The Perils of Bringing the A Game

Slackers NEVER have haters.

 

A few years back, there was a discussion about what a “Supertrucker” is. Most of the time you hear someone calling another person Supertrucker, it is because that person can or will do something that the name caller doesn’t. That’s not a Supertrucker, that’s the name caller identifying himself as a NonDriver.
EXAMPLE:
If there’s a discussion about winter driving and some driver talks about how many times he had to chain up in 1 day, there will be a person who never chains up will start to hate and call this person a Supertrucker. Name caller is a NonDriver. Period.

The Supertrucker is the guy who, within the first five minutes of you meeting this guy, he starts volunteering employment history. You and I are standing in the parking lot discussion skeet shooting. Guy walks up, complete stranger. You say, “Morning, hand.” He responds,”Well, I’ve been driving 34 years and I say good morning to you.” I ask, “Do you think they will get the crane repaired to load us today?” Stranger answers, “Well, in my 9 years at LandStar, I definitely think that we won’t get loaded today.”

See what happened? We asked nothing about his work history yet he feels the need to tell us. Watch Your Back…this is a Supertrucker. Snake in the grass. Number one hater. Specializes in snitching and dime dropping.

I made a mistake years ago while working in Alberta Canada. Was fueling at the Husky in Calgary. Driver walks up because he recognized the company swag, starts volunteering, “Yeah, been doing this run for 18 months…yadda yadda yadda…”. I interrupted him, “Sorry friend, I’m in a rush. Gotta go get my second load.” Shocked, he asks, “Second load??? You can’t get 2 loads a week!” I was awestruck, “You mean you’ve been up here 18 months doing 1 load a week???(LOL!)”

My mistake. He spent every dime he could. Safety calls me. Travel agent calls me, “Six, be careful…they’re watching you.” Yep. My mistake. Will never happen again. If it had been me running 1 load a week and another driver was running 2 loads, making twice the money, I want to be his student. I want to elevate my game. We are all still learning right? If someone has a better way, I am all ears. I can learn. I can change. I can adapt. Not the Supertrucker. Typical hater. He is unable to elevate his game, therefore he wants to sabotage yours.

Heard a good quote too. “Do not answer the question that was asked, answer the question that you wanted them to ask.”