WHY is Trucking Perfect for YOU?

No office politics to worry about.

 

Yep. We all fd things up royally with bad choices in our younger years.

 

Actually, he didn't shrug
He was the assistant football coach and I judged him to be a real ########.
So I never went to his class
At the last day when I needed his credit, he didn't bust my balls.
He handed me two videos, told me to go to the library and watch them, and he'd test me on them.
Said if I got a 70 he'd pass me.
I watched them, then got the test
All on his time he freely gave and had no reason to.
When I got the test, I knew I had been duped.
The test had nothing to do with the videos.
I was clueless.
Guessed as best I could, knowing he couldn't wait to tell me I'd failed.
When I handed him the test, he smiled, wrote 71 on it and circled it without ever looking at the answers.
Then he said congratulations and walked away.
I've been real careful how I judge people ever since Mr Johnson.
And I've never forgot the teacher I never knew.

 

And still make more than alot of college graduates!

 

Yes
But they're playing catch with their kids at night in their yard
Fishing at night
Golfing on Saturday with buddies
Making it to their niece's wedding
Getting up A 6 every morning and done with work at 4:30
Having beers in the garage with their neighbor while they tinker with the car
Watching their 54 inch cable TV from their couch
Getting full pay for ALL holidays
Getting sick pay, just call in and kick back. Etc.....
Sometimes even a win is bittersweet.

 

Not necessarily.

There's a lot of college educated baristas and waiters out there. I know, I was such a folk a few decades ago.

I eventually took my college education and did a "career" in overseas sourcing. This is after driving a truck on summers in the late '70's to work my way through college (remember when you could graduate with less than $20K in student loans?).

I got back into trucking in '11, after my import business failed. I'm making about the same money now with a fraction of the stress. Next week I officially become an owner operator and I will be making more money than I ever have.

I LOVE my job. I only wish I had stayed with trucking in the first place.

 

I get all those things. They work 50 weeks a year. I work 30 or less. But the biggest thing, you would be hard pressed to find someone with less stress in their life or more happy with the life they live. Imo, that's the biggest win.

 

I'm just saying there's a trade off sometimes
Maybe a price
I matters to some, not so much to others.
A lifestyle choice.