His truck would not start

I was in parts house today, and saw a local mechanic who has done work for me in the past
He shook his head, and told me about his day so far.
He does road service for large OTR companies, and got a call this AM, seems a company had a truck about 65 miles from his shop, driver said it would not start, and they wanted him to go look at it. So, he and helper drive the 65 miles, find truck and start looking at it. Driver said it would not 'turn-over' and he had no idea what was wrong, he had been there all night trying to figure it out.
Helper jumped up in drivers seat, turned the key and the whole cab moved a little. He then put the shifter in neutral, hit the starter, and it fired right up.
The driver had spent hours trying to start it, with it in gear. Could not figure it out.
Mechanic felt sorry for the OTR company, only charged them 250 bucks.
That is why I will not buy more trucks, good drivers are too few to be found.

 

Sure it will start if clutch pedal is pressed. He simply did not even do that.