Advertisement I saw on TikTok of course they had the comments turned off 😂

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duhrun@reddit

The worst offender for all thats wrong in trucking, never work for Swift.

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Cautious-Living-394@reddit

I don’t truck but I’m curious as to why it’s known to be a bad company. I know of the crashes, but what about other areas of them

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J3wb0cca@reddit

My animosity is for JB Hunt. Wish I could get those 2 1/2 years back.

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Cautious-Living-394@reddit

I’ve never heard from them. But if they’re willing to do that do you, I’m definitely steering clear from them

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They would force full length tractor trailers (sometimes a pup if you’re lucky) to do home deliveries which is a nightmare. So many times they’d get to the foot of the road (not even to the driveway half the time). Just to reverse a mile or two when they hit an intersection. Our hub is in Spokane and routes to the boonies near Darby, Joseph, or Kalispel would happen a couple times a week. When I left at 2 1/2 years there were 6 other drivers. One of them, my buddy, was there for 2 years. The rest less than 2 months. 8 accidents occurred and tow trucks were required probably 30 times. I myself had 6 truck breakdowns in those shitty internationals. And when you’re waiting 4-6 hrs for a tow, you sit there and realize with a total 19 hrs before you hang up your keys you made like $16 an hr. Pay per route/service is a croc of shit. Not to mention I used to daily haul pelotons and French door fridges up and down stairs and assembly/pick up.

Sorry for the rant, when I buddied up with other drivers all we did is talk shit and we could go on and on. Just do your two years for CDL and get out. The starting pay isn’t terrible, just don’t break it down into hourly.

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Contemplatetheveiled@reddit

Tbf any final mile service is going to be the same which is why most are small owner operators. A company I was at helped a customer with extra final mile deliveries and it turned a great job into a nightmare real quick. I think JB Hunt was light years ahead of Swift as far as being treated like a person and getting some sort of compensation for everything that you do. I lasted 3 months at swift because they thought it was fine to sit around at truck stops for days waiting on a load. I never sat for more than 2 hours at JB unless it was at a shipper/ receiver or home. They also never complained about me using the truck to go to a truck stop for a shower or food if the wait at a shipper was gonna be a few hours. Swift lost their minds when I went a few miles to a truck stop, fueled up their truck and took a shower instead of waiting for 12 hrs for the correct appointment time they messed up.

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duhrun@reddit

No pay for breakdown, layover, detention without hurdles and still most likely wont get. Training company business model hires lower paid new drivers then fire cycle rinse and repeat usually accident based for non safety inadequate short training period. Hometime system 90% late days, weeks, or months. No apu and strict idle policy, bonus system that from what I have gathered is not attainable by most drivers I have spoken to. Planners/dispatch system exploits offering then removing loads to not pay layover, offers best load when going home for hometime late as mentioned before.

Read the internet it get some things correct, Swift being a horrible company for the mass majority is usually correct. They could be the face of change but no, infinite growth paradigm rules all.

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Cautious-Living-394@reddit

Wow that’s terrible. But I believe it. It makes sense that they’re relying on marketing to promote their business and then have a short term plan for those new hires. That’s terrible

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sbcountydweller@reddit

Idk. I know the jokes as well. But I know a few guys that drive and are happy with what they get out of it.

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TruckerBiscuit@reddit

Honorable Mention goes to any company with pictures of a guy holding a spear, sword, or AK-47.

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HighwayStar71@reddit

"We aren't all terrorists! What can we do to eliminate this stereotype?" Puts a picture on the truck of a guy wearing a turban holding an AK-47.

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Mickey10199@reddit

Did my rookie year with swift. Decent equipment, monthly bonuses. Good company overall tbh

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GalaxticSxum@reddit

lol. A swift truck took my friends front number off during its turn and just kept driving lol. We had to do a loop around the block to pick his bumper up

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Afraid-Barracuda119@reddit

We drive for swift…

After a million miles we get to pick our own truck and color. Lol 🤦🏻‍♂️

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L0quence@reddit

That’s the promise cause swift knows none of their drivers ever hit a million miles and still obtain a CDL

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HamiltonSt25@reddit

I saw a 3 million mile badge the other day. I thought that was pretty impressive!

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Kimjundoom@reddit

Out of gate- gonna say I’ve never worked for them, but;

All of the hate Swift gets, is imho just because they’re so god damned huge.

There are good swift driving jobs, they have an assload of dedicated accounts.

