OTR dress code

My thing is, we are paid better than most people and should be able to afford decent attire. It's a shame most drivers look like a bum and make us all look bad. I take tremendous pride in my appearance and I look no different than your typical 4 wheeler at the truck stop.

 

When you get out on the road, take a close look at that crowd from the Elk Grove Village area of Chicago, you'll see how not to dress, and how not to drive. Skin tight tee shirts, sweat pants, Puma sneakers and Porsche Carrera sunglasses all from the 80's is definitely out. Oh, and running wide open on ice and snow across Wyoming is also out of style.

 

i noticed local drivers tend to dress like normal human beings. Im not making excuses for the sloppy bum-looking OTR drivers but i did 13 months on the road and it was the most painfully depressing time in my entire life being isolated from humanity and imprisoned to the truck all the time. Some VERY unhealthy thoughts were crossing my mind. I took care of myself but i was only out there for a year and i had very specific goals of being local and whatnot keeping me going. If i had been out there for 3, 4, 10 years like some of you guys i dont know if i would be able to keep myself together. Lets just say i empathize with the slobs. Its tough out there.

 

Truxedo

 

let's just say, that is still NO reason to be unkempt and unwashed and unshaven.

a person has no self respect or dignity if he let's himself go all because he is out on the road for weeks or months at a time. truck stops have showers, they have laundry rooms, they even sell clothing. there is nearly at every exit a wally-world, there are rest areas that have rest room facilities, for a quick clean up, like a simple shave. there are battery powered shavers,.i know, i owned one. there is to me, NO reason to be a slob. i have NO empathy for slobbish people, when what ever they need is always available

 

I don't sympathize with them. Most if not all of them live out of their trucks. They have no home/apartment to go home to. That is inexcusable, and no excuse to live like a slob. I have no respect for these guys on the road or at the terminal. Why do companies continue to to hire these people? Why not send them home on the first day of orientation and send a message?

 

but you see here Pat...many times right here on THESE boards, someone will almost always ask how cheaply can they live on the road, if they give up thier apartment, and save on rent. they think living in the truck 24/7/365 is a breeze. is it then possible, they most likely become the very ones we are speaking about now..??

it's NOT a dorm room, or a frat house, which is my thinking that many feel that it is.

 

Most if not all, meaning a few exceptions. Very few at that. I did leave a small margin of error there by saying "most".

 

i dont sympathize with them either. I empathize with them. Big difference. Basically what i meant to say is i understand how they got to the situation they are in while not necessarily agreeing with them or the decisions they make.

 

Best compliment I still receive, "you don't look like a truck driver" THANK YOU