the attitude of the "new breed of driver"

I seen a similar thread to this one and it will cause a lot of .... well not trouble but u will have some pages by the end of it lol ..... good luck on the job hunt !!!

 

get over yourself!! all your " old school ", "It aint what it used to be" , " new drivers are useless" talk is total BS!! when you were a new driver the older guys would have been saying the same about you! youve got a short memory .... or were you just an expert from day one?

 

Elton John has a lifestyle

Dennis Rodman has a lifestyle

What you have is a job.

Plain and simple it is a job.

Yes it has unique issues but is is simply a form of labor. All these people that need the "specialness" of calling it a lifestyle need to get over the simple fact that it is simply a job.

Super Trucker, Newbie , Old School, Steering Wheel Holder............

Insipid labels to make one feel superior, and say far more about the person using them than the receiver of the term.

 

And there you go people, just what the company was looking for. Anybody giving odds on the first wreck?

 

far Kenworth it... there is a huge difference in the large majority of drivers on the road, and to come off with a disrespectful "get over yourself" attitude is exactly what an older driver (or more experienced) deals with.

I have the unique experience of driving for DOE convoys back in the late 80s when I was active duty Air Force. I drove for Matlack Tank Lines for 3 years in 98-01. I didn't drive again (OTR) until January 2008, and I can tell you from gobs of personal experience, manners, attitudes, cleanliness, driviing professionalism and other aspects have changed by leaps and bounds... and not for the better.

I suggest you understand the facts, and WHY the demographic has changed, before coming off with a Gen X punk attitude. I'm not an "old guy", nor have I been driving for 30 years and have never done anything else.

Of course, if you have your blinders on so you can't see peripherally and your headphones on so you can't hear anyone but yourself... it's a waste of time to discuss this with you.

If you're actually interested in a true debate, bring it. If not, be safe and be careful, and be wary of what you spout off to some old school driver. He might just show the old school way of "sharing his feelings"... and it isn't involving a group hug.

 

Maybe they will RUN into EACH OTHER , be the battle of ATTITUDES, or just an ATTITUDE adjustment

 

The only issue I have with the OP concerns the readability of his post. Punctuation is a good thing, and appropriate capitalization is always a plus. I stopped reading after what I think were the first 6 sentences or so...... just too much work trying to figure out what was specifically being said, although I got the gist of the post.

But then I'm an Old-Style reader, and don't appreciate the New-Style of I-don't-give-a-darn technique of writing so much.

 

I agree, there's room for improvement on both sides of this road......

Also, what happened to punctuation? The OP was a bit much to read!