They have to hire in so many people, because it’s a huge enterprise.

Sure, they hire new guys, and new guys do dumb shit. I’m guilty of it. And anyone worth his salt is too. There’s plenty of guys working through a career worth of trucking at swift, and there’s nothing wrong with that.

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Tsndumbass@reddit

I mean sure hire a lot of people law of averages blah blah blah but can we talk about how they are offering the bare bones to an otr driver

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HamiltonSt25@reddit

I think because we see so many videos of swift drivers fuckin up. But like you said, they’re huge! So of course they hire some not so great drivers sometimes. It happens in any profession of a big company. So I agree with you

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Kimjundoom@reddit

You must’ve come in before CRST curtailed their operation.

It was almost a weekly tradition you’d see crash and roll stunt team parked in a ditch, with the gold rush trailers facing the wrong way.

My oh my I’m getting old. 🤗

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KarmicEQ@reddit

The early days of Schneider was always exciting. I saw a few in the ditch BITD. Always made me grab the wheel harder.

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TastyWave908@reddit

Early days they started in 1935, you’ve been on the rise a long time driver.

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KarmicEQ@reddit

Yeah but that era, where companies were beginning to consolidate, offer lease "deals", and rapid expansion, is what I'm talking about. JB Hunt's Quantum agreement with Walmart and BNSF and the push to crush O/O and small companies, driven by Prime, Schneider, England, &etc... There was that slew of unqualified ditch cleaners that seemed to be everywhere. Schneider was the original Swift.

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blowmer69@reddit

Get it right!!! It's actually Cedar Rapids Stunt Team. C'mon now.

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Xavierphillips702@reddit

I loved my time at swift. I did the Walmart account when I was new to trucking and I should have stayed but I will say when Knight bought them it improved some things but not all.

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12dv8@reddit

Don’t insert your logic and reality into our fun…. This is who we goof on and will continue to do so…🤪🤪🤪

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Kimjundoom@reddit

Stevie Wonder Institute For Trucking will always be one of my favorite things to laugh at.

Ahh. It is what it is.

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12dv8@reddit

Sure Wish I’d Finish Training never gets old

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YellowOne5358@reddit

9 years clear driving never hit a damn thing so no not everyone

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tatter14@reddit

Back in the early 90s, Swift governed all their trucks to 55 mph. Effectively cutting those guys pay down drastically. High turnover and lack of experience then earned the bad reputation that still haunts them.

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mctwiddler@reddit

I'm never surprised when I see a Swift, JB hunt or FedEx truck driving slower than traffic in the third lane.

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Apprehensive_Many214@reddit

We had a 7 million mile driver at my old company. He started with them when they started in the early 80s. Only trucking company he ever worked for. He did teams off and on but was solo a lot. I met him once. Had to help him get to a new customer. He had a flip phone only. His wife signed into his account at home and did his monthly training for him. He said he didn't even know how to turn a computer on. He had a lot of trouble using the Nav on his omnitracs, so he avoided it as much as possible. I showed him our new customer on Google Maps. Then, he showed him how to find the entrance on trucker path. Then, I showed him how to get the coordinates from G Maps to put in omnitracs. He just shook his head and said thanks, but he still wasn't about to buy no new phone. 😆

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WolfOfPort@reddit

Wow wonder what his body/trailer count is

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Baddy001@reddit

All bs Aside, I'm willing to bet they have thousands of million mile drivers. They have like 10k trucks. Ive seen several million miles and I've even seen a 3 million miler a few times.

I would even go so far as to say they have more million milers than the average size of a big trucking company. They just have so many trucks....well you know what they says about quantity over quality

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YellowOne5358@reddit

making shit money for 3 mil miles is sad

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Drak3l@reddit

Used to work with them. Every terminal gives their million milers an award, with their info on it (as one usually does), and hangs a copy in the driver lounge of their home terminal.

There's something like 30 company terminals, and most have at least 10-20 awards on the walls. Phoenix has closer to 100+, last I saw.

Quantity over quality, absolutely, but your entire post really isn't far off the mark, by any means.

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steeleon1972@reddit

The company doesn't make you have accidents, which is what most of you believe.

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Legitimate_Park_2067@reddit

🤣🤣🤣! Ive been on Reditt 2 years, and this is the first time a comment made me snort my drink!!!

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airzsFDXbrother@reddit

I pick black on black Kenworth 18 speed! Make it happen!

