My Swift Experience

instead of being so mean--you should out there finding a job for me

 

KH, I think it might be fair if you tell the whole story. Not just the 15-20 minutes you are citing.

 

Oy vey.... KH... you know I wish you nothing the but the best. But this is becoming a pattern with you. I know you have a disability but it seems to me you demand others to compensate. You have to stop expecting other people to work around your disability and learn to work around it yourself. Here's something I've never put out in public. I have a disability as well. Mine is physical, not mental, and most would never know aside from the fact I do walk a little funny. You would be amazed at what I have to go through every morning just to be mobile enough to perform basic tasks, like walking to the bathroom. I have to work around it every day. You need to learn to do the same.

 

Anything more than an inch is a waste!

You didn't learn that in truck school?

 

But you've got your priorities wrong, honey. You don't want understanding from them, you want a job. I know it plays a big factor in your life, but it doesn't in theirs. Personally, I wouldn't mention it all beyond to those who need to know. If they think your kooky or a little off, so be it. I'm sure people just think I have a funny gait and that's all they need to know. It doesn't define me to others, only to myself. Come to the table as an equal to all the others. Let Swift see you as an equal. You may have to work harder or differently than the others but that's your battle to wage alone. And in the end, what we have to worker harder for makes it that much more special.

 

Oh heck I post my entire life on this forum. I'm sure it bores everyone to death but yet I still do it. LOL at myself.


KH, no one is trying to do anything but be a friend to you. However, sometimes a friend says what they think even when we don't wish to hear it. I don't want to hear stuff that friends tell me but sometimes I NEED to.

We all want the best for you. I hope you remember that.

 

Very true. I lie to myself very well.... I need my friends to be there to tell me the truth.

 

I think you would be surprised at how many people do understand it...and would be willing to work WITH you on it!

You are deflecting again!

In confidence I did find out about the "whole" story...

Your life's story is not what Injun was referring to, just the complete story about what transpired, and what was actually said at Millington, and immediately after Millington. It isn't fair to the drivers and others here on the forum that supported you and gave you good wishes for your success. Also, how many people at Swift who went to bat for you to get you set up at the Millington Academy. they weren't just Swifties here on the forum...you got assistance from upper management at Swift...and one specific person was quite a shock to me when I got the word as to who really pulled some strings on your behalf.

You've been dealt a real crappy hand to play in this life game of poker. and when a group or someone offers you a free card...it seems you like to take advantage of their gift. I am fairly certain you know exactly what you did, and maybe even did it on purpose, just to see how far you could go with it....but it backfired on you and you couldn't control the backlash you created for yourself. You have some major issues to deal with, you have been given the "tools" you need to deal with these issues, but you apparently flush them (the tools) down the toilet, and try to make do without the tools to keep you functioning properly and in a way that will co-exist with society and authority. Could be a real problem fighting authority...and can get even uglier as time goes on.

There will always be some sort of authority in your life, and you need to find the calm way to deal with your anxieties or dissatisfaction with issues when they arise. Especially in this industry, when the driver has almost zero control over situations...yet is expected to deal with them to satify others.

Hunter...you need to step back and get yourself straight, on all fronts, before many will offer you the guidance and cheer-leading that was offered to you here on this forum.