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artisticdivasworld · 15 days ago

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Mastering Time Management and Route Planning are Key Strategies for New Truckers

Alright, now we are looking at the fourth part in this series–route planning and time management, a real make-or-break skill for new truckers. When you’re on the road, managing time well can mean the difference between a smooth, stress-free haul and one filled with delays, rushed stops, and unnecessary headaches. Think of route planning as more than just plotting a course; it’s like building a…

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cranberrymoons · 5 months ago

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#currently on the worst road trip of my whole entire life! well. i don't want to jinx it lmao but #today i popped TWO TIRES at once in the middle of the Katy Freeway in Houston TX (the widest highway in the US; 26 lanes btw)#managed to make it over to the shoulder without DYING but then had to sit there for like an hour? and panic called a tow truck because duh #I know how to change a tire but I was – again – sitting on the shoulder of the widest freeway on the continent so #anyway I called a tow; a guy showed up. I assumed it was the tow! turned out it was not. but he helped me put on the spare and then was lik #“follow me to my shop I can do the tires for you” and I was like okay! 👍 but then the ACTUAL tow called me and I realized this was #just a random guy (very nice up to that point but then I got scared about following him to a secondary location?) and so I didn't lmao #I just kept driving and didn't follow him but the guy on the phone was then mad at me because I wasn't where I said I would be because #AGAIN – I thought the original guy WAS the tow company that I called? but anyway guy 2 on the phone was like “YOU OWE ME $200!!!!”#and I said for what? also how would I pay you? and he tried to get me to cash app him lmao?? I didn't. I hung up on him #he called me like 6 more times yelling at me until I finally just blocked his number 💀#however NOW at this point I'm driving on one spare tire and one rapidly-flattening second tire and I still have 3 hours left to get where #I was going for the night and to top it all off I'm in the middle of a city I've only been to one time before? so I manage to get to a hote #like a nice-ish one where I'm like “okay if I get stuck here this won't be the end of the world”#because keep in mind today is a national holiday so basically everything is closed!!!! btw!!!!!#but eventually I'm sitting there and it's literally 100F outside and I remember oh right lol I have car insurance which pays for a tow #(a normal one; not a random one I panic-found on google who calls me screaming at me to cash app him $200)#so anyway I call my insurance and the guy on the phone is very nice and is like “it's okay; we'll have someone to you in 45 min”#and I'm like okay. OKAY. 🙌💪 I am a strong independent woman who is figuring this out and no longer on the side of the highway #but instead in a nice calm neighborhood and all I have to do is wait 45 min and everything will be okay #one hour goes by. I call back. get redirected to the tow company that was dispatched. guy says oh! is my guy not there yet?#I say no. he says okay – I'll have him call you. hangs up.#okay. 20 more min go by. guy finally calls me. says “I'm 20-25 min away” at this point I've been waiting about an hour and a half #I say. okay? okay. 30 more minutes go by. I try to call the guy back. straight to voicemail. three more calls. three more no answers.#I call my insurance back. sit on hold for 15 min. eventually get put through to a different person who's like “okay let me check on him”#get put on hold. eventually she comes back and says “okay he says 15 minutes” I've been waiting over 2 hours at this point. I have to PEE #I just... burst into tears. on the phone with this poor random woman from Geico Insurance. I'm bawling my eyes out.#she was trying to get claim info from me but I'm crying so hard she's like “oh baby no. okay. okay. we can get that from you tomorrow.”#when you cry so hard that even the insurance company is like “you know what we're just going to let this one slide”#anyway guy eventually shows up. he's very nice even though I hate him a little for being so late. he drives me to an OPEN TIRE SHOP

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pickapea · 1 month ago

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you have no fucking idea what a rave can do to someone with old man bones

#everything hurts everywhere and i have some downright fucking enormous blisters on my feet #i feel like the largest truck you have ever seen has run over me front and back and front and back and front again #im hobbling thru my apartment like a creepy old humpbacked hag in the woods #and i am at that place in life where you really want to throw up you feel like it could solve a lot of your problems actually #but your body isn't quite there yet #and soon im going out again #soon i need to walk thru town and sit down in a movie theatre with friends and watch a 5 hour documentary #like it's normal #this is what a rave can do to someone with old man bones #pickapost #genuinely i was so close to passing out on the dance floor yesterday night i had lost so much fluid #thru my very own sweat glands #like at one point i just lost my balance and fell backwards #managed to save it but was like woAH. stumbled like 2meters backwards (half the floor) and me and the dj were like 😳😳 but then it was fine

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todaysromano · 9 months ago

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02.23.2024

Today, Romano got to relax and have fun.

