It was springtime, 1997, and I had finally been assigned a regular city pickup and delivery route. I ended up with the east side of Indianapolis, which honestly wasn’t too bad. Thankfully, the dock freight routers at Conway — the folks responsible for organizing city runs — were extremely good at their jobs. That made things a whole lot smoother.
My start time was 9:30 a.m., and I worked until we were finished loading everything for the evening’s linehaul runs — usually between 6 and 7 p.m.
There really isn’t much to say about this particular city run. My only daily pickups were from Copeland Compressors and Stanley Bostitch, both located in the Fishers area. Those were my regular stops, day in and day out.
One of the nice things about Conway was that they had more than enough drivers to handle the freight volumes being pushed out of the city terminal. That meant I didn’t often feel overwhelmed by an unmanageable workload. On top of that, most of the drivers and office staff were exceptionally kind. I had a lot of friends there, and I appreciated that.
But even with all of those positives, something was still missing.
The sense of closeness — that family feeling I had come to appreciate so much during my time at Overnite — just wasn’t there. The connection between drivers and management, and even between coworkers, wasn’t as strong. It felt more like a well-oiled machine than a team.
And that, to me, was sad.
Very, very sad.
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