Fired By Trucking Company For Non Accident Issue.

I thought I was pretty clear in blaming the management, but I can see that many of you are so brainwashed to think what you receive, or received in your early years, was normal as a driver and can't see we are all treated worse than the dogs these greedy selfish *******s keep in their backyards. I had some hope that maybe someday drivers would say enough is enough and demand better treatment, I can see by the responses here that most of you think anyone who says this treatment is unacceptable just has a bad attitude and should be thankful for all they do for us. I've grown up a conservative person and believe in a strong work ethic, but I don't believe that complete disregard for basic needs of life are acceptable by any industry. I can see my hopes and suggestions of some improvement in this industry have fallen upon deaf ears. That's very sad, as even those who tried to insult me, deserve far better.

As far as leaving things out, you still seem to believe this industry has morals. You are incorrect. Management isn't getting the products to us, It's demand that does that. If every trucking company went bankrupt tomorrow, another group would start up and the freight would roll again either by owner operators who would make more by eliminating the middle man called the trucking companies, or the shippers themselves would have to use their own trucks and hire drivers and follow labor laws. All the trucking companies do is provide reduced transportation costs at the expense of mistreating the drivers by using the absurd exemptions created back in the days of all too powerful railroads on the 1800s. These guys are not there for you, they are there to rape you and make their own profit off of your reduced benefits.

I know you think I'm a fool who you are glad to see leave the occupation, I say occupation because it's not really a profession. Professionals have to receive continual training and skills to further themselves in their industry. They also generally need more than a 3 week course to learn their trade. I can't think of the last time I was ever given updated training in this line of work. That's ok, I'm glad you are there to drive my tomatoes to the store. I would hate to pay more for them, so you keep doing what you do and praising the trucking companies for "all they do". LOL.

I wish you the best! And the next time you take a flight, just think, Rob might be at the controls. I may not be as smart as you, but I can do your job, but you can't do mine. I also will look much better after 3 days on the road since I slept at the Hilton last night and had a shower before I left the room. How was that sleeper birth rest you got last night, when will you get a shower, inquiring noses want to know! LOL!

You're correct, aviation hasn't always been there. I can always go drive a truck again if need be. I will now say a prayer every night that I don't ever have to endure this nightmarish hell of an occupation again. The trucking industry will always be there for one reason! They can't keep drivers because most who go into it realize what a bunch of unreasonable nonsense it is and get out. I endured it for about 4 years which is far more than most others do. But you will always think I'm a looser because I hated being treated like a dog. What can I say, we all have our own limits as to what we will tolerate.

Congratulations Rob for serving us a big ole' vat of Sour Grapes. Yummy! The foul odor of your story is the best example of a disgruntled, delusional driver I have ever read. Awesome! I am not laughing with you, but at you.

Before going any further, Old School definitely has you pegged, I totally agree with his assessment and I would add further that you are not providing the entire story. You are conveniently leaving something out...experience has taught most of us; there are two sides to every story, somewhere in the middle is the truth. Truth is "Chief", you are leaving out critical pieces of how your pi** poor attitude has put you in this situation, not the uneducated buffoons running the trucking companies. The exact same Buffoons who some how manage in spite of their incompetence to efficiently deliver to market the very things you need to sustain a quality life. The food you put in your mouth, the clothes you put on your back, and the roof over your head all exist because of the trucking industry.

*yawn*

Rob spews:

I think what I learned was the Trucking industry is run by a bunch of high school dropouts who found a niche where they can still make a living despite their lack of education, intelligence and just common decency . I don't mean the drivers, I mean the management.

A sector of the US economy that made $135 billion in 2014 is not run by "high school dropouts".

... and furthermore:

I thought I was pretty clear in blaming the management, but I can see that many of you are so brainwashed to think what you receive, or received in your early years, was normal as a driver and can't see we are all treated worse than the dogs these greedy selfish *******s keep in their backyards.

It's nearly impossible to "brainwash" 18 million truck drivers into some kind of bliss. As for the doggies, which trucking company tycoon's backyard were you in, and what were you doing there?

Rob, we haven't seen this level of vitriol in this forum, least in the three years I've been here. What your writing really indicates is your own personal attitude, as you try to explain your own failures. So if you want to stay in transportation, but air transport and trucking don't work for you, there's always Greyhound. Or maybe take a careful look at your own attitude and work to accept what Life has tossed your way, without trying to rationalize things.

I will take you up on that bet about doing your job. I will even raise you rotary wing, plus I can fix them all too!! Granted I don't have $1,500 sitting in my back pocket to get my A&P license, but I do have my FAA permissions to test for my A & P. Plus I am a licensed Master Barber, plus I am a trained EMT-B. Plus I know how to work with explosives. Driving truck is just the latest of a long line of skills.

Unfortunately Pilots tend to fall in only 2 categories. 1) ultra cool laid back; flying for the excitement of it or 2) self absorbed arrogant pricks who think their stuff don't stink. Sadly, I am sure you belong to the latter.

What charter company is it you will be flying for? So for future reference, I know to avoid them.

Rob I have been in and around the trucking industry most of my adult life. As a technology and automation consultant I have worked with transportation management in both trucking, distribution, and railroading including operations, IT, finance, maintenance, and yes safety. You sir are so full of sh**, no real clue. Indeed there are morally corrupt and ethically challenged sharks in every American business, including trucking. All we need to do is look at the most recent example at Wells Fargo. But in my 30+ year career I have yet to witness the level of incompetence and lack of ethics you described. You were not in it long enough or experience different trucking companies to make an assessment like you have. Sour Grapes...to an extreme.

I don't agree with you Rob on any level and have not experienced anything close to what you have described, especially as a driver. To make matters worse you have chosen to insult and belittle all of us in order to support your own beliefs and invalidate ours. You are a spinless ass Rob, the kind of ass I usually ignore and walk away from. The kind that typically brings out the worse in everyone you interact with. Your attitude announces your arrogance and disgust with the trucking peasants you must work with.

I enjoy driving a truck and have enjoyed meeting many interesting people along the way. I have also made numerous genuine friends, including driver managers, planners and safety directors. An unexpected benefit.

As far as the thought of you being at the controls of a plane I am flying in, not a remote chance of that happening. I do not fly anymore. 911 took care of that for me...forever.

Wow I didn't know my job sucked so bad until Rob told me how bad it is. I must've been blind and stupid. I was really really depressed and just felt horrible about my career choice. Never realized all those nice people I work with were such sorry, lazy & dirty uneducated bums. Then I saw his post where he was leaving trucking and now I feel all better. Good bye sir & good riddance.

What gets me is Rob never even bothered to go try another trucking company and give it another chance. Yes one company might be crooks, infamous liars and people that are spoiled rotten brates, but not all companies are like that and then he just rationalizes all the trucking companies out there by ONE companies faults and failures. I have read every comment on this thread and I must admit that Rob has a one sided point of view. I am not going to say that what happened was right or wrong, if what you said about the tow trucker is true then he should grow up, but you only have us YOUR POINT OF VIEW! So now we don't even know what the companies point of view is. That is the pitfall right there.

Not only that but trucking would be out of business for a lack of drivers if that was true of every company.

Please don't criticize us future truckers or current truckers or experienced truckers ever again without trying to go to another company to see if they are any good. Not all companies are **s holes. How you can say that we are uneducated and high school drop outs is amazing to me. Are you talking about yourself?

Im just glad I will never see you on the road with an attitude like that. We new truckers and truckers to be and experienced truckers don't need someone in our industry criticizing our livelihood.

Will you just quite, as old school says, quite with all the B.S.

Thanks and good griefe.