Extroverts....and OTR?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by tman78, Jul 9, 2017.
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spyder7723 Thanks this.
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You can generally talk on the phone a little and/or online to get it out of your system. Most drivers just want to complain and tell sob stories about how their company sucks or being broke so I avoid truck stop banter
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Take up creative writing as a hobby and those #### characters won't stop chattering inside your head. OK, maybe that's the crazy talking......
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Im an extrovert. Im an alpha male. I also don't need constant people and social activity around me. During my OTR year so far I found I enjoy my own music selections, my talk radio stations, seeing new places, tackling new challenges just fine. Like others have said, you can chat on your Bluetooth device.
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Strangers are "non-drivers" on the road.
MANY is the time that a 4 or 6 table discussion has been going on in the drivers' area of the truck stop eatery.tman78 Thanks this. -
So what did you do before going OTR?
What makes you think you are extroverted if you don't need people around you?
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in break rooms or driver meetings , etc
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Ok I will explain myself. Im an extrovert. Type A personality. This is a fact and I've known it since I was teenage. Ive done many things that most people wouldn't believe.
So, I love the change that OTR has brought. Its a relief to get out of the rat race. Get away from too much heat and drama. I originally thought I would be miserable and I'm not. I looked at it as just a temporary task to get thru. But I love it now.
My past social scene involved music scene, shows, bars, gatherings, street fights, acts of revenge, friend-squabbling, entertaining out-of-towers, making both friends and enemies in my large city and extended acquaintances, maintaining my reputation for always being a solid bro. Ive always been confident and socially adventurous. I owned my own small business for over 10 years and hired dozens of people from my own demograph.
By the time I left that life, left town, and changed careers, I was tired of it all. Trucking and OTR was a needed break. Now a year later I still enjoy it. I am still ####y, confident, and outwardly opinionated. But somehow I enjoy that nobody knows me now. The country is huge and I am seeing it all finally.
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