Lunch breaks

Well, I'll tell ya', when you are competing against 20 other guys for loads, a dozen donuts or lunch went a long ways when it came to women dispatchers. I don't recall too many really attractive women dispatchers, oh they sounded sexy on the phone, but most took up 2 chairs,,,

 

There isn't an actuary in the country that would paint getting off the highway as riskier than it would be to continue on the highway in a commercial vehicle.

 

I'm the same way. I don't take breaks or lunches, not because I'm trying to make my numbers look better, but because they annoy me. I just want to keep moving. And if I have a short day, I ask for more loads. On the other hand, I understand drivers who truly get burned out during the day, and need breaks to recharge. I hope there is a mutual understanding and respect between both types of drivers, that I'm not working through my breaks just to boot-lick, and you aren't taking breaks just to milk the clock. We are both doing what works best for us.

 

Drivers constantly complain about rates and pay but then #### on unions who consistently raise pay and benefits for drivers. So you run hard and burn yourself out young. Good for you. Not everybody wants to screw themselves before retirement. And some people want to have a retirement instead of just working until you die. Collective bargaining means the company can't just fire you for being the only one complaining out loud about pay. Stop fighting against your own self-interest.

The big one seems to be that everyone should work every waking hour and be happy about it. Some people want to actually have a life outside of trucking. Just because that's the way it has been doesn't mean that's the way it has to be. As was already said, the award for finishing early is more work.

 

been doing it for years and not one company has ever said a word.

 

True, however, you must remember, many of us when we started trucking, retirement was the last thing on our minds. Many of us, me included, thought it was an easy way to make a living. It wasn't until towards the end of our careers, we said, oh, oh, better find something stable. I did just that. I had a dozen fly by night jobs, couple good non-union ones, but always thought a union job would be the best to run out the clock with. Well, I'll tell ya', I was HORRIFIED how these grown men acted, and I could see the light a coming, I quit before ALL those drivers were fired, and outside carriers took over. Had I not experienced a union job myself, I wouldn't say, but I just don't see where a union is needed today. Yeah, be happy you even have a stable job in this crazy world today.

 

I take my 30 min break at the swap point. Usually I drop, hook, pre-trip, then I'm taking a 20-25 min power nap.

I eat while I drive. I got too much #### to do.