Silent Strike or Active Protest??

I've been parked since last night, at home watching everything unfold. What's making news? The drivers that are out there. Are we doing more good sitting around waiting for numbers to unfold due to lack of fuel sales, or be seen by the public? I can't see jack from my house, so I'm going out looking for a slowdown. I don't have to buy fuel until tomorrow, so I hope this helps. I'm leaving western PA on 80 and heading to Indianapolis. I hope you don't think I'm abandoning the cause, I just want to be in the face of it.

 

Grumpy, you don't get it. I know you don't, so let me help you. When we have a load, we were hired by X company to deliver it to Y company. You are contracted by law to do so. If you hold their product, you are are stealing and or holding stolen property. Are you with me so far, genius? An analogy would a bud and passenger scenario. The bus, takes passengers (freight) from point A to point B. The freight is paid. Your only obligation is to get it there safe and on time. If you're and idiot and don't do such, you are now kidnapping (felony) compared to your freight which I guarantee is over the amount and puts you in felony grand theft status. So, to avoid your assenine thought process, the smart thing to do is deliver the lost and then REFUSE to pick up another. Do you have any questions? You're exactly what's wrong with truck drivers today. Guys like you don't think.

 

And another thing... I'm a company driver. Im doing what I can for the cause. Honestly, I don't care about fuel prices as much as others. I get the same pay, the same health insurance, the 401k. I would hate to see my company go down, but I'd slide right into another.

 

I read it, after it appeared when I posted mine. Do you understand how a forum works? I click reply, and whatever happens in the background is unknown until done typing and posted, so there is a little bit of human latency built in. So, let's to back to yesterday. I am a company driver, that's been established. I DO NOT care what it takes to run the truck. I get up, kick some tires, draw some lines, dump fuel in it and drive the SOB. I don't care if fuel is $100/gallon as long as my company knows how to make it profit, and I continue to make money. I was doing my part, and to "guys" like you, you choose to keep drawing lines and separation between drivers. So for me to help you with that goal, I offer this from yesterday: the more oo's that go out, the more freight available. In other words, 50,000 "guys" like you go down, there are 50,000 more loads available for us every other day. Keep up tfe division. Good job.