| Prove yourself as a quality,
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| | Well, I was running in a regional fleet
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| hard-working, safe, reliable truck driver
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| | and was going to keep running the rest of
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| and get to know as many people in the
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| | the week until I got back home on Friday
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| chain of command as you can. You don't
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| | or Saturday.
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| have to be a kissy-ass, but just get to
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| | But JEEEZ, would I love to take the rest
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| know them, show them respect, and make
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| | of the week off and stay in Bristol for
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| sure you do an exceptional job for them.
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| | the NASCAR races! I had been with my
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| When you do your job well it makes them
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| | company for a few years already and had
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| look good and makes their lives much
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| | proven myself as a great driver so I
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| easier. But the opposite is also true and
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| | asked my dispatcher what he thought about
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| don't forget it. Being a truck driver
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| | letting me stay in Bristol for the races.
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| doesn't carry any prestige with it I'm
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| | He told me he didn't have the authority
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| sorry to say, not even inside a trucking
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| | to approve that, which I knew already but
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| company. But being a great worker and a
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| | I always ran everything by him first (he
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| good person does. Make those your
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| | was the best dispatcher I had ever had).
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| priorities and life will be much easier
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| | He told me to talk to his Boss, whom I
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| on you most of the time than it would
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| | also knew very, very well, and I begged
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| have been otherwise I can assure you.
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| | and pleaded with the Boss. He said, "what
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| For Example......
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| | are you going to do with the truck?" I
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| I was always an excellent truck driver. I
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| | told him I was going to be sleeping in it
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| ALWAYS ran hard and ALWAYS on time, ran
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| | every night, of course, and it would be
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| the lousy loads when they needed me to; I
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| | safe.
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| was a given....if you gave me a job to
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| | My rationale: "Come on man, you know I
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| do, you could consider it done.
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| | kick ass out here. Let me stay in Bristol
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| I was outside of Bristol, TN on a
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| | this weekend. You know I'll take care of
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| Wednesday morning. I had just gotten done
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| | the truck and make it up to you." Of
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| delivering my load about an hour ago and
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| | course he knew I was right, and he let me
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| went up the road to the nearest truck
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| | stay.
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| stop to get some breakfast while I waited
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| | There are VERY few drivers that would
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| for my next assignment.
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| | have been able to pull that one off, but
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| Arriving, I noticed that there were a
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| | I had proven myself and had gotten to
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| number of NASCAR tractor trailers in the
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| | know the right people and that was all it
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| parking lot. Being a huge racing fan I
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| | took. I rocked the weekend at the races
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| realized that the only two tracks they
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| | and had a blast.
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| could be on their way to was Bristol,TN
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| | Everything went perfectly and Monday
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| or Fort Worth,TX.
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| | morning I called back in, they gave me my
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| I asked somebody and sure enough they
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| | next load, and I was off and rolling
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| were going to Bristol, about an hour up
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| | again. Another great adventure on the
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| the road.
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| | road as a truck driver.
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