Last year I worked for a waste company in Vancouver for a couple months . Everything seemed good , and promising . So good in fact that I quit a different job to go there . Paul promised me work , money etc . Then all of a sudden , the bottom fell out of it . From lots of work to none . Understandable yes , but , if it was me who ran it I wouldnt leave my employee wondering and to hang out to dry without explaining the situation . I kept calling , no call back , just answering machine . The nob even told a buddy of mine that he didnt want to screw me but he had no choice . Not acceptable . Pick up the phone bonehead and let me know .
It ended up that I went back the other company and apologized and asked for my job back . Back on the highway I went .
After about another 9 months of driving an unsafe truck , I quit . I figured I would spend some quality time with my lady and we would start a business . Well , money started getting a little short so I started looking for in town work .
Friday night , bbq time . My buddy that I mentioned earlier comes over for some dinner and we had a chat . Seems that Paul asked him what I was doing for work and if I was available . I was , so I went down and talked to his brother Steve and he asked if I would do one run a week to Alberta for them . I liked the idea of 4 days off a week and the money was good so I agreed . I did wonder how long it would be till I got screwed again because when it came to my last pay , they only paid me for one trip not 2 , and they knew I had to go to a wedding up north . I got the other pay eventually but my lady and I figured they didnt want me to go and the only way to stop me was to screw with my pay . Hmmmmmm
After a nice week in the Yukon , We got back home and I called to find out when my buddy and I were loading (tuesday or wednesday). Then it happened , Paul didnt say much , we talked about gas prices up north and no cell service etc . He said he would call his brother and let me know .
I happened to be on the phone with my buddy at the time Paul called him . Seems he changed his mind again and told Tony to pick up a new guy because he wasnt sending me . Tony said to him that he should let me know but he didn't call at all . Not surprised .
Here is the best part : Tony called me a couple hours ago to let me know that the guy Paul sent was an idiot and Paul realized it . He also said that he shouldn't have put the new guy in the truck because Tony and I work together very well and we always got the job done . Then he said "I think I'm gonna have to call Tim and eat a little crow"
As far as I'm concerned , he can take his crap and give it to someone else . I got a new job starting tomorrow night for $7.00 more per hour .It looks good on him . This is the first time Karma happened so quick for me . I have been laughing about this since Tonys call .
Tim