A couple years ago, when God was handing out brains one day, I was in my sleeper taking a nap and missed out. I got up. I felt great. Got behind the wheel. The music was great, I had a light load, the stars were shining, the road was smooth. I was doing the Oprah thing, living in the moment.. Thoughts of house payments, a log-book, or the amount of calories in cheeseburgers were a million miles from my mind. I was gonna just keep on truckin. I pulled into the scales, my turn came, I put my wagon on.....A female DOT officer stepped from the building and asked for my log book.....Oh, NO!, just because I felt like driving all night, didnt mean that I could.....how dumb can I be? This is SO not good. She told me to pull around back & bring in all my papers. I walked in, she was already giving me the evil eye, she had seen my logbook. She knew I was going down, she got herself an outlaw......I immediately layed down my drivers license, pulled my registration, IFTA, heres my inspection on truck & trailer, etc etc.... See, I have everything in order, please dont look at my log book, I will go to church every Sunday if you will let me go. Please.....oh please. She stops staring at my logbook and looks at my Bill of Lading.....she says, You have STRAWBERRIES on? I said, Yes, Driscoll Strawberries, 26 pallets of them.......then I added, They are the best strawberries, you should see them.....By the way.... have 10 extra flats, I bought some for my family.....I will still have 3 extra. She looked up... I replied cautiously, looking at the floor, then the wall, then at my paperwork.. I will sell them to you for half price....BUT, OF COURSE, it all depends on the outcome of my paperwork here.. She shot an evil eye at me, I looked at her badge again....I looked down at the floor, I have just bribed a police officer. Not only am I going to get shut down, I am going to jail. She paused for a moment. Closed my logbook, piled my other paperwork on it, topped it off with my drivers license and shoved it all back through the window and said, I will take the 3 flats of strawberries, dont you ever tell anyone.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:25:55 +0000
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