A few questions from a prospect

To answer your question, I was fired. I disagree with my former employers decision. I don't mean to sound rude with the terse response on that, I'm just better off not saying much on it until the dust has completely settled. Thanks for the extra suggestions.

I haven't thought too much on the tanker aspect, I guess I failed to consider tankers aren't all local. I have a little bit of experience with reefers, the units themselves since I used to do temp gauging when I worked at a warehouse years ago. I don't think I would really mind flatbed too much, the tarping anyway. Again, having done security I've been out in all sorts of weather and none of it really bothers me. Neither does a bit of physical labor. Except that really light rain in wind that somehow always ends up going into your ear. That bothers me. Basically, I think whichever opportunity best presents itself is where I'd go. But if I had 5 seconds to spit out an answer it would be dry van/reefer, I guess because in my head it seems the 'safe' choice.

No problems, I appreciate the response. This is the kind of stuff I came looking for, just straight up honesty. Just to make sure I'm on the same page, did you mean CRNA? I understand the drama is going to be there no matter where I go in life. My thought on trucking was the amount and/or frequency. I.e. In my head I see that on Monday I may have to deal with my dispatcher and these warehouse guys for a few hours, which may rub me the wrong way a bit, but then I'll have a day or two on the road. As opposed to a dispatcher (supervisor?) being annoying all day on Monday, and Tuesday and Wednesday ad nauseam until Friday or Saturday. Then throw in the other nurses, CNAs, therapy, dietary, housekeeping, maintenance, and your problem patients and families. 8 hours a day, monday through friday/saturday. The problem isn't that I am thin skinned and don't play well with others. The problem is I need time to kind of 'recover' from these interactions or they start wearing me down.

Thanks for all these great responses so far. I really do appreciate them and look forward to hopefully seeing more!

 

Nah, hardly more educated, just around it more for it to be better situated in the memory I'm sure. Thanks!

I suppose you're right, especially from where I sit having no experience being as no matter what I learn it's going to be new and take time and practice.

Yeah, it was a grocery warehouse I used to do security/temp gauging at. Unified Grocers south of Portland, OR. Maybe some have heard of it. It was really strange, there would always be a bunch of cars in the parking lot, but not a ton of people pulling the orders or loading the trucks.

Exactly. I'm a CNA, so different challenges, but we're right their busting our ##### with our nurses. Those of us that are worth a #### anyway. I'm good in the medical side of things. I loved my patients and my job most of the time. But there comes a point when you're being asked, or told, to give too much and you have to look out for yourself, even if that means getting out completely.
As I said, I may very well in the future go back to EMS. But I'll never make the kind of money I'd want/need to settle a home. These people who have lives in their hands on a regular basis are, for the most part, barely paid a living wage, even Paramedics are too much better off than their EMT-B counterparts.. So knowing the wage that's there, if I choose to go back, I need to be in a place where I can live comfortably on that wage.

I want to go in eyes open. I know dealing with crap will be inevitable, which is why I am trying to prepare for, and reduce the amount I have to deal with the best I can. I'm doing so by trying to make intelligent and informed decisions of where to start, and what direction to head. Well mostly where to start for now anyway.