PAM Transport doesn't like gay people

^I wholeheartedly agree.

 

I'm still trying to convince family members that I'm not straight because of the good 'ol stereotype that gay people are skinny as a rail, girly, talk with a lisp, love pink, fly rainbow flags, and try to turn every man I see gay. Maybe I need to stop fixing cars, hunting, shooting firearms at the range and shave my face before people will accept the fact that I won't marry a woman.

 

I needed that laugh, thanks!

This is the internetz, srs bsns.

 

The only update I can give is that upon going through orientation with Swift, I met with the training administrator and asked her specifically if she had any employees who were gay, bi, lesbian, and/or transgendered. She replied that yes she does, but whether or not they're open is a different story. I then asked her how many trainers does she know of, and asked me if I am gay. I said "yes, I am, and would feel better to be with a GLBT trainer, but wouldn't mind being with a hetersexual person. She thanked me for my honesty and applauded me for coming out to her, because that (to her) shows great respect and trusting qualities in an individual. She told me that one lesbian trainer comes to mind, and she will do everything in her power to pair me with her. Well, as my luck came, I DID get paired with the lady in question, but the flip side is that she is stuck in a repair shop and it wont be looked at until Monday. Later on, I asked one of the other women in the office about how far apart can two people live before they cannot team together due to distance, and her first question was "Are you referring to your man? Honey, don't worry about it, we encourage couples to drive no matter if it's male-female, female-female, male-male, something else with something else. Pennsylvania may not recognize GLBT folks, but we do here at Swift. You're safe here; welcome home!"

On the last day of orientation, we all in the classroom were ribbing on one guy who had been paired with a female very shortly after watching a sexual harassment video where a female trainer called herself "Blowfish". I said "Dude, you're not the only one with a female trainer, but the only difference is that my lady trainer likes ladies!" The instructor responded with "Ohh, so both of you are gonna be looking for the same thing!" I replied "Nuh-uh... we are not. She's looking at the females but I'm certainly not." Took him a second or two before realizing what I meant... class started laughing.

To conclude... I feel very comfortable so far at Swift, and hung out at the terminal most of the day getting my classes done on the Kiosk before having to do them later. Nobody spoke about their wives, nobody started a dirty conversation about the woman walking down the street, on TV, etc. It was just like a normal day at work without the horned up personalities. Very tranquil I guess.