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Don't bother to learn how to judge anything in your mirrors. Soon as you see them in your mirrors, hit the turn signal and come over. Remember to flash your lights at them.
NEVER, NEVER, NEVER, slow down. Always run tight up to the pump, and in bad weather, close up tight to the truck in front of you. Run nose to tail, cussing the slow traffic, and complain about how you can't see.
YIELD means all other traffic must get out of your way.
Because you're a truckdriver and have forgotten what soap and water are for or how to flush a toilet, no traffic laws or signs apply to you unless they suit your needs at the moment.
Park anywhere you feel like.
When parking, if you hear a loud crash and feel a thump, go find another place.
Remember all the words your mother punished you for using and liberally sprinkle your conversations with them.
Remember that you are the most important thing on Earth and this industry and all it's customers are required to bow down, kiss your backside, and change their operations and requirements to suit your every need.
Nobody likes you, everyone hates you, go out into the garden and eat worms. Remember to use a fork and add tabasco sauce. Improves the flavor.
This business is totally unreasonable. You took a job running all over the country and they won't get you home every week or as often as you want or for as long as you want. All done merely to irritate you, no other earthly reason for it.
Just a small start toward developing your "they're picking on me" attitude. Others may be able to add to it, but start with these, work hard, and you will rapidly become just as incompetent and paranoid as an increasing number of the nitwits out here.

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You know, I've got a little slogan I like to use. It's not "politically correct" in trucking circles, but it works.
If you're going to be an underpaid, unappreciated, abused poor little truck driver -- for God's sake, be a GOOD ONE!! Learn your craft well, work you *** off and make some money.

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Shuffler
Like the slogan. Care if i adopt it?
BTW this post came from last week. Seems I met every moron in a truck there was.

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Originally posted by Shuffler:
_If you're going to be an underpaid, unappreciated, abused poor little truck driver -- for God's sake, be a GOOD ONE!! Learn your craft well, work you *** off and make some money._
Yeah right, these companies get what they pay for. When they pay somebody .24 cpm to drive a truck and sit for free at loading docks, they are going to get a .24 cpm worker and alot of turnover.
Pay somebody a good wage with decent hometime and benefits and you will generally get a hardworking, responsible driver. Amazing how you rarely see companies like Yellow or USF Holland advertising in truckstops.
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You may not see Yellow advertise in the truckstops, but I remember when the St. Louis Post carried an ad for Yellow for almost a year. They couldn't get drivers.

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"Pay somebody a good wage with decent hometime " If they did that they might even attract a different type of person, one who gives a ****. Then they might have to pay their drivers a little more. Wouldn't be cost effective for them. Better to pay for some damages and recruiting than a few more cents a mile for a professional.
Good Stuff
"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of all who threaten it"
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You may not see Yellow advertise in the truckstops, but I remember when the St. Louis Post carried an ad for Yellow for almost a year. They couldn't get drivers.
They can't get them in Chicago either,plenty of applicants,too few qualified.
Mike
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Yellow might ask them to do some work and be responsable.They would be held to standards and be accountable.
They enlisted the Teamsters’ help after the company decided that it would no longer pay them hourly wages but compensate them based on mileage, which would have cut their income in half
http://www.teamster.org/03news/hn_030110_1.htm
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WC,
See?
I SAID it was poitically incorrect!
Ka-BOOOM!!!
"work you *** off" By the looks of a lot of drivers their getting bigger, not going away. -->
Good Stuff
"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of all who threaten it"
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Originally posted by Shuffler:
WC,
See?
I SAID it was poitically incorrect!
Ka-BOOOM!!!
Sure, everyone wants to pay the lowest amount possible for goods or services. Once in awhile you find a deal, but most times you just get crap. I would love to pay less than $3.00 for a hamburger and get a strip of juicy filet mignon between two fresh kaiser buns, but I usually end up with McDonalds for that price. Yuck!
Trucking companies (and it seems like all of corporate America these days) love people who work their a$$es off for substandard wages. They revel in seeing drivers sitting in truckstops and loading docks all day for free. And they must get a real kick out of suckering drivers into paying for company equipment like load-locks.
So newbies, just take Shuffler's advice and your .24 cpm paying company will love you so much that you'll get a nice Christmas card from them in the mail every year for all your hard work. Just don't expect to be home to read it! --> -->
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I can't believe you guys, Gene,
What you're saying is: Take the job knowing full well the way the system pays and what you're getting into ---- but then sit back and work as little as possible once you're out there...???
That's a real recipe for 'success' in your new career. sheeesh....
I'll say it again:
There's a lot about "mileage trucking" that REALLY SUCKS! But damn it, if you're going to CHOOSE with your own FREE WILL to join this circus, go out there and make some money.
You might not get home enough to enjoy the bonus checks....but you're not going to be home much anyway, no matter how much free time you create for yourself on the road. (in fact, you can usually take a little MORE hometime if you've maxed-out your productivity)
I wouldn't want to flip burgers. But if I did (or had to), I'd be the best damn burger flipper there is, and I wouldn't keep customers waiting, mess-up my orders, show up late, contaminate my work area, or be a major b**ch to work with, because I felt sorry for myself and the underpaid job I DECIDED to take.
That, to me, is the description of a major loser. I'd rather take some pride in what I CAN control, instead of finding a good excuse to be an incompetant hack. The folks who buck the system on the road are usually the same ones that tip their trucks over and mess everything else up --- it's a mindset that transfers to all aspects of the job. (they don't pay me enough to secure this freight, or do a pre-trip, or find a space instead of parking at the fuel island...yada yada yada....) I'm so duckin' sick of that crap attitude.
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[This message was edited by Shuffler on February 09, 2003 at 13:16.]

