Fired for off-duty alcohol need advice!

Me: truck driver

Abe: fat steering wheel holder

any questions?

by the way, Evanston, WY to Grand Island, NE tonight. 712 miles, in snow, rain, wrecks (not mine) construction and e-logs. Abe couldn't make a 300 mile run.

 

I agree he fell short of doing his job and making the video was the wrong thing to do.

 

We all make mistakes, fall short, get tired, etc. it happens. We are humans. But to make a video and blame everyone else, and then go on a crusade against trucking???? He's no driver. Not. Even. Close.

 

Out of morbid curiosity I just looked up his youtube channel. He's back trucking.........hauling frac sand in PA from what little I watched.

I think he would SHAVE........change his name, and never appear on youtube again after all that............attention w hore!!! LOL

 

I'm only familiar with K&B because they're in my neighborhood. I've met the 'K' part of K&B, as we used the same trailer dealer, back in the day. And Momma taught me if you didn't have anything nice to say...


I'll tell you this, dogtrucker. Your job satisfaction will be far higher going into a specialized field with someone like Keen. If you're happy being a door-slamming cog in the machine, stick with a box, but the challenge of doing something specialized keeps things fresh.

Good luck to ya!

 

You drank, and there was ANY question about your whereabouts, your status, or your responsibility to the truck. That's not off duty, no matter what your Qualcomm says. If there wasn't a question about it, or you knew how to be responsible for yourself, you wouldn't be in this situation, and you wouldn't be here crying about it. It's on you. I don't care how much you wish it was THIER fault.
If you can't help yourself from drinking at times, then drink ONLY AT HOME, on HOME TIME, when there isn't any question or argument about your status, and even then, at least 8, maybe 12 hours before you have to go on duty, and no where else, ever. This isn't rocket science dude. If you're someone who needs to drink, you don't belong in the industry. Tough ######. Grow up, handle your "needs" or get a job at a call center for a credit card company, or a Jiffy Lube. Stop whining about your inability to distinguish right from wrong like it's someone ELSE'S fault. It's yours. YOU screwed up. Try Western Express. They could care less, and it shows. No less that 20 WE drivers drinking in the hallways, and in at the pool at the Ontario Red Roof Inn proved that. No respect for themselves, or the industry. Get out of a truck and stay out. Don't like what I have to tell you? It's ok. I don't like guys like you either, unless they know enough to stay out of a truck. It's called STUPID.

 

Sounds like a wrongful termination lawsuit waiting to happen.

 

These big fleet companies (and some dirty smaller ones) think they own you 24 hours a day and don't respect your 10 hour break. They figure you're kind of their little hostage if you're out there in the middle of nowhere in their sleeper cab truck. Makes me sick.