Greetings from the waiting room at the Freightliner Service Center in Gaffney. The moose checked in for his checkup about four hours ago, and there he's likely to remain for a couple more. It's 90-something very humid degrees outside, so we're really appreciating this nice, cool waiting room. There's plenty of room to sit for us and the cats (in their crates, of course), free wifi, vending machines filled with refreshments and a TV that I so wish was on right now.
Instead, today's entertainment is being provided by two couples that are also here waiting for their motorhomes to be serviced. They're all really friendly folks who seem to have just met up here. They've talked non-stop (That's NON-STOP!) for the last three hours. (That's THREE HOURS!) And, did I mention, they're loud?
Well, they are.
They have discussed everything there is to talk about every part of a motorhome, every campground membership and sizes of televisions from 20-inches to 200-feet wide. They've bragged about fuel economy and ways to improve it. Now, they're talking about how to wash a motorhome. And, you see, these friendly folks are "experts". They know all there is to know about everything they're yacking about. And, oh, how they love to yack!
And, did I mention, they're loud?
I probably did, but it's so loud in here it's hard to think. Yes, it's that distracting. One of our to-dos as we've been waiting around is to find a Cummins service center that will take care of our moose tomorrow. (Freightliner has diagnosed an engine thing or two that Cummins needs to address.) When Paul called the facility in nearby Spartanburg, the Cummins guy on the other end noticed our noisy neighbors.
"My, it sounds like things are really loud there at Freightliner today!" he commented.
"Yes," Paul answered. "But, there really aren't that many people here."
True. It's just the six of us in this cozy room. At times it's down right deafening. Those four are testing our patience, and the cats, too. You should see 'em! Our boy kitty has pushed the little fur pad lining the bottom of his crate up against the door. He's tired of hearing it, too.
Don't get us wrong. These are truly good-natured folks. (After all, aren't all RVers?) They've found a way to pass the time while they wait. They've belly laughed a lot and are obviously having a great time. We're happy for them.
Well, this distraction has gone on long enough. Time for me to find something else to do. Sounds like the current topic across the room is FMCA. I think that's what they were talking about when we came in!
Our fingers are crossed that these folks won't be at the Cummins place tomorrow.
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7 comments:
Hi Paul & Mary, My name is Pat and I live in Virginia. I found your blogs thru other blogs that I read and found them most interesting.
My DH and I have an Itasca Suncruiser and love rv'ing. We have considered fulltiming but the time is not right for us right now.
I check your blogs daily for updates and so happy to read a new post. Please keep them up. They are so much fun to read.
I enjoyed your post a lot more than you apparently are enjoying the waiting room.
Keep smiling!
blah blah blah... man how some people can drone on and on about nothing... dang... reminds of meetings at work... see it could be worse...
don't you love when people can't just shut the heck up!!!??
bwahhhaaahaaa had that happen at a hospital ER waiting room. BUT---- They kept talking to ME! Like I was in their loop of conversation~!
Someone else's cell phone rang, so I pretended it was mine, and grabbed mine and pretended I was a on an important call... writing down stuff, concentrating. Just as I was finally out of acting skills and pretending, I was finally called in by the nurse! RESCUED!
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Karen and Steve
(Our Blog) RVing: Small House... BIG Backyard
http://kareninthewoods-kareninthewoods.blogspot.com/
At least you had a waiting room to sit in! But I can see how annoying it would be to have to listen to that in "surround sound". Snort. Glad you're back on the road.
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