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Man, the mood I'm in right now puts me into Vegas tomorrow.
Can you pick up my sister on the way?
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You need to make up your mind.

I just gave Steve the money I was going to use for your stake at the dice table, for all the extras for The OM's room.

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so, yesterday, went for the drug screen.....no big deal. But had to wait an hour to get in. Again, no big deal. But I can think of 1001 things I'd rater be doing, (actually, about 3, but nevertheless).

So, dude from the office in Jacksonville Florida calls and says, "Hey man. Look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!"
"Do you have a TWIC?"
No.
"That's ok. we'll get you one. Later there'll be CONTRAINER training."
Why do I need container training?
"Well, you just never know."

Sooooooo......drank some beers and ran through it with my VP.
She says, "Why do you need a TWIC?"
I guess to go to the ports.
"Why do you need container training to haul beer out of Albany GA?"
Dunno.

So I call the dude this morning......."look, man. The only reason I'm going to need a TWIC and container training is if I'm going to hauling containers out of the port. There's 2 really important things you need to know. #1, I don't haul cans. #2, I don't go to ports."

So, deal is busted. F'n lying MFER's. What a bunch of sssss.......t

Recruiter calls me back, "Oh, we didn't tell you?"
"No, had you, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now."

THIS, ladies and gentlemen, is why there's a trucker shortage. Actually, it's not a trucker shortage, there's an honor shortage.
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Thats the only way they can get drivers to haul cans. The old bait and switch. No offense to any can drivers but by god you gotta be insane in the brain to wanna do that everyday

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D.Tibbitt said: ↑

Thats the only way they can get drivers to haul cans. The old bait and switch. No offense to any can drivers but by god you gotta be insane in the brain to wanna do that everyday
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If it paid the truck by the hour it might be worth it. Then you could pay the driver by the hour. The way it is now there's no way to come out very far ahead.

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Dave_in_AZ said: ↑

You need to make up your mind.

I just gave Steve the money I was going to use for your stake at the dice table, for all the extras for The OM's room.
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At Krystal right now.
Trying to get some chili cheese pups and tots.
It's a struggle.

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If it paid the truck by the hour it might be worth it. Then you could pay the driver by the hour. The way it is now there's no way to come out very far ahead.
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Which is also why can equipment is among the worst on the road?

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If it paid the truck by the hour it might be worth it. Then you could pay the driver by the hour. The way it is now there's no way to come out very far ahead.
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You are right. if they paid a decent hourly wage to haul cans everyday i may think about it. But it would have to be 6 figures or more. Home everyday by 5pm and a full weekend off .... May be the easiest job in the world if paid by the hour because ur gonna sit there and do nothing for most of the day... But just think how efficient the ports would be if the trucking companies charged by the hour as soon as the truck gets in line to the check in gate! Be in and out of there in less than a hour i bet.

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Which is also why can equipment is among the worst on the road?
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I don't know about any ports except the few on the west coast that I'm familiar with. I don't haul in or out of them, just grin and drive right on by.
The trucks I see that do dedicated port work are usually in pretty bad shape.

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Which is also why can equipment is among the worst on the road?
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What I see in Houston can't be too much different from any other port city. I swear, I think the law doesn't stop these guys because they're afraid something will fall off the truck and injure them.

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so, yesterday, went for the drug screen.....no big deal. But had to wait an hour to get in. Again, no big deal. But I can think of 1001 things I'd rater be doing, (actually, about 3, but nevertheless).

So, dude from the office in Jacksonville Florida calls and says, "Hey man. Look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!"
"Do you have a TWIC?"
No.
"That's ok. we'll get you one. Later there'll be CONTRAINER training."
Why do I need container training?
"Well, you just never know."

Sooooooo......drank some beers and ran through it with my VP.
She says, "Why do you need a TWIC?"
I guess to go to the ports.
"Why do you need container training to haul beer out of Albany GA?"
Dunno.

So I call the dude this morning......."look, man. The only reason I'm going to need a TWIC and container training is if I'm going to hauling containers out of the port. There's 2 really important things you need to know. #1, I don't haul cans. #2, I don't go to ports."

So, deal is busted. F'n lying MFER's. What a bunch of sssss.......t

Recruiter calls me back, "Oh, we didn't tell you?"
"No, had you, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now."

THIS, ladies and gentlemen, is why there's a trucker shortage. Actually, it's not a trucker shortage, there's an honor shortage.
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Where do you live?

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REO6205 said: ↑

If it paid the truck by the hour it might be worth it. Then you could pay the driver by the hour. The way it is now there's no way to come out very far ahead.
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Drivers should be making minimum $40/hour, time and a half after 8.

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