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Last weekend my wife, my kids and I traveled to New York City to enjoy some family time and, of course, a Giants game at Met Life Stadium. On Game Day, we took the kids to Central Park Zoo. As we headed uptown on the subway, my wife started chatting with a young lady wearing a Giants shirt. “Are you going to the game tonight?” my wife asked. The young lady who would later introduce herself as Jill, replied “Yes!” “So are we”, said my wife. She continued to chat with our family on
Read more →This past weekend, our area received nearly 20 inches of rain, which meant many of us were watching the local news, tuning in to see just how bad the flooding was at our area beaches and downtown Riverfront. We also needed to know about street closures and school and business delays, which meant we spent quite a bit of time watching local reporters weather the storm. As video clips like this one were posted on social media, you can be sure that the recent addition to the Matchmaker Logistics team was thanking her lucky
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Hey there, Thought for the Weekend Readers! My name is Pam Pickral, and I’m the Senior Carrier Sales Rep here at Matchmaker Logistics. I’ve hijacked Bob’s weekly email and I’m hopping into the driver’s seat to share my experience at a recent industry conference. Last month, truck drivers, industry leaders, and support staff from all over the country gathered at the 2015 Women in Trucking conference in downtown Dallas, Texas. I was happy to be a part of it. I’ve always believed that in this industry, you’ve gotta stand tall – it’s still very
Read more →We have a tradition around here. We start each and every Matchmaker morning with a five-minute team huddle. We greet our co-workers, go over any pressing issues, set individual daily goals, and wrap up with this directive – “Let’s go make somebody smile.” We’re big on smiles. From mailing chattering teeth to our clients to creating our own comic book, we hope we succeed in brightening your days. Mary’s got the hard shift, making people smile first thing Monday morning. Admittedly I get the easier job – there’s a lot to smile about as
Read more →When it comes to the future of trucking, those of us in the industry like new toys. Sleek trucks made of super-light materials and designed to work with the wind are just the tip of the iceberg. What I currently find most fascinating are three words that are at once exciting and a little bit scary: self-driving trucks. The first self-driving truck hit the road on May 6 of this year, cruising the open highways of Nevada. The Freightliner Inspiration, a modern take on the popular Daimler 18-wheeler, is sleek, savvy, and Smart. That’s
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Pearl Harbor. Martin Luther King’s Assassination. Kennedy’s Assassination. 9-11. These have been some of darkest days in U.S. history, days that impacted not only the course of our history, but also our nation’s psyche. It seems that every generation experiences at least one of these days, where the country stands still to collectively witness and mourn a tragic, and often, unexpected event. Today, of course, marks the 14th anniversary of 09/11. As a nation, we say: “We Will Never Forget.” And, we won’t. At Matchmaker Logistics, our team talked about where we were on
Read more →Here’s a question for Labor Day weekend – ever wonder how many jobs you will hold in your career? Between 1978 and 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted a study to determine the answer to this very question. The findings showed that during this 30-year span, Americans, ages 18-44, held, on average, 11 different jobs. It seems that job hopping is the new normal, with the average American staying in his or her job for just 4.4 years. For Millennials, those (born between 1977-1997), it’s less than three years. With change a constant
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By now, many of you have received a copy of our first-edition Matchmaker Logistics comic. The way we see it, trucking and logistics professionals are real-life superheroes, so a comic book was a logical connection. We felt pretty clever, but apparently our connection wasn’t as original as we thought. We’ve just learned about a trucker superhero created by Marvel Comics back in 1983. I wish I could say the origins of U.S. 1, Marvel Comics’ first truck-driving superhero were as pure as our own, but it wouldn’t be true. Rather than being inspired by
Read more →Regular readers of our blog will remember our recent post about the Lamborghini Batman. Known to close friends and family by his alter-ego, Lenny Robinson, he became an internet sensation after police footage of him getting pulled over in his Batmobile went viral. The story just got bigger and better after online sleuths revealed the Lamborghini Batman’s mission of choice – visiting area hospitals in costume to cheer up sick kids. The world lost a true hero earlier this week with the passing of Lenny Robinson. A tragic highway accident claimed his life on
Read more →A recent Thought for the Weekend about Jean-Claude Van Damme was one of the most popular posts we’ve ever done! At first, I couldn’t figure out why everyone loved that post so much. Yes, that epic stunt of Van Damme doing the splits was cool, but was it that cool? Then it hit me. As though it had back-flipped off of my desk and round-kicked me in the face. The post also featured the ultimate tough guy, Chuck Norris. A legend in the martial arts scene, Chuck has starred in nearly thirty films, and
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