Threatened to get fired for a phone call?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by ctmtrucker2134, Jun 10, 2015.

  1. G.Anthony

    G.Anthony Road Train Member

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    You have to be able to dress and act like this, OR ELSE...!!


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  3. Sik_Life

    Sik_Life Medium Load Member

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    Calling to ask her husband a question? Sure that's fine. Calling to speak to the company he works for when what they do is none of her business absolutely not.
     
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  4. Pedigreed Bulldog

    Pedigreed Bulldog Road Train Member

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    Some women enjoy that sort of thing...
     
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  5. Ken Worth

    Ken Worth Medium Load Member

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    Why? What has led you to believe that your business has nothing to do with your wife? What if she was calling to find out about health insurance or bank deposit information, is that okay or strictly forbidden?
     
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  6. D33RHUNT3R

    D33RHUNT3R Medium Load Member

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    I can't believe how many guys don't handle their own business and think its ok for the needling wives to do it for them.. I wouldn't call my wife's work and ask questions anymore than she would call mine.. To me it's only common sense that the employee deals with the company they work for not the spouse or their mommie..

    Now my wife and I will be team driving after we finish school so the fact will be our employer will be one in the same. But I'm sure we will still be handling our own situations with the company without the other's interference. It's just the way adults do things.
    It's just amazing how some adults actual think..

    I wonder if their mommies still call if they feel lil johnny isn't being treated fairly. Obviously some think that would be ok :confused:

    Now, maybe I understand why companies feel the need for inward camera's, obviously some folks never grow up and need babysitters their whole life.
     
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  7. Ken Worth

    Ken Worth Medium Load Member

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    What if she's at home and pays the bills when they get there? It amazes me that there are so many whipped drivers who are afraid of their boss and walk on eggshells hoping their wife never calls in there to ask a question. Completely bizarre. My company is always glad to answer questions as long as your not a nutjob or total pest. I've never worked for a company that wouldn't.
     
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  8. Mudguppy

    Mudguppy Degenerate Immoralist

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    If you consider me acting like the grown-ash man that I am and handling my own business myself being a "puppy dog", well....
    Maybe you prefer to have your wife guide you through this big, intimidating thing called life, but me.....Not so much.
    My wife has my cell number if she has any questions related to my work. Or in case of emergency.
     
  9. Mudguppy

    Mudguppy Degenerate Immoralist

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    :biggrin_25513:
    I was going to reply and explain that you got this whipped thing bassackwards, if you need your wife (or surrogate mommy figure) calling your boss because you won't/can't/are too skeert/what the heck ever, but I realize it just doesn't register here......So, moving along now.....Nothing to see here.....:biggrin_25513:
     
  10. Big Don

    Big Don "Old Fart"

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    Ken, I believe you are wasting your time. There is apparently a certain percentage of men that feel threatened by their wives. Either that, or they keep their wives in the dark for a reason, such as not wanting the "little woman" to know how much they make, because they don't want her to know how much they spend.
    When I was with Knight, there was hardly a week went by that they did not screw up my pay. I was more than happy to have my wife be on the phone with payroll, while I WAS OUT THERE MAKING MONEY! Of course I could have done the calling myself, but I chose ask her to do it, since she was the one at home, and paying the bills.
    My belief is that marriage is, or at least SHOULD BE, a partnership. People who are worried by their partner "taking over," don't have much of a relationship going, in my oplnion. And I think it is extremely telling about them, when they take to putting down people who don't think like they do.
    Now I am on my third marriage. It took me three tries to find the right gal. And a good part of the reason for that, was that neither of my first two wives wanted to have a partnership. They just wanted someone to "take care of" them.
     
  11. TankerP

    TankerP Road Train Member

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    In 18 years of marriage my wife has never called my employer. And I've never called hers. That's just embarrassing.

    She can see my pay through direct deposit. If she has a question about my benefits, I look it up online or ask my employer directly and tell her about it during dinner. She and I talk about things and she does not go over my shoulder and I don't go over hers.

    We trust each other and we treat each other like grown adults.
     
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