Fired for drinking off duty while on the road?

A few things....1) your trainer is a douche for being more interested in video gamew than training you.

2) drinking in the cab, by law, if you are off duty is not breaking the law. There is company policy you have to account for as well. Swift put you in a truck to teach you, but also test to see how you would handle yourself on the road. Doing anything that could even remotely be a problem falls on you, no matter if your trainer says so. And you cant say you didnt consider it to possibly be an issue cause you aksed your trainer if it was ok.

Ultimately this falls on you cause you chose to drink. In the end you put yourself in this spot.

 

Two beers: $9 bucks...

Snitch saw you carrying an open beer back to your Swift truck on his dashcam and called the 800 number: $4000

Believing anything a Swift Mentor says: Priceless

 

@Snakeschasingcars ,

Please never install a filter. If you held back your thoughts you'd explode.





An OP...make like sugar an take your lumps. If your trainer had been as honest with you as these folks are you wouldn't be fired an in the position your in now eh?

Either way good luck. Once your done being upset at folks on here, you'll see a few people gave you some options.

Sirscrapntruckalot - Commonsense...use it.

 

One basic rule.

No alcohol to the truck, on, near, inside or top of it ever.

I was a drinker in big rigs prior to 1991. CDL Laws changed that permanently.

You will get through this economic loss eventually. It goes without saying, drink it all at the bar and have nothing of that nature back int he truck cab with you.

 

if the truck was idling, that is (i believe) a DUI charge, that truck needed to be turned off.

what door did you enter by, the passenger or driver's..????

at least, this is what i am thinking.

i think you need to go thru a SAP program, on your dime......

 

in the future, WAIT TILL YOU GET HOME to open up a "drink" of ANY KIND.....

AND KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT as well when you get back to work.

if anyone does hire you (even if you do go thru a SAP program), you may be subjected to many random testings now.....and maybe forever.....

 

7 pages dedicated to @kablerat all because he wanted to have a little drink.... well have you heard any good news today about job prospects??

 

i only have 2 pages worth....

go to your settings, "preference", scroll down to, "threads per page", post per page, and select as many threads /posts you want..i got mine at 40.

 

I can get where a newbie would do this and think nothing of it......BUT, you Must really pay attention to the policy language......read it with uttermost attention to DETAIL....... afterall, the name of the game is staying far from trouble- tgis job has enough trouble buikt in to just the job function itself......CYA......24 HRS A DAY......

 

P.S.......I think the "Mentor" could have been better in first knowing the policy, re- iterating that policy, and saving both the company and the new hire from getting into this scenario.......so.....yeah I place some responsiblity on that person as well.....