep checking in with your drivers and then prepare their routes, so they do not feel pressured, overworked, or interrupted. Finally, for your team of over-the-road drivers, treat them with professionalism and respect, by offering coaching classes, promotions, retirement plans, and health benefits. Allow them to balance their home and work-life and suggest healthy on the road habits.

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Most Significant Retail Business Revenue Drivers

Here we list out the various retail business revenue drivers like customer retention, customer acquisition, product innovations, new merchandising strategies, pricing and promotional strategies. To know more about all revenue drivers then visit https://www.techtic.com/blog/customer-retention-on-demand-apps/

[nogling]

Two days ago, I had a full laparoscopic hysterectomy, oophorectomy, and salpingectomy.

I have been trying to get this surgery for more than a decade.  I have had hormonal migraines for 3 decades, severe cystic acne for 3 decades, and PCOS with insulin resistance.  I have spent the last several years regularly in agony once a month - between the 4-5 days I lost to migraines, the debilitating sciatic nerve pain, and the bleeding that led to anemia, I routinely lost days of my life every month, but couldn’t get a doctor to sign off on getting a hysterectomy.  In the past year, I’ve struggled with rising blood pressure, fluid retention, and increasing migraine severity and frequency, along with joint pain and skin rashes.

I am literally 48 hours out from major abdominal surgery, and I feel so much better it’s ridiculous.

My head doesn’t hurt.  My abdominal muscles are a little sore, and my incision sites are tender, but I’ve taken some ibuprofen and I’m not in pain.  The acne I had prior to surgery is no longer inflamed, and is well on its way to clearing entirely.  The dry, scaly patches of skin on my face, arms, and chest are smooth and soft.  My blood pressure has been perfectly normal, without medication, for 48 hours.  My ankles and feet have no edema.  I slept on my right side last night and woke up without a numb arm - a thing I haven’t been able to do in years.  My shoulders don’t hurt.  My wrists don’t hurt.  My hips and knees haven’t popped since my surgery, and are pain free.  My resting pulse is back in a normal range.  This morning I got up and went with my partner to renew their driver’s license, and we grabbed breakfast, washed the car, and ran a couple of errands - and I’m not out of spoons.  I’m going to go do dishes, and sweep the floors, and prep dinner, because I have more spoons left to spend.  The brain fog that I thought was normal is gone - this is the clearest my head has been in a long, long time.

I am so so so glad I was able to get this surgery.  My only regret is that I couldn’t get it done sooner, because I could have felt this way ten years ago. 

[cinnamonnangel]

ASTRO 101 - ZODIAC SIGNS (PART I)

ARIES (21 March - 21 April)

PLANET: Mars

ELEMENT: Fire

QUALITIES: Cardinal

HOUSE: 1st House

POLARITY: Masculine, Yang (+)

BODY PARTS: Head, Face, Eyes, Blood, Brain, Muscular System

COLOR: Red

GEMSTONES: Carnelian, Obsidian, Jasper, Bloodstone

JOBS: Entrepreneur, Soldier, Rescue Worker, Fighter, Athlete, Personal Trainer, Army, Government, Politician, Fireman, Police, Security Guard, Surgeon

KEYWORDS: fiery, pioneering, competitive, attempt, leader, stubborn, beginning, child energy, adventurous, manager, fighter, angry, hasty, gutsy, individual, hotheaded, hyperactive, spender, impatient, noisy, selfish, brave, generous, whimsical, result- oriented, thoughtless, kindness, sportive, worrier, active, energetic, enthusiastic, brash, crude, foolhardy, ardent, pushy, quick, direct, explorer, daring, tough, dominant, outspoken, combative competitive, demanding, rude, incisive, forceful, assertive, aggressive, restless, urgency, enterprising, pugnacious

TAURUS (21 April - 21 May)

PLANET: Venus

ELEMENT: Earth

QUALITIES: Fixed

HOUSE: 2nd House

POLARITY: Feminine, Yin (-)

BODY PARTS: Neck, Throats, Vocal Cords, Thyroid, Metabolic System

COLOR: Peach/ Orange, Pink, Green

GEMSTONES: Rose Quartz, Agate, Coral, Rhodonite

JOBS: Designer, Landscaper, Chef, Fashion Designer, Cosmetician, Financier, Educator, Treasurer, Model, Influencer, Land Agent, Economist , Trader, Artist

