Crete Carrier - A Year In Review - Fall 2013 Going Forward

It sounds like they are pickier about the pets they let in the trucks than they are the drivers they hire.


Oh, yes, the cameras will be good to catch the drivers they have with un-authorised pets, and riders, too, since you never really know when they will go off.

 

don't worry.. The next requirements will be giving your cat a sleep apnea test and changing you for the machine

 

Sure you can, you just have to have written authorization from one of these 3: N. Cole, C. Shipley or JR Zeigler, then you can bring the fish and the pole...But you might have to keep it in a safety harness while the truck is moving...I forgot that tidbit: "Pets must be secured in a pet restraint harness, carrier, or kennel when the truck is moving."

 

The only problem is, most drivers will not work for a company that makes them prove their innocence. Crete will figure this out soon enough.

 

OFTOTR, do you want to sign my petition against the present and future installation of driver-facing cameras? You don't have to write your truck number
down if you don't want to. It will be delivered to Coulter in person when I'm up at Lincoln. Let's stand together against this degradation of old school trucker pride!

 

I have been in a decent mood lately, so I will share a JOKE ..... A homeowner calls up the zoo-keeper and says Hey there is a gorilla in the tree in my front yard, the zoo-keeper says ya that rascal escaped yesterday and I will be right over, the zoo-keeper arrives to the residence with a ladder, rope, Pit-Bull and a shotgun. The zoo-keeper tells the homeowner, I will use the ladder to climb up into the tree and shake him loose, once he hits the ground, the Pit-Bull will rush up and clamp down onto the gorillas "Junk" and then I will be able to tie him up with the rope and take him back to the zoo, The homeowner is puzzled and asks What is the shotgun for ? The zoo-keeper says Well... IF I GET SHAKEN OUT OF THE TREE SHOOT THAT DANG DOG !

 

A burglar breaks into a house. He hears a voice say,"Jesus is watching you." The burglar looks around and thinks he's hearing things, so he goes back to what he's doing. He then hears the voice say, "Jesus is watching you." The burglar looks around and sees a parrot. The burglar asks the parrot, " was that you"? The parrot says," yes , that was me. I wanted you to know that Jesus is watching you". The burglar laughs, and asks, "what's your name? ". The parrot says,"my name is Moses". The burglar laughs, and asks,"what kind of idiot names his parrot Moses?"
The parrot replies, "the same kind of idiot that names his pit bull Jesus. "

 

One day, up in the northwest, a game warden hears a shotgun blast . And then another . He walks down through the woods to the beach. He sees a guy with a dozen seagulls laid out on the beach.
The game warden say,"what are you doin'?? Hunting seagulls is illegal !!!"
The guy says ," yeah, I know, but I got laid off and I got a wife and kids and I gotta feed 'em something".
The game warden says,"well I got no choice but to run you in".
So , on the way into the station, the game warden asks,"so , what does a seagull taste like anyway?"
And the guy says, "look, I am pretty embarrassed about the situation already. I really don't wanna talk about it. "
Then the game warden says, "no really, I'm curious, what does a seagull taste like? "
And the guy says, " ok, if you really wanna know, it tastes kinda like a cross between a bald eagle and a spotted owl."

 

Relaxing weekend here, been reading and watching movies, Sharknado 2 was better than the original.

On the second try, Indy got my bunk heater fixed. And the auto start is working great.

 

I honestly don't think it will register with them.

Empty truck seats, and seats in orientation classes will wake them up, eventually, but they can slow that down with imaginary raises, and new pet policies, and maybe giving us some new stickers to put on the trucks.

I say the raises are somewhat smoke and mirror stuff since they base the 13% raise claim on increased miles we are supposedly getting. Maybe my mileage has gone up slightly this year?
They could have also boosted the raise percentage by not giving us any time at home.

"Sorry guys, you have to be in the truck 365 days a year, and still log legally, but we have figured out you can make 3% more this year by not going home at all! How do you like that 'raise'??"

I think the raise stuff is to get new butts in the orientation and truck seats.

Decent paychecks, benefits, and working conditions will keep those butts in the seats.