1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:03,559 Speaker 1: Coming up at the top of the hour, right about 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:09,040 Speaker 1: four minutes after. It's today's Strawberry Letters subject Election day 3 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: was the worst day of my life. What can you 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:16,000 Speaker 1: hear this letter? But first, Junior is in for the 5 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:19,480 Speaker 1: nephew with today's prank phone call. What you got for 6 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: its Junior? Well today, Shirley. The prank is truck driver exchange. 7 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 1: That's it, des truck driver exchange. Idiot run a cap. Hello, Hello, 8 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: I'm trying to reach Franklin. Yeah, this is Franklin. Franklin, 9 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: how you doing? This is Roosevelt giving you a call 10 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:41,159 Speaker 1: from Human Resources. Hey, what's up, Roosevelt? What could I do? 11 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: All right? Man, I'm calling you from Human Restources Trains 12 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: the partners where you have been here? You've been driving 13 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: trucks for us for quite some time. Now, what do 14 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 1: you you? Six? Six, six and a half years right now? Man, 15 00:00:54,960 --> 00:01:00,400 Speaker 1: I'm eight and a half years okay? Eight? Happy? How 16 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 1: you doing, man? I'm good Man, enjoying this road like man, 17 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 1: I love working with you guys. Man, the benefits is there. 18 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm surprised to get a call from you. 19 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:13,840 Speaker 1: I mean, well, I'm I'm sure you're on the road 20 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 1: right now. You're probably driving. I wanted to give you 21 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 1: a call and is it's a bad time. Can you 22 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,679 Speaker 1: talk right now? Yeah? I actually told ope, but man, 23 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: I had to get something to eat. Okay, okay, so listen, 24 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 1: let me tell you what's going on here with uh GTP. 25 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: What we're doing is we are doing some job exchange 26 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: and uh some of the drivers that we have have 27 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: been pulled out of a pool and uh, some of 28 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: you guys are gonna be actually driving in different places. Now. 29 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,360 Speaker 1: So for the next six months, within the next thirty days, 30 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: you're Franklin, You're gonna be um, You're You're gonna be 31 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: driving trucks in South Africa. You're gonna be or for 32 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,400 Speaker 1: about six for about six about six months, you're gonna 33 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: drive and hold on, hold hold, yeah, listen. I ain't 34 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: got no problem with South Africa. But y'all y'a rather smart. 35 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 1: I'm not going on South Africa. I don't come out 36 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 1: of job on the right hand side of the brow. Man. 37 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 1: I love Africans, I love everything about Africa, but I'm 38 00:02:18,240 --> 00:02:19,959 Speaker 1: not going I got a family out here in the 39 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: United States of America, and you're trying to tell me 40 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: I gotta go to South Africa. Come on, man, what 41 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: type of do you on that? It's it's frequently, it's 42 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 1: part of the job exchange. Just what it is, man, Okay, 43 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: change I've got going on? Man, I don't want to 44 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 1: be part of that job exchange. No, No, I'm not 45 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: going to No damn South Africa. This is not happening. 46 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,600 Speaker 1: This is Listen to the track six months and you'll 47 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:44,679 Speaker 1: be back in the States. Okay, let me say this 48 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: National Geographic program y'all got going on. Man, I don't 49 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: know what y'all got going on that y'all calling me. 50 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 1: I'm in the middle of the talking trying to eat 51 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: me at cheeseburger from being on the road or one night, 52 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: and you're talking about sending me to South Africa. What 53 00:02:58,960 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: type of you on? Man? There's some foreign exchange form 54 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: you'all got going on it. I'm not being part of this. 55 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: You pulled my name out of pool like it was 56 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 1: a su suit to come tell me that I'm up 57 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: to be driving in southa This must be a joke. No, 58 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,359 Speaker 1: I don't know. Not so good. This is a good 59 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: This is a good thing, though, Franklin, I think you're 60 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: gonna like it and know it's not a good thing. 61 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: What are you telling me it's a good thing? I 62 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 1: got wife and kids. But I'm what the are you 63 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,519 Speaker 1: talking about South Africa? Do they even have roadways out there? 64 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: I'm not going to Are you serious? I'm not. I'm 65 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 1: not here. I'm not I'm not hearing this correct. Brothers, 66 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: I'm not hearing this correct. Mr Roses, though I don't 67 00:03:40,280 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: salad what I can't playing? Just tell me to South Africa? 68 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: Are you serious? Okay? This place? Hear me out here? Man? 69 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: Let me like I said, they pulled names out of 70 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: the pool, and uh, you and about fifteen other guys 71 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: are gonna be going to different parts. What type of 72 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,280 Speaker 1: pool you pulled it in? You better pet put me 73 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: back in the shallow pot. You're going to the deep end. 74 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: Pull man, I'm not going to South Africa. I'm not 75 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:10,120 Speaker 1: gonna Southrica. I don't know. I'm not taking on malarious shots, 76 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:11,560 Speaker 1: so I don't even gotta pass. What do you want 77 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,120 Speaker 1: me to go to about that? Well, listen to me, Franklin. 