Dealing with Anger while doing this driving job?

If you’re behind being aggravated and trying to hurry is only gonna make you farther behind.


There’s an age old saying slow down we’re in a ####in hurry there is much truth to that

 

Yep. Cant hardly call people out for their ######## anymore , they just pull a gun out or brake check the #### out of you... My air horn gets alot of use in the southwest but nothing seems to change other than my blood pressure... Most the times i do nothing just wish i will see that same car wrapped around a telephone pole a couple miles up the road... That would make my day

 

My truck and the safety equipment requires I drive slow. I have no choice. So I just get my revenge by annoying people and I enjoy being tailgated. It helps to laugh.

 

Wow. I found this to be about the least stressful job of my life.
Get in the truck and drive, no worries.

But at Swift I had some options that could keep me sane.
The ability to turn down loads that I felt were too tight on time was a big one. The mac 9 is a wonderful tool. They can find another driver closer to the pickup or a driver willing to gamble on the time, or whatever. Once I turn it down it goes away.
Mac 22 for reporting a late status if the weather got bad enough that I didn't want to drive through it. They can reschedule.

Watercolors on SiriusXM radio. Nice calming music...

 

You need to find a better way to release your anger. Eat a cookie, pet your stuffed duck, whatever. Its not just the idiot you're flashing your lights at - outside of drawing the attention of law enforcement you risk someone behind you calling in - "yeah, some dummy cut your driver off, but then your driver acted really aggressively ".

 

If I'm running late I just figure I'll get there when I get there. Everything will work out.