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Originally Posted by cdreid
Seriously. Im a trainer for star. You're the worst kind of trainee. Quit. Go to another company. You should be even more stressed and demanding by then. You'll quit.
Ive had fantastic trainees and nighmare trainees. Strangely enough the ones who turn into great truckers (far better than i) are the ones who bitch, whine, complain and stress the least.
The hard part of this job ISNT the driving. I can teach a monkey to drive. I cant teach a monkey to handle stress. To consider other drivers, 4wheelers, dispatch, customer needs. I cant teach a person its not his companies fault he screwed up and wrecked or got busted by dot or showed up late and had to sit a day or delivered late and thus had the window on his run home close.
I cant teach a trainee that neither I nor the company Owe him anything. I cant teach a trainee that its just NOT important to impress those idiots watching you back up. I cant teach him that screamingl, ranting, blaming drivers, racial minorities, the gubmint, women etc etc isnt going to help the stunning amounts of stress he puts himself under.
So quit.
Or learn patience. Learn we dont owe you a THING but to teach you.
Learn that trucking isnt a giant money handout. That theories about trucking put forward by the ignorant are irrelevant. That ones ideas of what trucking is really dont matter because you will not know til you become one.. or wash out.
Truck driving is about self control, caution, consideration, emotional maturity, intelligence, stamina and the ability to learn constantly. You either have it or you dont.
PS I dropped my last trainee monday. A POS. He'll last 2 months tops because he's immature. I didnt pick up a new one.. we didnt have any atm. Last two i picked up safety was in a panic to get me to the yard because they needed me to take another one so bad. Luck of the draw. Its life. Ill be d*mned if i know why 30% of newbies dont get that the world doesnt revolve around them and that trucking is HARD, Stressful, Dangerous work.
Why shouldnt he quit, especially if the company cant hold up to its end of the deal? A new guy is doing nothing for himself or the company by just sitting and waiting and his skills are not getting any better. Actually, you sound like the worst kind of trainer. If anyone becomes a "washout" its because of what you are /are not showing them.