It turns out my dispatcher had added up the dimensions of my load but neglected to add up the weight. When he finally got around to it it turned out it was far too heavy. Back to square one.
He put together a load that is going to Hanibal, MO, Kansas City, and Oklahoma City. Not exactly what I had expected but is ok. I'm back at the hotel for tonight and will leave out tomorrow. With this bad cold that's fine with me.
I went over to Appleby's for dinner and then over to the hotel next door for drinks. The lounge in the hotel next door has a different class of customers and plays jazz instead of the pop crap Appleby's plays.
While sucking down a Sam Adams I struck up a conversation with a middle aged couple sitting next to me at the bar. They were an interesting couple and we talked about everything from pets to politics.
When they left and I had moved from Sam Adams to vodka martinis a young couple sat in the chairs the other couple had vacated. Our conversation was far different.
The young lady started out by saying how much she liked my hat (fedora). This young couple told me far more about their personal life than I really wanted to know and the young guy was less than polite.
When I finally grew tired of the young guy's rudeness I called him on it and told him I thought he was a rude little ass that seriously needed to learn some manners. His young lady immediately piped up and said "see, I told you so!"
It seems this was an ongoing problem for them. He apologized to me and said that he hadn't meant to be rude. Of course I accepted his apology and bought him a drink. He later reciprocated and even asked me some questions related to his asshole behavior. It seems no-one ever took the time to teach him any better.
It has been an interesting evening.