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Originally posted by Shuffler:
I can't believe you guys, Gene,
What you're saying is: Take the job knowing full well the way the system pays and what you're getting into ---- but then sit back and work as little as possible once you're out there...???
No, what I'm saying is that companies can't expect top-notch workers for .24 cpm. You can't, for example, hire a bunch of Mexican illegals for your construction company and expect to build sturdy houses. You might be able to build houses all right, but they sure as hell won't be well-built ones. Now, I don't know what fantasyland you're living in Shuffler, but out here in the real world you tend to get what you pay for. And before you respond to that, just consider what a 'good' worker is to a typical OTR company:
1) stays out for months on end
2) doesn't request alot of hometime
3) practices 'creative logging'
4) willingly pays for company equipment
5) provides free labor (unloading trailers, shagging trailers, etc)
6) never turns down a load
7) spends weekends and holidays sitting in a truckstop
puts up with all of the above for less than a convenience store clerk makes.
Take the job knowing full well the way the system pays and what you're getting into
That's the problem. Most newbies DON'T know what they're getting into and the trucking companies in turn prey on the uniformend. And when people find out that the industry is full of lies, low-pay, and free labor they quit and the 'turn-and-burn' process starts all over again. You must actually believe these companies when they say there's still a labor 'shortage' in trucking.
Now please don't misread me here. I'm not saying that ALL trucking companies are like this. But the ones that pay crap wages and treat their drivers like machines shouldn't expect much in return. And people shouldn't work their a$$es of for these companies as you put it. They should quit and 1) find a better company or 2) go to school and get a better job.
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It seems like most of the,I'm underpaid complainers,are from the north . -->They think that should be able to have anything they want and treat me like I'm king attitude .
Just a personal opionin northers -->
Shuffler don't let it get under your skin.The attitudes won't change any time soonLOL -->
IF YOUR NOT IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL GO HOME!!! Loner

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Originally posted by loner:
It seems like most of the,I'm underpaid complainers,are from the north . -->They think that should be able to have anything they want and treat me like I'm king attitude .
Just a personal opionin northers -->
Shuffler don't let it get under your skin.The attitudes won't end any time soonLOL -->
IF YOUR NOT IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL GO HOME!!! Loner
And it seems that most of the morons who drive local for $7.00\hour are from the south, especially the SUNSHINE STATE. Let's see, I only make more than 3 times that per hour!
And sorry to disapoint you, loner, but you'll never hear me saying I'm underpaid. So you can have your sunshine, warm temperatures, and beaches. I'll take the money and top-notch benefits, thank you!
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