KEYWORDS: earthy, stable, practical, reliable, manage money, lazy, artist, nice, self indulgent, sympathetic, sparing, palatal delight, money- minded, property, music-loving, financier, stubborn, avoid taking risk, slow, boss, protector, intolerance, guarantee, materiality, comfy, lickerish, vengeful impersuasible, tasteful, vindictive, durable, somatic, fruitful, calm, loyal, well- groomed, foodie, greedy, routine, grasping, boring, solid, stolid, inertia, loyalty, stubborn, musical, materialistic, trustworthy, practical, patience, careful, sensuality, hospitable, maintaining

GEMINI (21 May - 21 June)

PLANET: Mercury

ELEMENT: Air

QUALITIES: Mutable

HOUSE: 3rd House

POLARITY: Masculine, Yang (+)

BODY PARTS: Shoulders, Arms, Hands, Lungs, Nerves, The Nervous System

COLOR: Orange/Yellow

GEMSTONES: Aquamarine, Tiger’s Eye, Moonstone, Amber

JOBS: Teacher, Translator, Writer, Journalist, Reporter, Presenter, Speaker, Public Relations Assistant, Barman, Business Manager, Illusionist, Driver, Paparazzi, Blogger

KEYWORDS: dual, lively, versatile, changeable, two- faced, talkative, trickster, unstable, logical, liar, trade, wizardry, gossiper, communicator, curious, mocking, avoid routine working, anxious, overthink, researcher, humorist, crafty, writer, speaker, snippy, handcraft, driver, teacher- student, copier, flexible, journalist, superficial, skilled, questioner, busy, alert, cunning, curious, dexterity, slick, capricious, smart, duality, heartless, fickle, unreliable, nosy, nervous energy, witty, intelligent, expressive, verbal, symmetry, sociable, inquisitive, chatty, mental agility

CANCER (21 June - 21 July)

PLANET: Moon

ELEMENT: Water

QUALITIES: Cardinal

HOUSE: 4th House

POLARITY: Feminine, Yin (-)

BODY PARTS: Chest, Breaths, Stomach, Uterus, Diaphragm, Upper Alimentary System

COLOR: White, Silver

GEMSTONES: Moonstone, Ruby, Selenite, Aventurine

JOBS: Childcare, Human Resources, Teacher, Soldier, Gardener, Social Worker, Veterinarian, Kindergarten Teacher, Nurse, Midwife, First Aider, Builder, Cemetery Guard, Farmer

KEYWORDS: protective, traditional, mother, sensitive, rearer, chef, romantic, sensual, intuitional, mature, matronly, family, ancestry, capricious, addicted, resentful, home- loving, retentive memory, polite, self-sacrificing, motherland, messy, fertile, sympathetic, forgiver, panic, collector, baby- sitting, memories, victim, nostalgist, teemful, cookery, defensive, quiet, reticent, sarcastic, snappy, instinctive, home loving, fussy, moody, sullen, snappy, vulnerable, protective, collecting, clannish, sentimental, smothering, subjectivity, manipulative, caretaker, clinging

LEO (21 July - 21 August)

PLANET: Sun

ELEMENT: Fire

QUALITIES: Fixed

HOUSE: 5th House

POLARITY: Masculine, Yang (+)

BODY PARTS: Upper Back, Spine, Hearth, Cardiac System

COLOR: Yellow, Orange, Gold

GEMSTONES: Citrine, Tiger’s Eye, Pyrite, Quartz

JOBS: Famous, CEO, Performer, Government, Sale Person, Tour Guide, Interior Decorator, Organizer, Fashion Designer, Exhibitor, Entertainment, Curator

KEYWORDS: dramatic, flamboyant, warm, king, queen, organizer, lively, luxurist, loving, creativity, onstage, self confident, egotist, proud, resolute, generous, loyal, defender, leading role, gaming, actress, perform, bully, scorning, magnificent, arrogant, sovereign, treater, famous, narcist, bombastic, childish, playful, regal, lazy, energetic, joyful, vitality, dramatic, overbearing, like-able, king pin, benevolent, snobbish, trusting, cheerful, courageous, theatrical

VIRGO (21 August - 21 September)

