BROKER HELPING TRUCKER
YESTERDAY WE HAD A TRUCK SHOW UP TO OUR WAREHOUSE FROM TEXAS TO HAUL A LOAD FOR US TO OKLAHOMA. HE SHOWED UP AT 11AM TO LOAD AND WE DIDN'T QUITE HAVE THE LOAD READY TO LOAD. IT WAS GOING TO BE A COUPLE HOURS OR SO. HE CALLED ME AND WAS A LITTLE UPSET AT ME (WHICH I TOTALY UNDERSTOOD) . I WAS UPSET TOO BECUASE A TRUCK NEVER SHOWED UP TO UNLOAD THE SAME PRODUCT THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOAD RIGHT BACK OUT ON HIM SO THERE WE SAT. IN THE MEANTIME THE WAREHOUSE GUY NOTICED THE DRIVER HAD A 3 FOOT LONG RIP IN HIS TARP. WE TOLD HIM WE COULD NOT LOAD HIM LIKE THAT BECAUSE IF HE RAN INTO RAIN IT WOULD RUIN THE PRODUCT. SO INSTEAD OF REJECTING THE TRUCK WE TOLD HIM TO HEAD DOWN TO OUR SHOP AND WE WOULD PATCH IT FOR HIM (AT NO CHARGE). SO HE SHOWED UP AND WE TALKED WHILE I WAS REPAIRING HIS TARP FOR HIM. GREAT GUY I MIGHT ADD. WHEN WE GOT THAT DONE I ASKED HIM IF HE WANTED TO RINSE OUT HIS TRAILER ALSO. HE TOLD ME WHAT HE HAULED UP HERE AND I FIGURED IT PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE A RINSE SO THE NEXT LOAD WOULD COME OFF GOOD. SO I FIRED UP THE PRESSURE WASHER AND RINSED HIS TRAILER. BY THIS TIME HIS LOAD WAS READY AND WE LOADED HIM UP AND HE HEADED TO OKLAHOMA. THIS IS WHY I COME TO WORK EVERYDAY BECAUSE OF STORIES LIKE THIS (TEAMWORK). GOD BLESS.