New driver with a quick rant

think about what kind of trucking would make you happy, where you would like to run, if you like long loads or short loads, running east coast or west, being off on weekends, everyday or taking a week off every month, running nites or days, once you answer those questions you can begin to search for somthing that suits you. if your miserable it wont last. in the meantime save your money, i always say if you cant save money on 800$ a week you prob wont save money making $2000 a week. why do you think so many people who make alot more than that are still broke.? and no, the way the megas operate is the way they want you to think it is. kinda like an abusive husband or wife trying to convince their spouse they wont do any better out there.

 

eventually you’ll get tired of being taken advantage of, and stop for a shower and a meal.
So, you maybe a few minutes late, most shippers/receivers will hold you for whatever reason and that’s ok, they would rather you wait on them, vs them wait on you.
You’ll have to make your job enjoyable or you’ll be miserable.

 

Still better than CR England!

 

You decide what is acceptableto you. Ultimately that means you may have to change jobs if the current situation doesn't seem acceptable.

 

“Traffic is hell sorry I can’t control that or my appointment times” rinse and repeat and eventually they’ll get the hint or give you the axe

 

the free money runs out, working for money never runs out. thats why losers will always be losers. even if they win the lottery, we have all heard that story of the loser who won the lottery and is broke, most of them we call celebrities, drugged out and bankrupt, financially, morally and spiritually.

 

While it is not every lottery winner they have done studies of lottery winners from years ago. A huge amount of them was generally broke, in serious debt, and in some cases divorced and cut off from family and friends. For example, about 2 years ago one of my neighbors got a $30,000 settlement arising from a service-connected VA situation. The first thing he did was book a 2-week vacation in Hawaii. Within about 6 months all that money was gone. He is considered 100% service-connected but is living from payment to payment and borrowing money from people stupid enough to give it to him.

 

Your day sounds like a walk in the park to me. It's just the rush of being new. It'll wear off around 6 months. The pay is about average for a new driver. If you're under contract, stick it out. You aren't going to be better off anywhere else anyways.

Just some advice, most of the mega carriers use automated systems for dispatching. So yes, their ETAs they send only account for drive time and nothing else. You should be notifying them of your planned ETAs and if they don't like it, tell them to take the load off you then. Those loads you're rushing for likely have a window of all day you can arrive. Call the place up yourself and ask them. You'll be surprised.

 

Pepsi (New Bern Transportation), Coke, Budwiser, RSI, many more sounds like you want us to do your leg work. By the way welcome to trucking...... The stress you feel is controlled by you, grab on to the ranes and take control.

 

what i think is funny is the people waiting for a $30,000 settlement, i just put 30k net in my bank account after working a job for 7 months. pretty sure thats why they go broke, they have no respect for money or working for it, just hoping to get lucky like many have thinking it will change their life like fools.