PLANET: Mercury

ELEMENT: Earth

QUALITIES: Mutable

HOUSE: 6th House

POLARITY: Feminine, Yin (-)

BODY PARTS: Nervous System, Abdomen Intestines, Lower Liver, Alimentary Canal, Spleen

COLOR: Light Green, Browny, Navy

GEMSTONES: Green Jade, Howlite, Jasper, Carnelian

JOBS: Editor/ Writer, Technician, Translator, Teacher, Detective, Critic, Statistician, Worker, Artisan, Civil Servant, Controller, Inspector, Graphic Designer, Unionist, Medical Staff, Coastguard, Soldier, Waiter

KEYWORDS: conscientious, analytical, fruitful, hardworking, serving, realist, practical, detailer, obsessive, punctual, curios, questioner, hasty, health nut, critical, rule based, virgin, earnest, calm, saver, stingy, heaper, logical, insensitive, tidy, uncompanionable, worker, craftsman, artisan, harvester, hyperactive, diligent, fussy, purity, alchemy, skillful, modest, reserved, neat, careful, pedantic, standoffish, systematic, perfectionist, discrimination, analytical, humility, helpful, retiring

[kaimelia]

kai day - pt 1

a/n: there will be a second part to this…tomorrow? I think. anyway. for @herrera-n-hayes and @stardstgf do your essays I love u both<3

"Mama?" Scout asked from the backseat, kicking his legs into the seat in front of him in his car seat.

"Yeah?" Amelia glanced back quickly in her rearview mirror, smiling at her son's eyes before turning her attention to the road.

"Why is there no Kai day?" She frowned and looked back at him for a moment.

"What do you mean? Their birthday is in July."

"Not birthday," he shook his head. "There's Mommy day and Daddy day, but no Kai day."

"Well, not everyone has a parent like Kai, but most people have Mommies and Daddies."

"That's not fair. I have a Kai, and there's no Kai day."

"If you want to have a Kai day," she parked the car in the driveway, unbuckling her seatbelt and shifting in the driver seat to look back at him. "I'm sure that Kai would love that." He grinned, showing off the latest gap in his teeth he wouldn't stop telling everyone about.

She got out of the car, walked around, and opened the door, quickly unbuckling the straps on Scout's car seat and helping him out, taking her bag and slinging it over her shoulder as he took her hand.

He jumped as they walked up the sidewalk to their house, following the chalk hopscotch outline he and Kai had made over the weekend. Amelia unlocked the front door, and Scout ran through, immediately running towards Kai in the kitchen.

"Hey," Kai chuckled, bending down as he hugged their legs. "How was your day?"

"Good," he pulled back and smiled at them, pointing at his teeth.

"You lost another one?" Scout nodded quickly and high-fived Kai when they held their hand up. "You're gonna have no teeth soon, little dude."

"I'll get big teeth!" They stood and ruffled his hair, glancing over at Amelia.

"And how was your day?"

"Fine, I got stuck in back-to-back surgeries and didn't get to sit down until I left to pick him up," she rounded the counter, sliding her arms around their waist as they embraced her. They kissed her forehead. "But, all the patients made it out okay."

"Rockstar," Kai muttered, grinning as they tucked her hair behind her ear.

"How was yours?"

"Typical, running around the lab. I think I made some progress with the cell viability in warmer temperatures, but I'll need to test again tomorrow." Amelia dropped her arms around their waist.

"Who's the rockstar now, huh?" She playfully pushed against their chest and stepped back, looking over at their son, who had settled himself in front of his train set in the living room. "You wanna know what he asked me today?"

"Hm?" Kai turned back to the stove, mixing the pasta they'd been making before she got home.

"He asked me why there's no Kai day."

"Kai day?"

"Mhm," she nodded, wrapping her arms around their waist from behind them and leaning her head against their back. "He told me that there's a Mommy day, a Daddy day, but it's not fair that there's no Kai day." They chuckled softly as she spoke. "So, now, he wants to celebrate Kai day."

"Am I supposed to pretend that I don't know about this?"

"No, you're fine. I'm just giving you a heads up because it's this Sunday." She stepped back and walked over to the cabinet, opening it and pulling out bowls for the pasta. "And, it's perfect because we'll celebrate Kai day in the morning with Scout, and then Link will be here to pick him up in the afternoon, so you and I can celebrate Kai day together." She pushed herself up onto the counter beside them, handing them the bowls. They raised their eyebrows.

