Start CDL School For Stevens Transport Mon. 6/6/16 (Whew, Glad That One Is In That Date!!)

Awesome update. Now you are leaving all that past aggravation in the dust. Keep up the good work.

Awesome update. Now you are leaving all that past aggravation in the dust. Keep up the good work.

Thanks Scott! Yeah, there was quite a bit of aggravation at times there. Ha, ha. It's all good now, though. There are definitely challenges that come up on almost a daily basis (like getting lost when the Qualcomm nav lady has a brain fart with the directions), but those are just part of the job and to be expected. It wouldn't be as much fun without a challenge here and there! LOL

DSTURBD

LOL. Stay safe. Have fun.

10/25/16 again

Was just sitting here re-reading my last couple of posts to see if I forgot anything and realized that I should say something about the supporting staff that the drivers have here. I have already mentioned how great my D/M, Wendy, is but all of the rest more than deserve mention as well! The night dispatch guys go above and beyond to help out no matter what you need, large or small and are also very supportive. There have been a couple of times that I thought that I did something wrong or caused a problem. They were very calm and explained things and said that either I hadn't done anything wrong, or that it was something that happens a lot to new drivers and not to worry about it, just keep on doing what I'm doing as I'm doing great! The fuel department guys and all the rest are just the same way! They give exactly the right kind of support and help that keeps you wanting to do your best out here and feeling good about the job you are doing. I couldn't be happier with the way I am being treated as a dumb rookie employee here! Now, if we could just do something about that ignorant, arrogant cuss of a doctor, it would all be great, ha ha!!

Just livin' the dream!!!

DSTURBD

Just remember that doctor was not supposed to be looking out for your best interests. Rather, his job is to look out for the company and their insurance rates. He did his job well and now they have an employee proving him wrong. I bet he is loving it.

Thanks for the update.... Good to hear from you... Questions about Stevens

Are you mainly hitting distribution centers? How much city driving are you doing?

Thanks for the update.... Good to hear from you... Questions about Stevens

Are you mainly hitting distribution centers? How much city driving are you doing?

Yes, mostly distribution centers and not much city driving at all.....so far, ha ha.

Hey. I'm so glad to see you are doing well out here! You had a really rough start, but join the club!

I know you were wondering about me. Hope you had a chance to see my update from a week or so ago. Still hoping to run in to you someday, but the chances are a little less now that I'm switching to dry van.

But I'll definitely keep an eye out for ya! I'll update with my new truck number as soon as I can. Orientation got pushed back a little as my trainer is on hometime in MD. But I'm definitely enjoying my hometime. Catching up on some desperately needed rest. We were running overnights for the last two or three weeks at TA.

If you still have my email, drop me a line and I'll send you my phone number.

Just remember that doctor was not supposed to be looking out for your best interests. Rather, his job is to look out for the company and their insurance rates. He did his job well and now they have an employee proving him wrong. I bet he is loving it.

Nope!!!! Still jacking with me. I was in the middle of a 1600 mile produce run when I got notified yesterday that he is shutting me down until Monday because he couldn't receive some of the telemetry from my CPAP machine and I am supposedly short on usage time. I use it every single time, even though it destroys my sleep patterns instead of helping. By the DOT regs., I shouldn't even be on it anyway, but...whatever!!!! (Stevens decided to use a much lower cut-off number than is required by the regs. is what I was told by the nurse.) Between the sleep study and the machine, that's over $1000.00 out of my pay and back into their pockets!! And... a very easy way for the doctor to keep right on screwing with me. Even my VA doctor asked me, "Wow, what's this guy got against you? He's a real piece of work!" Of course, if he won't let me work, then how they gonna get their money?!?!?!?

Oh, and by the way, I read the article on here about the sleep apnia regs being re-written because of so many people being forced into CPAP therapy who were never intended to be involved or fall under scrutiny. Can't happen fast enough for my taste, though.

I guess that I should know by now that every time I get really happy with what I am doing and how things are going, the sky is about to fall in on it all!! Man, I was covering lots of miles, early to my deliveries, and making really good money there for a while too!! I was really having fun doing it and doing what I was told to do.

DSTURBD

Hey. I'm so glad to see you are doing well out here! You had a really rough start, but join the club!

I know you were wondering about me. Hope you had a chance to see my update from a week or so ago. Still hoping to run in to you someday, but the chances are a little less now that I'm switching to dry van.

But I'll definitely keep an eye out for ya! I'll update with my new truck number as soon as I can. Orientation got pushed back a little as my trainer is on hometime in MD. But I'm definitely enjoying my hometime. Catching up on some desperately needed rest. We were running overnights for the last two or three weeks at TA.

If you still have my email, drop me a line and I'll send you my phone number.

Hey there Chickie! Glad to hear good things! I think I saw the update, is it XPO you're going with? I'll have to look in my e-mail history, but I should still have the address. Good luck!!

DSTURBD