Won't Be Driving - Thanks for the Help!

I have had that stir crazy problem my whole life; worked as a carney as a kid and never got it out of my system, love to ride in a truck...but, I figured out right away that the responsibility as a professional truck driver was a different thing than riding along with my carney buddies totally illegal and dodging weigh scales all along the way.

I still like to get in my car or Jeep and take off cross-country, poking along the byways, and I don't think driving a big rig would be the same kind of deal at all.

I talked with some young students at the community college while I was checking it out; I said if you're thinking about driving team, go sit in your bathroom with your best buddy for about 15 hours and then see how you feel about it.

 

Yeah, I could see that, kind of like letting the public into your bedroom to snoop around.

 

Yeah, the cruising down the road part didn't seem so cool when I started thinking about all of that; you pegged it. Mileage pay? I know that's how the industry works, but it just strikes me as an invitation to misery; "Run like Hell".

I talked to the instructor at the local college; found out he'd been out of the truck for years and told me getting back in would be the last step before working at the Quickie Mart. He's about my age, moved on down the road from trucking, and left me wondering why in the hell I'd want to jump in at this point.

 

And that seems to be the best reason to do it!

People seem to jump into it either because they really want to do it and enjoy it, or because they're in dire straits and are looking for a lifeboat. And it sounds like quite a few who jump in through desperation wind up unhappy or done with it in a hurry. I'm not at either extreme - the idea doesn't really get my pulse pounding, and I have other options to consider. So I really can't think of a compelling reason to go ahead with it.

It was just one of those thoughts that doesn't seem so great after carefully looking at it for a while.