"And what type of festivities do you have planned for that?"

"Things that I can't say when our son is ten feet away," she whispered and tilted her head to the side. "I'll leave it up to your imagination for now."

"Stupid child development and word retention," they muttered, shaking their head.

"That's a bad word!" Scout called out, and Kai immediately blushed, widening their eyes at Amelia.

"Sorry," they rolled their eyes at the neurosurgeon, who was attempting not to laugh as she nudged them with her foot. "Well," they spoke louder, turning around to look at Scout, "I am very excited for Kai day."

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A systematic framework to compare performance of plastics recycling approaches

With only a small percentage of plastics recycled, determining the best way to recycle and reuse these materials may enable higher adoption of plastics recycling and reduce plastic waste pollution. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) examined the benefits and trade-offs of current and emerging technologies for recycling certain types of plastics to determine the most appropriate options.

The researchers provided a comparison of various technologies for closed-loop recycling, which allow for the reuse of plastic through mechanical or chemical processing, eliminating the need for fossil-fuel-derived virgin materials. They considered technical metrics such as material quality and retention, as well as environmental metrics including energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.

"We know cost is one of the primary—if not the primary—drivers for recycling for companies wanting to invest in it," said Taylor Uekert, lead author of "Technical, economic, and environmental comparison of closed-loop recycling technologies for common plastics," which appears in the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. "But I think it's just so important to remember that there are other things that are equally important for our life on this planet, and we need to be considering those environmental impacts as well."

Read more.

[askagamedev]

Does having Customer Support on staff for a game company have any financial upsides? From the outside looking in it would seem there is very little overlap in people who need help from CS and people who will make additional purchases.

I disagree. Imagine a regularly-spending player gets hacked through no fault of her own (e.g. via a third-party data breach) and her passwords get compromised. Her lovingly-curated game account gets stolen. Without customer service to restore her account, it is highly likely that the chance of any future purchases from her will go to zero faster than the value of most NFTs. It is immensely frustrating when a player gets into a bad state, usually through a mistake or an accident happening. Giving those players no recourse to undo that mistake or accident is enormously frustrating.

Frustration is one of the biggest drivers of players quitting. Reducing frustration wherever we can directly translates to significant increases in player retention. Customer Service's primary role is reducing player frustration induced by player mistakes or accidents. A good Customer Service experience helps with player engagement, which is strongly correlated with earnings and retention.

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S.N.A.F.U CH72 ‘Curtains 2021’

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A/N1:  Sorry for the delay in updating peoples!  I had exams at uni then the motivation to write just got up and left.  Hope you enjoy this installment.  I have other chapters ready to do so for the next week or two updates will be more regular!

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Daniel had a less than perfect (by his standards) qualification for the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but still managed to get into Q3 from where he would qualify tenth on the grid.  In between garage commitments he had engineering and strategy meetings, media commitments and sponsor meetings so as a result Eadaoin hardly got to see him unless it was five minutes here or five minutes there, eventually though race day arrived and it was with an air of optimism and relief the end of the season was finally here that Daniel, Eadaoin, Blake and Michael piled into the Jeep and made their way to the Yas Marina circuit just as the sun began to set.

“Final race for the year then holiday time huh?” Cahir said to Daniel as they joined the queue lining up to get into the track.

“Well not straight away, got tyre testing for next year on Tuesday,” Daniel replied “after that then its holiday time, going to spend the winter break sitting on my arse and getting fat.”

“Sorry what are you going to do?” Michael piped up from the front seat.

“I’m going to work out every day and follow a nutritious, healthy eating plan,” Daniel said with a grin “I’ll keep alcohol and junk food consumption to a minimum and won’t do anything that contradicts my wellness plan.”

“Good lad.”

“Except New Year’s Eve,” Daniel continued as Eadaoin, Cahir and Blake laughed “I plan on getting absolutely smashed and finishing the night with a kebab from that Greek place across the road from Jimmy’z.”

“Yeah well I’ll cut you a bit of slack for New Year’s” Michael said in amusement “because I’ll be a hypocrite telling you not to whilst I go out and do the absolute opposite.”

