On the road again, sing it if you want to. We were 20 minutes early to our first stop. They were 20 minutes late. But it was an easy in/out once everyone was in place. The second stop was in Lawton OK and that wasn't so smurfy. Here's why.
They were getting two skids, each banded and weighing between 400 and 600 lbs. each. The store opened at 9 a.m. and there were people waiting outside the door to get in. Now, this is a little strip mall kind of place on a busy intersection. No dock.
His company requires him to get the load to the back of the trailer. It is the recipient's responsibility to get it the rest of the way. Two ladies working. Neither looked very muscular. Being nice, he wrestled the skids off the back end of the trailer and onto a little four-wheeled dolly, pushed them to the far end of the building where there was a sidewalk ramp and put them at the front door. He needed a signature and we were on our way.
Except the woman in charge wouldn't sign for them b/c they were not IN the store. He couldn't get them through the door without cutting the banding off and taking the skids apart. And remember, he's only supposed to get them to the back end of the trailer.
If he gets hurt moving skids around or if he scratches up the door to the store, he's on his own.
One quick call to her store manager garnered him a signature and off we went. He only sputtered for a little while.
All's well that ends well, I guess. We got done what we needed to get done. (And if you're ever in Woodward OK, do stop in Goin's Home Furnishings. I'm still thinking I screwed up by not buying this enormous picture of a tree.) Now we're sitting outside of Santa Rosa NM in the middle of a thunderstorm. The power went out and they kicked us out of the Flying J until they can get that little problem taken care of. Hope I don't need a ladies room anytime soon.
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