What Western Express orientation is like...its not good.

I didn't know W.E. owned greyhound bus lines............?

 

I don't miss my days learning how to drive, working for Western. The company that hired me after I got my two years experience at Western picked us up for orientation in a limo. No kidding, a limo. They gave me 450, or reimbursed me the money it cost to rent a car (for orientation) and return it where I live. These threads made me realize I need to quit #####ing about the small stuff that annoys me about my current company.

Western was so cheap that they wouldn't rent the room for the whole duration of orientation. One night at a time. If you break down, you're checking out of the hotel at 11 until the shop closes in case they finish your truck that day. The shop might not be getting the part for two day and they'd still wouldn't book the room until 8pm. Never ending BS. I hear the hotel Western uses now is practically a crack hotel with no wifi. Hopefully for the new guys they changed hotels.

 

With the turnover they have, they would probably save money opening a bus company to haul new/old employees to and from Western,

 

"Yawn!!!" I took a bus from Allentown PA to Tucson AZ. Just my bedroll and a suitcase. No computer, no camera, no cell phone. Nothing new here. I'll check back in when he relates his story about his trainer crapping his pants.

 

You just told off one of the few people on TTR, @Chinatown, that could have rattled off a great list of companies that might have hired felons/criminal backgrounds. He's such a nice guy he might give you the list anyway,

It's terrible to see you continuing to repeat the same mistakes that probably landed you with a criminal background. Take care @Happyfeet

 

i agree fully...with the part that you were already racist that is.
You and your expectations and severely flawed perspective are way more of a problem than anything else you've shared with us. you weren't robbed, beaten or raped, the only thing you dealt with was discomfort and your own fears. I rode the "dog" from new mexico to Mobile,AL at 19 with the same people you did pretty much, and i was a scrawny white kid from the suburbs. The gang members getting out of jail are nice when you don't look at the like you expect them to rob you. Everyone is just as uncomfortable in those seats as you are. You don't have to give the homeless money you don't have, and you have to be smarter than the ones trying to grift you for "another 5" because they see you as a mark. And most of them are in worse shape than you are and just want to eat, at least you are headed towards employment. So don't be afraid to be nice, give a guy a dollar or two, and suck it up. It sounds like you could use the karma.

Btw, I read online for 30 minutes my first day researching and i knew to avoid Western. You, my friend, have personal issues you need to resolve, but to end this on a positive, i think trucking may be right for you on one basis above all others. you need to be alone in a truck without much outside interaction. But then again, can you handle getting out at the truck stops?

 

Well said @ghostdog

 

That sandwich looks delicious.

 

If, by delicious, you mean unholy and disgusting??? I completely agree.