“I think we all deserve to get smashed and end the night with a kebab,” Cahir said as the line crawled forward “I worked myself to the point of burnout, Danny and Eadie had that shit with Jemma and you and Blake have been following Danny around the F1 circuit all year and been as busy as he has been.  We all need some rest.”

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 After arriving on track and seeing Daniel, Blake and Michael off to Daniel’s driver’s room Eadaoin and Cahir made their downstairs to the hospitality hub.

“There are worse ways to end the year,” Cahir declared as they grabbed a coffee each and sat at a table in the corner “nothing beats being trackside at an F1 race, especially one where the driver’s championship is down to the wire.”

“I don’t disagree,” Eadaoin replied cheerfully “but I’m also looking forward to the break too, to be able to spend some more time with Danny without him or me having to go to work hanging over our heads, to sleeping in to holidaying somewhere tropical where absolutely no one is going to bother us. We need time to be a couple ya know?”

“Hey I totally get ya,” Cahir said sympathetically “especially after the year you two have had to endure. Well the latter half anyway.  Well you’ve got a lot to look forward to in the New Year, you’re trucking along at your new job and there’s new tech coming for F1 so there’s scope for improvement for Danny.”

“Yeah there’s a lot to look forward to,” Eadaoin agreed “what about you? What does twenty twenty two hold for you?”

“I don’t know,” Cahir confessed “and y’know I’m totally okay with that. I have a new job and I’m renovating a new house the world is my oyster.  I’m just going to pootle along and see where life takes me for once, it’s about time I stopped being an anal retentive gobshite.”

Eadaoin laughed.

“You’re not an anal retentive gobshite,” she said in amusement “just a gobshite.”

Cahir rolled his eyes.

“Har har,” he said dryly as he sipped his cappuccino “what are you and Danny doing after the race tonight? Hitting the town?”

“Nah, I don’t have the motivation and Danny will be too tired,” Eadaoin replied “it’ll be nearing midnight and unless Danny wins which is highly unlikely we’ll stay in, maybe share a coffee in that little bistro we had lunch in today before hitting the hay early.  Danny is just so tired and he needs to relax.”

“Yeah I can see that,” Cahir observed “you two going to do much whilst you’re in L.A?”

“We don’t have anything planned,” Eadaoin replied “just hanging around Danny’s house, maybe go up to his US manager’s cabin in Big Sur for a couple of days, go out to dinner a couple of times.  If it involves relaxing we’ll do it.”

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Two hours later after the driver’s parade and final engineering and strategy meetings the cars set out on their formation lap. Michael came jogging back from the track Daniel’s kit bag in hand.

“How’s he feeling?” Eadaoin asked taking the curly haired driver’s headphones from the trainer and putting them around her neck a habit that had become tradition with the last few races she had attended.

“Determined,” Michael replied “you know our guy, determined to finish clean, determined to finish in the points, he’s not saying much but I think he’s just keen to go on holiday, relax, and do something that isn’t connected to racing you know?”

“I definitely know,” Eadaoin replied turning her gaze toward the huge LCD screen at the back of the garage that was broadcasting the Sky F1 broadcast “well here it goes one last toss of the dice for the year!”

Once the last car on the grid took their place on the grid an excited silence fell in the McLaren garage as everyone waited for the race to get underway.  Charlotte Sefton the team’s media and PR officer arrived out of breath.  She grinned at Eadaoin and pulled on her team branded headphones.

“We’ve been waiting for this all season long, the finale, the title decider, under the lights here in Abu Dhabi. Its lights out and away we go! And Hamilton gets a decent start and he’s already ahead of Max Verstappen there’s a bit of jockeying going on between Tsunoda and Ricciardo Hamilton leads into the first corner , Norris goes wide Sergio Perez slips through into third place then comes Carlos Sainz but its Hamilton out in front!  The medium tyres working well for him as his team mate Valtteri Bottas challenges the Ferrari, into the hairpin we go now Hamilton leads Bottas, leads Perez, then leads Norris then the two Ferraris of Sainz and Leclerc, it is a dream start for Lewis Hamilton!”

Eadaoin immediately cringed as shortly after the start of the race Danny was forced off the straight line, but she let out a sigh of relief when moment later her easily slid back onto the racing line and continued on.  Meanwhile Lando was forced wider off the track and a collective groan of despair rose from all the personnel in the garage.  Charlotte who had a soft spot for the curly haired Englishman made a face and swore.

