The whole hiring process sucks!

OP - you forgot 'spending the night at the Greyhound terminal in Philadelphia when your connector from NYC arrives late because of post-Thanksgiving travel.'

Those bums have some good, dramatic, stories. Whittled down the hours I didn't want to spend there.

 

Try Cleveland. Atleast Toledo wasent packed.

 

He held his head like he was the CEO at USA.. and good night

 

I'm not driving yet but i rather go through what you listed then what i've done for other jobs. I applied for a property maintenance job for a large apartment complex and the application and interview process was brutal. I had to fill out forms to have my credit checked and then sit in an interview with 4 people at a desk looking at me taking notes on what i say. All that and they denied me because of my credit. They said good credit shows you are responsible. I said yeah look at our country trillions in debt.

 

My credit is less than good but it does not matter to those who decide. I can get that credit back to where it was before the divorce but it will take time and is less important where I am in life. I paid my truck cash only and am fixing to replace same with a vehicle cash only before too long. There are a couple newer buicks that I would be considering with a couple thousand more to solve the common transmission actuator problem in them if necessary.

Never buy a car because the entire used market is about ready to break again, when it does it's going to be even cheaper.

I once applied to a really small tiny used equiptment renter years ago in Searcy which happened at that time to need a flat bed day cab semi to deliver and gather equiptment which I thought would be fun. However the application questions went way beyond normal information. It was asking information on members of my family back east. Very invasive. I can see why they did that for this area because of theft which has been historically a problem since the 1840's But it was not a suitable employer due to the invasive questions.

I have no problems dealing with uncle sam. But a little employer with questions like that? That is too invasive. How would HE like it if I asked him the same group of questions on HIS family eh? We would REALLY get to know one another. Fair's fair.

 

Funniest thing I heard all day. Well except for the pickup truck pulling an 11-12 wide across the high rise bridge on I10 in Lake Charles and dropped it in the right lane ON THE BRIDGE!

When I went through orientation, there was only 4 of us. There was STILL that guy. 5'8, 495lbs 'End all and be all of truck drivers'. At the physical, he bragged about losing 8lbs overnight. The nurse commented that must have been an incredible bowel movement.

Talked down to everyone, but overslept on the first day of securement class and got sent home. Its truly amazing that someone can be the end all and be all of truck driving and dont know ehat time he needs to roll his arse out of bed.

 

I had one long ago. A little one. Something like 90 pounds soaking wet. A classic anklebiter and a total ###. Bark bark bark bark for the day one and two.

I took him around back on the third day and loomed over him and said very quietly.

You. Will sit. and quietly behave for the last few hours of our Orientation this day. Or you will be gone. I will NOT have your braggadio. Do we understand one another?!

Lowering my voice and getting quieter and quieter with volume making him lean forward to hear.

His eyes got big as saucers. I told him I am a very nice person. But a ####### in battle who craves violence. Don't make me go there today, please. For both our sakes.

he was a good boy rest of day, Since I kept it between him and I the others marveled at him and he ACTUALLY made some friends by dinner. Im happy for him.

 

Here is something else to rise your blood pressure some more.

In my time, if you could not generate urine on demand you are personally BILLED 65 dollars a hour detention pay, standard trucking rates for making the doctor wait on the pee pee. In my time I had kidneys so dry....

 

Right?
It's almost as if the truck itself is embarrassed and in pain.
Screaming, "please someone! Get this D-bag out of me!"