Proper attire

Sans sport coat, I worked with a driver many moons ago when I got started at Swift, who always wore a button down shirt and black tie, dress pants, and penny loafers to work every day. No joke...

 

The denim isn't the same

 

Well since we are telling people what we wear lolol...

Always a long sleeve shirt or hoody at shipper or receiver (mainly because of PPE req. even though some don’t care)
5.11 tactical pants are awesome. Nice pocket for my knife or a pair of pliers if I need them or carhartt bibs
I have two good pair of steel toe boots I like to rotate 1 pair of thorogoods and one pair of Irish setters, often drive in them because they are comfortable.
I will often switch to shorts and T-shirt and tennis shoes while driving but you won’t catch me at a shipper or receiver in shorts ever. When I get up in morn I am going to pickup or deliver I just put the long clothes on.

Again I really don’t care what people wear at a truck stop. I do try and nod or say something positive to each person I pass by I don’t care who they are. I am sometimes met with a blank stare but more often than not I am also greeted back.

I absolutely never toss thrash out my truck onto ground whether in a bag or not. That is tacky as hell in my opinion. I never leave trash at a shipper. I always greet the forklift driver before they load and always tell them to have a great day when we depart ways.

I do appreciate positive role models because I think it may rub off on people who actually give a 1/4 cent. Even if just for a few minutes.

I’ve enjoyed this thread.

 

Best jeans I ever had were these no-name jeans from Bangladesh. Lasted me 2 years. Used to soak them in degreaser and pressure wash them when they got grease stains on them. Could never find them again after I bought the first pair.

 

Its sad. In my opinion used to be the best. All I ever bought and worth the money. Haven't bought any for about 4-5 years. Last batch fell apart. I'll buy 5-6 pairs a years. Get rotated from good, work, garage, paint/drywall/crete, and trash. Try to keep a good rotation.

 

Maybe I'm weird? Red kapp coat and a shinning aluminum telephone co. hard hat from the 1950's.

 

Yep, yer weird. But we all already knew that.

 

Thanks !

 

Any time brother from another mother.

 

I knew a guy who dressed like that doing foodservice. Really.

I thought at first that he was taking pride in his appearance, but it soon became obvious he was just trying to impress the ladies on his route...