It's a sad state of affairs when you don't have enough time in the day to get your work done in a decent manner without making customers mad for being late for pickups and some deliveries. The way we are being pushed back in the morning makes for some really close calls with some of my deliveries. I have several places that either close or stop receiving at 1200, some that stop at 1300, others by 1400 and 1500...Not to mention the ones that stop shipping by 1400. Some days I am up against it all day. Trying to get one more shipment is difficult when by the time you get there all the freight is gone except for yours. I don't know about the rest of you, but being made to be Salesmen (one more shipment), Dockworkers (recouping freight & constantly moving freight around), and Office Clerks (getting authorization numbers) doesn't leave much time to be a Truck Driver. I understand that times are tough and in some places the freight is slow...But making late deliveries and pickups is no way to keep customers happy in my opinion. Oh, but I'm just a driver what do I know.