problem child told to sit in the corner for a "time out".....

Been driving for USX for 3 months and already became the self-proclaimed "problem child". Let me explain. Finished training on or about the 15th of November from training in Marion Ind ( no trainer were available in OH at the time). spent a night at hotel in Marion, to catch bus to Springfield. Spent a night and tested out for truck assignment. So far so good. Screwed up paper logs, and ran a red light with the upgrade trainer in truck.( crap.) Well, reached DC. in Z-ville, OH and get to recover truck for a guy who got ill and had to be hospitalized (hope he is better) and pick up the trailer down the street. Rode shotgun with vet driver and found trailer and futher down the street is the tractor. Sounds simple enough, keys should be in the battery box and a way I go back to the DC. right? UHHHmmm, not quite, keys were not there and driver is in the hospital spiking a 101 temp. ( I believed) Vet driver and I are waiting for the spouse to bring them. She gets there about 8-8:30 pm and my clock is at 4:32 ( I didn't or forgot to log out of the trainer's truck in Marion...what a rookie move) Vet driver (guy I rode down with ) has about less than a hour left and has to shut down for the night. He gave me the directions back to the DC, in Zanesville, but being that I have never been there, of course I missed the turn and ended up about 2 and half mile away. Turn around in a schools parking lot and head back. Pull up to guard shack, and was asked what I was bringing back. Being the newbie that I am, I said a trailer, the guard was not amused." Yer new ain't cha?" "Why, yessir, this is my first day!" I beemingly replied. "Yer either bringing back empties, or a backhaul." said the grizzled guard, cigarette hanging from his lips, as it was ready to parachute down like a special forces soldier. "Well I just recovered this truck and trailer, so I wouldn't know what's in it" He opened the barn doors and it was empties. " Put in 'I' row, and give me the number." Those of you that have been to the DC in Zanesville understand that there are no number in "I" row, but I spent the next 45 minuites trying to find those numbers and parking the trailer. I am not ashamed to admit it, but I am not the best at backing. More on that later.
The next day, I was assigned a 2010 Peterbilt with an automatic transmission. Would have prefered a standard, but first truck, not gonna be picky. First assignment, dunnage sweep, in the Cleveland area, or a home run. Grabbed a 45' and head up 77 North. Screwed up the first stop, but to my defense, it was a brand new store, ( Oh yeah, I drive dedicated accounts) the parking lot wasn't completed yet, the trip was okay. The next couple of runs is where the problems began. A run to PA screwed me up for a run to Uniontown, Canton, and Massillon. Although I put in all of the macros (information needed to complete the services) the computer still thought that I was headed to PA. and sent me passed my turns. Pulled off of the highway and blew two trailer tires. Then got stuck in a parking lot and damage the trailer. DAC reporting here I come!!! Fast forward to New Years Eve, the place: Bath NY on route 53. Destination: Pilot on route 54 and 86. need to turn around and go back. But wait, four feet of snow is covering a drainage ditch that is part of a two lane road. KABLAM!!!!!!! Blew out a tire ( right front super single, and put a two foot hole in the cab, took out the qualcomm, and the right mud flap) Called the safety dept, breakdown, and DM. Waited until 2:30 am for the repair people. Finished the delivery and got stuck in the next town. Decided not to move until sheriff and local authorities guide me out.


Now, I am waiting to see what the outcome of the safety investigation will be. I may be let go or not. Now if anyone knows if I could go somewhere else with these incidents on my record. I would like to drive again.

 

****UPDATE**** The "problem child" has been put up for adoption USX no longer willing to keep me. I had hope to stay and be trained just a little more, but I guess that wasn't the hand I got dealt.

So now with a negative dac and 3 months of otr exp., where does a wanna-be-reformed problem child go? Driver Liason once joked about Werner. I know the accounts, and where the dc is......should I?:smt102

 

I guess that you are right. Driving down 86 in Upstate NY during that snow storm at the end of the year, really opened my eyes. I don't want to leave this career, I like the driving highways, going to the truckstops, gettting the fuel, saying hi to the different drivers, being part of a special community or a brotherhood. listening to vet driver's stories in the D.C. I only got let go yesterday, but I already miss it.