From the Driver's Seat: Holiday Edition

Welcome to From the Driver Seat, the Averitt podcast for all Averitt drivers to keep up with news and information across our network. Make sure to subscribe on your preferred podcasting app to make sure you're notified as soon as every episode drops. And now hosting from the driver's seat, director of driver services, David Royals. Hey, everybody. Got a great guest today. It's a Christmas podcast, and it's always a great time of year to do that. I've got Barry Blakely with us today. How are doing, Barry? I'm doing great. Good morning. Good morning. Been a great day so far. And, yeah, looking forward to Christmas, looking forward to the New Year, all the all the stuff going on. A lot of stuff going on right now. Right? The holidays. Yes. Absolutely. We are really blessed. We have such a great team. You know, when you think about, from El Paso to Miami and all points in between, we just have such a great team, great leaders, associates. Everybody's done a really good job this year. We've performed very well. We've taken excellent care of our customers and just so appreciative of the job that everyone everyone has done this year. And, you know, it's been it's been it really has been a team effort. It's been people crossing lines. We're getting out of verticals, and we're working together. Really a power of one process. Right? It sure is. You know, when you think about this year, the teamwork that we have with has is second to none. And whether you're in the in maintenance or working in the city or answering the the phones from our customers, every we have just such a wonderful team. It's setting us up so well for for the future and looking forward to seeing where that takes us. But it's also a special time of year. Right? It is. You know, love the holidays, as I said. You know, Christmas is such a special time of year, but also the New Year. I I love New Year's because it really it's it's it's the end of one season and moving into the next. You know? And for us, it's an opportunity to reset the bar and to look forward to a New Year and all the excitement that comes with that and the challenges that we'll we'll have the opportunity to face. Well, I know all the drivers are ready for a few days off, and they're you know, get get to spend time with their families. Sure. And so, you know, I'm looking forward to that. Hope you want that too. I just really wanna wish everyone a Merry Christmas. I hope everyone is traveling, is safe, and has a great time off with family and friends. Well, you, Barry. Merry Christmas to you. Merry Christmas to your family, and hope you have a great holiday as well. You deserve it, and I hope it's a great time. Well, thank you, David. Same for you. I also wanna tell everybody merry Christmas and a great job that everybody's done this year. I want everybody to go home. Be safe over the holidays. Enjoy time with your family. Take off. Let's hit twenty twenty six with a run. Let's just keep going. Keep going forward like we always have. We're gonna have a great year in twenty twenty six. Y'all have a great year. Merry Christmas to everybody. Thank you.