L.A. Wednesday Morning

Got to L.A. ( south central, yes that's right the same place you saw the guy get pulled out of his truck and hit with a brick during the riots here) Went to our delivery place at 4:30 a.m. hoping to get unloaded early, no such luck our appt wasn't till 8 a.m., went back at 8 a.m. and another HnR truck was there but her appt was for 6 a.m., went back to our parking spot after giving the receiver our ph#. - 11 a.m. still no call, called him (someone hung up on us the first time) and complained, fat lot of good that did, he finally called at 12:50 and we went over at 1 p.m. not bad only abt 5 hrs late, after unloading we called dispatch, no loads, we were advised to go park at Frazier Park (up I-5) and wait. Almost Frazier Park we received 5 satellite messages dispatching us to 5 different stops to pick up goods, appointments had been made for 8 pm 10 pm and 12 Mn.
Got to the first spot about 7:40 p.m. and checked in, all we needed from here were 2 pallets of oranges and I asked the shipper nicely if we could get squeezed in as we had other appointments to make. She said" We'll try" and handed me a card with a "28" on it to put on my windshield. Please note the trucks parked on either side of us had 23 and 25 respectively.