Why, Why, Why?

Regarding #1 & #2. Are you looking at the right companies? As someone who will be graduating driving school in about 3 weeks I have found a number of companies that will hire recent grads and get you home for a full weekend (Sat & Sunday) almost all the time and who have no need for a 34 reset during the week.

I would assume if someone with non-existent experience can find these companies, anyone can.

 

And you're in for a rude awakening when the rose-colored glasses get shattered.
What these companies will tell a student will differ greatly from what they actually deliver.

 

Because drivers enable them to by putting up with that ####.

See above.

A job's a job, and if, in the case of these door slammers, they can get paid basically for sitting on their ##### all day, they'll take it and run. We're a convenience-based society, and the less people perceive themselves to actually be working, the more they'll be willing to put up for the sake of their job. These entry level companies train their most expendable assets to be... well, expendable. Steering wheel holders.

Good point. But, even keeping that in mind, it doesn't really mean they shouldn't be annoyed by the general public's perception of them. Of course, it can be a moot point when so many fit that perception.

Because, ###### to hell, this is America, and if you think employees should have rights or should stand up for themselves, then you're a pinko Communist-Nazi-Socialist who hates this country, wants to open up the border to all the illegals, steal everyone's wealth, and force women to have abortions!

Some people like to worry about image. It's stupid, but you're not going to change it. It's a reflection of society, I suppose. Look at MTV, and what do you see? Singers glorifying all their "bling bling", what kind of cars they drive, etc. They do it because that's what the public wants. This same public gets into driving trucks, and come into it with their priorities askew.

I suppose it depends on the company and their pay scale. Naturally, they're going to ensure they turn a profit.

 

Nothing's impossible, but making it happen is well beyond the abilities of anyone on this forum. For one, it would require cohesion. That's the biggest pitfall, right there.

 

In order to treat you like everyone else, you would have to pay alot more in the stores. Society won't allow that.

Just like I seen on the news tonight, they were talking about airline fees and some employee jumped in and said people don't realize what it costs to run a commercial airline. The same goes for trucking. People don't realize and don't care.

There's X amount available for each load. Guess who's on the bottom of the cookie jar.