Bro, stopped in the middle of I 70 to ask for directions!!🚚😩

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619-548-4940@reddit

Can't be THAT hard to get your CDL- this guys motivating me like no other.

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Dm-me-a-gyro@reddit

When my friend got his CDL I asked him if it was hard, he said “you seen the people that do it for a living?”

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Critical_Opening_526@reddit

And that's why we'll never get an increase in pay.

This is no longer a "skilled trade".

Motherfuckers don't know how to read, do basic math, or bathe themselves. Dragging the rest of us down with them....

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1morepl8@reddit

It never was...... Dry van freight is the retail worker of trucking. Get into off road tri drive off road heavy haul and that's a completely different career path.

Plenty of skilled jobs for your cdl. Plenty of steering wheel holder options too.

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Scurvy_Pete@reddit

There’s a reason the more specialized among us look down on doorswingers

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Critical_Opening_526@reddit

Look down all you want, your wages aren't going up until everyone else's.

You don't like it, they'll find someone else to do it for cheaper.

I'm sure there's a select few that have a niche thing, but overall this type of driver, the cheaper, less intelligent, bathes once a month, is lowering all our wages.

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trucker151@reddit

Lol for real. Dude is a truck driver himself but he looks down on other truck drivers because his loads are different....lol....

His high horse mental gymnastics are equivalent of a middle school kid saying, "my dad can beat up your dad".

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1morepl8@reddit

The loads are different in competency demand. Your take is outright foolish

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Scurvy_Pete@reddit

It doesn’t do any good to argue, he doesn’t have the reading comprehension skills to understand anyway

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Lmfao...... little bro.... u also drive a truck. Whether it's a flat bed, a refrigerated truck, a dry van, a Moffett, hazmat, etc.... ur still driving a truck. Its not rocket science. U think people might be smart enough to tow a dry van but too stupid to tow a different trailer..... Lmfao... wow u took a couple extra classes and had a couple weeks of extra training. Damn ur so awsome... ur a super trucker no one else can do what u do.... lol

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1morepl8@reddit

Aha fair enough.. I'm not hating either, but comparing dry van to oil field chem b trains etc is just crazy.

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trucker151@reddit

Yes I'm foolish because I don't look down on people in the same profession as me...

None of this is rocket science dude. Ur going from point a to b just in a slightly different truck. Dudes not better than anyone. None of this shit requires a degree.

If u can't grasp the irony of 1 guy in a truck, looking at another truck, and thinking "yea what a looser, I'm so much more important than him....."........

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Scurvy_Pete@reddit

When the dry van trucks are running freight for less than a dollar a mile with drivers who pulled a CDL out of a crackerjack box last week, I’m absolutely going to look down on it. You can cry about it all you want, but I am in fact doing better than them and I’m aware of it

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Realdominicberetta@reddit

You’re doing better ?? , yet you’re driving a truck from point A to point B. Idk dude seems like you’re doing the exact same thing 😂😂😂

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trucker151@reddit

No one's crying. Its just funny and ironic when someone with basically the same job thinks he's actually better 🤣 😂 .

"I think I'm more important than i really am". That sentence pretty much sums up you as a person.

And If were playing that game, judging by the tax bracket I'm in, there's about a 90% chance that I'm better than you.

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1morepl8@reddit

Not a personal slight, but a professional one. It's not remotely the same. The competency demand is not comparable. It's more comparable to someone at Wendy's and a chef at a starred restaurant. Both are making you supper.

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momayham@reddit

They don’t make my truck payments when it’s slow. They don’t pay the difference when fuel goes up. They still charge the shipper the same. So load rates from the same origin, shouldn’t fluctuate much at all. The broker just shops for the cheapest truck. They love people who need a backhaul, or drivers that need to get somewhere, can make a little scratch. And not have to deadhead. It’s not a race to see who makes the most money. People have different needs to be met,& can’t afford to turn wheels for less. Some take whatever pays, some absolutely won’t. If your a o/o and have drivers in other trucks? You can’t afford to roll for cheap rates. There is no race to see who makes the most. But my truck is faster than yours!!! Lol

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bobmonkeyclown@reddit

A customer dropped us cause another company was willing to haul the freight for less.

Not too long after we started to haul freight from them again with better rates. I saw the other company, the conestoga was held together by duct tape on one side. Wonder why we got em back.

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Scurvy_Pete@reddit

I own my own truck. 80% of the loads getting done for cheaper aren’t worth the headache anyway. Another 10-15% come crawling back when the cheaper guys fuck it up. The remaining 5-10% are loads that I would have liked to have and just flat-out missed. I stay as busy as I would like to be already, I’m not worried about it. I’ll stay on my high horse, thank you muchly

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ResponsibilityTop732@reddit

I mean, you're not wrong. I do heavy haul, and I don't look at them in a good light.

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1morepl8@reddit

I'm the same. Except some reefer accounts can be lucrative - that's where I started, but then you're always chasing the golden goose account. Then they try to come back after the cheaper guy fucked it up. Just not worth the hassle to me. Whereas specialized freight is prepared to pay a premium.