“Fuck!” she cussed her profanity muffled by the roar of the cars zooming past the pit lane.

The race was relatively uneventful for the first few laps then in the late teens the first pit stops began occurring.  Of the McLaren boys Lando was the first to pit on lap seventeen when he switched from the soft to hard compound tyres then Daniel pitted a lap later for the same tyres in the same time of two and a half seconds.  Both men rejoined the race mid-field and raced on intent on climbing the placings.

The first big drama of the race occurred on lap twenty six when Kimi crashed his car into the barriers at turn six which required a safety car.  A collective groan rose from the grandstand as the Finn got out of his car and waved to indicate he was alright.

“Aw man that’s gotta suck crashing in your last ever race,” Cahir commented to no one in particular “poor bloke.”

“Eh Kimi wouldn’t give a shit, he can now crack a tinny and sit on the beach for the rest of his life getting fat and enjoying life,” Eadaoin replied with a grin, keeping her eyes trained on the huge screen in front of them “or he can now do what he did in Monaco a few years ago when he crashed, leap over the fence get on a yacht and sink a few on the marina, I’d do-”

Eadaoin’s next words were cut off when another groan rose from the crowds as George Russell’s car slowed to a stop on the side of the track.

“We no one can say this race is boring,” Cahir quipped.

“This game is never boring,” Charlotte replied “something always happens, either on the track or behind the scenes.”

A short time later the race got back underway and was relatively uneventful until lap 35 when Antonio Giovanazzi crawled to a stop on the side of the track which triggered a virtual safety car.

“Its going to be sunrise before this race finishes!” Eadaoin exclaimed keeping her eyes trained on Daniel’s car which was pootling around the track slightly worse then mid-field.

“Nah we’ll all be wasted in an Abu Dhabi nightclub by then,” Cahir said with a grin.

“Speak for yourself I’ll be halfway home to Oz by then,” Michael said amused by the other man’s enthusiasm.

“Pity, if you were sticking about town I’d invite you out for a few drinks,” Cahir said cheerfully “Danny and Eadie are hardly going to want to hit the town"

Michael chuckled.

“Maybe in the new year when I get back to London,” he said in amusement “I’m not adverse to a night on the turps.”

“If you’re looking to hit the Abu Dhabi clubs you ought to head out with the mechanics,” Charlotte said “those boys will try and drink you under the table.”

“Oh don’t say that Cally sees that as a challenge,” Eadaoin said dryly “last time someone said ‘I’ll drink you under the table’ to him they ended up in hospital with literal alcohol poisoning.”

“Really?” Charlotte and Michael chorused.

“Weeeeell not the last time but yeah that happened,” Cahir confessed his face burning a magnificent shade of scarlet “I was pretty crook myself, took three days not to feel like hammered shit.”

“And he got absolutely zero sympathy from Mum and me,” Eadaoin said with a giggle as the race resumed “self inflicted injury that was.”

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Lando was the first of the McLaren lads to pit twenty two laps later when he switched from hard to medium compound tyres, Daniel pitted four laps later and the race for a points finishing position was on in earnest.

“Aw geez should I opt out?” Cahir asked Eadaoin showing her his phone upon which a betting app was open “if I opt out now I get my two grand back but if Max wins I get ten times that.”

“Aw take a chance Max might get this you know” Eadaoin replied.

“If Verstappen wins this it’ll be a miracle,” Charlotte commented “something big is going to have to happen for him to cross the line first.”

And something big did in fact happen.  On lap 53 Nicholas Latifi who had been battling for position with Mick Schumacher crashed at turn 14 absolutely destroying the front of his car.  An audible oooooohhhhhhh rose from the stands and the safety car was immediately dispatched.  Max pitted and the rest of the field slowed as per regulations.  Cahir dropped his phone on the table and let out a groan of frustration.

“Race hasn’t ended yet Cally don’t despair yet,” Eadaoin told her brother.

“Edie there’s two laps to go,” Cahir groaned “Max is going to have to be the second coming of Senna to win this thing.”

“Stranger things have happened!”

Nicky’s car was cleared from the track and the directive for the overlapped cars (of which included Daniel) was given.  The cars began the maneuver then “Safety car in at the end of this lap” flashed up on the screen.  This caused a roar of disapproval from the McLaren garage staff.

