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Don't be that guy...

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by 100445, Jun 22, 2017.

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  1. Jun 22, 2017 #1
    100445

    100445 Bobtail Member

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    I now understand why autonomy is creeping up on the industry. Its not profit,efficiency,technology,or even that old stand by The Times They Are A changing. Its cannibalism, we eat our own at every chance possible. This disgusting habit of monday morning quarterbacking everything a driver does wrong will be the death of this good paying honest work. Example 1.
    The guy who feels the need to crack jokes about a truck wreck.
    Example 2.
    The guy who watches a driver struggle to back in and enjoys the show.
    Example 3.
    When asking what's the hold up? on the cb only to be chewed out for not knowing.
    Example 4.
    The knowitall whose 2 cents is always driver should have known better.


    The world around us is speeding by, why not watch out for one another rather than make a feast out of the weak?

    Rant over.
     
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  3. Jun 22, 2017 #2
    audeygdad

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    "He who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished"now I don't go to church every Sunday but I try to help when I can but sometimes people just don't want to be helped.
     
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  4. Jun 22, 2017 #3
    BUMBACLADWAR

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    Ya,this is a True Show of "Somebody's Intelligence". The Wanting to see "A Fight" or Indulge in Pleasure about "Someone Else's Misfortune". This is no BS its in books.about Physchology.
     
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  5. Jun 22, 2017 #4
    aussiejosh

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    I understand your concern bloke its just how society is and we just have to get on with it and not let it get the better of us.
     
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  7. Jun 22, 2017 #5
    okiedokie

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    If you pay attention to your job you'll be to busy to worry about anyone elses job.
     
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  8. Jun 22, 2017 #6
    tow614

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    I try not to make eye contact...
     
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  9. Jun 23, 2017 #7
    ppbr2001

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    You forgot #5........A "good" driver would never let that happen" response to everything that goes wrong.
     
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  10. Jun 23, 2017 #8
    100445

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    But that's the point our job is to pay attention all the time to everything.
     
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  11. Jun 23, 2017 #9
    skellr

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    I'm that guy. ;)

    The thing is people usually are talking about what's going on. People would know what is going on if they had thier radio on before that got to the backup.

    It happens all the time. Someone will explain what's going on and right after that some one will ask what's going on. And another. Them someone starts explaining what's going on and gets walked on by someone asking what's going on... Again and again.

    If it isn't worth having the radio on then don't bother turning it on for the backup. Don't be that guy.
     
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  12. Jun 23, 2017 #10
    dedrouteCO

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    When I had a CB the only time I'd turn it on was when someone in a car asked why we were stuck in traffic. Google Maps tells you how long the hold up is and that's the only info you really need.
     
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