Earlier this week I had a 9.30 am booking at Xpedx in Wilmington MA, I go there quite a lot and they have very strict appointment rules, 30 minutes either way or you are turned around and I have seen many guys turned back, however feeling lucky and with the actual time not on the notes, I entered the yard at 6.30 am and walked in,
“Congratulations driver” said the huge guy at the desk "You are not only early, you are 3 hours early "
Me in a humbling tone “OH NO They did it again, they conned me, they know I don’t do deliveries that late, never mind, I’ll get three hours sleep”
The idea of me sleeping seemed to touch a nerve among this very unionised team of guys, “Get on door 13 now and we’ll unload you, but don’t tell anyone else”
I pulled out of there 45 minutes later and reloaded at Salem MA
My old silver tongue still works