Its is beautiful cool and blustery day

When I left you last, I was on my way to the Saint Louis area to make four deliveries.with the goal of completing them all by 10:00pm.  I didn't even come close!  I.got to my first stop in good time......then it took the store personnel one and one half hours to unload the truck!  This process normally takes anywhere from fifteen minutes to forty five minutes at the most.  Not last night.  When i got to the store there was a truck already in the only available loading dock and two other trucks waiting in line.  I had to sit and wait my turn.  Usually i get preferential treatment since i am hauling perishable goods. Not at this store. They operate on a.first come first serve basis. The guys unloading me did about half of what needed to be done and then disappeared.  They were gone for more than twenty minutes, when I finally got tired of waiting.  I.asked someone else to.call a manager for me.  It turns out the the original guys were told.to go.to.lunch, so.that is what they did!
Even though the rest of the evening went pretty smoothly, I didn't make my delivery times.  I communicated the situation to my dispatcher and they understood.  That is a good thing.  Drivers can be fired for failing to deliver on time.  If it is the drivers fault for being late.....they can be in trouble.with.the.company if they make a.habit if doing so. 
I ended up delivering to my last stop.at 11:0pm and headed back to Moberly.  I got in around 2:00 this morning.  Long day....
Today I woke up to bright cool windy day.  It should make driving interesting. The trailer acts like a big sail and catches any wind in the area. It makes it fun and challenging to deal with the wind gusts. I have my marching orders for the day.  My load is going down to south central MO. My first stop is in Salem, MO, which is only about twenty minutes from where I go trout fishing. Then I get to go further south to Houston, MO and then back to Moberly.  So only two stops this evening.  That's all for now.....Tom