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AdministrativeTop655@reddit

Unfortunately, you can only choose from their stock of trucks.

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dsmityy1334@reddit

Nope. A buddy of mine just hit a million with them, a couple of months back. He picked a burgundy red, mid cab Frieghtliner(Flatbed Driver). They ordered the truck and he goes to Phenix to pick up, in three months.

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potodev@reddit

Was he not allowed to pick a Western Star?

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dsmityy1334@reddit

Thier flatbed division was pretty much all KW T680's. Last fall they began switching them out with new Freightliners. He actually got a new(less than 1,000 miles on it) truck last fall, and really likes the set up. So when he hit the 1 Mil mark, that's what he picked, but he got to outfit it, the way he wants, and picked thw color.

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potodev@reddit

Doesn't sound too bad. I've had a few new trucks with my company, but didn't have to put in a million miles for em.

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chubs_in_scrubs42069@reddit

So you basically get to pick what color freightshaker you get 😂

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airzsFDXbrother@reddit

Unacceptable! False advertising!

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Afraid-Barracuda119@reddit

Lol. I know right. They’ll look at you all funny cross eyed

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airzsFDXbrother@reddit

Like “wait they make 18 speed transmissions!?”

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Afraid-Barracuda119@reddit

😂 lol. I can see it already

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CobraWasTaken@reddit

Funny because "pick our own truck" literally just means the brand. You don't get any extra options, don't get a different engine or transmission, and don't get an APU. You get a swift fleet truck just like the rest except it's the color you wanted.

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Afraid-Barracuda119@reddit

Which is still prob only 2 colors. White or blue because that’s all I ever see. Even with the few guys I see million miler written on the side of their door.

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CobraWasTaken@reddit

Nah they'll actually let you pick whatever. I've seen a few black, red, green, pink, purple and so on. But after driving a million miles, BFD.

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Afraid-Barracuda119@reddit

They say it in this video like you’re gonna hit a million miles in the correct time frame a driver should. They are about 5+ years past that time frame from all the horror stories I ever read/heard

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CobraWasTaken@reddit

Yeah it takes a while to hit a million when you're doing 1500-1800 miles a week. Don't ask me how I know.

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dsmityy1334@reddit

I mean, I averaged 2,500-3,000 a week with them. I made over 80k my first year trucking.

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CobraWasTaken@reddit

When was this? When I left in 2019 I'm not exaggerating when I say that I could not even get 2000 miles in a week. It wasn't always like that but that's how my last 6 months were there. This was OTR dry van too so maybe other fleets don't have that problem.

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dsmityy1334@reddit

I ran flatbed for them From Apr 2023, to Apr 2024. Now I've moved to another company, with better pay.

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Afraid-Barracuda119@reddit

lol, hey we all been there, so don’t worry. I was there once in my career, but that’s been a while ago. Hope you found better pastures

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CobraWasTaken@reddit

Yeah I left them behind years ago. Currently working for a company that I can get more miles than that in a single load.

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Afraid-Barracuda119@reddit

Awesome. Glad you are doing good. 👍

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freightliner_fever_@reddit

I'm on track to hit a million by year 8. idk if that's any good, but I do between 2k and 3k miles a week consistently

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Afraid-Barracuda119@reddit

Year 8 is decent. Can’t complain about that . I did a million in 7 years and 3 months. We aren’t far off

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finitetime2@reddit

That's right pick your own color. They never said you would get a new truck. Just that you could go out on the lot and pick a color from any of the trucks out there.

You can pick your own color at my company also. As long as you want the white one, the faded white one or the really old white one.

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Marvin2021@reddit

You mean you get to pick which truck your driving today, with a million miles on it

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Present-Ambition6309@reddit

Right! What a fucking hot one across the face, that is, I’d say. Pack Sand. Nope.

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sonofnoob@reddit

I wonder if you can get one that doesn’t say swift on it?

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Rowengardnerr@reddit

We drive for swift, when we hit a million miles.. we keep going and pretend we didn’t see that shit there

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Thespookoflife@reddit

It’s insane to me how big of a company they are but how ass of drivers they are.

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akwardelf@reddit

We drive for swift .. Of course we hit bridges..

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ExamPatient@reddit

Stay away from swift

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mega_donkey@reddit

You know, when I first went independent it was always a Swift / mega carrier joke. Look down on the Swifties yadda yadda. I don't even care anymore. 90% of em are doing what they're supposed to and I don't even bat an eye. Now it's these damn asylum seekers and ignorant wreckless foreigners I absolutely despise.