“What the fuck?  Danny hasn’t overtaken the safety car yet!” Eadaoin exclaimed as from the other end of the garage Tom his engineer swore “This is fuckin’ bullshit!”

“Aw no way man this is bullshit!” Michael exclaimed “No way is this fair, what the hell is happening?”

The rest of the race went by in a daze for those in the McLaren garage as the battle royale between Max and Lewis went down to the wire. The last lap began and the two men were basically wheel to wheel as they battled for the right to be World Driver Champion.

“This race that started with controversy has ended with controversy, here comes Lewis Hamilton though down the back straight, he’s got a slipstream he almost touches Verstappen they almost made contact!  Into turn nine Verstappen stays ahead of Lewis Hamilton of all the drama of all the controversy of all the magic moments in formula one in twenty twenty one it comes down to this!  And at this moment it looks like its going to go the way of Max Verstappen.  Mercedes not happy Red Bull will be delighted, they have shared a brilliant championship battle but the championship can only be won by one and it’s going Dutch in twenty twenty one Max Verstappen for the first time ever is champion of the world!  Lewis Hamilton finishes in second place after leading for so so long....”

“What in the name of Jesus H. Christ on a bike was all that?” Cahir wondered out loud as Max drove under the chequered flag and booming fireworks, the new world champion “has Masi been drinking?”

“I dunno,” Eadaoin replied “but something smells in Denmark for sure....”

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A couple of hours later after all the hubbub from the race had died down and Daniel had completed all his post race media and team commitments Eadaoin met him back at his driver’s room right after he had had a post race shower.

“Hey, how you feeling?” she asked watching the curly haired driver scrub his face dry.

“Tired,” Daniel admitted as he began dressing “mentally and physically.  I just want to get back to my own space and relax.”

“Well in twenty four hours we’ll be in L.A and we can do that,” Eadaoin said holding out on of his well work merch shirts “I ran into George on the way here and he’s keen to catch up before you leave the track if you’re keen.”

“Yeah I’ll check in with him before we leave,” Daniel replied tying up the drawstring on his shorts and pulling on the shirt she held out to him “is everyone else still here?”

“Yeah Michael, Blake and Cally are loading all your gear into the car,” Eadaoin replied “Bake said they would wait back down in hospitality for us when you’re ready to go.” 

Before he pulled on his Vans Daniel strode over to Eadaoin and embraced the redhead in a rib cracking hug.  She gave a little squeak of surprise and returned the act of affection.

“What’s up?” she asked her voice muffled by his muscular neck.

“Just needed a cuddle,” he replied.

“Babe are you alright?” Eadaoin asked in concern “you seem a bit flat.”

“I am a bit,” Daniel admitted as he pulled back and dropped a kiss on her forehead “It’s just been a long and disappointing year, even after Monza. I expected this year to be so much better than it has been, so has the team, Zak even said next year is going to have to be markedly better than this year for our partnership to continue....and I suppose I’m just glad it’s over y’know?  Now I can rest and recharge and look forward to Christmas.”

“Zak said what?” Eadaoin exclaimed in anger “that fat bastard said wha-”

“Babe- Babe- he’s right,” Daniel said flatly “even though I won a race this year the team and I expected more. I should have done at least as well as Lando has.  He’s averaging better in points gathering than I am and has been on the podium more than I have been....”

“Yeah but you don’t say that at the end of a long and difficult year right before the holidays!” Eadaoin exclaimed indignantly “why couldn’t he have waited til pre-season testing next year?  You won McLaren’s first race in nine years Danny!”

“I know,” Daniel replied “I suppose that’s just how he does things.  He’s right though I have to improve or I’ll have to start looking elsewhere for a drive in twenty twenty three, I know it sounds brutal but F1 is a brutal game....”

“Yeah....well I s’pose.”

“But for now I have the holidays to look forward to and once I get over jetlag you can bet all my attention is going to be on you.”

“Oh yeah?  And what’s that going to involve?”

“That would be telling Darling, that would be telling.”

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I still can’t get over that Mercedes have full black racing suits in this heat , especially after France if they don’t change to a lighter colour to reduce heat retention their drivers will defs have heat stroke or exhaustion