Werner: My experience (in progress)

[QUOTE="Hang - Man";3896201]what we are missing here is the fact that maybe DriveitUSA's teacher is not a teacher but using the opportunity to make more money than being with out a student.
How many of the drivers that "train" would bother if they weren't getting paid more money for it ![/QUOTE]

pretty much. he keeps trying to intimidate me into driving from 8 pm - 7 am...but I can never finish the darn shift because I get too tired and have to stop at a rest stop or truck stop for the night. I refuse to be bullied into driving while tired and end up wrecking the truck. not happening.

I can do fine, starting a shift at 2 or 3 am, but I have always struggled at any job on 3rd shift (i.e 8 pm - 4 am, 10 pm, - 6 am, 12 am - 8 am) before this, so I am not surprised I'm struggling to sleep during the day and then get up and drive from 8 pm at night to 7 am in the morning.

keeps getting mad at me and saying the loads gonna be late. I just say, I'm sorry, safety comes first. That really infuriates him, and so then he tells me I'm not getting enough sleep (which I am, I operate great on 7.5 - 8 hours of sleep...if i get 10 hours, that's too much and then I'm even more tired earlier in my shift).

I dont give a #### about his miles. I care about learning.

but honestly, I think he's just trying to get me my 10 hours each day, to hurry up and get me off his truck. which is fine with me. I can request a few days of shagging trailers around Denver so I can get some backing practice on my own and figure it out, before I take a load OTR. I can do 5 or 6 shags a day and make a decent days pay too. Sometimes, when you have to learn something on your own, by yourself, you'll figure it out quicker and easier. So I can just get permission to take my truck and trailer to a big open parking lot, get used to what it will and won't do, then go do some shags every day for a week. Then I can head out with a bit more confidence that I can back the truck up, because this trainer obviously doesn't care like he should.

The beautiful thing of all this, is I get to write a review about him after it's all done and submit it to Safety. With recourse, without fear of retaliation. I'm gonna be BRUTALLY honest and DETAILED.

And to be honest, had the attitude and the snide comments and the throwing crap in my face not started, I'd have let plenty slide and overlooked it and given him a GREAT review. Now, not so much.

 

we get along fine till I make a mistake or forget something, then it gets ugly. about 30-45 minutes after it's done and over, hes; back to his normal cheerful self and we're talking like nothing happened, but it's honestly stressing me out..its like dealing with a ####### bipolar person.

however, nothing is perfect, neither is he and neither am I. so I am trying to suck it up and just get through it. Literally 2 weeks and this is all done...I'll have my 275 hours. I'm sitting on 178 after today's shift.

I am hoping for a good dispatcher. Overall, I've been pretty lucky so far to date with this entire experience. It's gone better than I expected, so I guess I should consider myself fortunate and count my blessings.

 

if you are wanting good BBQ, you need to hit up the Hard 8 in Coppell, TX. Holy smokes, they have some of the best BBQ I have ever had and I grew up in Kansas City where "allegedly" the best BBQ in the USA is to be found (but it's really not).

http://www.hardeightbbq.com/

 

well a new form of revenge has surfaced.

to everyone reading, regardless of what company you work for...when you fuel you truck with the company fuel card...make sure to register and get a rewards card at whatever locations you stop and fuel at. (Petro/TA, Love's, Pilot/Flying J, etc).

My trainer gives me his rewards cards when I fuel, however due to his recent attitude and snide comments towards me, I have started swapping my rewards card in when he isnt looking and steal his rewards points from him.

rewards points are good for free showers, free soft drinks at the fountain machine and other various food and beverage specials and discounts off your purchases. the more gallons of fuel and DEF purchased, the more rewards points you get.

revenge can be sweet. lol. you dont have to get mad...just get even.