Say Mike, how is it going for you over at GFS?
Well it's been a real behind kicker. Today I got my butt whipped down town. Down town is a big mess right now and I don't know any of the stops to good and I've been getting my behind handed to me. I'm getting, it, but it's been an adjustment and a big learning curve. The beer trucks were easier to drive and I didn't have to go underneath buildings and back into goofy docks. Today was a hard one I was stressed. I can't stand swing driving I hate going to these places blind and yeah it's given me some minor anxiety attacks.
However, I don't think that a route of my own is all that far away. We've got guys slated for retirement and guys quitting left and right our office is in shambles.
I said to one of the bosses today "Geeze it's like I've never done this before and that I'm just out of driving school again." Seriously it's been that bad at times. I don't know I get frustrated with my self. Today I was down town it was awful and actually management called me on the phone and said "How's everything going besides being extremely frustrated?"
Anyhow I'll make it through to the other side and hopefully once on the other side it will get easier, they tell me once I have my own route I'll figure it out and it will be okay.
There are some other new guys too and the boss said to me today "I would have come help you, but another guy was clobbered and I had to bail him out or else he wouldn't have been back till 6 at night."
So you know it is what it is I got to work at quarter to 4am this morning and left at 5:30-5:40pm. Hopefully tomorrow goes quicker it is an easier route I know that much. The routes I've been covering haven't been the greatest, that is for sure. Work wise I don't mind it so much some stuff is heavier then beer and some stuff is lighter so that's all cool and all. Yeah I'm certainly no grocery throwing pro that's for sure, but I'll keep holding on see what comes up, though eventually once I get a route which should be right around the corner I think things will slowly start to get easier from that point forward and then it should be a good job. However right now it's given me a lot of anxiety attacks and some very long days at the office.