Is this really how it is?

It only gets better, and better..................

 

YEP!! This is exactly what to expect...and being told, "okay, we'll see what we can do ", or 'we're working on it"...

It's all just part of the life....and never, EVER EXPECT him to get home when he's told he will...very rarely does it happen.

Good luck, and chin up! It's not ALL bad...some of it's pretty good, as a matter of fact!

Judi Kay

 

Welcome to the world of OTR Trucking. And your husband still has it pretty good.

 

Just to clarify something here.....this type of stuff is not unique to OTR trucking. Promises are made to employees in EVERY industry that get broken everyday. This has more to do with the society that we live in where a man's word means nothing anymore.

 

Oh, bless your hearts! I sure hope he decides to stick with it. It looks as though the only way this can go from here is up/better.

For you, dear, here is a link to a wonderful group of gals here, (and a few men who like to sneak in...LOL)

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/truckingindustryforum/the-ladies-room/

Judi Kay

 

Maybe it's a good thing it's happening to him now. Not that it won't happen later, this is the part of trucking that the companies never tell you about and it's a strain! but it can be lived thru, jjust depends on how bad you two want to live this new Lifestyle and as been poste many times, that's what it is. Your lives are going to be turned upside down. you can't plan on him being home till he pullls in the driveway, can't plan on him being home for ANYTHING. It's all a big gamble. But if you can get thru it , it's not ALL that bad.

 

if he wanted to be home every weekend, he should have gotten a regional job where he would be home every weekend. if you're OTR, you stay out until they can get you a load going back toward home.

by the way, saying he was "top of his class..." what does that mean exactly? if you're the "top of your class" graduating from Harvard or Yale, that means something. if you're "top of your class" out of 5 people getting a certificate from a 4 week truck driving school (out of thousands of trucking schools all over the country) .....well, no offense, but that's not exactly a distinguished accomplishment.

 

Well tell him to hang in there and keep his spirits up. What bad thats happening to him now could be happening to the other guys next month and that will be his gravy month. Chief maybe graduating number one from a class of five is not much to write home about but how about being at the top of your class out of 20 or 30? Granted in the world of trucking that might not mean much but to me personally, and to my better half, it would mean a ton just knowing I did a good job.

Rookiewife things can and will go wrong while out on the road, they will always go wrong just because there are so many factors involved. Weather, breakdowns, loads or lack of loads, dispatchers that dont know anybetter, load planners that know less and dont care, stupid dispatchers that know better and dont care, dipwad dispatchers...........ah well you probably get my drift. So it might be hard on you not having him home, and I'm sure its hard on him not being home but this will be a good experience for him learning how to keep an even head and learn patience while dealing with this. Good luck