Posted by L.Fure on November 24, 2015 at 08:50:16 from (68.169.253.43):
In Reply to: Worst Job posted by Married2Allis on November 24, 2015 at 06:29:03:
For lack of any jobs available I took a truck driving job for a dead livestock retrieval company. One particularly hot day I ended up covering two territories, because one of the other drivers quit, or took the day off. We would start out in the morning with a fist full of dispatch tickets from calls made late the day before. When ever we made a stop we would radio the dispatcher where we were before we loaded the dead animal on the truck. Then when we were done loading we radioed back stating that we were done, and heading to the next pickup. If the dispatcher had any calls near where you were at they would give you the address, and addresses of any other calls that were in the area you were covering that day. Late in the afternoon I got a call to stop at a farm that had 90+ dead feeder pigs to be picked up. There had been a storm the day before and a bolt of lightening killed everything the farmer had on feeding floors. The dispatcher told me the farmer would be there to help load with a bobcat. When I got to the farm I saw the pile of pigs, and the bobcat, but other than that there wasn't a soul to be found, not even a dog. So I had to load all the pigs by hand, one at a time. I would toss them on the back of the truck stacking them like cordwood. When I had two layers loaded I had to climb up on the truck and toss them towards the front of the truck, then do it all over again. It was a really hot day, and the pigs weighed anywhere from 40lbs. to 80lbs.. I was lucky to have a jug of water along and a hydrant near by to replenish my supply. While I was resting a Schwans truck pulled in to deliver the farmers ice cream. I asked the driver if he wanted to trade trucks, you can guess his answer. I finally got all the pigs loaded and called the dispatcher to tell her I had to go back to the plant because I was fully loaded, and had no room for anything else. Remember I had two territories worth of animals loaded already. She insisted that I made one more stop to pick up a diary cow. I argued with her about this for awhile, but it did no good. I got to the farm, and backed up to the cow to load it. When I opened the rear doors dead pigs started to roll out onto the ground. I went ahead and set up the ramp, hooked the cow up to my cable winch, and pulled the cow on the truck squashing dead pigs and smearing them under the cow. The cow wouldn't stay in the truck, so I had to ask the farmers wife to hold onto to winch handle to keep the cow from sliding out, while I loaded up the ramp, and threw on the pigs that rolled out and shut the doors. I didn't even call the dispatcher. I just headed back to the plant. The dispatcher came out to my truck when I pulled in telling me she had more calls for me, and why didn't I contact her before coming in? I had to show her rather than try telling her. The people that had to unload that mess to butcher the cows and calves weren't too impressed. I told them to take their complaints to the dispatcher, and went home.
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