Saturday, November 05, 2005
Gone Many miles
I am a truck driver. I have driven for the same company for almost 38 years. I can give you some advise if you are considering getting a job driveing a truck. First off, if you are married or going to get married, Don,t start driving a truck. I will give you some reasons in a while, but now, What i am about to tell you is what i have experienced for myself, It may not be what everyone who drives a truck goes through.
Here is what you will miss out on. You will miss out on your kid's growing up, not to mention the birthday parties and parent teacher confrences and Graduations. Next thing you know, they are going off to the service. Your wife will wish you were there when she has a flat tire, or when the furnace goes out. That might not seem like a big deal to you but its a huge problem for her.
And you, not having a clock to punchout on, you may not know when you are going to be home again, so you can't really plan anything. I myself like to work in my shop with wood and make things. I have done that but what would normally take two or three days to make after work turns in to three weeks working on weekends or when you get in.
Another drawback to driving a truck is that it does usually pay good. You say what's wrong with that? Well, If you were making factory wages or thereabouts, you would get used to that amount of income. On the other hand if you made more money, you would get used to that income. Then when you get tired of driving the truck and want to quit, you can't because you can't make the payments that you have setup on the higher paying job. You would have to really watch your spending.
Now, if you are not married and don't intend to, Go for it.
I have driven around two and a half million miles for this company. (With no moving violations I might add).The good part about it is you get to know the driving habits of allmost everybody else out there on the road. I say almost all because there are those that are totally unpredictible. Those are the ones you have to watch out for. I have seen it all, almost. I could go on and talk about the ones that are a menace to the highway, but i'll save that for another time.
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Here is what you will miss out on. You will miss out on your kid's growing up, not to mention the birthday parties and parent teacher confrences and Graduations. Next thing you know, they are going off to the service. Your wife will wish you were there when she has a flat tire, or when the furnace goes out. That might not seem like a big deal to you but its a huge problem for her.
And you, not having a clock to punchout on, you may not know when you are going to be home again, so you can't really plan anything. I myself like to work in my shop with wood and make things. I have done that but what would normally take two or three days to make after work turns in to three weeks working on weekends or when you get in.
Another drawback to driving a truck is that it does usually pay good. You say what's wrong with that? Well, If you were making factory wages or thereabouts, you would get used to that amount of income. On the other hand if you made more money, you would get used to that income. Then when you get tired of driving the truck and want to quit, you can't because you can't make the payments that you have setup on the higher paying job. You would have to really watch your spending.
Now, if you are not married and don't intend to, Go for it.
I have driven around two and a half million miles for this company. (With no moving violations I might add).The good part about it is you get to know the driving habits of allmost everybody else out there on the road. I say almost all because there are those that are totally unpredictible. Those are the ones you have to watch out for. I have seen it all, almost. I could go on and talk about the ones that are a menace to the highway, but i'll save that for another time.
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