I stole from Walmart-misdemeanor-can I still be a trucker?

If you get the boot, your not obligated for anything. How can you legally be obligated to pay them if they didn't uphold their end of the agreement? Because your not! I see those people post that CR England sent me home & i still owe them money.... I mainly ignore those posts because I know they are freaking liars. I've been out here long enough to know better.

Every company out here will do their best to get you home & get you a few days off for the funeral. If something like that happens, it may be best to park the truck in the closest Metro area, hop on a plane, do what you gotta do, then fly back to your truck. These people cry like little girls because the company won't allow them to take a month, 2 months, or 6 months off for a #### funeral. I thought you didn't like him anyways? Whats wrong someone texting you a picture of him in his casket so you can verify that he's dead?

Of course you will have a CDL. I thought the CDL was the least of your problems? I thought you wanted to be employed? Anyhow.... A company who covers your training costs, will employ you. You go do it on your own, you may have a CDL... But no job. Then these companies will still want you to go through their training program. So why not go through their training program from the get go?

 

GF, you're the one that was in favor of driver solutions.....we've been telling you NOT to go to them. We've been suggesting other companies.

 

With there only being one side of a story(that of the convicted)
I would tend to hold a more judgmental position.

Petty Larceny +Petty Driver

I wouldnt hire you unless it was no less then 7-10 years behind you

 

OK, either you aren't for real, or you have quite possible one of the best senses of humor that I have ever run across!

Whatever your circumstances actually are, the only way you will get ahead is by trying. Just know that you may be beating your head against a brick wall for a few years here, until whatever is in your past is a bit further in your past.

 

Well I do wish you well. I just don't understand why you're so willing to give up without trying and why you're so willing to believe that all companies will rip you off when you have people working for those companies telling you different. I sure do wish you well in life......I just wish you'd listen to some others. I called the main office and spoke to a recruiter I know. He told me that Swift does hire with some misdemeanors based on the charge and how many years it's been. *shrugs*

 

Step One.....good for you Nana!

 

I am done with this thread. I don't have the time or patience to continue repeating myself to a naive individual.

When you become serious about your future of driving a truck, let me know & I'll guide you the best I can. But until then, I can't do a #### thing until you get the initiative to help yourself!

 

I am going to throw my .02 in here. you want to drive, great, but the past you have behind you is going to hold you back when ever it is discovered.

You dont want to work for your dad, I think that is dumb, you are pissing away the best chance you have to have a good relationship with your father, and who knows, you might actually learn a thing or two in the process.

I know when you are 23 it can seem like the world is against you, and your dad is pretty hard on you. Have you ever stopped to consider that being hard on you might be how he shows that he cares?

No father I know wants his son to grow up to be a weakling, in many cases fathers are hard on thier sons for this reason.

The dirt business is a hard business to be in, but guess what, you want to go trucking it is your best bet right now. If I was in your shoes, id go to work for the old man, take the best care of the truck he puts you on, show him you can take the burden off of his shoulders, and if you are lucky he will boil over with pride in you.

Why cant you take the next couple of years and get experince running a dirt box around? It sure beats the heck out of driving for swift, cfi or any of the other big box draging companies.

While you are working for dad, why not save up as much as you can, why not put your money away and when you have the cash go and talk to him "dad what about expanding the business into over the road trucking, I have the cash to buy a truck and trailer"

You play your cards right and show him you are ready to man up and I promise you he will be all ears.

I am going to throw something at you that is the gods honest truth, you are 23, you are living at home, you are unemployed, you got fired from one of your last jobs for stealing, call me crazy but this is not going to inspire your old man to be your best buddy.

Now you face forward, get your ### in gear and give it a year or two of doing it right, get your own apartment, put some money in the bank, dont go on a stupid spending spree, and you might find yourself amongst the best of the best.

Weather or not you want to admit it there is a ton you can learn from your old man, because a truck is a truck, and a dump truck is going to teach you how to work on a truck, but on a dump truck you have the luxury of not being 1000 miles from home when it goes tits up.

If you are going to go on the road wouldnt you rather already have that experince behind you?

Here is what I am going to sugjest as a starting point. Dont say jack to your old man, go down, get a study guide, study your ### off. take the written test and get a learners permit, pull him aside when you do, show him that you either aced or did very well on the test, and you might just shock him into teaching you how to drive.

Other things, show up at his shop, wash a truck, change some oil, check some tire pressures, clean the trash out of a couple of truck cabs, be a team player and be in it for the company and not to be a kiss ###.

Do things like if you find a light not working on the truck fix it, replace wiper blades, check the radiator to see if it is full, adjust some brakes or grease a truck.

These things arent hard to do, but if you do them it will help your old man out and it will improve things betwen you two, I promise you that.