the attitude of the "new breed of driver"

You must have been raised with manners and taught to respect others then! It's allowed!

BTW - I really love that sig pic you have!

 

i will get a little personal to back up what injun said in his post and to say hey, i know what pain is when a kid goes bad, my oldest daughter got involved with the wrong people like yours did. Dropped out of collage and then cancer hit her real hard, she had osteosarcoma and the chemo that she was on tore her up as this stuff was a lot stronger than other chemo as i understand it, the hospital deluged her with pain meds and kept her really pumped up with the stuff. Well as time goes on and she was eventually released from the hospital about 6-8 months later she became a drug addict. She was so messed up on pain meds in the hospital that the doctors gave her oxycodone to bring her down and get her off the real hard stuff.well as time goes by my daughter is scaming two differant doctors, as i am lead to believe, to get pills. Well i am devorced and my daughter moved in with me and did alot of financial damage to me, not to great being a target instead of a father. I called the police one time after coming home from work and found my place torn apart, the the pain meds that i had that where missing, making this short, i found out through the police that she did it and her habit was a lot worse then i thought,sent her to rehab and got out in two days, after awhile she moves back in with her mother, this was 2 years ago, went through rehab and failed, tried and failed, now she is in trouble with the law and probley looking at some jail time. Any way, i know that my daughter's situation is nothing compared to your's, just trying to reinforce what injun said and what parental pain is, as alot of us have it.

 

so sorry you had, and are having to go thru that...my goodness..you would think the cancer would get her attention...you were just trying to do the right thing and be there for her and be her dad...thats sad...sorry!!!! I can relate and sympathize...it breaks your heart...yeah, ours stole ANYTHING that wasnt tied down...and her being shot just got her addicted to pills as well (hosp. ) she was already using street drugs, and she just told me last week, that she has to testify or else they are gonna get her for obstruction of justice and an accessory (sp?) to murder if she didnt....which translates to me that she was involved somehow, some way in what happened to her, there is more to the story but wont put it on here...cuz they are still doing the trial... but lets just say, she wasnt the only one shot that day..by the same people..that shot her.

 

I appreciate this post! I am a 42 yr old "new driver", however, I am not new to life. After my training I have made it my business to learn the "culture" of trucking. Asking questions, sometimes being made fun of for asking, yet given an answer that builds your career. Every new person gets ribbed in a new job, its tradition. But this job requires attention to detail, if not, someone could die and it might you.

There is alot to be learned from seasoned drivers and most share their knowledge willingly, with the sense of duty and obligation to pass it along to others. Respect is taught at a young age, maybe its possible to acquire it along the way, but lots of new drivers make that statement difficult to prove.

I appreciate the veteran driver, those who help me everyday!

 

I also believe that all new drivers are not know-it-alls and I would say a good number are hard working people trying to learn a tough business. I'm also a strong believer that the older drivers should help the newer drivers because that's the way it was done when the business worked like a well oiled machine.

I know I was taught by the older drivers and their names were on the line for my performance. But that was before the CDL schools came to being and the money was more important than safety. So if you can show a new driver a better way or help him or her as much as you can and you'll better the industry.

 

I just had to break that up so i could read it.

 

Had 2 applicants drop by yesterday

#1 - 35 year old , Looked like the last time he bathed was last fall , had that GRIZZLY ADAMS / Homeless person look and odour about him. His pickup looked the same. Quit his last job last week , had restrictions on where he would go and what he would drive and it had to be NEW.

#2 - 30 year old , Clean , well groomed , car was spotless. He told me everything WRONG with his old company , who was trusted who was not from the yard jockey to the owner , how the owner spent his $ ecte ecte. All that when I was trying to interview him.

 

so which one did you hire?????

 

Lets just say I have a few more dropping by this afternoon.

 

first impressions are the ones that count--wether you are an employee or employer--and with hiring drivers--it must be that much harder--you are basically hiring somebody then sending them out unsupervised--i would think it would take a while to build up the trust part in an employee---especially in a small company---the big companies--i really dont think they care all that much about equipment and driver/customer relations