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Originally Posted by Drifter1948
8) Everyone considering a career in OTR driving should read this book. Period
Anyone considering reading this book, should
NEVER consider a career in OTR! :shock:
NO.... I haven't read the book! I don't
HAVE to. The title tells me all I need to know (along with the context of this thread.) It's more of the CFM mantra! [Unless I am totally mistaken, in which case, nevermind! :lol: ]
I just spent 6 days on the road, and the totals for lines 3 and 4 were about 45 hours!
You don't get paid for sleeping at home, why should you get paid for sleeping while on the road?
You don't get paid for sitting at home watching T.V., why should you get paid for doing it at a shipper? (although MANY DO!)
You don't get paid for standing in line at Walmart, the movie theater, or to buy the latest IPOD thingie.... nor for sitting for an hour in a doctor's office waiting to get the finger. Why should you get paid for it while on the road?
Point is, the job requires you to be gone from home. So does a travelling salesman, a train conductor, airline pilot, minister, and yes.... even Congressmen! (the list is endless! How about the military, merchant marines, oilpatch workers in the frozen North?)
But, you are
NOT working the whole time for a substandard wage! A recent report showed that the AVERAGE trucker makes about $1,000 a year less than the MEDIAN wage in America..... and
MOST have no appreciable education! :roll:
SOME people act like you have a GUN to your head, and you are forced to actually WORK 24 hours a day for weeks on end! THAT is total B.S.!!!
For the UMPTEENTH time..... this is NOT a job for WUSSES!!! This is a job for REAL Men and Women! Anyone who feels "entitled" to be paid for every minute of every day they are away from home and family.... needs to STAY at home!!! :evil:
Real "sweatshops" are terrible things! If anyone has ever SEEN one (or worked in one) they would LAUGH at this comparison! I have MORE freedom on the road than I EVER had at a NORMAL "inside" job! And am making MORE money. Every week, I make it a point to TRY and take a few hours to see something new on my trip. I couldn't AFFORD all these "mini-vacations" on anything less than CEO pay if I worked "down the street."
In MOST cases, truckers are paid by the mile because it most closely represents the amount of time you are ACTUALLY "working." And even with all the time I spend sitting, it is more money PER HOUR than I made before I got into trucking.
If someone has a "beef" with the method or amount of pay for their job, they should find another one! There are literally THOUSANDS of men and women just waiting to take your place.... to provide for their families.
[And I might add, most of those doing the b!tching, got where they are today (local or retired) by the opportunities afforded them by having GONE OTR!]
Tell the unfortunate masses in this country who STAND on their feet all day, working TWO jobs to make 2/3rds of your pay.... or those breaking their backs at hard manual labor with required overtime ... that you are being "exploited" for sitting on your butt driving a truck for a living! Or that it is "unfair" that you don't get paid for sleeping 10 hours a day!
Better yet..... switch jobs with them! :roll:
I hear so many on here decrying the lack of respect from those who should be "thankful" that we help stock the shelves with the things they want to buy. Then, in the next post, the SAME, or another, cries like a baby because THEY are not getting what they feel "entitled" to! What's the difference??
There was a time in this country, (and another one coming soon,) when people were
GLAD to HAVE a job, and respected the man who gave it to them. I'm NOT defending the "capitalist Whoremongers" who suck at the teat of this benevolent Administration.... but, I'm getting just a little tired of the "ME Generation" and their "entitlement" philosophy!
Trucking is what it is! Rubbin' is Racin'!! Can't stand the heat? Stay out of the kitchen! :P
[Since you are new here, Drifter - or I am not familiar with you - this is
not directed entirely at
YOU! I'm just ranting!]
Hobo