My impressions of drivers from being on this board 2 months

Yepper, I'm proud to be an uneducated nut case. Oh well, let's see here. I am a licensed general contractor, certified welder, accomplished electrician, accomplished carpenter, [no, not woodworker]. I have been lucky enough, or maybe smart enough in your logic, to have done everything but one thing in my life that I set out to do. And that is to fly an F4 Phantom. Oh, and did I mention that I also spent 29 years at one of the largest power plants in the world, and actually operated it? All that time driving those trucks part time. Then full time when I was finally able to escape your world. And you know what? Driving a truck is the best job I've ever had. I don't have to deal with anyone for the most part, unless I chose to do so.
Yepper, and all that with only a high school diploma.

I could care less if anyone agrees with my views, we all have them. The thing is to have respect for each other, regardless of education, ethnicity, sexual preference if any, or other distinguishing factors. We are ALL people, and have the right to be treated as such. IMO, you seem a bit on the condescending side, maybe trying to prove to others how intelligent you are. I, for one, have dealt with thinkers like you for many years, but now I have the full fledged choice not to.

Please, next time use a thicker veil, if you catch my drift.

 

I was a F-4 pilot, up until last week..........................


Just kidding, those were a great jet.........Taegu, TanSonNhut, Hill AFB.....

 

Me too much of stupid nutcase to understand original post!

 

Ha! At first I thought, "You lucky ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Then I read the rest!!

USN, 1970-1978

Welcome home, and thanks!!

 

To say that most drivers are like those on this forum or on the CB is a injustice to the good, honest, hardworking drivers that stay off of the CB or have no desire to argue with others with fake names. Over the years I have met many drivers that I first new as a voice on the CB and 9 times out of 10 the true personalty is neither the one on the CB or chatting at the counter in a truck stop. For the few that I actually met on the road or the CB and then got to know their family as well there is a third personalty when at home.

If your knowledge of drivers is from the CB or forums then you do not have the best indicator of what drivers are really like. First count how many times a driver on the CB or even on this forum uses the word "I". If all they can say is "I" did this or "I" new more then everybody else or "I'm" the best then this is your first clue it's a lie. Or they may have a friend that has done or knows everything. Same lie different way of saying it. You would be totally shocked at the way that half of the writers on this forum really are in real live, nothing compared to the stories they tell. Behind this forum or CB drivers can be a hero in their own mind.

You may be surprised that if you get off of this forum and really meet the real drivers of the road how many has college degree's or are very successful business owner/operators. I know drivers that build computers in their spare time, carry laptops to build software programs and two that own and fly their own planes. Get to know the real drivers of the road not the ones with fake names on forums or the CB.

Yes, we do have too many drivers that dress like homeless people under a bridge, so ignorant that they throw pee bottles onto the parking lot, so stupid that they think others believe their stories, ignorant enough to get tickets and pay for them out of their pockets, or too lazy to take baths but we also have more that are safe, hard working, Christian, educated family men making a living for their family. To judge the professional driver by the few on this and other forums that tell lies and are ignorant is a grave injustice to the professional drivers.

 

Here's my position: if I HAD to explain it, you wouldn't understand. You have to LIVE it to understand. We truckers are no different, profane, insulting or sensitive or nutty than any other profession. Take a hard look at your other 4 wheeled drivers out there and see how THEY treat each other. Take a hard look at the inner workings of your police and sheriff's dept or fire department. I was also a CNA (certified nursing assistant, AKA a professional ###-wiper) for 14 years, you should sit in on a midnight shift during a full moon and see how sane, kind and rational things can be in the ER, Hospital or nursing home, NOT to mention the personal immunity the staff have to horrific tragedies and death. The job we do as truckers is immensely personal and intimate. Not only am I responsable for the safety of freight and equipment but also the safety of every other numbnut on the highway when I am rolling. The things we encounter as drivers would stupefy you. The stupidity, lack of courtesy, just plain rudeness and non-concern for others safety and human beings in general that we drivers see STUPEFIES us. Still, my all-time fav is still the guy with the Jesus fish and religious icons on his vehicle who cuts me off and flips me the bird..LMFAO. My neighbor, you should consider expanding your perceptions of the world around you. I for one am constitutionally incapable of punching a clock every day, seeing the same faces day in and day out, marching in line like a good little robot and playing the games that my stationary fellow Americans willfully participate in! Thank goodness we are not all the exact same for what a boring world it would be.

Trashy

 

Oh, my!!! VERY well put....and intelligently, as well!! BRAVO!! And thank you!!

 

hey endzone you ********,nutjobs are the kind of ppl who hunt down jackazzes who talk s*** online (you internet rambo) and beat some common sence and manners into them. i havent met anyone here that would do that. ...