How do you motivate people when training?

A long time buddy of mine is a trainer. He currently has a trainee on his truck that is in the sleeper +14 hours per day. I’m also told he’s slow to get the truck moving when the trainee is supposed to be driving. Pretrip is ok, but takes forever. Fuel stops are full on productions, and maybe 3-4 bathroom breaks per day. Also the trainee is a non-smoker.

My initial reply was that the trainee is on drugs. My buddy assured me he isn’t. He’s checked and searched. I suggested he explain the math on making money via CPM. Check, he did that. He said the Trainees wife is out looking at houses thinking they hit a vein of gold.

I suggested “having pride” in what you do and doing it better than the next guy... nope didn’t work.

So now I’m fascinated at the issue. How do you motivate someone? Obviously he will quit/terminated once he sees it isn’t a gold mine, but for my own sanity what would you do?

Seriously. I’ve never met someone like his trainee.

 

Way to kill the thread in one post, but ya I totally agree.

I know what most people will say “he’s lazy, he’s been coddled, etc...

Just interested in what might work

 

I didn’t take it that way. I laughed when I wrote my response. My filter clogged years ago and I deleted it. lol