#today's romano #hetalia #aph romano #hws romano #02.23.2024 #yesterday was not very nice for me #i was rained on a lot #and a stupid lifted truck splashed me with water #and at night on my way home from the lab #my first bus was so late i was going to miss my transfer to the second #and apparently I looked so miserable when the first bus driver said this #that he also said he would fix it #so the night manager drove me home on a spare mini bus #like legit to my front door #i didnt have to walk 0.4 miles from stop to home in the rain #(also missing my transfer meant i had to wait roughly and hour for the next bus)#however today is gonna be a good day #we have a grad student social tonight #and its board game night #im bringing as many as i can carry with me today #ive got catan #ive got codenames #ive got one night werewolf #ive got exploding kittens #and almost every expansion pack #ive got three decks of playing cards #(theory11 is anyone else a collector?)#and a few others that are fun but not as well know #the department only has uno sushi go and coup #which are fun but ill single-handedly quadruple the board games

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du-hjarta-skulblaka · 7 months ago

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So yeah avoiding my phone didn't work and also meant I sat on the kitchen floor staring into space for about 3 hours before Alfie woke up but hey at least I didn't break anything

Them being around is helping a little but they're also struggling and it fuckin sucks bc I know we're both just. Rotating money stress in our minds

#like. i went out earlier to get bread #just bread bc we cant afford anything else #got just enough in the bank to cover the work thing but since management stjll hasnt gotten back to me on HOW to pay it its like #our electricity is already in debt lol it has a thing where you can go £10 into debt before it switches off #and it usually wont switch off over weekends #presumably bc all but 1 places nearby thst we can top it up at are shut on weekends but anyway #so we're like. okay. it MIGHT last today and if it does thst SHOULD mean itll last till monday.#but then itll be at least a tenner in debt #then we only have to last till thursday but its. do we keep this money thats for The Thing that is once again unclear on how urgent it is #or do we spend it on the Soon To Be Immdiately Urgent thing #and thats not even CONSIDERING food lmao we. i got 2 loaves of bread so we can at least survive on toast for a few days #we got 3 maybe 4 meals worth of stuff still in the kitchen #like...at this point i dont even care if i have to go a few days without eating at all to make it to thursday but its.#its so fucked up those are the terms im thinking in #and this isnt asking for more donations i really cannot take that today im at the fuckin bottom of my barrel #and already feel hopeless and useless and an active drain to everything around me #but its. like. how. why. why is it still like this. why is it looking extremely unlikely its ever gonna change.#whats the point if its all for a few scattered handful hours of actual peace and comfort never mind happiness #tldr yes i am once again suicidal but small s #like in the sense of i would feel immense relief if a truck came at me on my way to work tomorrow and would not step out of the way but #dont have it in me to actually consciously act upon

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painfully-unoriginal · 1 year ago

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I have a legal question but idk who to ask so I'm posing it to the general public:

Its illegal to clock out and continue working right? If something like that were to be reported, would the employer or the employees get in trouble for it?

#p #for the record it was because we're so understaffed that there were only 2 ppl here last night doing truck #so they both didnt take a lunch and stayed over an hour past when our shifts are supposed to end #I can see the employees getting in trouble for doing that but our manager really doesn't give us a choice in situations like that #hr knows about it and condones it. hes encouraged it to me before #i havent done this bc im not interested in breaking the law for this place tbh he can just fire me atp #but the guys have practically been forced to multiple times #anf again. manager has encouraged this behavior and forced the guys to work sometimes almost 3 + extra hours #which would make for a 13 hr shift #i thimk the only reason he hasnt done this while I'm present is bc he caught wind that if i can get evidence for some of his behavior #i will report him #lmfao #but ya idk. just wondering.

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apocalypticdemon · 5 months ago

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y'know. it really sucks to feel yourself back-sliding, mentally, when you know you've been doing pretty alright for a while

#i can feel it coming scoob. frankly i think it may already be here.#i am always so tired. frustrated. having really fun mood swings.#and my job is deeply taxing and deeply stressful. ao i never get any fucking reprieve.#and i literally don't have the energy to care for myself at home reliably.#so my whole fuckin day got ruined today bc my landlord visited with some people to measure the place.#and i spent hours cleaning. and he ended the call by trlling me my apartment was dirty.#so. i cried. bc i have no emotional resilience anymore on account of the constant stress #and then i cut someone off in traffic today despite trying really hard to Not do that #but despite checking my mirrors and blind spot 4 times i still managed it!#and they sped past me. so i screamed at them from the safety of my car with the windows rolled up.#and then immediately burst into uncontrollable tears that lasted the better part of 30 min #and nearly made me puke.#so now. i am hollowed-out and exhausted. just barely making it through.#and i can feel how close the absolute meltdown is. and i can't fuckin do anything about it bc i can't miss work! fuck!#it's been an exceptionally stressful two weeks and I've had it. but we keep trucking i guess.#idk im sad and frustrated and just going through it rn. and it sucks bc i remember being happy.#and i'm just not anymore.#i ramble #sorry this was long and rambly and unasked for i'm just having a really really bad day #and will be having them every day until at least august!

