Working the city I give my 1/2 hour lunch away daily.
So thats 2 &1/2 hours per week.
During the week my start time varys depending on early appoinments.
I don't come in earlier than 7AM,sometimes as late as 10AM if theres no appoinment trailer that day.
Heres my day.
I swipe my card to clock in.
Get my trailer number,and D R's
Hook,and pre-trip.
Make the appoinment,sometimes skids,other times sort.& seg.
I either make 1- 3 pickups on the way back to the Term.,or come back empty.
Drop that trailer hook to my route trailer,go to the dock finish loading,get D R's pre- trip,leaving the Term.,between 10:30AM & Noon
Make all my delivers,than some pick-ups.
Back to the Term.,hand in my paper work,drop my trailer.
Put my pallet jack load bar,& hand cart away in a safe corner of the dock so it won't get run over by the in bound dock crew.
than swipe my card to clock out.
You can see my day is non-stop from Time card swipe in to time card swipe out.
I carry food that I can eat on the fly.
I'd much rather get my route done than to get chewed out by my TM for not making all my deliveries.
As much as everyone knows that its a federal law to have a lunch,the way the freight runs,theres just no way to fit it in.
Most of my Terminals P & D drivers do the same.
But I'm used to this life.
I'm over 62,and this way of life either makes me old,or keeps me young,just haven't figured out which?