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SchadDad@reddit

I bet they're both desk jockeys

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L0quence@reddit

Lmao these broads don’t even know how to move an 18 speed

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nanneryeeter@reddit

18 speeds are the easiest of all of the truck transmissions. Also my favorite.

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L0quence@reddit

Never drove a 21 but I feel once you grasp the concept of an 18 or any standard truck without the stupid dbl clutch method, it transfers across all of them. Some will drop rpm’s real fast and others not so much. But if you just let off the throttle a little bit to pop it out and slowly lower rpm with your foot on the pedal you can get it in the next one.

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nanneryeeter@reddit

18's are easy because the gears are all so close in ratio. Especially nice when you're really heavy. I occasionally haul 105k with a ten speed and really rather prefer not to.

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L0quence@reddit

Oh shit yea no if I was hauling that heavy I’d want at least an 18spd. I just haul fuel in Tandem or Tri axle trucks. 1202/1203 and Kerosene the odd time. Those 10 speeds don’t have a splitter do they?

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nanneryeeter@reddit

No splitter. It's rare that I get stuck with a ten speed unit. My usual ride is a c-15 that iirc has an aftermarket tune for 675. It moves pretty well. The ten speed is a on an ACERT truck.

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Moist_Tortoise@reddit

Most guys don’t know how to move an 18 speed 💀

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L0quence@reddit

Touché

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angrydeuce@reddit

Of course, you think they're going to let a driver film a commercial? lol

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Lonely_Programmer_42@reddit

Fat guy gets done pissing on the side of the road. Zips up and turns around.

"You may be asking, how i became a swift driver..."

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angrydeuce@reddit

Horrific final destination "logging truck scene" unfolds, freeze frame and record scratch: "You're probably wondering how I got here..."

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Yeet_PC@reddit

“Aaaaand action”

“I better be getting layover for this bullshit.”

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Ok_Judgment3871@reddit

Only qualify for layover after 24hrs

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angrydeuce@reddit

like fucking bubba in Forrest Gump

"I wanna gow hoame"

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PickleDestroyer1@reddit

More like actors doing a gig

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airzsFDXbrother@reddit

Definitely dispatch or hr…

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FamilyGuy421@reddit

I would agree. Both of the arses were to small.

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uknssoul666@reddit

Lmfao those two definitely belong to "HR"😂💀

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Laughing_in_the_road@reddit

I worked for swift for a year

They are okay and better place to work than many mega carriers

Also they train lots of new drivers for free … something few companies are willing to do

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SilntMercy@reddit

Most LTL carriers will train for free, pay you while being trained, and the pay is far better then anything swift will offer.

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karrimycele@reddit

A million miles, eh? Let’s see…that’s a good eight or nine years. Then you get to pick your own truck and color!

Hm… I think I’ll take a fully-restored metallic red Marmon 57P. The engine should be yellow. Any year is fine!

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Money_Honest@reddit

See What I Fuck Today

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CEVIII518@reddit

We drive for CRINGE.

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ChiTruckDGAF@reddit

I've never seen a Swift truck that wasn't the standard blue or white. Is that what they mean by getting to choose the color?

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gear_jammin_deer@reddit

They mean exactly what they say. A majority of Swift's drivers haven't driven over a million miles, but when I worked there, I saw green, red, purple, silver, orange, and even lighter or darker shades of blue.

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cbree_zy@reddit

So do they mean ANY truck, or any truck brand? If I said I wanted a Pete 589, would they oblige or could I only pick a 579 with their preferred specs?

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RaspberryCai@reddit

In that case I'll have a Renault Magnum

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gear_jammin_deer@reddit

Any truck of the trucks Swift already buys. You get your choice of a brand new T680, VNL, LT, or Cascadia, in your chosen color

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L0quence@reddit

No, it’s cause none of their drivers can ever hit a million miles and still possess their CDL 😂

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Ill-Woodpecker1857@reddit

none of their drivers can ever hit a million miles

Maybe they should try putting those miles on a bridge/overpass.

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Afraid-Barracuda119@reddit

That and either freight shaker or KW.. blue or white. I mean really…🤦🏻‍♂️

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chris_gnarley@reddit

They have Internationals too lol

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Afraid-Barracuda119@reddit

Those are for the 2 million milers

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chris_gnarley@reddit

What a horrible prize

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Afraid-Barracuda119@reddit

You ain’t lying. Its sounds so amateur and childish. Like something you would award a 1st grader

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TangerineRough6318@reddit

Like when you work 20 years for a company, then you get a watch.

