Frustrated!

I'm not trying to be argumentative either, and I definately don't pretend to know everything. I only know what I know. On your bridge scenario, I offer this: did it collapse because it was not designed to handle the amount of traffic and the weight of the vehicles travelling on it? Or did it fail because it was outdated and stressed and fatigued enough that it could no longer handle the loads it was designed for. I'm not sure, but I believe the investigation into the incident showed the latter to be the cause. It was just an old tired bridge that gave way like an old mans brittle bones.

And to argue about the safe speeds for curves is really kind of pointless because there are so many different varieties of curves out there, each requiring a different level of care and caution. I've never been on the WV pike, but I have driven some mountain roads in WV, V, TN, NC, amd KY and let me tell you what, I didn't care if everybody in the world was passing me up, I took that stuff sloooooow! Especially as a beginner. Those are the ones I needed to watch out for and be cautious on, and I was. The trainer said I even did a good job on those hills. But when I get on a flat road with a curve and I'm not even doing the speed limit, he feels the need to get on me about slowing down. And it wasn't even just something he told me I need to watch for. He kept on it for hours, then days. Get over it already!

I'm the kind of guy, when I make a mistake, I know it and I'm already beating myself up over it. If you as my trainer or boss feel the need to chastise me over it, fine. Tell me what I did wrong, tell me how to avoid it in the future, then DROP IT. There is nothing you can do to me that is worse than what I'm doing to myself already and just contiuously harping over an issue is not helping anything. That's what he did. He just wouldn't drop it. I changed my driving to suit him and he still kept going. Whatever. It's done, I'm over it and I'm trying to move on. Thanks.

 

So how badly am I screwed when even Werner won't hire me?! I've been turned down by three companies so far because I was released from my last job. I just feel like my career is over before it even gets started. All because of some unhappy trainer.

Any ideas what I can do?

 

I never said I was a perfect driver. I'm well aware that I'm not the best driver in the world and I've got tons of room to improve. I knew what I had to improve on while I was in the truck and I was working on making those improvements. I listened to the advise my trainer was giving. I may not have always agreed with his assessment, but if that's how he wants me to drive, fine, that's what he's going to get. How do I know the trainer got me fired? He's telling me I'm doing a good job driving, I'm working hard to make the improvements I need, and I have a good attitude towards trucking. Then the training coordinator, who gets his information from my trainer, tells me I'm not progressing fast enough for them.

I've done nothing but think about the situation for the last 2 weeks. I know I made mistakes, but I also know I was improving. Put me in a truck now and I guarranty I won't make those mistakes again, or at least not as bad as he thought I was.

 

I can't wait til mid next year to get a job. I have a family to feed now.

And Lavender, it's not my ability to accept my role in what happened and learning from my mistakes that is keeping me from getting a job right now. It's the fact that I was terminated from my last job that is keeping me from getting another job. So what am I supposed to do now?