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valentinesparda · 5 months ago

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GOD IM HOME throws myself to the floor

#val.txt #technically i got home 30 minutes ago but i managed to leave an hour and a half early :D #i technically have been for a couple of days now but ya boi is now a certified library assisstant (not actually certified yet)#BUt that means im officially a member of the city. which is very funny because my dad Also worked for the city about ?? 16 years ago #and his old dept building is right next to the training center lol. they still have the same truck he drove in rotation #time for a littol Treat

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haliasjane · 8 months ago

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#new entry in the joys of homeownership #on monday a semi truck tried to drive down the street in front of my house and in the process #managed to rip out the power lines connecting my house and my neighbors house to the utility poles #so we were completely without power for about 36 hours #while we each had to hire an electrician to come out and repair the damage #and then get a code inspector to come verify everything was done properly #before the electric company would reconnect us #so that's another 1k that i owe my mom #i realize i am very lucky she was able to help me out #but i still owe her money from back when fairfax had to go to the emergency vet in february #at least next month we get 3 paychecks instead of the normal 2

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fappellmoan · 9 months ago

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um yall… sam’s roommate pulled up to coffee like. um. dressed like this. btw. and their hair is just like. a better fluffier mullet. is this surprising

#just wanna express what i’m dealing with btw because the hair thing sort of hit me like a truck earlier and then i was like #well girl wait… literally… come on lmao… also we both wore sweatervests hashtag twinem #it’s so chill though coffee was really fun #we ended up hanging for like two hours and then i was like fuckkkkk g2g to class and they walked w me partway there #and then almost dapped me up gave me a hug at the worst possible intersection there were so many people walking fuck the construction fr #but like. yeah it was chill im glad i reached out even tho like idk things r... ok.. w sam but we’re certainly not like 🤞#and i think they just had a semi recent breakup and drama and im like. um. largely unwell #and need 2 just get through this semester so i rlly forced myself to chill and go in with no expectations and it was just :-)#i was charmed by how passionate he was talking abt the weather and stuff like within minutes of meeting #i was listening to a very excited spiel about el nino and the tornadoes in wisconsin and etc oh and they came up w an ocean fact for me #and also ugh they played piano for so long growing up and can still like. do it. fucckcjkkk. and demonstrated #this rlly odd chord. um. like stretching and flexing their hand. srrryy lol i’m just giggling #lol and i mentioned my hair journey at one point and they were like ‘yeah? tell me about it’ shut UP… oh and also #knew exactly the stairwell i was talking abt when i described my favorite and we managed to chat abt that ugh it was so dorky #like. aw wow this person is just really cool #i also think they’re stupid hot but like idk since we actually um communicated and etc it's taken out a lot of the #tendency i had/have to be like 'sigh what if -' and er mythologize ppl. i suppose could be said. like aw we're just yapping and we're loyal #story likers now and if they ever want to just like make out sometime that’s so chill but regardless like we ball 💪#yayyyyyayyyyy me when i can be normal about things!!!!! 🫶🙈#abby talks

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barksbog · 2 years ago

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i have a disease and it´s called "when i try to not work i´m really bored and just work anyway or just stare into space"

#either that or i stare at the steam page for actual hours trying to decide on games to play #but not playing any games #i played through most that i have and i should pick new game but my brain doesn´t know what game i want and i´m ):#you can suggest some if you want i really like the resident evil games and disco elysium #but i´m open to pretty much anything that´s not a shopkeeper or management game #i already do so much store keeping and managing ):#like idk truck drivers probably don´t feel relaxed playing truck driving simulator you know #oh i also like planet zoo sometimes but i need creative brain juice for it #resident evil games are great because i have adhd and giving me a little anxiety and a little spook sometimes keeps me focused (:#sorry for rambling i too am stuck in the weird void between crimbus and the new year #it´s not even a unhealthy productivity thing it´s just idk what else to do with myself you know

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autism-corner · 11 months ago

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ive finally become aware of reality again after spending two hours focused on a spreadsheet.

anyway enjoy my blorbo-bingo sheet!!!

