Today was a rough annoying day. I scrap along my full time job. With prices down, my yard has cut their hours a bit. They want you on the scale by 330. I get out at 330. So Saturday is the only day I can run to dump. As I get closer to the yard I start seeing multiple loaded trucks driving away and think oh no, what's going on. I catch one of the guys on the side road leading to the yard entrance. Apparently a semi ran off the edge of the scale. I assume it did enough damage that they needed to fix and/or recertify it. So now I have a full truck with 3 or 4 scheduled pickups later in the afternoon. A couple were for tvs so I needed the room. Did a quick Google for other yards nearby, called a couple and headed to the one with the best price. Got there and unloaded. Was chatting with the pay lady as I saw their site said they buy computers. Asked what they pay if the boards are already out. 35 cents a pound. I about peed my pants laughing (on the inside) took my cash for the steel and headed back towards my pickups. Type the first address in the GPS and head out. Says 1215 arrival time. Unfortunately I used my truck radio GPS which is 8 years old and never updated and doesn't show traffic. Highway comes to a dead stop. Pull up the address on my phone GPS (which I will only be doing from now on) shows a traffic incident ahead and states a 38 minute delay. Myself and a ton of other people got off at the next exit to take side roads. Let the customer know I was running behind and luckily she didn't mind at all. Finally got there at 1245. Made the pick up and the rest of the day went nice and smooth. But man was it a hell of a p-i-t-a start.
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