Would it be Wise or Not?

I will soon be going for my CDL-A. I then hope to get on with a starter company to gain experience. I have a clean driving record, I don't do drugs, and I have a stable work record going back to 1983, having only four jobs, one very short. In the last ten years, I only worked for one company for 8 yrs, then quit that job on good terms to take care of my elderly mother who required my assistance in her day to day needs. However, a couple of months back, money was tight and I took a job to help make ends meet. It paid barely above minimum wage. I quit after less than two weeks because I did not like the boss, or the job, and my mother was complaining. I am wondering if I can safely avoid mentioning that short job on applications I submit, or should I mention it?

 

Not really, although it was no serious issue. My boss snapped at me about something in which I felt I was being unfairly treated , so I told him I was quitting at the end of the work day. That was the extent of it. It was a small shop with only the boss, myself and two others, a couple of young guys that he snapped at as well. I felt that they did not deserve that treatment either.

 

That gap while I took care of my mother I have already mentioned to recruiters and they did not feel it was a problem.

 

Well, the reason that I want to go to work in a new career is that my mom passed away a couple of weeks ago. I want a new career in the trucking industry because I believe it is a lifestyle I would thrive in for several reasons.

What worries me about this short job is that it was a driving job delivering parts, however it was a non CDL job driving a light bobtail flatbed truck. I was pulled over by a cop and he told me that the inspection sticker was expired, and the truck had no rear license plate. When he asked that I present proof of insurance, I could not find that in the vehicle either. The cop cited me only for inability to provide proof of insurance and just warned about the other two. When I called the boss to tell him, he jumped on me telling me it was my responsibility and that I should have caught those problems beforehand. That is when I told him I was quitting when I finished the day. I have no idea when the license plate fell off, or if it was ever attached, as there was no place under the bed on the frame that I could determine it was ever mounted. The inspection sticker had expired well before I went to work there, so it was being driven by others as well. It turned out that I did find the proof of insurance later that day, and the citation was dropped, so there is no ticket on my record. I don't mind honestly putting the job on my application, but if they contact that employer, I am afraid that he will say that I did not inspect the truck before driving it. Well, I did inspect the truck, but when I did I was looking for safety and maintenance issues, not the inspection sticker and the plate. That never occurred to me. The store manager acted like he would not bear any of the responsibility and that is what I took issue with. I had seen him jump on the other employees for mistakes made just because they were new, so I really did not like him or his management style at all. If it were a good job, I would have shrugged it off and took it, but not for 8 an hour.