How not to complete Prime training miles.

I seem to remember joking about the mouthwash thing. Yes it does create a positive. The guy seemed pretty confident on how to deal with it. (its been a long time)

As for liquid cold medicies, I dont mess with them. You need to be really careful with them. Alcohol content. Plenty of cold medicines out there that do not have to be drank, or have alcohol in them.

 

Whats that old saying about "Assume"?

 

Of course I told someone. I informed my fleet manager, who BTW would have been the trainee's fleet manager upon completion of his upgrade classes.

If he's a safe driver, and has competence in what Ive shown him, Ive got to turn him loose. Doesnt mean I dont have reservations.

I told my FM that the trainee needed to be kept an eye on and to be aware that it was going to take some time before the guy was gonna be able to handle operations at full speed. Anything rushed (tight schedule etc.) would compound minor errors into a potentially big error.

Also told him that the guy needed an eye exam, or safety step in and force the guy to get some sort of bi-focal or tri-focal glasses. Possibly a night vision test. He had two pairs of glasses that he would throw on and off in various situations, while driving. Gauges, and signs at night... In fact he blew by a FL scale on I-10 and got pulled over. Those FL interstate scales are pretty well marked, with a lighted sign AND he got a Red light on the Pre-Pass.

Emton (who is here on TR) was great out of the gate. No special message to my fleet manager. I really think it had alot to do with the fact that he went through Prime's CDL school.

The trainee before this last one, he was good for the most part too. However, I reminded my FM that the guy was flaky at the end of each home time... more so than just a coincidence. My FM did not need me to remind him as he was WELL aware. Flaky in the sense that he was never where he was supposed to be to meet me and get going... He always had at least 24 hours notice of when he was to meet me... still wasnt on time, ever... always a couple hours late, and plenty of excuses... Only once did I have someplace to be and couldnt wait. So I had to leave him behind and come back a couple days later. Prime company drivers are expected to be ready to go at 1000 central on the day they are scheduled to return to the road from hometime. (anything else has to be cleared ahead of time with the FM)