Lititz; it's not just for breakfast anymore!

I'll have your Lititz dear; I love it! Despite the funny name; no Lititz is not a breakfast food. Rather it's a small town in south central Pennsylvania and my latest destination. I dropped my trailer there earlier today after bringing it from Rockford, IL. Picked up an empty and made my way to the Frystown, PA. Pilot truck stop 30 miles away. (Time for a 34hr restart).
Oh, yes and unless I forget the fun I narrowly avoided earlier today.. here we go.
I got a preplan to pick up in a suburb of Philly, then go to New Milford, CT. At first glance all that registered was that the hours would not work so I refused and told them why. They (dispatch) promptly resent the load to me with new hours that I could run! Now I begin looking VERY closely at this load; for a load that was plastered with notes about you can't be late for pick up it seemed to suddenly have a lot of flexibility.
Experience has taught me this usually means one or two things:
A) I am the ONLY truck nearby and available close to when needed---possible, not likely.
B) It's a turkey load they can't get anyone to take for some reason. ---most likely the case.
One look at my map of the pickup point and the route needed to take to get to the destination and I had my answer; B-it's a turkey load!!! In a big way!! as is not only no, but HELL no!
This load; which ran at night (pick up at 11pm) had to go thru the heart of New York City at zero dark thirty in the morning!!!
Swift does not have the kind of money it would take to get me to run a load through NYC in the middle of the night!!!!!!  I would not do it even in the day time! NO NEW YORK EVER, PERIOD.
I have personally met 5-6 drivers that have been robbed, jacked, had their load stolen out of the trailer-while stuck in traffic! NO Thank-You !!!!
So I refused. Much to my surprise Swift did not argue about it. (maybe because under reason I put concern for personal safety).
Then while I am on the phone a little later waiting for Swift to answer so I can let them know I want to do a restart, I get another preplan. This one picks up Sunday night at 10pm, and goes to North Carolina. Good miles, crappy pickup time considering my 34 won't be complete yet when I need to be there. I let dispatch know and they "Unpreplanned" me- no argument.
So now I get to rest a while, do some laundry, etc. Whew!
That's enough for today.
Remember on the road less traveled you may encounter towns that sound like breakfast food, and breakfast foods that sound like a town. Make sure you know which one is which; driving thru your breakfast could get messy!