Frustrated Isn't The Word For This New Truck Driver!!!!

Dispatch asked me how was I holding up. I told him my friends been keeping me company, he said oh I didn't know you had friends in Joliet, I said I don't! I was referring to the ones on Trucking Truth! Thanks again!!

Dispatch asked me how was I holding up. I told him my friends been keeping me company, he said oh I didn't know you had friends in Joliet, I said I don't! I was referring to the ones on Trucking Truth! Thanks again!!

That's too good. Keep strong. Here is something to make you smile. A truck driver stopped at a roadside diner for lunch and ordered a cheeseburger, coffee and a slice of apple pie. As he was about to eat, three bikers walked in.

One grabbed the trucker's cheeseburger and took a huge bite from it. The second one drank the trucker's coffee, and the third wolfed down his apple pie. The truck driver didn't say a word as he paid the waitress and left.

As the waitress walked up, one of the motorcyclists growled, "He ain't much of a man, is he?"

"He's not much of a driver, either," the waitress replied. "He just backed his 18-wheeler over three of your motorcycles."

Dispatch asked me how was I holding up. I told him my friends been keeping me company, he said oh I didn't know you had friends in Joliet, I said I don't! I was referring to the ones on Trucking Truth! Thanks again!!

That's too good. Keep strong. Here is something to make you smile. A truck driver stopped at a roadside diner for lunch and ordered a cheeseburger, coffee and a slice of apple pie. As he was about to eat, three bikers walked in.

One grabbed the trucker's cheeseburger and took a huge bite from it. The second one drank the trucker's coffee, and the third wolfed down his apple pie. The truck driver didn't say a word as he paid the waitress and left.

As the waitress walked up, one of the motorcyclists growled, "He ain't much of a man, is he?"

"He's not much of a driver, either," the waitress replied. "He just backed his 18-wheeler over three of your motorcycles."

LOL ROTF

Dispatch asked me how was I holding up. I told him my friends been keeping me company, he said oh I didn't know you had friends in Joliet, I said I don't! I was referring to the ones on Trucking Truth! Thanks again!!

That's too good. Keep strong. Here is something to make you smile. A truck driver stopped at a roadside diner for lunch and ordered a cheeseburger, coffee and a slice of apple pie. As he was about to eat, three bikers walked in.

One grabbed the trucker's cheeseburger and took a huge bite from it. The second one drank the trucker's coffee, and the third wolfed down his apple pie. The truck driver didn't say a word as he paid the waitress and left.

As the waitress walked up, one of the motorcyclists growled, "He ain't much of a man, is he?"

"He's not much of a driver, either," the waitress replied. "He just backed his 18-wheeler over three of your motorcycles."

Lol!!!!!!!! I needed that one!!

Dispatch asked me how was I holding up. I told him my friends been keeping me company, he said oh I didn't know you had friends in Joliet, I said I don't! I was referring to the ones on Trucking Truth! Thanks again!!

Very cool

Here's an update. The tractor won't be ready until possibly Monday so my dispatcher sent me home via Greyhound which will take 20hrs just to bring me back on another 20hr Greyhound ride on Monday which means I'll get there Tuesday to hopefully get a load to deliver on Christmas Eve so I can see my kids open their gifts on Christmas. Why they're sending me home over the weekend I do not understand but my dispatcher said he was told to do that instead of paying for motels again. This is becoming too much.

Here's an update. The tractor won't be ready until possibly Monday so my dispatcher sent me home via Greyhound which will take 20hrs just to bring me back on another 20hr Greyhound ride on Monday which means I'll get there Tuesday to hopefully get a load to deliver on Christmas Eve so I can see my kids open their gifts on Christmas. Why they're sending me home over the weekend I do not understand but my dispatcher said he was told to do that instead of paying for motels again. This is becoming too much.

In that case I would have told them no way. It's not likely they realize you'll spend 40 hours on a bus doing that. They're probably trying to be nice and get you to the house - that's what most people would want. But I agree with you - that's waaaaaaaay too long to be sitting on a bus for a day or two at home. Unfortunately hotel room prices have to be through the roof this time of year I would imagine, but that's not the point of course.

Here's an update. The tractor won't be ready until possibly Monday so my dispatcher sent me home via Greyhound which will take 20hrs just to bring me back on another 20hr Greyhound ride on Monday which means I'll get there Tuesday to hopefully get a load to deliver on Christmas Eve so I can see my kids open their gifts on Christmas. Why they're sending me home over the weekend I do not understand but my dispatcher said he was told to do that instead of paying for motels again. This is becoming too much.

In that case I would have told them no way. It's not likely they realize you'll spend 40 hours on a bus doing that. They're probably trying to be nice and get you to the house - that's what most people would want. But I agree with you - that's waaaaaaaay too long to be sitting on a bus for a day or two at home. Unfortunately hotel room prices have to be through the roof this time of year I would imagine, but that's not the point of course.

Yeah Brett the (5 star) Rodeway Inn they had me in was $49.99 a night which would've been $100.00 over the weekend, instead they spent $167.00 on a Greyhound ticket and I had to spend $110.00 on a cab ride. That's $275.00 spent on cab fare in a week alone & to think they want me to cone back on Monday and do it all over again? No way! I'm humble, hard working, and hardly ever complain, and will pay my dues in this industry as expected but I'm not gonna go on wild goose chases for the fun of it. The only way I'm going back there to get that truck is if one of our drivers is going that way and he personally drops me off, but no to the Greyhound and H no to the cab!

Dejaun, I'm feeling your pain man!

Listen, don't let this sour you on the company. It is hard to understand sometimes how things go in these large operations, and why they do things the way they do, but I wouldn't start making demands just yet. It's okay to be firm with them when explaining your situation, but be kind and respectful, as I'm thinking you seem like that kind of person anyway. I had some really terrible experiences when I first started too, so I know kind of what you are going through. Trust me, in about six months you will look back on this experience and just smile as you recount the things that happened. I don't know why so many of us have these terrible beginnings to this career, but it is not uncommon at all when they are trying to get a new driver seated in their first truck. For some reason known only to the "trucking gods" these crazy experience always happen to the rookies just as they are trying to get started.

We are pulling for you DeJuan, and I promise you that if you hang in there and grit your teeth a little it will all work out okay in the end.

Talk to your DM/FM or what ever initials they go by and explain that you need some help with the cab fares, as in cash, because you do not have any more you can lay out. they should be able to get you some money for that.

Now for the part that shows no sympathy... LOL

20 more hours in a bus? Really you are going to complain about that? When ever I think that I have it bad or difficult, I think of all the others that have had it worse. Our troops with days, weeks and months in cold, wet and miserable conditions from WWI on up to today. Can you imagine living and fighting in a trench in WWI or WWII or a foxhole in southeast Asia? I also think about my great grandmother that crossed this great country of ours in a covered wagon. We have it EASY compared to the past generations.

The Lord has given you an opportunity by opening a door, you have to have the guts to walk through it. He helps those that help themselves which means that he will meet you half way. Apparently that is the bus terminal.

So, ask for help with the cab fares and get on that bus.