Here I Am Stuck in the Middle With You

Here I sit in the driver's lounge of a Freightliner dealer in Knoxville, TN. Yes...I'm still here. Four days now. The initial part finally came in this morning and they installed it...but it's still needing more work. They replaced the filter for the DEF, but now they have to replace the pump. Of course my company is NOT at all happy, but can you really blame them? The dealer has told them each day "tomorrow" and then on tomorrow it's still not done. But I've been told the average wait time here is 5 -6 days. So the company was positive I'd be back on the road today and went ahead and setup a load. I kinda figured they were jumping the gun...and I was right...truck needs different part now. Go figure. Dispatcher says this is bullshit...I told him that it's what you can expect anytime you go to a vehicle dealer for repairs. I personally have not come across any dealer of any vehicle type that can get a vehicle repaired within a day or two.

BUT...the good thing to have come out of this was I got to eat at Bojangles again! I hadn't had any Bojangles chicken for about 6 years and it was great! And only in Tennessee can it seem normal to see a blue grass band playing live in a fast food chicken restaurant. LOL! I made sure to make a note in my phone on where this Bojangles is located since there is a truck stop right across the road then I can stop in again should I get through the area.