need a good mentor!

Discussion in 'Swift' started by BigBusMan, Feb 27, 2012.

  1. bluebonn

    bluebonn Road Train Member

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    Decided to hang on before getting student. Spring break all the hotels are booked and I would have to pay for it myself to put student in hotel. Swift will only pay $50 and the rooms are $129 so will be solo until after the 18th
     
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  3. oc83baker

    oc83baker Medium Load Member

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    I need a student if any one still looking for a mentor
     
  4. cpttuttle

    cpttuttle Medium Load Member

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    big bus reminds me of one of my students.doesn't seem to be in a rush to get back to work.i finally gave into the whining from this guy, and let him go home to nyc.i was in harrisburg.this was labor day weekend. i said be back at 9 am tuesday.at 12 noon called his house and he said he was on his way.kept calling every couple of hours to see where's he at.he's on his way.gave up on thursday and took a student thrown off another truck(as per the norm,seem's i could deal with problem students better).3 weeks later,he calls the co-ordinater at harrisburg and tells her he's ready to come back and wants to know where to meet me.he got upset when she told him he was terminated.
     
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  5. blsqueak

    blsqueak Road Train Member

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    Boy am I glad more and more that I decided not to train again.
     
  6. dog-c

    dog-c Road Train Member

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    Bigbus I'm a mentor, and I really hope you have reported this guy, seriously I would like to take a long look at this guy because he has given you the wrong impression of what a mentor is.

    What concerns me is his response to your eagerness to plan a route when you got that preplan. I love when my students are proactive like you and exercise all options in getting to the final. It's funny because my last truck I had, had the old Qualcomm, so I was using a map.

    There are a good number of mentors available, and if you're only calling phx terminal, try calling other terminals to see if they got anyone available. if you haven't made a complaint about this dirtbag, file one and explain your course, and if you don't get any response, email the president, Richard Stocking, he will read your email.

    I definitely understand your frustration and anger, and i hope you don't give up on trucking. Keep the faith, soon you'll get your own truck and you'll have fun.
     
  7. GregH65

    GregH65 Light Load Member

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    Hey OC83.....they will be matching us tomorrow after coding. I pm'd you yesterday so just let me know. Thanks.
     
  8. The Challenger

    The Challenger Kinghunter

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    Anyone have a update from BBM???

    KH
     
  9. Starboyjim

    Starboyjim Road Train Member

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    I like your comments, Big. I just had a trainer experience with Swift that was a lot like you're saying. The guy talked on the cellphone while driving all the time (15-20/day) did have a headset. I couldn't talk at all while driving, bluetooth, headset, nothing. A real screamer, dictator, jerk. We drove team after the 50, I got 11, he got average 6. His money on the miles, of course. He did buy me a burger once. I was chugging up a long hill on the 70 coming out of PA once, we'd passed a bad accident, he made me pull into the passing lane? He made me pull out for one of those 1 hour passes in front of an ambulance showing red blinkers. He said "luck of the draw." I should have got off the truck, but I don't do well with The Hound.
     
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  10. bluebonn

    bluebonn Road Train Member

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    bigbus swift called me today wondering where your at. HMM how the hell am I suppose to know ? all u students are all crazy ! All mentors are da bomb ! U SHOULD BE HAPPY HE ALLOWED YOU TO RIDE IN HIS TRUCK... LoL
     
  11. oc83baker

    oc83baker Medium Load Member

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    The reason you can't talk on ur phone is because they told you that in orientation, and if you talking on the phone and hit the mentor truck, the mentor will have to jump through hoops trying to get swift to fix his truck because he know not to have you talking on the phone, on the other hand its his truck he gotta fix it if he hit it. He also make the payment, swift can't stop an owner from talking on his phone he make the payment not swift.
     
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