American Trucker...New Slave?

if you will (discretely) tell me where you are, I'll come to your rescue with a set of bolt cutters and put you on the underground railroad for passage to the north. I jis hope massa don't find out!

 

So why are you still driving, if you are? If you aren't, why are you here, crying? And if you are still driving, why haven't you quit to do something else that pays you the way you want?

 

Soon to be a ex ex-trucker. Waiting for a 'come on down' call from 2 companies. Left OTR to go back to the Post Office when the wife was diagnosed (incorrectly) with cancer. Stayed there for a few years, then we re-located a few times. Now we're settled, she has a stable job, so I'm off.

As for working for freebie, it ain't just truckers. Ask my wife. Last job, as a assist. manager, was a 50+ hour week for a salary based on 40 hrs. And there are millions of white collar workers who do it, just to keep their jobs.

As for trucking, if I drive 600 miles in a day at .35cpm, then divide that $210. gross by 14 hours total, that's still $15.00 per hour. There aren't a lot of non union jobs out there that pay that. Add in any additional (fuel bonus, safety bonus, layover, detention, tarping etc... that a particular company may offer) and the total goes up.

Slaves had no choice, and didn't get paid. You do. So if you see it as slavery, get out and find your dream job. No one is holding a gun to your head.

 

Well said. I hear people complain about their job all the time and just wonder why they stay where they are.

 

Well, I have to admit, this has to be one of the funniest things I have ever read. While I agree that there should be something extra for the effort of tarping, because that is not a function of every flatbed load, the idea that you should be paid for securing the load tickles my funny bone. If you drive a flatbed, then it is an automatic part of the job that the load has to be secured. Not an option, nor is it an extra cost item. It's just something that you do when you pull that type of trailer. When I moved a farm tractor or dozer around on a lowboy, I never thought that since it didn;t ay any extra, I would just forgo the effort to chain it down.

Humor is wherever you find it, and I found it here!!!

 

I've never driven a pete. how many hours did I donate this week? none! I've been out of work for almost 4 months. I'm happy to be starting a new job tomorrow. I don't know how much sitting and waiting I'll do, but that's just part of the deal.

here's another suggestion to correct your situation - quit driving and get a security guard job. sure, you won't make but $7/hour, but you only actually work about half of each hour when you're making a round. the other half, you're sitting on your can watching TV. this will make up for your last job where you weren't paid for all your time.

 

He just thinks that because you have a picture of one, you must drive one. If it had been a picture of the truck from "Duel", he probably would have called the California State Police and reported you for reckless driving!!