There's a guy who panhandles at the redlight coming out of the Walmart Plaza near where I live. This guy would leave his car in the park and ride and come down to the intersection. I yelled at him on day to get a job.

 

Don't ever buy this B/S, it is always some kind of a scam, I never give money to anyone, just about every truck stop you go to someone needs money for gas, a big sob story

they probably just want money for drugs or booze

I never trained this way, so I am not sure how it is to drive with a trainer, but I am sure that if something like that really happened, wouldn't the company pay to get him home?

 

matter a fact it was a old black guy in texas i think too.

 

People with cardboard signs that say " will work for food " 99% of the time when you tell them you got some work for them refuse the offer.

But I do remember 1 time and 1 time only a kid ( 19 or so ) had that card board sign and actually worked for food. Believe me, we made him WORK for it. Gave him a good Hardy meal. He never asked for any money, so when we dropped him off where he wanted to go ( which was the freeway to keep thumbing for a ride ) I slipped him a 20.

 

I am sure that there is the rare case where someone acually does need help, I mean if I saw someone on the side of road run out of gas I might help them out, but when someone just comes up and asks me for money for gas, I know it is just a scam

And most of these panhandlers are people who don't need your help

 

There are trainers out there just bent out of Hades. I knew a guy who was a trainer and I turned him in myself. He was treating trainees like crap unless they were females, then he tries to sleep with them. But anyway he would yell at trainees if they messed up cuss them out and so on. One trainee called in on him and asked to be routed to terminal for a new trainer, well it was granted and on way to terminal trainer go off deep end. The trainee fed up told trainer if he yells at him one more time or cuss him again he was going to put his foot up his ___ sideways. Trainers gets mad waits til they stop, while trainee is in shower trainer put his stuff out of truck and leaves. I was at terminal when trainee first started and remembered him cool fellow. He explains to me what happens I get authorization to bring him to terminal. I seen trainer on yard and went off on him, and let safety know about his antics in front of his face. They relieved him of his job. I'm not taking anybodies side on posted issue because we dont know all facts. We have to be careful with trainers and trainees, both are judgemental.

 

This just happened to my son last week. He had someone who really should not be training - he is just not cut out for it. And I am sure everyone will think I am just taking his side, but I am not. My first reaction was to be mad at him - I figured it must have been his fault until I heard the story in detail. I have worked for some large cos. myself & know that you have to pay some dues & put up with a lot but honestly I would not have lasted as long with someone like that. Luckily the co. had a terminal in the town where he was dropped (at a truck stop) & they sent a taxi for him & a bus tkt back to (his) terminal, where they gave him a new trainer that he really likes. So it is not always a scam, it does happen. They also said that the guy was teaching him to keep his log completely illegally.

 

I have seen things like this happen. Trucking is a different world, that attracts a different breed.

I have run across a few trainers, that outright brag about the money they make training. That is all fine and good, but they are not teaching anything. You would know this after spending a few minutes with the trainee.

And the sad part is, many co's will make a trainer out of a guy with less then a years experience. I know, been there, done that. I had about the same amount of time behind the wheel, and this trainer of mine was a rube. I through him off the truck! At a terminal, I have more class then that. :wink:

 

This is pennyboy43a's (the author of this thread) reply to my query regarding deBoer...sounds an awful lot like the situation described originally in this thread... ops: ops: ops: ops: ops: ops: ops: ops:

 

If DOT allowed me the make the rules the first thing I would do is require

1) every company would have on the front bumper a sign saying this is a training truck.

2) The second requirement would be all trainer would log On Duty anytime the truck was being driven. Anytime there was a trainee the trainer would not be allow to drive. No team driving.

3) The trainer would be required to co-sign all safety inspection. Any scale weight would be the responsibly of the trainer and signed by the trainer.

4) A driver could not be a trainer with less than 5 years current driving experience. They would be required to pass test designed to test the trainer knowledge in both driving and training.

DOT requires this type of requirement in the other fields that DOT regulates so why shouldn't it be required for truck driving?

Now ain't you glad DOT doesn't hire me to make the rules?

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