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Fresh out of the penitentiary

Discussion in 'Questions To Truckers From The General Public' started by big_rig_ambition, Sep 25, 2011.

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  1. Sep 26, 2011 #81
    Shaggy

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    Wheres the weed at man? Need a hookup !

    All joking aside, Tough uphill battle loaded at 500 tons with 200hp and 3 gears and 8 wheels and 2 front brakes.

    Local jobs is the oppurtunity, Clean myself but did work with some people in the past with worse then you offenses. A great co-worker of 3 years was convicted of manslaughter and 1 was convicted of arson / homicide. Neither one of them did me wrong. Both did their time of 10+ years. Accepted the punishment moved on. Don't get wrong, they weren't invited to my home or met my family. Co-workers left it as that.
    It's possible. Don't lie and leave it behind you. Great stories to the grandkids one day tell them how much of a dumb ##### you was :)
     
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  3. Sep 26, 2011 #82
    big_rig_ambition

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    LOL @ TIME-STUDY!!!11


    i was out of the IT industry after catching a misdemeanor marijuana possession in 2007, started getting turned down by pepsi and sprint and a few others. between my record and the tats my white collar days are over.


    i might be able to go get some certifications and build computers for myself or a mom and pop outfit, but there wouldnt be that much money in it. i COULD probably move to california and continue my tech career, but my support system is here in arkansas, so thats where im gonna stay for the time being.
     
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  4. Sep 26, 2011 #83
    big_rig_ambition

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    really? because they fed us TRASH. i lost 40 pounds in there.
     
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  5. Sep 26, 2011 #84
    big_rig_ambition

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    are truckers unionized? i had thought of hitting up the teamsters but wasn't sure. what else can you tell me about this?
     
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  7. Sep 26, 2011 #85
    big_rig_ambition

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    yep cr-england is on my list.


    and i'm built to last, eventually im gonna go o/o anyway so to me the initial abuse is just the cost of doing business.
     
    big_rig_ambition, Sep 26, 2011
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  8. Sep 26, 2011 #86
    harleymanjax

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    Yeah............I have a CHILD SUPPORT arrest.......NO CONVICTION.............and it took me 2 years to find a good job!

    So I'm pretty sure you are gonna have a much harder time!
     
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  9. Sep 26, 2011 #87
    big_rig_ambition

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    THIS



    i will check into that school as well, the money thing doesnt bother me as much as knowing that i will actually be employable when i come out the other side. if that makes sense.

    im looking at a job with the HWY dept out here, they will put me thru the CDL class as a matter of training me to drive their dump trucks...not very glamarous but a way in is a way in.
     
    big_rig_ambition, Sep 26, 2011
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  10. Sep 26, 2011 #88
    big_rig_ambition

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    I'm gonna need you to pee in this cup, sir.

    all the murderers i've met were pretty level headed people, none of them met my family either tho :)

    and yes...i have more than a few stories to tell the grand kids! thats what its all about, right?
     
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  11. Sep 26, 2011 #89
    big_rig_ambition

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    we shall see if that pre-hire letter comes thru this week, i am confident it will. if not, i will probably go weld on an oil rig until someone wants to give me a shot driving. either way im gonna get paid :)


    good night truckers. be easy out there.
     
    big_rig_ambition, Sep 26, 2011
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  12. Sep 26, 2011 #90
    aiwiron

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    Big rig, I talked to my old boss last night and he was the man that would hire even with your record and here is what he said.

    Tell him to find a small place and get two years in with a clean driving record, then after he has proven himself then go to a better company with the same desire he had starting out.

    These words are from a man that was wild and crazy in his youth and is now a self made millionaire in the trucking industry.
     
    aiwiron, Sep 26, 2011
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