buddy we got the experience and know how of how these companies operate, you got what....??? nothing.....
you "hid" the truth from your company, when you SHOULD HAVE SAID, "so and so was driving"........
like we are basically all in agreement, the truck was damaged, you didn't tell your boss, as a team, you should both be fired.
new truck, old truck, it don't matter...the truck WAS STILL DAMAGED and companies take a very dim view of the cost of repairs.
"it wasn't me"...you say, "it wasn't me" he says......??
what's a boss to do....??
fire the 2 of you, end of future problems for him but getting DAC'd BIG TIME for you your troubles are ahead of you.
and how the hell deep was that pothole to dent a step so high up off the ground...?? do you realize the fuel tank is probably dented as well, cutting down the amount of fuel it can take now....???for the step to be dented, the tank took a hit too.....!!!
if you get fired, its your fault, and unemployment does not pay out when you are at fault for being fired...!!!
Dilemma...Please Help
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Blaze8, Nov 6, 2010.
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Minor damage to the step??? That was one mighty deep pothole!! Possible, but tough to believe!!
Bottom line is you lied.. Here or then!!
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Rerun,Celtic, and AC I believe all three of you summed up exactly what everyone has been trying to say to Blaze. I think the whole problem is that we did not say what he wanted to hear. We did not agree and take sides with him. On the lying by omission....if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck then by God it's a dang duck!
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did i ever suffer any consequences...?? you bet your bippy i did......and SEVERELY when "the truth was found"
what did I LEARN.....back then.......??
"fess up real quick, so the punishment will be less severe or even NON-EXISTENT".....!!
to this day i live by that rule in my work and home life. if i screw up at work, and God knows the times i did, i told the boss, in effect ratting myself out......
why chance a severe consequence when the boss finds out i did something and hid it or lied about it....???
i can honestly say, i have scratched a few trucks in my time, ran up to the boss, told him, showed him, and in fact, one day he yelled at me for bothering him..........!!!!! he wanted to smack me upside the head because the scratch was so small, and i took him away from his desk.....
so what I LEARNED many, many years ago is this, "fess up right away, take a quick licking, be done with it".......surprisingly (or not) i have found that being up front and honest, the punishment....??? very often does not materialize....TruckerLady Thanks this. -
Very true Rerun. I try to live by that code myself. I will not lie to you even if it's what you wanna hear. If you ask me something I will ask you first are you sure you want me to tell you. I take pride in my vehicles including my truck even though it is not mine on paper. If you take pride in it and let someone know right away if it does get messed up the consequences 9 times out of 10 will be less severe.
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i ain't that nice....i ain't POLITE.....i do not sugar coat things, i just "up and say it"...
must be that "southern way" ya'll are....?????
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