do Truckers have to transport bad magazines?

I met one of our drivers a while back who was upset about working on saturday because it conflicted with his religious practices.
He said he was promised that he would be home every weekend.
That much is true. In nearly three years, I have been home every weekend.
However, I don't always get home on friday. It could be saturday morning or occasionally late saturday.
Running OTR for anybody, that will happen. The fellow appeared to be somewhat new to trucking.
I'm thinking he maybe should have done a little research before he committed to this deal.
I'm also thinking that if he is worshipping a compassionate God, there would be some allowance for providing for one's family.

 

Most companies don't, but I know of a driver in our company who has a religious objection to hauling alcohol, and even though we haul a lot of bear and wine, he doesn't. I don't know how he doesn't haul the alcohol and still make any money, but he apparently is happy with the arrangement.

 

I spent a few years hauling pneumatic tankers. I don't think there'd be any religious or "moral" problem with hauling lime, starch, and cement.
They also tend to have a lot of local and regional runs, too.

As for the dry freight, like the magazines... I'll agree with an above poster. Don't read 'em. You'll be fine.

Any difficulties you have with the freight you're hauling, so long as it's legal and not overweight or anything, is all personal and you'd be creating
an unnecessary hardship for your company if you starting trying to pick and choose freight based on your morality.

Now, if you're hauling a load of political prisoners to an internment camp, then I'll stand and applaud your refusal to take it, or even a 'creative reroute'
to release them.

 

I appreciate the replies, but I think I need to reiterate something here - I am not asking this for my own situation, it is only out of genuine curiosity that I want to know. As I mentioned already, I have worked in occupations before where someone else's beliefs resulted in some incidents and conflicts and I'm simply wondering if the trucking industry has those same concerns. My own religious beliefs or personal morals do not conflict with hauling ANY legal load, whatever it may be. Just wanted to make that clear.

 

Oh we understand Gummiente, at least I do.
You have just opened the door for some interesting dialogue.
We can all learn from each other.

 

Most companies would terminate a driver for that. Now with that said I've talked to a few drivers ho have picked up loads that were religious in nature and had some restrictions on what they could or couldn't do. They also told me they given a tip for this. How much truth is behind this I don't know, but it wouldn't surprise me that while rare it does happen.

 

The bigger question is probably can most of the drivers resist ripping that seal off and reading the "bad" magazines. I know I can........but Redd.......now he's going to have a problem.