78 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: We're gonna get you all the shots you need within 79 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 1: the next thirty days, so you'll be shut to go. 80 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: I'm not going to go around go to South Africa 81 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 1: and Trump won't let me back in the country because y'all. Right, now, 82 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:31,480 Speaker 1: I'm not going to South Africa. It's a job exchange, Franklin. 83 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,840 Speaker 1: Ok let's tap a job so what so what what 84 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: we exchangeing? You bringing South Africa's over here, and then 85 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: you're bringing me over with it. Y'all. My wife is 86 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: not going to be happy about this. I'm not going 87 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: my like someplace. Basically, can I tell you that your 88 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: salary actually doubles the six months while you're over there, 89 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: don't try to don't try to tell me about that 90 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 1: South African dollars or American dollars? What is it? What 91 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 1: is it? Don't tell that, Franklin. Franklin, it will be 92 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:08,719 Speaker 1: American dollars. I'm not going to know South Africa. I 93 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:10,920 Speaker 1: am not going that. Of fact, this my last day 94 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: in bro y'all could come pick up this and talking 95 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: like because I'm not going to South Africa. I don't 96 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 1: care how you spell it or you say it. I 97 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: ain't going. Okay, Okay, Franklin, Listen, you've been into Country 98 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,320 Speaker 1: Company eight e plus years and I just gotta tell 99 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: you you are obligated. You've been chosen out of the pool. 100 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:34,679 Speaker 1: All you have to do is six months. You're gonna 101 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: get paid double. Your family is gonna be fine. You'll 102 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:40,000 Speaker 1: be back. And I ain't obligated to do but driving 103 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: truck like I do everything day, I'm not going. You 104 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: can't tell me about being obligated. Let me tell you 105 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: what I'm obligated to do. I'm obligated that though it 106 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: isn't the truck. I'm forced here and trying right to 107 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 1: your human resources window because I ain't going to South Africa. 108 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: And I keep telling you that I told you that 109 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:03,719 Speaker 1: since you got in the damn phone, I a going nowhere. Okay, uh, 110 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:05,840 Speaker 1: but but but but but but let me ask you something. Frankly, 111 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: you've been here for with us for eight some years. Man, 112 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: you don't you don't want to continue your job here 113 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: with the company. I don't give a about this job 114 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: right now, trying to send me overseas like you're setting 115 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 1: me up from I ain't going out of fact. Let 116 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,839 Speaker 1: me turn this truck on right now. I'm coming down 117 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:25,760 Speaker 1: and see you. Mr roses Ot. Okay, hold on, do 118 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: you know M Jermaine? Yeah, I know rivers, But what 119 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: do you gotta do with it? Okay, let me go 120 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,799 Speaker 1: on say this, Frankly, This right here that you're talking 121 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: to is nephew Tommy and your boy Rivers got me 122 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 1: to planking phone call you. You just got pranked by 123 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: your boy Jermaine Rivers. Oh that wait till I see river. 124 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,039 Speaker 1: So you ain't no roads ago and I ain't gotta 125 00:06:54,080 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: go to South Africa. No I got oh man, man, 126 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: I just listening on the road. You want to play 127 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: it with us? I want to put some sugar track? 128 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: All right, Franking, before we live? Man, tell me this. 129 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 1: What is the baddest radio show in the lands, The 130 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: Steve Harvey Morning Show? Man, he was going not playing 131 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: You can have all of it? Do they't have roads? 132 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: I got a wife and kids. My wife is not 133 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,800 Speaker 1: going for this cause that is what people think. But 134 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: if you went to South Africa you would be stunned. 135 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, the beauty is stunned. Man. How metropolitan it 136 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: really is, especially Johannesburg and Derby and Kate beautiful, Dering 137 00:07:57,200 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 1: is beautiful. Is unbelievable, unbelieve evable. Man, It's crazy. Johannesburg. Man, 138 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: the dog Gone restaurants just unbelievable. Man, unbelievable food, like 139 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: that's what people think. That's what people think. That's exactly what. 140 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: It's primitive, all of them walking around and eles just 141 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: walking around. And now when you go way out three 142 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: hours outside of town, or you can hear what you 143 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: want out there? Now, what do you mean your ass 144 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: on the truck, lions and tigers and bears, oh mine, 145 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:40,959 Speaker 1: and they know you're there too, and and your dumb 146 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: man's don't be out there or it's to night. We're 147 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:46,160 Speaker 1: gonna go for a walk, nor you not to be 148 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: your last walk partner. They come out at night. They're 149 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: not playing, they're not playing. Everything is safe, you know, 150 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: of course there's crime everywhere, but okay, make you go 151 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: back in your hotel room. That's all right, Thank you, 152 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 1: Junior in for the nephew coming up, Strawberry letter, Election 153 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 1: day was the worst day of my life. As the subject, 154 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: we'll get into it right after this. You're listening to 155 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: the Stave Harvey Morning Show.