Things That Need to Come Back

Drivers who can actually drive. In all terrain and all weather.
Drivers who can fix things. Simple things. Marker lights and radiator hoses and such.
Bosses who started with one truck and worked their way up. They know how it is.
Dispatchers who used to drive. The good ones, not the kiss butt whiny babies who flunked out as a driver..
Mechanics who can fix things. Really fix them, not just throw parts at a problem.
Bosses who realize that a guy with a big red tool box and a snotty attitude isn't always a real mechanic.
6x4 transmissions. If you can't drive one, learn. If you can't learn, go home.
Cafes with real food served on real plates. No styrofoam.
Free coffee with fuel.
A pot of coffee always brewing in the drivers room or the shop.
Friday afternoon choir practice with cold beer after the work was done.
Pickups backed up in a circle, tailgates down, big cooler of beer in the center.

 

There are still places where that type of work environment exists. They just don't make a lot of noise about it.