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Originally Posted by Trukrswyfe
you want to know what I have been wondering????
Why do all these people get into trucking and think it isn't going to be work and it's all easy money???
Job by definition is work,, If you like it thats a bonus but it is still work and
If you don't think so GET YOU HEAD CHECKED!
So you invested 5Gs huh?? That is pennies to what a college student invests...SO quit whining!!
Hope your venting made you feel better. Now go look for a job and expect to start on the bottom, prove youself and work you way up or Quit!
Just stop crying about it. reread your post you sound like a baby.
Way to go Trukrswyfe! I see so much of this as well. My question is why does nobody ever want to pay their dues anymore? I have been at this nearly 30 years & see so many who think they can start with the best equipment & the best runs & top dollar.
You know what my first truck was? A 1971 R model mack with a 5 & 2, no idea the rear ends on it but top speed was 50 mph. their was ONE seat which my boss pulled out to punch another hole in the slider so I could get the seat close enough to reach the pedals! It had what we call a coffin sleeper (34" flat top), nowhere to put anything & a teeny little hole to crawl through, you LAYED on the bed to put your pants on in the morning!
You want to know what HARD work is???? Do what I do every day! I run in the Arctic! In winter the temps can fall to -70, Yes that's MINUS 70! Do you have any idea how easy things break in those temps? I doubt it! Try laying under a trailer with a tiger torch in -55 temps with -70 windchills!
I get paid extremely well for what I do, & would not truck anywhere else, I LOVE what I do, but believe me I WORKED for every teeny bit of respect & experience I got!
There is NO SUCH THING as forced dispatch! Whatever dough head came up with that expression is another dope that doesn't want to pay your dues IMHO. Our JOB is to get the next load to the next destination, just cause you don't LIKE where you get sent then find yourself a job where you have a dedicated route or QUIT YER BITCHIN!!!!
Good lord I get so tired of all this WHINING!
[Wildkat gets off her soapbox now]