Poll of the Day > I'm training a new truck driver at my job and holy fuck is it agonizing

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Mind you, this is someone who has "graduated" tractor trailer school and is fully licensed.

Passing by the entrance to Lowe's a half mile before we have to get onto a highway, which is clearly visible further up the road: "Is this the entrance to the highway?" Oh, you mean that parking lot there?

On said highway, quickly shifts into 10th gear, should be in 8th at best. Engine is overworked. I say "Don't rush through the gears, ride them out a bit more before shifting. Watch your RPMs." Get them to downshift to 7th. We're now going 30mph in a 65mph zone. Remind them to use their hazards, that communicating with the traffic around you is equally as important as safely handling the vehicle. Have to tell them when it's okay to shift out of 7th, they say "Should I put it into 10th?"

Remind them they need to mind their trailer off-tracking when making turns, to take turns wider, to think of turning the trailer not just the tractor. They turn like they're driving a car and run over a curb with the trailer.

Have had to come to a dead stop going up hill on 3 separate occasions because they missed a gear and couldn't find it... then they proceed to burn my clutch up in efforts to avoid rolling backward downhill

It's only 9AM and I'm ready for this day to be over
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I was laughing out loud in the break room at work and looked like a fool. I'm glad your terrible day is so funny to me

TC is the equivalent of a condescending WoW/LoL player.

It's like making fun of a first grader for learning how to spell.
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What kind of backwoods parking lot doesnt even exit directly onto the freeway
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Renraku_San posted...

TC is the equivalent of a condescending WoW/LoL player.

It's like making fun of a first grader for learning how to spell.

Guess you missed the part where TC said they were a fully licensed graduate.
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Renraku_San posted...

TC is the equivalent of a condescending WoW/LoL player.

It's like making fun of a first grader for learning how to spell.

Now youre a truck driver too?! Nice!

Mead posted...

What kind of backwoods parking lot doesnt even exit directly onto the freeway

You joke but this actually exists, the 805 freeway at 43rd St in San Diego.



The overpasses where built in 1975 for CA-252, which was cancelled in 1980 after residential opposition. Now they literally end in a parking lot.
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captpackrat posted...

Mead posted...

What kind of backwoods parking lot doesnt even exit directly onto the freeway

You joke but this actually exists, the 805 freeway at 43rd St in San Diego.



The overpasses where built in 1975 for CA-252, which was cancelled in 1980 after residential opposition. Now they literally end in a parking lot.

lol that is crazy
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I remember having to teach college graduates how to grow human cells under aseptic conditions. I had to break so many bad habits and incorrect techniques.
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