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Originally Posted by Big John
It's not what you make, It's what you keep.
I sit down the other day in Joplin at the Petro with a fellow owner operator and we both called into the company. We both was wanting to know how much our settlement checks were. I got mine and then handed the phone to him, when he was told he was in the hole because of too many cash advances, he got mad and told them they made a mistake and was chewing on the payroll clerks ass pretty good, said he needed the money to make his truck payment and he only had one advance in the last two weeks. Well we are allowed $250 a week off our fuel card and if we need more we just make a phone call. He hangs up and calls dispatch and asks for another $250, I here the dispatcher tell him that he is in the hole and he has already received $500 that week in advance, he tells him that he has to send it to is wife to pay bills before they shut his Utility's off. Dispatch gives him a comcheck for $250 and he cashes it before we leave. When we leave the Petro we stop at 4 States Chrome Shop, I kept my money in my pocket and you guessed it, he bought over $200 worth of chrome. I said something to him about being broke, he said I will get up the road and call in for another advance and tell them I blew a tire or something.
Wow! That's a very illustrative story!
I don't know, who do you guys leased to, but it didn't sounds good! :sad:
I wouldn't even comment, on that other guy, and his "chrome", cause he is a moron, and wouldn't survive any deal. Not just cause of "chrome", but his attitude, and mentality.
But the whole deal, seems to be, on a low side, if $500 advance, could put you in a "hole".
:roll:
It's good for you John, that you could manage the money! 8)
Now, make a next step, learn how to make it!
Yes, it's not what you make, it's what you keep, but you still got to make some! :wink: