stunned...........

Couldnt have said it any better!

 

There's some good jobs in Jacksonville area for new CDL drivers.

Rinaudo Enterprise
Melton Truck Lines
CTL Transportation
CCC Transportation
MCT Transportation
SVTN
Superior Carriers
Trimac
Schneider Bulk
Tidewater Transit
Benny Whitehead Trucking
Windy Hill Transportation (some say the make good money & some say they don't)
Armellini Express

 

You are starting to tick me off. I'm not a homeless person, I don't need or want your sympathy. I'm a long haul trucker, love being a long haul trucker. I make great money, good benefits and little stress. I also have a hot wife, three kids and they live with it. Quit with this homeless person crap. The only reason I'm hungry on the road is because it's lunch time and I'm heading to a truck stop, the same as office people are hungry during the same hour. You don't have to "be careful" around me any more than you do the banker in the Honda. You had a bad experience, probably wasn't as bad as you make it out cause I'm sensing a whiner with you, so man up and drive. Or join the long, long ranks of those who couldn't bear to sleep in a truck and miss some family time.

 

Just now,lol.

 

I can still sleep on a hammock under my trailer and go home to my 4br ranch home and spend time with my wife and parents. There are dues to be paid before respect and status is earned and I can assure you that come in EVERY industry.... even McDonalds. The drivers that look homless look homless cuz they don't take care of themselves or simply don't care to. For every 10 cdl grads in one year only 1/3 will remain another year and another half drop out.... and you can quote me on that cuz all internet statistics are true!
Haha. We can all blame the industry, we can blame the companies, or we can take responsibility for our own paths and be the best we can.... be the best you can. Every day. Every minute.

 

Oh, I can sleep in a hammock cuz that's oilfield.... not truck stops. Those are pretty gross,and full of homeless people. Eeew

 

Every industry that pays good has barriers to entry. Heck, my wife, who has a Juris Doctorate, not only had to pass a state exam given only twice a year, that is corrected to fail a certain percentage (30-40%) of exam takers, but then had to work 70-80, and a few 96 hours a week for a $40k a year salary. I made more than that at Covenant my first year. Those that go for their MD work in far worse conditions and for many more hours in a row during their residency. Apprentices get the crap jobs, end of story. An electrician's helper working in the attic of a 50's FL home with their tiny attics in the middle of summer. The roofer's helper hauling bundles of shingles up a ladder, the new salesperson making cold calls because they don't enjoy a client base that just reorder like those that have already built one from scratch. Please spare us your pity party. Nothing is going to change, pay your dues, or sell yourself to a desperate employer. You live in the worst market in the country for entry level truckers, but you would already know that if you did one bit of research. Evidently, you didn't do any research on driving a cab either. Talk about homeless bums. I found out an acquaintance from high school drove a cab. I found out because he was shot and robbed while sleeping in his cab and it was on the news.
As far as the "homeless truckers" go, in life there are many types of people, no matter what industry or level of success. I semi-famous millionaire customer (on local TV) that always came in looking like a bum with food stained clothes, but would have no problem dropping $2k for the newest, latest and greatest Star TAC cell phone or some other electronics. Some guys have the discipline to look good when no one is watching and some don't. Ever been to WalMart?

You've been given some very good prospects for finding a job in FL, instead of thanking anyone and updating us on who you've applied to, you continue to whine about the "industry". You're not going to make it. Maybe it's time to watch some more late night tv to fins your next easy job in high demand that pays$$$. I always see the court reporter school ads, maybe that is your next job.

 

Love it when a guy who couldn't even make it 6 months tells me the "truth" to my own industry.