Well, everything was typical in the beginning. I drove to work on time, I arrived on time, and I got the dump truck warmed up and ready to go on time. And I drove to the job location. But first, I stopped and bought a cup of coffee. At first, I wanted to go into Burger King and get coffee and a breakfast sandwich, in Livingston, Alabama. But, at 7:00 a.m., the doors we're still locked. Despite the fact that the door said that the dining room is open at 5:30 a.m. . I was, of course, upset and disappointed, but just ended up going to the convenience store right next to Burger King and I bought a very crappy tasting cup of coffee and a honey bun.
This all only took about 10 minutes, but at the same time, I was concerned that I would be arriving at the job location late. But, as it turns out, when I arrived at the job location, I was the first one there. Yeah! Seriously! I was surprised. There was quite literally no one at the job location. Just the equipment parked and cold. So, I parked and waited, and waited. Finally, after about an hour, workers and supervisors finally arrived at the location. They tried to start the millings machine, but it would not start. Dead battery.
This is when the not so typical Monday kicks in. I backed up the dump truck to the millings machine, and they connected jumper cables from the batteries of the dump truck to the batteries of the millings machine. After another 30 minutes, it still would not start. So, they had to go buy new batteries for the millings machine. And I waited another 90 minutes to get started. But wait! There's more! They finally got the millings machines started, and we headed out to the road to start milling the road. They milled about 20 feet, and then hit concrete. And it tore up the teeth of the millings machine. And so now, they need to replace the teeth of the millings machine.
But wait! There's more! They have a limited amount of replacement teeth for the milling machine and they do not have the hose needed for the impact wrench, to remove and replace the teeth. So, back to the store. They bought a hose for the impact wrench and started replacing the teeth. Because, when they chewed up that concrete that they did not see, it tore up the teeth on the milling machine. So it had to be done. So now, here I am, waiting for them to replace the teeth on the millings machine, and waiting and waiting. 11:49 a.m. and I am still waiting. It's just one of those days where nothing can go right. I'm not complaining. I get paid by the hour. It is just another one of those not so typical Mondays.
Stephen Robinson
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