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palebd@reddit

They have new dark grey Volvos. I've seen a few orange volvos too.

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chris_gnarley@reddit

I’ve seen black ones before

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Torvaun@reddit

"We've got both kinds, country and Western."

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ZAHN3@reddit

No that is fucking funny Sir 💯.. Great movie reference

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HelenKeIIer@reddit

Golden.

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alldayeveryday2471@reddit

You need 1 million save miles so nobody ever reached out yet

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Mistermeena@reddit

Or does it mean they've never retained a driver long enough to reach a mil?

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MilkrsEnthuziast@reddit

My thought is always "Why would any quality driver STAY with Swift for 1 million miles?" I started with CRST which has a similar reputation (for good reasons), but even before I got to 2 years with that company I found a higher-paying local job with better benefits.

Are the good drivers who make 1 million miles just too lazy to look for another job before that point?

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throwingloginsaway@reddit

Swift threw out my deceased father's belongings before I could pick them up. He drove for swift and died overnight in his sleeper. Fuck swift and the building they're based out of.

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bytecollision@reddit

So cringe

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eyeballburger@reddit

One drives for swift the other for swith, with 24 hower support.

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Grimm_Kreed@reddit

I saw that too 🤣

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maddpsyintyst@reddit

We drive for Swift. If we hit a million miles, it was collectively, and not before hitting a million other things first. 🤪

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LegitimateImpress336@reddit

And to think they do hair follicle test pre hire

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FlirtThenSquirt@reddit

I highly doubt they’d let me get grey 359 with blue pin striping if I got to a million miles

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travelmorelivemore@reddit

I thought false advertising was illegal! I saw a homie lose his trailer for swift and shut down an off ramp. I went up to ask him if he had help on the way and he told me “swifts roadside emergency services were 55 minutes on hold” 😂 yeah they might have a number you can call 24/7 but I doubt you’ll speak to anyone in an emergency time frame. In my opinion swift is the perfect example of everything wrong with American corporations.

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Bsandersmittens@reddit

A million miles lol just pay me more, still not your ride

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jamar2k@reddit

IDC, id drive for them starting out I see more Amazon ego and Fed Ex jacking up than anything

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gnrlee01@reddit

and so you help advertise for them by sharing it here...

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BeefStewAndCornbread@reddit

What are they trying to recruit a 16 year old ?!

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Litothelegend@reddit

? How do you say Swift in German ? A, Schneider!

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JustLTL@reddit

I used to drive for swift. I now drive for an LTL and in 7 months have doubled my highest paying year at swift fuck em, nothing more then a company to start with and get your experience. Move on after a year.

They gave me a local gig, what they didn't tell me was it was 18 an hour no overtime. After a month I told them I wanted on their dedicated Walmart account in my area, my terminal manager said no we don't allow our drivers from this terminal to transfer to that account, went to the Walmart DC and talked to the swift terminal there and they told me the same thing so I said okay I quit. Got my endorsements and went LTL, best decision of my trucking career.

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Victorious1MOB@reddit

ltl and linehaul is the way to go now that I’ve been thru the trucking guantlet.

Did otr, dollar tree dedicated(physical 100%touch freight), front loader trash truck, soda delivery(physical af) and finally doing ltl and line haul… super good money no touch to maybe pallet jack a pallet to the rear of the trailer…. Best advice get fully endorsed and go Ltl / linehaul. Best of all I’m home every night

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YourMomInTheCloset@reddit

I used to do linehaul and now I switched over to get some hazmat/tanker experience. I’m working 65 hours a week hauling nitrogen for the same pay as when I was doing linehaul working 45 to 50 hours a week. Yup, I’m jumping ship and moving back to linehaul. What the fuck happened to trucking?

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alienfister@reddit

They ain't truckers. Truckersd say "we pull for Swift" pff fuckin tictac

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YellowOne5358@reddit

that black lady sound like a dood

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RushBasement@reddit

Sure Wish I Finished Training

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InformalPlane5@reddit

Lies lies and more lies

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piish@reddit

SWIFT = Sure Wish I Finished Training

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Luv2Voyeur@reddit

See What I Fuck-up Today

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Krypton_Kr@reddit

So what I fucking tried

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NukaDadd@reddit

Second Wife I Fucked Today 😎

NGL, I started almost 10 years ago at Swift. Dispatch was pretty cool. Pay sucked. You can definitely do worse LoL

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TangerineRough6318@reddit

Sounds like living in a trailer park. Yeah, you can do worse but, not a lot worse.

