I started with Roehl on 05/23. I am a newb fresh out of school so I was eager, excited and a little nervous about starting my career. I have to say that the orientation experience was excellent. They put us up in a pretty nice hotel in Gary, IN and provided two meals a day. The instructors were excellent, patient and tolerant of what must have seemed like stupid questions from us. We took a "safety evaluation test in Gary and we all did well with the exception of one fella that could not cut it I guess.
Then the training process started. It started off on a bad foot because I was supposed to get a trainer that smoked and it turned out he did'nt. He was trying to quit so I was respectful with him and tried to smoke away from him when we stopped, but it was incredibly stressful and I was nervous enough as it was. He picked me up on Saturday and he was halling a hazmat load. I do not have my endorsment so I could not drive until he dropped his load in West Jefferson, Ohio. From the very beginning he kept telling me that he really "moves his truck" and he "runs his truck hard." I just said ok, and was hoping that during this time with him he would concentrate on training me. Anyway, when we got to W. Jefferson picked drop and hooked and I started driving. From the very start of driving with him he kept yelling at me to "hurry up" and "move the truck." Again, at this point I was still triying to be respectful to him. Anyways, Tuesday morning we picked up a load in Philly, PA I started driving from there and drove from 11 - 7 with a few stops along the way. I went through Philly, Baltimore and DC on I-95 and when we got to DC we went through rush hour traffic. I am not gonna lie, I was nervous as hell driving that vehicle through Baltimore and DC. We were in rush hour traffic for about three of four hours and I only had to stop once in traffic, I kept my distance and always kept the truck moving, during this time he was in the passenger seat asleep, he would wake up every once in awhile to yell and holler at me about something and I remember wishing that the he would go back to sleep. Anyway, we got out of DC and started heading on US-29 toward Big Island, VA. I was tired so I told him that I could not drive anymore. He #####ed and moaned about it but finally when I stopped at a traffic light he had me get out of the driver seat and change places. At this point my patience had worn thin and I was pissed as hell. He drove for awhile and the he said, "Man, I advise you to get your ### in the sleeper berth." I told him I could not sleep while the truck was moving and it would be pointless to try. He then yelled, "then how the #### are you gonna do this job man?!" I then screamed back, "well when I get my own truck it is not going to be moving while I am in the berth, is it?" We then got into a pretty nasty argument and he told me that I would not be able to do the job. I told him that there was not a man on this planet that can tell me what I can or can't do. He drove for quite awhile and finally I fell asleep in the driver's seat. The next morning (wednesday) was the last day I was with this trainer. We started out in Big Island, VA with me driving. I thought I was doing well maintaining speed and trying to be safe. We came to a toll booth in West Virginia south of Charleston. I think we were on I-77. I was driving through the toll booth in 4th gear about 5 miles per hour. I understand that might be kinda slow for some of you experience drivers but I am new at this and I had to make sure my trailer was not going to hit anything. He starts screaming at me to hurry up and go. And then he screamed, "man, I am sick of this ####, you are driving like a #####!" I got through the toll, pulled off on the side of the road told him to go #### himself and got out of his truck, he tried to tell me to ride with him to Dayton, OH but I could not stand being near him one more minute, one of us would have ended up dead. I started walking finally I was picked by a Crete drive who had more than thirty years under him. I learned more from him in three hours then I learned from my trainer in five days. Another thing about my trainer, he would not train. Whenever, I asked a question he was dismissive. He hated repeating himself so eventually I just quit asking. I called my fleet manager and reported this guy, they are sending me another trainer who will be here tomorrow, I spoke to him and he sounds like a really cool guy.
Overall it was an awful experience and what I learned from it was don't stick with an ####### that can not teach. Hopefully the rest of my training will be good and I will do well on the test.
Some of you might think that this story is unbelievable, but I swear to be the truth on my life!
Awful Driver Trainer!
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