The "You Aren't Trainable" Attitude

gpsman · Dec 13, 2013

I did not know LTL carriers did not primarily use day cabs.

‘Olhand · Dec 13, 2013

gpsman said: ↑

I did not know LTL carriers did not primarily use day cabs.
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For the most part they do--w/local p/d folks making drops and linehaul(road drivers)moving freight area to area.......
Although many of the LTL Majors--do you what they call sleeper teams--BUT--this is also almost exclusively on the linehaul(terminal to terminal)side
But there are many of us who do otr ltl--but THAT is an entirely different ballgame--and is primarily specialty work OR direct manufacturer work...
My average week is 3500miles and 15 stops--just finished a vacation week(for us)1700 miles and 18 stops-4days--LOL....
Oh yeah--and I do it in 300"wb--379 w/a 53'spread reefer---9 stops alone this week in Atlanta metro...but what we do is probably less than 3%of the overall trucking world...
NOT for everybody.....

Moon_beam · Dec 15, 2013

I had a nightmare like this.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dall...d-Prairie-highway-intersection-218420281.html

Criminey Jade · Dec 15, 2013

Moon_beam said: ↑

I had a nightmare like this.

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dall...d-Prairie-highway-intersection-218420281.html
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Unfortunately, it'll have to stay a nightmare. I can't see anything for all the stupid ads that pop up when you click something.

Hammer166 · Dec 15, 2013

Criminey Jade said: ↑

Unfortunately, it'll have to stay a nightmare. I can't see anything for all the stupid ads that pop up when you click something.
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It's a vid of that white Freightliner that jumped the interchange down in Grand Prairie a few months back.

Lux Prometheus · Dec 16, 2013

BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!1!!!!1!!!

That's hilarious!! I'll get right out and do just that!!

cabwrecker said: ↑

I overcome this through a multi-stage, multi-platform process that I've patented, trademarked and am currently licensing to Swift, Prime, FFE, KLLM and my biggest client; CR England.
Want to hear about it? Of course you do.

Opening -You're perfect, they're not. Who's the man here? You, that's who. Who are they? Desk jockeys shouting into phones. What, and I mean please- tell me what these idgets know `bout truckin`? They're 50 feet away from a toilet, all day, everyday. They've got homes, fridges and normal warm beds. Meanwhile you're freezing every inch of your 300lb ### off in the back of an "apartment" that does 70. And the whole time, somehow, you're expected to make "Just in time" deliveries. You're expected to "do your job" and to "do it well."
You knew walking in what being a trucker meant, it meant coming home from Vietnam and killing local mobsters, all the while going back to the roadhouse cafe and kicking Patrick Swayze's ###- not taking crap from some twig boy with a business admin degree.
How is someone supposed to overcome all this adversity, how is someone gonna sit in a T/A on a 34hour, yelling into a blue parrot pretending to have a conversation in between his double helpings of country fried steak!?

Here's how:

When you go in for your interview, make sure you tell them "Ain't no how, no way in no hell is my ### goin` to tha North East. Not no north of Carlisle, not no east of Allentown; no way no how." This will make clear the fact that you're a man who knows what he wants. This is a good thing in a trucker, all fleet and hiring managers know it. Why? Because when a trucker knows what he wants, he can get what he wants- even if it means sticking that crap N/E load on another driver "OH, but I'm almost outta hours an good Lord in heaven I'm so fatigued! and my tires are gettin` flat, and I got this country steak with extra gravy waiting for me inside yonder truck stop."
See? It makes sense.

When the interviewer asks you about your prior experience, tell them where they can shove that question. What business is it of theirs? Again, you're the man here, and their 4-wheeling sensibilities will tell them "It's a man who knows what he wants, and he just threatened to shove a question up my bung. Dunno how he would do that- but he's a trucker. He's probably resourceful."

Now you're on step three, congratulations on making it to one of the most crucial step of the interview process. When the interviewer asks you about discrepancies in your DAC report, regarding your verified miles, you need to get angry. Not just a little annoyed, not an "Oh well, I thought it was more, excuse me." Not an "#### it, they're lyin`!" No, I mean the employee should be frightened, and thinking about calling security. If you ain't throwin a phone book, you ain't doin` it right.

When you've calmed down, now is the time to reinforce your lies. You have to wing this portion for the most part, and I wont lie- some find this hard. But it has to be done to secure the position. Some handy tips for a push in the right direction could be "Well, you know I thought we was measuring in Kilometers what with this company being so close to the Canadian Border." or "Dang, put a comma and three extra zeros in there. Sorry!"

Seal the deal. The interviewer is pleased, and is so impressed with your ability to act like a trucker- he's probably thinking about putting you in a KW900l with a studio sleeper! But they're probably on the fence about one thing. How do you handle bad news? They might just pass along a little test like this. Pay close attention to the dialog because it will very likely score you a job making over $17,000 a year!

Interviewer- "Well, trucker, we're not going to lie- everything here just looks awful."

Trucker- "What the hell you say`in?"

Interviewer- "Well let's start from the beginning- You came in, smelling like you've just crawled out of the containers the gas company hold that smell they add to their gas for safety. Your clothes look like they're ten years old, and were washed only about the same time you filed your taxes every year. You lied to us about...well...everything... You talk like a sailor and threw a phone book at my secretary, and a stapler at me."

Trucker- "And what does it have to do with anything!? I thought I was interviewing to be a driver, not the ambassador to Norway! Rabble-Rabble, Obama comin in here, stealin muh job, rabble-rabble!"

Interviewer- "How's .29 CPM sound?"

Trucker- "Make it .30 and you got yourself a deal, son!"

Trucker later on his CB- "I'm pullin in .50 cpm now, boys! And I ain't got no panties on!"

There you go! You see? This trucker handled himself exactly as any professional driver, anywhere ought to have! Let's just recap on a few key tips that scored this trucker a job:

Overreact about everything.

Make it clear you know everything about what the science of professional driving is, and can't be taught anything else.

Don't clean up or dress up for the interview- make sure the employer knows you're more interested in other things and therefore, don't have time for such 4-wheeler nonsense.

Lie, lie, lie and then lie some more to cover those lies.

These tips alone have put over 15,000 seat warmers back to work, just in the past three months.
This information is worth tens of dollars to drivers everywhere; and I just brought it to you, for free.
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Lux Prometheus · Dec 16, 2013

Criminey Jade said: ↑

Unfortunately, it'll have to stay a nightmare. I can't see anything for all the stupid ads that pop up when you click something.
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Wholly Fargging Icecrackers!!! What the hail was he doing, how'd he end up taking a dive like that???

duhduh · Dec 16, 2013

Cabwrecker. Good job, just blew beer all over my job application. giggle, and dat report, giggle and csa score. oops that was a dribble

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