Something I Am Completely TIRED Of Hearing...

And I hear it at least once a day, every day, whether it's from some loudmouth schnook at the counter in a restaurant like the guy at the TA in Santa Nella last night (oh god how I wish I coulda found his off switch), or some loudmouth schnook on the CB, or a pair of schnooks walking across a parking lot together. Every day, without fail, for the past 3 years, I've heard the same phrase over and over and over...

"If'n you don't own yer own truck, you ain't no real truck driver."

Sorry Brett, even though you drove for 15 years, you didn't own your own equipment, so you wasn't no real truck driver.

Sorry Guy, even though you've been across the country and back again a bajillion times, that truck is in someone else's name, so you ain't no real truck driver neither.

Apparently the desire to be able to both pay your bills and eat more than once a week disqualifies you from "real" truckerhood to these clowns. *smdh*

So, show of hands, how many other "fake" truck drivers we got in the audience?

I'm a newby, but count me in!!!

"Fake truck driver" wannabe here!

I will be faking it like a real OG in a couple weeks.

I'm totally faking it. I mean I only drive local and in day cabs with 48ft trailers.

I'm faking it so bad I'm faking it like my prom date in high school!

Why the "ignorant southerner" verbiage? I can vomit out any dialect and make them look stupid too.

Oh well, I am a fake redneck truck driver I guess.

When you take a close look at owning or leasing trucks from a purely business perspective it makes no sense whatsoever. A huge percentage of the drivers that own or lease trucks do it because they love the idea of owning their own rig. They love looking at it, polishing it, pondering the possibilities of customizing it, and of course telling people about it. Financially it makes no sense, but it certainly strokes the ego, at least for a while, until they realize they've gotten themselves in up to their eyeballs and there's no way to get out without a lot of financial pain and a healthy dose of eating crow.

But I have to admit that owning your own rig would be super cool if you could also make a ton of extra money doing it. I mean, if you would make $45,000 as a company driver but $80,000 as an owner operator then sign me up! But alas, you won't. So driving someone else's rig and making solid money is the way to go and that to me is also super cool!

I'll tell you what used to drive me nuts....listening to that handful of drivers that can't help but act like ignorant apes every time they see a woman somewhere. Gotta jump on the CB and say all kinds of idiotic filth. Nobody appreciates a pretty woman more than I do, but for the love of God I wish these people would act like adults that have actually seen a pretty woman before! Geesh!

I find it funny when a warner driver talks **** on swift when old jerry owns both

Here's a thought. Turn off your CB, stop talking to these people at the restaurant, and stop eavesdropping on other peoples' conversation in parking lots.

*mic drop*

Haha! Just bust in' yer chops, Fats.

Seriously though, those situations can be avoided IMHO.

Here's a thought. Turn off your CB, stop talking to these people at the restaurant, and stop eavesdropping on other peoples' conversation in parking lots.

*mic drop*

Haha! Just bust in' yer chops, Fats.

Seriously though, those situations can be avoided IMHO.

Not always...like the time I was waiting for a shower in the driver's lounge and some yahoos were talking very loud about how they drive 70 in California until they get close to Barstow, which devolved into a conversation about how fast they go over Donner Pass, etc. etc. Unfortunately my shower was right near the lounge and their voices carried through the door and the noise of the water. It felt like I was in a junior high locker room. And no, skipping the shower wasn't an option.