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NukaDadd@reddit

Werner & Central has entered the chat.

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Narstification@reddit

Steer Wide I’m Fucking Trying

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Boojum2k@reddit

Sure Wish I had a Faster Truck

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Smooth_cream@reddit

Stop Whining I'm Fucking Trying!

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EquivalentOwn1115@reddit

Stevie Wonder Institute for Trucking

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mr-doctor2u@reddit

Swing wide it's a fucking trailer

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Allemaengel@reddit

Sure, We're Insured For That

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HelenKeIIer@reddit

So What I Fuck Trannies

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FlatbedtruckingCA@reddit

not sure if serious..🤔

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Hmnh6000@reddit

Alright where all the swifties at to call out the bs

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RLBeau1964@reddit

I think that’s a different group of people. Swift truck drivers not in same league as Taylor Swift fans. I see what you did here. lol.

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RLBeau1964@reddit

OMG, get to pick color of truck. Whee, sign me up. Never mind, have you seen their driving habits? If they have any professional drivers and experience, it’s not in the mid-west states.

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SkribbyCakes33@reddit

I was just reading the captions with volume off and I saw when I hit…and I immediately thought: stop sign, traffic signal, underpass, decorative boulder, yellow post….million miles never crossed my mind.

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RLBeau1964@reddit

Lol

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SlinkyTail@reddit

This screams "we sit in the office and have no idea what actually happens on the ground"

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naturalinfidel@reddit

Watch the white lady as she STARTS her walking at the same time as saying her lines. It is supposed to be filmed as we are walking with them and having a conversation. That is the feeling that style of filming is supposed to create.

Even when filming Swift employees drop the clutch and bungle forward.

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ignoreme010101@reddit

I realized something was very hackneyed and awkward but didn't realize it was she kept restarting her 'walking & talking' rofl it is so brutal rewatching it now 😆

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Cross-Country@reddit

What are they gonna hit first: a million miles, or a million bridges?

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PANDA_BEAR54@reddit

Ayo, can you opt of getting the truck and color? Like aye all the money you're about to spend on that, can I just get a bonus check?

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GED_certified-frog@reddit

Bonus check? Lol if you get one hard braking incident they'll throw away any kinda bonus they say they would give you

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Low-Narwhal4362@reddit

No chance they drive trucks

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Puzzleheaded_Pea_753@reddit

Sure, I could go drive for Swift and make half of what I do now with less time home.

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Maestro1992@reddit

Who do you drive for now?

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BIashy@reddit

Ofc they blocked the comments, they don't need a tsunami of dumb, biased "Swift = crash" jokes under their hiring advert, duh.

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-AkindaSelah@reddit

😐😑

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NomadTruckerOTR@reddit

Top 10 worst online trend of all time

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A_World_Divided@reddit

Say what you want but Swift works good if that is your first job after graduation, solid accounts and a quick employment verification for you future jobs.

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soggyfries8687678@reddit

Is swift really that bad or is it mostly a meme? What are the downsides? I’m looking into getting my CDL soon.

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shocktard@reddit

It's mostly a joke. Swift isn't a bad starter company. I started there and within a couple of months was on a dedicated account that got me home every week. I wouldn't recommend making it a career long relationship, but it's a good start. We just like to make fun of the rookies. We all forget that we were new at some point.

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soggyfries8687678@reddit

Thanks for the info

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PlanetExpress310@reddit

I remember when I was in the process of getting my CDL. Our instructor, who had 30 years of experience, told the class to avoid Swift, Knight, and any similar mega carrier as a first job. They will run you ragged it.

I went local.

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gavjushill1223@reddit

“I drive for swift! Of course we import immigrants to drive for us. No one else will!”

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Aspien_Thespian@reddit

"Come drive for Swift!"

I tried, but you bozos for whatever reason disqualified me after completing the application process, the hours of online training, and 2 DOT physical exams.

