Originally Posted by roadhog

:lol: Howdy Sync...
can I getcha a cold one?


no disrespect. :P

Originally Posted by Syncrosonix

early on with swift, i've tried helping other swift drivers. they would take one look at me and then give me this, "NO, I'LL GIT IT ON MA' OWN! DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!" since i've dealt with that several times, i won't help unless somebody comes up to me and asks for it.

at first sight, people often mistake me for being 14-16 years old. i'm 25. maybe i need to stop shaving every two or three days.

6 more months and i will have been here for 2 years. been asked numerous times already about becoming a mentor. i decline each time. i don't feel comfortable teaching people this early on. i also like having the truck all to myself and being responsible for my own safety as well as others out there, and not having to deal with the possibility of somebody snoring while i'm trying to sleep. just like dogs barking, snoring aggravates me. besides the snoring issue, i've already mentioned my age and how young i look. imagine some thick-headed dipstick i'm trying to teach, and ignoring everything i'm saying simply because he or she is older than i. the list goes on because of my age and how young i look.

i've also tried explaining to some moron about legal weight and the kingpin law in california. 6 hours later i saw him in the inspection lane of the cajon pass scale of southbound i-15. he was getting himself a ticket for being overlength and possibly an overweight ticket for being at 36,520lbs on the drives, and 35,000lbs on the tandems. i saw his cat scale ticket for when he weighed out at the t/a in las vegas. all he gave me was this, "I *HEARD* YOU CAN GO UP TO 37,000lbs ON THE DRIVES AND TANDEMS! YOU IS STILL YOUNG. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!" i hope he enjoyed the reality of his shituation. the fact is, i'm still here at swift, and since then, i haven't seen him or the other jackass i was trying to help into his spot.

if i did become one, i know one thing is certain. i'd make it mandatory for the student to take a shower each time we're at a truck stop for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. i don't want stink in my ride. another thing a couple of other things i won't have my truck are conversations about religion and politics. bringing both those things up often stirs up bad voodoo. it makes for a very uncomfortable work environment. if the student is religious and wants to attend the trucker chapel, fine, but don't give me any junk about not wanting to attend.

at any rate, i can go on, and on, and on, and on. i'll stop before i get carried away.[/color]

Originally Posted by roadhog

Hey BJS...
Boston eh? ...I didn't like Boston until I got to know the place.
Everybody there is flippin' everybody off. Then I realized that is how they say "hello" in Boston. :lol:

It is one of the friendliest cities on the East Coast.
Everytime I go there now...I'm flippin' off everyone I see,...and yellin' out the window..."how you doin'...no disrespect."

Originally Posted by bjs24

I'm sorry I really did'nt want to offend anyone. I look to this site to help me in a new career that im still not all that familier with. I looked around there are other sites but this is by far the best tool online to help me, ill always use it. What I take from this site I do use on the road and i do try to do the right things out there.
Do I speed in work zones , no I dont. Do drive in the middle or in the hammer lane , no generally I dont. I dont care about the Swift reputation in general only how it affects me when im out there. I'm Still learning and always will be I guess. I have met great guys out there , guys who have helped me at times when i put myself in a situation I didnt think I could get out of.
I pulled into a small pilot one night pulled around the corner and bam I'm facing the fuel line coming at me. I see no way out , theres no room to turn around and i'm real nervous cause all you guys are sitting there thinking what a dumb ass.
A guy comes over from the fuel line and says look what you did and heres how your gonna get out of it. The solution was fairly simple but as a new driver I didnt see it. It amazes me still how you guys who have been out there along time can see things that I cant. I want that knowlege , I want to be the guy to help when I have the experience. I want to be one of the guys on this site 5 years from now with a name you recognize as someone that can help. This site is like having a handbook in the truck.
Let me say again im sorry if I offended any of you, please dont hold it against me because it's a safe bet im gonna need your help out there. BJS

PS::: I hope my spelling and grammer was a little bit better but I grew up and was edjucated in Boston so you cant expect to much.

Originally Posted by Phantom433a

oh you are SO right Jumbo.....never a bad thing about Werner. :lol:

Originally Posted by Snowman7

You look more like twelve! And you need a haircut!

I see were all number one in here. :lol:

Originally Posted by DaveP

Well. Did you? :lol:

Originally Posted by Snowman7

bjs24 dont worry too much about mistakes. EVERYBODY makes them. Including the drivers here. The fact that it does bother you shows your willingness to learn and thats a good thing. If it makes you feel any better I made probably my worst ever a couple nights ago. I almost started a thread telling about it but I didnt want to listen to all the crap from the experts on here who never do any wrong. Anyway its actually funny now thats its over. I made a wrong turn off a busy street onto a residential street. It was one street too early. By the way, I pull doubles. :cry: I was very screwed! With no other real choice I crept down this tiny street with tiny houses and tiny driveways scrapping tree branches, watching for low wires, and hoping it went around the block. It was a beautiful summer evening and the residents were all out, staring in bewilderment. After about a half mile, the road ended, with no way out, and a low hanging cable tv wire in my way. I bowed my head and mumbled a few expletives. Well a couple of awesome residents made a pole to lift the wire and moved two cars off the street so I could get around my trailers as I split them and one by one backed them and the converter dolly to the top of the street and turned them around. Each time the two neighbors walked to the top of the street to block traffic while I got turned around and rehooked. Some neighbors on the small street and some motorists on the larger street weren't so nice. They had some choice names for me! I just smiled and nodded. All in all no one was hurt, no property was damaged, and I lost about an hour of time. But the embarassment still stings. Although I'm laughing a little now. These were not Swift trailers, these were good ole Buster Brown UPS trailers. Hopefully you feel a little better now. Good luck in your career. :lol: