guest • 32 minutes ago
Did he say "driver" respect?? for what Butt Cleaveage appreciation?? Most of the jack asses dont deserve anything butt abuse! Animals is what they are...look at them....throwing bags of Garbage out into any parking lot after they take a Wizz....thousands of them are newbies hired by Clown Companies destined for their first Collision where they MAIM members of the public....respect for "drivers"...would BEGIN with companies that demand CHEAP LABOR shmucks to warm their seats....COMPANIES are responsible for EMPLOYING absolute DOPES. Look at any truckstop..drivers look like HOMELESS Vagabonds.....RESPECT??? This guy is Way out of touch with modern trucking.
I had been casually browsing through Trucking news and information on the website and happened to see the comment above insulting every good driver I know. A lot of people make so many assumptions about truck drivers and have no idea what they are talking about. A stereo-type has been applied to truck drivers, that while it is true in some cases, is not one bit true on the whole. I felt a need to stand up for the drivers I know and went ahead and replied.
Truckerslife.weebly.com guest • 21 minutes agoMr. Guest,
You obviously are living in a world full of stereo types, misplaced anger and bad grammer.
Despite what you might think, it takes a lot of brains to succeed in the modern world as a truck driver. There are HOS calculations for log books, distance/time problems and business costing calculations that would blow your mind. There's a lot of stress caused by tough deadlines, traffic jams and being on the road all the time dealing with *cough* morons like you.
As for looking like homeless vagabonds, the average driver probably looks better than you would after 10 straight hours of driving in your car, which I seriously doubt you could pull off. Most drivers dress for comfort in their environment, they get to shower once every two days and do laundry once a week which makes them pretty clean.
I don't where you got the idea of drivers all being perverts. I know for a fact that more drivers open the door to let me - a lady through before them. They will even go out of their way to grab it and hold it even it leaves them falling over, which is more than I can say for most men. Likewise, all women I have met out here are both curteous and helpful and would never insult someone for looking different.
As for the garbage problem, that is something that the morons in "society" such as yourself , have chosen not to find a solution for and merely stand around complaining about it. Truck drivers like any human produce a certain amount of trash, it is up to society to provide and location for it. You have your fancy little house with garbage collection while drivers have garbage cans which aren't exactly designed to hold a lot.
Also, I don't know where you live, but if $50000 a year is cheap labor I would love to know. I'm sure the average driver gets paid more than what you do at your dead end job.
Have a nice day and enjoy that bottled water I delivered to your business!
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