#feel free to ask about anything in my inbox i really wanna talk about this stuff +w+bbb #my special guys: Leviathan; Belphegor; Yakumo; Blade; Seiko; Rin; Nene; Arakawa <33 #they all get somewhere between 13 and 18 points on this board!!#also colours and order are randomized!!1 no significance to either =w=b #god it was actually pretty hard to come up with 24 prompts.....#but i managed thanks to 'blue' and 'green' o7 #this is not what i spend 2 hours on dont worry =w=bb #augh coming out of a fixation like this hits like a TRUCK oml.#i was not aware of time.#theres still some info that i want to gather from this sheet but. maybe i deserve a break. probably.#sillyposting

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toytulini · 7 months ago

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god that "morning people are an oppressive class" post annoys me in some way i cant. quite. ugh

#toy txt post #it doesnt feel quite right to me...........#maybe im just a Morning Person. lol. lmao even #idk how much that is true vs in high school i felt very much like a morning person bc #i was taking my adderall with coffee and then it would all wear off right at the end of the day and id crash soooo hard and have like.#anxiety attacks every night and just be generally overstimulated and irritable as hell #which is mostly managed now by me trying to be smarter about caffeine consumption (amount + when) and on a lower dose of adderall #but it does feel like a lot of that shit mentioned would be adequately covered by like. being able to take time off work to go to the #doctor etc. idk #im half joking these days when i ID as a morning person but legally none of you are allowed to get up my ass about it🔪#bc of the nocturnal bullshit i pulled on second shift for like 3yrs after everything around me decided to start closing early after the #pandemic hit even tho theyve re lifted every other miniscule precaution they ever enforced #probably bc no one wants to work night shift at the grocery store for like 12$ an hour. fucking offer better pay idiots #god even when i was a package handler working the super inconvenient hours of 3am-like. 9. 10am(inconvenient my ass that was ideal hours.)#the main reasons ppl left for other jobs: hours suck and they got offered better pay. they cant adjust the hours. so they shouldve #increased the pay to retain. and maybe have more structured start and end times that were less up in the air #like all the drivers leave at 9am so if theres anything left on the truck thatll be for tomorrow. since that fuckin happened anyway. idk.#honestly wouldve been more important to me to have consistent start times cos thats one of the things that pissed me off about that job was #like youd go in and before you left youd have to ask what the start time would be tomorrow cos they kept jumping all over the place by like #15min increments and like its once thing to do it on occasion to try to deal with like Bad Weather but it was like fucking Daily #and sometimes theyd write it on the little whiteboard. but sometimes they wouldnt. and sometimes theyd write it on the little whiteboard #and leave it up there forget to erase it and it would still be there but they told you as you walked out actually its not 4:30 tmrrw its 3 #idk. i know the main real reason i miss it is cause it was part time and the day ended at like 9am usually

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eyefocusing · 2 years ago

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this has been the most week

#complaining ahead!!!! ik i dont make personal posts on here much anymore but i Need to vent in some tags for a bit #stepmom crashed the uhaul so bad this weekend that she had to be flown to a hospital three counties away #shes super lucky to even be alive but shes only got like. a single broken rib?????#aunt and i have been going to the crash site to clean up and recover what we can #bc the truck was totally full when it crashed and flipped over lol. stuff was scattered everywhere #its been fascinating to see what managed to survive getting flung out of a truck going so fast it took out multiple trees #the completely sealed bottle of v8 was pretty good. and my rolled up rug that got flung 15ft into a tree still makes me laugh #thankfully a lot of what was in the truck was just furniture but we still have nooooooo idea what the state of any of it is #bc they cant open the truck to check it out #and the moms r now stuck over there for a week bc the person they stayed w after the hospital has covid #and im taking full care of our 11 (11!!!) pets bc aunt works 12 hour shifts so she has like zero energy for any of that when she Is here #i mean im usually the go-to pet carer of the family anyways but this has been such a mentally taxing year i just want to nap for awhile #would love to be able to sleep for longer than three hours w/o a puppy pottying on the floor or cats escaping or dogs barking like mad

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vaultlink · 6 days ago

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Hello insomnia

#managed to get to bed just before 10 when my progesterone hit me like a truck but woke up again at some point past midnight #I havn't been able to get back to sleep in the last hour and a half. what the fuck do i do with my time #I'm worried about reading any manga I have saved to my phone 'cause I know for a fact it will end up like How Do We Relationship again #next thing I know I'll have finished half a dozen volumes and it'll suddenly be 5am #Frin Speaks #Guess I'll scroll Tumblr for a bit and see what happens

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artisticdivasworld · 1 month ago

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Truck Parking Revisited

Every day all over the country, drivers are using their last hour of driving time to try to find a safe place to park their rig.. It’s no secret that the lack of truck parking out there is getting ridiculous. Every day, drivers have to resort to parking in an unsafe place or risk going over their allotted HOS—it’s dangerous for you, your cargo, and other drivers on the road. Some have to park on…

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