OK I Now Know What the Perfect Job Is

Nice! Where to I sign up?

 

It's funny because it's true.

Man, this is the trucking industry. You're never going to get 100% of everything you want. There are folks who think you can--I call 'em "Princess Drivers." No matter how good things are, they'll find a reason to get pissed off and quit.

Those of us who've been around awhile don't expect everything handed to us. We just want the opportunity to make decent money, see the house once in awhile, and be treated like human beings.

Now where's that lumper with my Starbucks?

 

LOL!

It's like anything else. When you are looking for opinions on things, you have to realize a couple things.

99% of people will complain about something if they don't like it.
Less than 10% will make an effort to talk good about something.

In the trucking industry, it just gets even more compounded because the industry is filled with a bunch of very angry people that didn't know what they were getting into, as well as some that have been around it for a long time and are angry at how it has changed.

You won't find a large percentage of the people who are happy out commenting about it. As long as they are happy with their company, they will remain relatively quiet. Once their dispatcher pisses them off though, look out because they will be seeking out places to raise hell about it.

 

Don't be silly now.... I want cash in my b-day card.

 

I could go for a personal masseuse/secretary while on the road as well.

 

"Pricess Drivers"...too funny. What you say seems true though. I think most of the people on these boards want everything given to them on silver platter. Almost like they truly believe the trucking industry "owes" them something. They freely make the decision to enter the trucking industry, and then whine and complain when their rose colored glasses turn clear. It's always someone elses fault. I don't think I've read one post where a driver openly said he screwed up and got fired. Nope, always the company's fault...lol. What I don't understand is why they whine and complain but remain in the business. If they're sooooooo miserable why don't get out and do something that will make them happy?

 

I'm a real man... man enough to admit that I am a pretty, pretty princess. Don't get me wrong, I don't pluck my eyebrows or get manicures. I do, however, require my comforts. I can't sleep just anywhere; minimum requirement, I must have my own pillows. I have a princess's nose, very delicate; intolerable smells will not be... well... tolerated. I do not drink swill. My coffee must be just so; ie. made by me at, precisely, when I get up and again at 5 pm. I eat like a human, no truck stop roller dog at 65 MPH; I require a plate and a napkin. I'll take a paper plate and a paper towel. I don't require filet mignon but it must be a civil affair.

I shave my head but not my mustache, I work with wood, I have thousands of dollars worth of power tools and I make passes at women in public places. I am, without qualification, a real man and I take no shame in admitting that I am a pretty, pretty princess. If you want to drink truck stop swill, go without a shower for five days, pee in a Gatorade bottle so as to get in an extra twenty miles for the day, knock yourself out. I don't judge you. You better make real sure you don't judge me either.

 

We actually do have a maseuse but at the office, not a traveling one unfortunaly... Guess I have to complain about that.

I get a kick out of the guys who exect the trucks to be ABSOLUTELY perfect, in every possible way. I'm sorry but in 12 years I have never driven a truck that I couldn't find some problem with. And chances are if it doesn't effect the road worthyness or safety f the driver it isn't going to get fixed for awhile.

Other than that You are pretty smart for a swift driver!!

 

Oh and one thing you probably havn't learned yet is that you will never please everyone.
Arguing with a truck driver is like wrestling a greased pig....evetually you realize the pig likes it