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kakarota@reddit

It surprises me that NY you see big ass sign saying NO TRUCK ON PARWAYS! And its not like it's just 1 or 2. No there are fucking shit ton of them even at the exits on the bridges before you even enter ny all over the damn place. And some how some way people find their way on the damn parkway

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El_Patronski@reddit

Or brush their teeth

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Fluid_Location_9608@reddit

Not to mention automatics are taking over….dont get me wrong I learned and tested on a stick, drove an auto exclusively for the next 2+ years and suck at driving stick now.

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Misiu881988@reddit

Getting the cdl isn't the hard part. The hard part is driving 10 hours a day and possibly living out of a truck for 4 to 14 days at a time. Shit some people are on the road for 3 weeks at a time. The hard part is the entire life style changes that you need to deal with when u drive a truck.

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Rudyscrazy1@reddit

It is so easy, bro. You dont do shit but sit on your ass and bitch that you deserve more than 26 dollars an hour (for some weird ass reason, mcdonalds workers go 10x harder than we do.)

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619-548-4940@reddit

Why waste a good opportunity to punch down on the McDonald's workers am I right?

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Rudyscrazy1@reddit

Wtf they work harder than we do. Fuck outta here with your bullshit.

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Misiu881988@reddit

Are you ok? Do you need someone to make sure u take ur medicine on time?

Since when do mcdonalds workers HAVE TO work 10 to 12 hours a day, go 4 to 21 days without seeing ur friends or family, and sleeping a truck all week...

There's a reason mcdonalds pays people 8$ to 15$ an hour while truck drivers can make 70,000$ to over 100,000$ per year..

Try" sitting on ur ass" for 10 hours a day, for multiple days at a time, while trying to navigate something the size of a building then leme know if asking "do you want fries with that" is harder.

Your brain must not get enough oxygen little buddy....

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Sure-Debate-464@reddit

Is not about getting it ....it's about how long you can hold on to it.

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MiguelSTG@reddit

Mega carries just trains more to replace the idiots they already trained

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Intelligent-Bit7585@reddit

Wearing flip flops.
Checks out 👍

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glandmilker@reddit

After covid many unqualified people got jobs, thought they could do a bad job and get away with it. Had 4 new Amazon drivers deliver to my house. They would throw the package onto the porch. I never saw most of them more than one time

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Old-Wolf-1024@reddit

Had one do it to me Monday…..75 mph hiway and he just locked her down and got out to pee I guess…..even had a nice paved shoulder,but nooooo 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️😳

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12InchPickle@reddit

Flip flop gang strikes again.

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Maleficent_Beyond_95@reddit

Yeah... the shoes made him do it. I have seen idiots in work boots do some stupid shit too.

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Cultural-Key3497@reddit

Bro, while I agree with the sentiment I feel like you’re being dishonest. The worst offenders are foreign and wearing sandals and anyone who has been driving for any length of time knows it.

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Maleficent_Beyond_95@reddit

I have been driving since 2002....I have been involved in 1 crash, and been backed into 3 times in parking lots.... ALL 4 incidents involved old white dudes that proceeded to tell me how long they have been driving, and that they had more miles in reverse than I did forward, like it was a fucking script. On the three that backed into me, I said that "...if you have more than 2 million miles in reverse, you would think you would know how to back in a straight damn line without hitting shit..."

Where EXACTLY is the dishonesty in anything I said? A shithead is a shithead, no matter what kind of shoes he wears.

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Cultural-Key3497@reddit

I don’t believe that for a second

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Maleficent_Beyond_95@reddit

I honestly don't give a flying fuck what you believe... I still have pictures of the last one (including his CDL) that backed into my truck. it was an Andrus driver in Beaver Utah. straight back with 200 feet of room, and the dude center punched my left headlight and caused me to roll over in the sleeper.

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Cultural-Key3497@reddit

lol you care enough to type out a whole paragraph

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Maleficent_Beyond_95@reddit

Eat a bowl of dicks.

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FWD_to_twin_turbo@reddit

I'll be honest, "flip flop gang" is just so we dont have to say "Brown people" and "Africans" out loud. It barely has anything to do with footwear.

I'm surprised that you've been driving since 2002 and dont know that.

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Maleficent_Beyond_95@reddit

I knew that.... and I think it's kind of bitch-like. If you are gonna say it... just say it. It's as annoying as people saying "ish" instead of "shit". If you are too scared to SAY what you mean... don't say it at all.

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FWD_to_twin_turbo@reddit

Oh, most people will say it in a lawless space, but gotta circumvent comment moderation somehow.

I dont really have a problem with anyone using any slur that floats their boat, but some creativity is required on the internet.

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Freightliner15@reddit

Figures. Western Express. They gave him a crayon to fill out the application, and then he ate the crayon.

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Asylus72@reddit

then he ate the crayon

Sounds more like signing up for the Marine corp buuut what do I know?

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robbdogg87@reddit

Do they even interview or just check your pulse then give you the keys?

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CamTheChamp1@reddit

I had a bag put over my head & when it was removed I ended up in the driver seat as a trainer.