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Present-Ambition6309@reddit

Anyone know their website address? Cant seem to be able to find reverse.. Help. Grandma Help! 😂 pick your own color of truck after a million miles Really? I can? I can pick the color! Oh boy, that’s just swell. Cause I can pick the color AND the type of rig I wanna run by applying to those companies without your BS for 15 yrs to get a mil. “Dispatch won’t be back until Monday”😂

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Naborsx21@reddit

Honestly I started with Swift and they were decent . Of all the places to go they aren't bad.

The people making swift jokes meh whatever if you feel that special driving for jb hunt then go for it. Lol

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shocktard@reddit

I made a stupid joke comment on here, but in all honesty, I agree. I drove for swift for my first year and a half with a CDL. I don't have many complaints. When I had a very important event to attend on short notice, they worked with me and I made it there on time. It's a much maligned company that isn't anywhere near as bad as the reputation.

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PennyFromMyAnus@reddit

I’ve got nothing but love for Swift honestly.

Been with some genuinely shit companies, Swift really isn’t bad.

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stephenforbes@reddit

Neither of them drive for Swift.

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Smokedj23@reddit

How about give them a raise instead 600$ a week, but here’s your one million badge and cute little truck

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ben45750@reddit

Yeah I don’t think I want to drive for swift

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Frybread002@reddit

So I went through their training program, got my cdl from them and worked with these two. Some of the sweetest ladies this side of the Mississippi.

The comments on this thread show the misgony in the community.

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Victorious1MOB@reddit

Welcome to the internet…. It’s toxic here…. You new here?

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UrmomLOLKEKW@reddit

I’m not a trucker, what is wrong with swift?

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Victorious1MOB@reddit

Just known for having bad drivers basically. Look up swift accidents on YouTube….

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Motor-Maximum-8185@reddit

Why would you even be interested?

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aeoden34@reddit

SWIFT anagrams: Sure wish I finished training

So what? It Fit. Tightly.

More? Drop yours.

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Victorious1MOB@reddit

See what I’ll fuck up today

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BurningSaviour@reddit

Well, is anything they said untrue? Granted, I’m sure they’re not telling the whole story, but I’ve also met people who drove for Swift for 20+ years and whatever reason they stayed for, they did.

You shouldn’t be surprised comments are turned off. All it takes is a few minutes of listening to Channel 19 to figure out why they would. Swift makes a post and leaves comments enabled, that’s pretty much dumping blood in the water in the middle of a shiver of sharks. Same holds true for any of the other big box carriers.

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freedom_seed5-45x39@reddit

Rough

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Admirable_Lecture675@reddit

Are swift/us xpress and knight all under same?

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NewMexicoVaquero@reddit

Any driver worth their salt has left Swift long before they hit the big 1 million.

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Appropriate_Jump_579@reddit

Hey Sharel, I know you work the phones and have never drove a truck. Want to be a video? And no you wont be compensated or even given a compliment from management for it.

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crispy_colonel420@reddit

This sub needs to allow gifs already.

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shocktard@reddit

We drive for swift, of course we crash into buildings while trying to make a u-turn in a residential neighborhood.

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RayAlmighty13@reddit

It’s not just the drivers though. SWIFT has shitty dispatchers and management.

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FastSuggestion5@reddit

Swift still starting truckers at minimum wage?

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Commercial_Pitch_786@reddit

We drive for Swift when we hit a million guardrails we get a swift member for life award

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AndromedanPrince@reddit

lot lizards are sponsored now?

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Smooth_cream@reddit

You Win! 😂

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Quiet-Star@reddit

We drive for Swift...

Of course, we try to be a lot lizard in our off time because we need more money!

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bjyanghang945@reddit

How long would it take to drive that long? 😅 like 10 years?

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Some_Victory_5499@reddit

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Aikarion@reddit

Wasn't there a woman who posted here not long ago saying she was raped by her swift trainer?

I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it was a swift driver.

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sputnikatto@reddit

Thought it was western.

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Zodi88@reddit

Yup it was

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functional_moron@reddit

And she wasn't female.

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AndromedanPrince@reddit

it was a trans person if u read the profile. idk how factual it was, seemed off but if true, trainer thought because they use to be a man it was an easy target.

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Lopsided-Original865@reddit

I'm not saying she was lying, but I looked at her profile, and she seems to be the victim quite a bit. For her sake, I hope she was lying, but if she was telling the truth, I hope there is SWIFT justice. Too soon?

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ZAHN3@reddit

Never to soon 😜😂🤣🤪😝

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SockPuppet-47@reddit

Seems Right

Her story sounded like it wasn't his first time either...

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