Would you like to take a survey? - Part 5

Still in Lacolle. Sitting outside by the hotel pool geting some sun. Working tonight (4:00 p.m. to midnight - my normal shift), then we get a day off tomorrow. Woo-hoo!! Probably just gonna relax, take it easy - my usual idea of fun :-) Monday is a travel day. Our next site is Pointe-du-Lac - a provincial truck inspection station, I believe. It's northeast of here, about an hour and a half's drive. Roughly midway between Montreal and Quebec City, I think. Has a permanent weigh scale, which is great. Less to setup and more traffic volume=better flow=more surveys done. From what I've been told, we'll be staying at the Delta Inn in the nearby city of Trois-Rivieres. Hopefully the customer service there will be better than it is here...

Surveys going reasonably well. Very quiet, though. Traffic volume is surprisingly low - not that many trucks passing through. A few more refusals on average this week - mostly because they're in a hurry or have already done the survey elsewhere. Oh well....not a big deal. We get done as many surveys as we can. Some variables I simply have no control over.

One negative for me on site is my feet. For one, I tend to get blisters fairly easily, even with the proper foot care and support. My solution has been to stock up on and apply daily softskin band-aids over the affected areas - works well, I find. Unfortunately, a few days ago while in the shower my foot slipped and jammed into the jagged edge of the upraised tub stopper plug. Tore a fair-sized bit of skin from my left little toe. Hurt like a [insert expletive here]! Even properly bandaged, it's the worst place to have a cut while standing and walking frequently in steel-toed shoes for 8 hours straight. Nevertheless, healing up nicely and becoming less uncomfortable every day.

Transmission complete. Have a nice day! ;-)