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If I were a truck driver for 35 years, I wouldn't end up driving for a company that I dislike so much.. Sounds like this guy has some issues..

 

35 years in horse hockey... after 35 years, he's either job hopped every 6 months as not to make any seniority, or just isn't very attentive.

The guys with 35 years in are rarely company drivers... and if they are, they pretty much do what they want, home every day by 4.

 

Celadon only hires experienced drivers. People actually drive for them. Go figure

 

No it's not. I didn't have the internet in the truck when I was OTR. A phone # was almost always provided and I used it, but really, what's so hard about giving good directions to shippers and receivers?

 

OK, let's set aside internet, GPS and smart phones... directory assistance has been around since long before I was born.

Next excuse, please.

 

The reason I didn't have the internet was to save money. At a minimum cost of $350 for a trucker GPS, again, I was saving my money. And when I was OTR, I still had a little old LG flip phone (saving my money). Directory assistance costs . . . money.

Again, what's so hard about giving good direcs? On a few occasions, I tried sending the company corrected directions, but they never fixed them. It's not about having your hand held, it's about being able to do your job without having to spend any of your own hard-earned money.

 

I'm not defending someone not giving you directions.. I'm saying that I didn't need them, and didn't before I had some cool cell phone and a laptop and GPS.

And this... "Directory assistance costs . . . money"

Is just more excuses - while you WAIT for someone to get off their butt, forward you directions, all that jazz.. I will have already looked it up as soon as I got the dispatch and beat you to the shipper.. and if its first come first serve, guess you'd better get out your reading material.. it'll be a while.

Hard earned money? MAYBE $5 a month in directory assistance charges? I spend more than that in a month on chewing gum.

Next excuse, please.

 

That's all I got. You can call it an excuse if you want, but it's valid. If you want to waste your money on all that crap, that's your choice, but why beat on other guys because they'd rather spend their money on themselves?

 

Sorry, was out doing a DOT physical.

Joeycool, sorry if it seemed like I was hacking on you, I really wasn't. My attitude is that nothing holds me back from making money, nothing slows me down (that I have control of), and I really hate relying on someone else to do something for me... at their pace... when it ultimately effects my pocket.

I'll kick a slow dispatcher to the curb and do things for myself, instead of waiting on the dispatcher to get through the other 53 qualcomm messages to send me my directions.