Fuel for Thought

Oops!

           Nothing like discovering how human you are LOL!  Well, let's backtrack a bit!  Last week was a good week! After going down to Southern Mississippi, I went up to Memphis, TN.. then Friday got dispatched up to Joliet, IL.  I delivered that during the night, got my nap.. and headed on home, as I had a Car Show to help with at our church.  Did the family thing for the weekend, then decided to take Monday off to do some things.  Well, somewhere during that time, I stopped by an ATM to grab some cash off my fuel card...  here's where the Ooops... comes in.

          Yesterday, I got dispatched to go to Pittsburgh... I drove part way, stopped at a Flying J to fill up, pulled out the wallet... and stood there with a blank look on my face, looking at the empty slot where the fuel card was supposed to be...... instantly I knew where it was! In the ATM! erg.  I called the store, and of course, find out the ATM is serviced by an outside company.. and it doesnt' eject them if you forget them... it eats them, and they are destroyed for security purposes! AGGGGH... .good news is, I had some T-Chek 'checks' with me, and it was a simple matter to go cash one at the fuel desk.. but drove away feeling very stupid LOL.  It only took one phone call to have a new one overnighted to me, but still... it just shows you can't count on only one method of payment when on the road! You have to have a back up credit card, debit card, CASH or something ... or... count on never doing ANY dumb stuff LOL.

Dale is a solo van owner operator leased to FedEx Custom Critical, and can be reached with comments at [email protected] or by using the comments form below.