What Do You Think When........

I'm not "just" a driver. I'm also a mechanic, accountant, customer service rep, secretary, etc...

I've also got a 4 year degree from a state university.

 

I'm not just a driver. I'm a person who loves what they do.

For the most part comments like that wouldn't bother me at all. Of course the way in which it's said and the context could make a difference but hey, he's just a mechanic.

 

You'll find many educated drivers out here on the big road and some with college degrees who grew disenfranchised with the corporate world for one reason or another. You'll also find a good share of us who already fulfilled other careers and are coming to driving in our second "life." Being "just a driver" has its perks. I sometimes take a guilty pleasure when some goof talks to me like I'm an idiot just because I'm driving a truck, especially when they're wrong about something and I know I'm right. I'd say the majority of the time I let them keep on thinking what they're thinking. While it bothered me when I was younger it doesn't bother me in the least anymore, especially when I know I have more on the ball upstairs than some of these white-collar jerk offs and young grads right out of college who don't have a clue but think they're all that. As the saying goes, better to remain silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt ... as those I'm referring often do. You can't change anyone but yourself, something it took me many years to realize. Water off a duck's back driver, water off a duck's back.

 

I find it amusing as hell but also spread that "im just a driver" mentality a bit as I dont really wanna talk to people, I wanna get back into the truck where I have my music playing, I have the outside air, I have the sun on my face, I have lunch under a tree somewhere etc. I also have a degree in network engineering and personal training, but I do what I enjoy and I like, so it comes down to what you like, but really a mechanic tried to talk down to you? true case of the pot calling the kettle black there

 

Hmmmm can't offer an opinion.. I'm only a waitress

 

I dont really care. I have acquaintances back home that know I drive a truck and thats it. My friends and family, know I drive a truck, but they also know I worked my butt off to buy that truck, trailer, start my authority, etc.... They know that 5 years ago, I was renting an old house that was falling apart, and today I'm buying the "house of my..wifes.. dreams", while my acquaintances think i'm still in the run down house. As far as i'm concerned, the people that matter to me know i'm more than "just a driver", and what other people think?? who gives a rats ###

 

Please.

We are all 'just drivers'.

It doesn't matter what came before.

What we are now, is a truck driver.
Live with it.

 

I don't let terms like "unskilled labor" and "driver" bother me. I love what I do. Besides call me what you want but there the first people who wanna see inside the truck or hear stories.

 

Its true, there is a lot of educated people out here driving trucks, and some very dumb ones as well. I met a M.D. once, I guess he got sick of being around sick people all day and wanted a change, lol.

The real secret is, just be happy doing what you do. Sure there are always challenges to face, set backs, and dissipointments, but also many rewards that come in so many small ways, too numerous to count each and every day.

Do whats in your heart to try, and see what happens next.

Even A janitor who takes pride in his work, and in him self. I am sure, is also honored and respected by his maker, meaning God.

And I don't mean to insult or demean janitors, I just used that as an example of an occupation most would consider unacceptable for their egos and sense of pride to endure.