what happened to brotherhood

Oh yes I remember the days.
Now it's a "me" it's all about "me"
The heck with the other guy. I gotta look out for me. These new breed. There not out cuz they love trucking. Just can't find other work. Just making a pay check till they can find other work and just flat out don't care.

 

People/Society has changed. There isn't much that is the same as it was 10-20 years ago.
It will never be what it once was.

 

You have to remember those were the days when trucks had drivers in them that wanted to be drivers .
Now trucks are full of unemployed whatever's that cant stand trucking and don't care about themselves let alone you or anyone else.

Just look and listen the industry has become the trash can of the country. Just dump them on us after all anyone can drive and you will get rich and be home while you get paid to drive around and see all the pretty sights .

 

Not to be too picky here--BUT they aren't all gone--some of us still drive act that way--may nt be appreciated as much--and some do not know how to take it--but it is the only way I know how to act--then again--I've been at this way too long! LOL
just my $.02

 

I'm a relative newbie compared to most of you (about 13 or 14 years), but it's true....the whole of society is changing....

I'm a nut for the 1940s. Love the history, the advertising, the styles.....I wouldn't mind going back to a simpler, more civilized time for sure.

Balakov is right....those times are gone, never to return, short of a literal apocolypse and the need to return to "simple".

I was at a receiver a few days ago. Had to slide the tandems back before dropping in a door. Chilly and damp. Very rare to have an issue with one of our trailers, but I had issues with this one. Had to get in and out of the tractor about a dozen times to get the things to slide, ViceGrips, 4-pound hammer and all included. Only other person around was a guy in the next door....sitting in the driver's seat. Never moved...never offered. I didn't need the help, but had the roles been reversed, I'd have been there, because...well, it seems like the right thing to do.

But the ever-growing mentality of "I have to save every possible second because I'm on e-logs or (insert other excuse here)" is growing daily. I'm on e-logs, and you know what? If I spend 5 minutes helping you do something, I'll get it back somewhere down the road. Conversely, if I DON'T help you, chances are I'll lose those same five minutes later on...RR crossing, minor wreck, or just timing the traffic lights badly.

It really is a shame. But all we can do as individuals is the best job we can and keep on truckin'.

Be safe, y'all. And don't let the idjits get ya down!

 

To some it still exists, to those who are generational drivers. But now more than ever you have an influx of new drivers who no one in their fam. Ever been a driver. im new myself so im not focusing on the "new " part but the fact that they are just rude. To them its just a job something that got them out of unemployment line. There is no pride in profession.

 

The parking skills are getting way worse. Last week i parked in a corner spot near the back at flying j in carlisle, figuring i could make a quick exit out of there to make my early morning run. I almost couldn't get out because of trucks blocking almost every aisle in there, and see lots of times where, during daytime hours, the truck stop would be almost empty, lots of parking spots available, but idiots parking in the fuel island while they shovel food down their mouths, or sitting in the driveway. Is it too much work to walk a few more feet?


Another incident, DOT set up in the parking area in NY in i 86, signs directing trucks in, i pull in, trooper waves me through, no problemo.....then not 1, but 2 trucks blow by.......i guess people aren't taught how to read signs in driving school either! No wonder the troopers seem so PO'd when i pull in...

 

You ain't alone out there 'olhand! There are some of us left!

 

A few weeks ago I was at the Loves in Demotte, Indiana getting ready to pull away from getting fuel and I noticed a driver beside me trying to slide his tandems. I didn't think twice about it I just got out and told him to get in the truck and do what he needs and I will hold the handle. Guy slide his tandems and thanked me a few times for lending a helping hand. Couldn't believe I would just offer my help. Said god bless to me and I told him not a problem as I have been there and done that and you can't get through life without a hand every now and again.