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NS-13@reddit

I don't even recall an interview to be completely honest lol

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Living-Law-6918@reddit

The traffic is completely stopped already so he got out to talk. How on earth would you know he's asking for directions. So full of crap

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WildJoker0069@reddit

ah ya...GPS says I need to take THIS exit sooo umm, could you guys move a barrier or something so I can get through please!!

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Misiu881988@reddit

Man the most stressful week of my life was delivering cars in Chicago after just getting my cdl... all the low overpasses and tiny ass docks, and no trucks allowed signs in and around the downtown Chicago area were a nightmare. I lost count of how many times I'd follow a dealerships directions to the T, only to end up staring at a overpass that's 2 feet too low and being told "ull fit, the other guy was able to fit"

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Certain-Warthog-1409@reddit

Did you fit?

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Beginning-World-1235@reddit

I feel this

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Mirindemgainz@reddit

That’s western express they’ll hire anyone. Our company fired them after a week trash cans to work with.

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orwass@reddit

He should get his CDL take away

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FlamingoAlert7032@reddit

He’s a Hallmark Inn Graduate!!! Of course he did!!

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Frudays@reddit

😂😂😂😂

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J_Taylor85@reddit

This looks like the construction around Zanesville, OH

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steveteeg1@reddit

Western express

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RayAlmighty13@reddit

Idiot.

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CA_Orange@reddit

Directions? I heard he stopped because he wanted to watch the construction.

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btgbushhog@reddit

He was taking his 30. Gas pumps were full.

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Savagemocha@reddit

And yet the guy taking the picture is driving at speed through construction on their phone. I feel like your the bigger risk here

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confusedra2476@reddit

Im hoping the title is just a joke too, cause I dont see how he would know that's what's going on? Unless he slowed down to listen in haha

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IAmPreppedRU@reddit

He stopped in the hammer lane to ask him why he was stopped...

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Dezzolve@reddit

He needed directions too

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confusedra2476@reddit

I bet he stopped to give him directions, OPs a good guy

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confusedra2476@reddit

I also don't understand how he knows that's what's going on? Unless he stopped to chime in, or slowed down enough to hear it

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Weird-Breakfast-7259@reddit

Then some idiot stopped to take a picture of him...

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Metro4050@reddit

This sub is fast falling into the realm of Boomer Facebook groups. Like how stupid do you have to be to take this at face value?

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Natural_Panic@reddit

I have personally witness shit like this twice.

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Metro4050@reddit

Really? So you personally witnessed a driver stopping in the middle of the interstate to ask for directions?

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hooligan-6318@reddit

I've seen two Asian guys stopped mostly on the right shoulder of the 26/40 West split, it appeared they were holding a road atlas up to the sign, comparing the writing. I'm assuming neither spoke or read English very well.

(Afternoon rush, traffic wasn't moving very well, plus it was under construction)

White Volvo mafia

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old_guy_AnCap@reddit

They're not doing that this week in Asheville, NC.

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hooligan-6318@reddit

I'd imagine not

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mwonch@reddit

I35 near Pearsall, TX: I was getting a tire changed and this asshat CDL goon stops in the travel lane to have a chat with the tech. Plenty of room on the shoulder, too. No hazards, even.

That’s a busy road

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Natural_Panic@reddit

Yes. Once on i70 around Indy and once on i85 in South Carolina

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Upstairs-Ad-1966@reddit

Have you seen the fuckers driving trucks now a days???? Its not that hard to believe

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busman25@reddit

Case in point: OP. For taking this picture while driving.

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Upstairs-Ad-1966@reddit

EXACTLY 😂

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Professional-Pack836@reddit

What made you think this job required actual intelligence?

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Different-Air-2000@reddit

Take pride in the work you do. Stop projecting Margie!

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iixkingxbradxii@reddit

Of course it’s a fucking western express

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Calm_Pass_2237@reddit

had to check in with p.o.

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Critical-Shift8080@reddit

Can you tell me where the swift Trans yard is ?? I want to drive for swift!

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Montavious_Mole@reddit

Uhhh we don’t want him send him to the pumpkin Schneider

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Critical-Shift8080@reddit

Hahahahahahahaha

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BobbyABooey@reddit

That’s awesome

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NoConflict3231@reddit

Is it illegal to get out and beat this man for holding up traffic?

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Free-Juggernaut-9372@reddit

The flip flops confirm...

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stephenforbes@reddit

This is why drivers have to be babysat with intrusive technology now. They installed cameras in my truck a year ago and I quit the next day.

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stephenforbes@reddit

This is why drivers have to be babysat with intrusive technology now. They installed cameras in my truck a year ago and I quit the next day.

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thecasualcaribou@reddit

What the off the boat shit is that?

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ContributionSad6244@reddit

That’s the new breed of drivers can’t read a map

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Vinssane@reddit

That’s 100% for sure fkn Zanesville

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Producer131@reddit

good old zanesville

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SeaRow556@reddit

This is horrible.

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nrcondeee@reddit

When I was leaving Logan and the tunnel was down to one lane some old fuck stopped in the middle of the road to close his truck as I was going full speed down the hill fucking dumbass could have pulled into the construction zone and done it

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