Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

I got a rant. This one is on a positive note.

I got this coworker. He wears dress shoes, pants, and a button up shirt. He makes it a point to say hello to every single person that walks into the door and ask them about their day and family. Very soft spoken and humble, but also chatty and enthusiastic.

When I first started, I thought he was on the corporate board shaking hands. But no, he was just a plain old driver.

What stuck out about him was he was always on his phone. The conversations I overheard was him moving large amount of money between stocks. I mean tens of thousands in dollars on a single trade. Later on he revealed he owned several houses. One of them had it's own landing strip for his two twin engine planes and he was talking about rewiring the approach lights on his day off.

I think his license plate reads JOECASH or something to that effect. One of my coworkers called him out one day, and his response was this "when I was a kid I always aspired to be a truck driver and I feel like this job gives me a purpose".

It is humbling to work with people like that. He has no motivation to be in the trenches other than his desired place in society.

 

I totally feel your skepticism and if I was in your position, I would totally agree with you. But this isn't even the most unbelievable part of the story. He is about 1/3 up the seniority list. He got tagged with the crappiest run that he could EASILY passed on to me. When he found out what he was doing, he responded in his mild manner "oh dear, is that right? I better quit yapping your ears off so I can get my pretrip done so I can get out of here".

I got witnesses on this one.