I was going to wait on this post, but simply could not. I was talking to my step daughters husband on the phone maybe a week or two ago and I was trying to explain how truck drivers get paid. Well as per typical him, he proceeded to tell me "well its a lot like being in the military reserve; you only get paid if your on orders". At which time I had to correct him and say no, if that's were the case the only time when your on orders that you would get paid would be when you are in the field in actual military ops. If you are in your tent at night you don't get paid, if your eating you don't get paid...basically you don't get paid unless your in the field soldering. ( you need to realize he in a career Marine now on reserve status). Now I have the deepest respect for his service as I am ex Navy. However; he thinks he knows everything, The man has never driven a big rig for living and knows nothing about the job, yet presumes to tell me ( I've did this for a total of about 5 years) how trucking works! Amateurs!
I would like to see him do my job for 1 month, he would never last. Just like I would not last on his job in the corp. He is a decent guy, just arrogant as all get out. I learned a long time ago the only thing I know everything about is nothing.
As always the road less travelled has the best scenery.
LOL George thinks he knows something about everything. Growing up on a farm and being in the Marines he can drive anything with wheels, but that amounts to.....just a lot of driving. LOL Neither one of you know anything about the others job. LOL He doesn't know that you don't get paid for all that crap (listed above), and all the stuff you have to pay for while on the road, and you were totally clueless that the military doesn't pay for crap anymore when you're a reservest either (as the first thing the govt cuts when they talk about cutting govt spending is the military budget). He's been in for over 21 years, and yet now that he's a reserve, we have no medical coverage, he only get's paid for his weekend duty (which they call him from MS, but don't pay for housing him to stay in CA). You both are the similar to me, a lot of hooplah over what you do, when you both use about the same amount of brain power on your jobs. LMAO. Which, let's be honest, is little to none! ROFL
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