The Old days are dying and the New drivers only smell like they have.

Ship them quickBut you just desqribed every big city in the U.S.A.

 

I dont know if this matters, but although I am not a driver yet (currently looking into the different companies). I do however have knowledge and experience with the trucking world (helps to have a family memeber that had 50+years in the industry) I think that i am the exception the new generation of truckers, I flash over drivers when they pass me to let them know they are clear. I keep a neat clean a[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']ppearance and always take a shower and will continue to do so until showers are out lawed lol. Well that is my 2 cents.[/FONT]

 

Ummmmm, no thank you! The all volunteer service is doing quite well without having to put up with some malcontent that doesn't want to be there. Today's military member is an outstanding testament to what's right with this country and I would hate to see that change!

I worked with individuals who were "conscripted" while stationed in Germany. There's a whole world of difference in attitudes between those that were "drafted" and those that volunteered. Gimme the volunteer please!

 

I gotta tell ya, I would have laughed harder if it wasn't so true. If you ever stop rolling, be a writer. Funny stuff and oh so true.

 

Although I see the other side of the coin (it may make people have a different outlook), I agree with you whole heartedly. I did close to 12 years active duty in the Marine Corps and even all volunteer we had our share of idiots who made it bad for the rest of the guys who wanted to be there due to poor life choices.

That being said, I resent the comments about camo shorts lol. I wear them a LOT but I think it's just because I miss my uniform. They are however clean and fit me just like the rest of my clothes and myself. My face is shaved every #### morning when I wake up (habits are hard to break) and I am ALWAYS clean aside from once in a blue moon I am dispatched so #### tight I can't take a shower for a day, it's rare but it does happen once in a while.

I have to agree though, there are a lot of dirty ### people in trucks these days. I even hear random smack talk over the radio from time to time because when I pull in for the night, my truck gets cleaned up if possible, I wipe down the outside and take out the trash/sweep/blow out the inside. I can't live in disarray no matter how "easy" it might be. I am impressed when I am in the fuel island and the dude next to me is living in such filth I can see what he has eaten for the last 3 weeks because it's piled all the way to his passenger seat. It's not just new guys though, I see multiple million milers with some companies who are pigs as well (one of them was my trainer when I first got my license) and I just don't understand it. Sure the living conditions aren't the same as being at your house but that's no excuse not to walk to 100 yards inside to take a leak instead of behind your drive tires where I might have to squat in it to get some dunnage off my landing gear the next day. I can't stand the #### smell in the back of the parking lot, the bathroom, or anywhere else just because it smells like many of the third world countries I had the privilege to visit while I was in the military but just because they are pigs, I still don't have to be.


I will continue to keep myself and my truck clean as long as I am on the road one way or another.

 

Man, ya shoulda punched in for the full ticket. When I hit the 12 year mark, it was a no brainer.. Just 8 more years for the full ticket.

Granted, we, too, had our share of idiots. At least the AF was fairly quick in getting rid of the majority of them.

 

I wanted to do it all, I got hurt, knee was completely gone because I was hard headed and put off surgery to take a deployment out as NCOIC and when I got back and had surgery, I had waited too long and there was nothing they could do to fix it so I got the boot.

I am pretty upset about it since I loved it and had no desire to leave but I let pride and hard headedness put me out.