August 22, Decisions, Decisions

gah, it's like McDonald's – every so often you sample the wares and remind yourself why it's such a bad idea. Nothing wrong with the room – clean, neat, and all that. Just uncomfortable for a 300 pound 6'6” yeti. At least I could watch the Olympics some more, though they weren't broadcasting anything I'm interested in (mostly “race walking”).

Up and out of bed at about 9 – good thing Mindy called. Checked out, got receipt (Mindy confirmed that I'm getting breakdown pay AND that the company will be paying for the motel). Sitting in the lobby waiting for my ride back to Cummins.

I wonder if I want to eat something..

Took a taxi back to Cummins – my original ride was running late. Only $15 for the fare, got a receipt. Lady was very friendly, accommodating, and such. Gave her a $5 tip, since taxi drivers make squat.

Service desk hadn't heard back from breakdown, so I called breakdown myself. They claimed no knowledge of updated problem with truck, yadda yadda yadda. I let the service desk know, and asked that they re-contact breakdown and see if we can't get things going.

For now, I'm in the driver's lounge watching the Olympics. Again.

Been here now for 2 hours. Still nothing from breakdown at May. Don't know what's going on there, so don't know if I should be getting cranky or not. Being who I am, I'm not. Yet.

21:00 – no decision. Guys in service tell me that May is trying to get Cummins to pay part of the bill for fixing up. I think that's silly. As old as this truck is, and given that it's slated for disposal in the next 4 months or so, it would make more sense to me to simply “junk” it. Only thing I can think of is that they're planning ahead for when they want to sell it and want to be able to say “recent rebuild” or something.

Meanwhile, I sit here on my ass doing nothing but watch tv and browse the internet, costing the company $90/day with no income. And when I hit the motel again tomorrow night, that's FURTHER outlay with no income. Sure, in the grander scheme of things, it's not much for a company the size of May, but it would add up- and is largely unneeded.