Drove my truck drunk today

On your own land? If i ran anyone over while moving my truck on my farm they should be grateful I didn't see them. Getting hit by a truck at 5 mph might sting but if I had seen them they were trespassing and smith and Wesson would of hurt a lot more than that Pete did in granny gear.

 

Many many many years ago when dart was located on university Ave in St Paul it wasn't unusual for night dispatch to call down the street to the ace box lounge for a driver to cover a load ...same went for the cattle haulers in so St Paul , just call the buckboard bar ...this was ages ago thow .

 

Yep, I've seen a couple of fatalities on private property. Not trying to be an Adam Henry here, just had to many years in emergency services and law enforcement.

 

This story reminds me of my first driving job. It was my birthday weekend, and I had a good buzz going on Friday night. Out of the blue, about 9pm I get a call from my dispatcher asking me to cover an emergency, unplanned, Saturday morning load leaving at 2am.

I proceeded to tell him that I'd been drinking and wasn't taking the load. He hung up on me, then called me back 15 minutes later telling me that all drivers were "on call" (we were never officially informed of this policy) and that I had to take it.

This time I not so politely told him, "no, I've been drinking and will not drive". He muttered a few words and hung up on me again.

I didn't run that night, but my time was short there after that. I could never prove it, but I believe he set me up for a fall the following month in order to fire me.

 

Well you and I see things a lot differently. I've been so drunk I can't stand up. But I've never been so drunk that anyone was in danger of any injury more severe than falling to the ground. And there is absolutely no possible way anyone can get hurt from me moving my truck or from under 1 trailer to the trailer parked beside it. The bigger danger is managing to get out of it without face planting into a fresh pile of cow doodoo.

 

That's not a bad parking job at all. Better than most guys do it sober.

 

It was way back in the day don and certainly not acceptable now ..I won't drive anything on a public road if I've had anything to drink...gotta have commen sence if you're gona drink or ya shouldn't drink .

 

No laws were broken. It is not illegal to drive drunk on private property.

 

Some dispatchers are self centered morons ..I was with hill bros. In 96 when lyin Dave called me for a favor one night ..said nope been drinking and he gota tude with me callin me an alcoholic .
Told him my time is my time and not his and hung up .
Monday morning when I went in got sent right in for a drug test lol.