Comments on: A Bad Day at Dunkin’ Donuts http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/25/a-bad-day-at-dunkin-donuts/555.html Discussion and opinions about the trucking industry Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:16:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Everitt Mickey http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/25/a-bad-day-at-dunkin-donuts/555.html#comment-1153 Everitt Mickey Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:59:41 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/25/a-bad-day-at-dunkin-donuts/555.html#comment-1153 ditto that. "All my accidents were rush jobs". Don't rush. Still wondering about the wenches though. ditto that. “All my accidents were rush jobs”.

Don’t rush.

Still wondering about the wenches though.

]]> By: John http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/25/a-bad-day-at-dunkin-donuts/555.html#comment-1148 John Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:33:05 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/25/a-bad-day-at-dunkin-donuts/555.html#comment-1148 I did the same thing my first month on the job but without the damage to anything. Tried to make a tight right turn that I just couldn't make. Had already missed the turn once and somehow managed to get turned around in a residential area without hitting anything and by then I was pretty frustrated. I ended up just stopping until I calmed down and looked at things clearly. Sometimes we get feeling rushed and put ourselves where we have no business being or trying turns we have no business trying. All my "accidents" have been from just such rushing around and not thinking clearly. Good thing I carry my own wenches now. I did the same thing my first month on the job but without the damage to anything. Tried to make a tight right turn that I just couldn’t make. Had already missed the turn once and somehow managed to get turned around in a residential area without hitting anything and by then I was pretty frustrated. I ended up just stopping until I calmed down and looked at things clearly. Sometimes we get feeling rushed and put ourselves where we have no business being or trying turns we have no business trying. All my “accidents” have been from just such rushing around and not thinking clearly. Good thing I carry my own wenches now.

]]> By: E. Phil Haley http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/25/a-bad-day-at-dunkin-donuts/555.html#comment-1146 E. Phil Haley Sat, 26 Jan 2008 19:02:33 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/25/a-bad-day-at-dunkin-donuts/555.html#comment-1146 If it wasn't for the fact that the guy lost his job (I wonder how he got home?) this would be hilarious. Kind of like those Kasey Kahne Allstate commercials. I watched a guy do something very similar, once, trying to make a turn into a Denny's parking lot off U.S. 41 in Terre Haute, IN. He didn't knock down a sign but it did take two tow trucks to get him out of the ditch. Might have been able to get him out with one but no wenches were willing to help. If it wasn’t for the fact that the guy lost his job (I wonder how he got home?) this would be hilarious. Kind of like those Kasey Kahne Allstate commercials. I watched a guy do something very similar, once, trying to make a turn into a Denny’s parking lot off U.S. 41 in Terre Haute, IN.

He didn’t knock down a sign but it did take two tow trucks to get him out of the ditch. Might have been able to get him out with one but no wenches were willing to help.

]]> By: Wayne Weisser http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/25/a-bad-day-at-dunkin-donuts/555.html#comment-1145 Wayne Weisser Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:26:27 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/25/a-bad-day-at-dunkin-donuts/555.html#comment-1145 Companies send rookies to the worst places because anyone that knows better doesn't want to go. The story says this guy was two days out. Is that two days after being with a trainer? I was wondering if there was a trainer and the trainer bailed out the door! What people don't realize is they graduate CDL Schools with a CDL, not a learners permit. Scary isn't it? Companies send rookies to the worst places because anyone that knows better doesn’t want to go.

The story says this guy was two days out. Is that two days after being with a trainer?

I was wondering if there was a trainer and the trainer bailed out the door!

What people don’t realize is they graduate CDL Schools with a CDL, not a learners permit. Scary isn’t it?

]]> By: Mark Spearman http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/25/a-bad-day-at-dunkin-donuts/555.html#comment-1142 Mark Spearman Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:51:58 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/25/a-bad-day-at-dunkin-donuts/555.html#comment-1142 Too funny. Thinking back to my first days in a truck, i would not have been above that either. Thankfully, I had a trainer looking out for me and screaming like hell to stop this sort of mishap. I remember the trainer stopping me about 1 foot before I took out a pole and I was clueless to the problem, until I looked out the mirror. With my stomach in my throat it began to sink in what those mirrors were for. All I needed was that one incident to solve all my turning problems. Speedy training programs and folks that just aren't cut out to be truckers are the culprit here. You could count on a bit of total despair and confusion being in there too. Stoughton, Ma, now there's a great place to send a new driver. That's another thing I never understood. Companies always send them off to the most hazardous places right off. I realize that's where the freight is, but can't they take it a little easier on the new guy? I feel for the poor guy that did it. He's gotta feel like a heel. NOBODY, gives an understanding and support when you goof like that! Sad part is that he'll probably get out of trucking over it and he would most likely never do it again. I had a driver fresh out of JB's school smash my cab hard enough to knock it off the frame bolts years ago. It's a hell of a thing to wake up to, for me and the other driver! The guy told them he tried to wake me up to help him back up too! So they gave me a lecture too. There wasn't enough help in the world for this guy. Too funny. Thinking back to my first days in a truck, i would not have been above that either. Thankfully, I had a trainer looking out for me and screaming like hell to stop this sort of mishap. I remember the trainer stopping me about 1 foot before I took out a pole and I was clueless to the problem, until I looked out the mirror. With my stomach in my throat it began to sink in what those mirrors were for. All I needed was that one incident to solve all my turning problems.

Speedy training programs and folks that just aren’t cut out to be truckers are the culprit here. You could count on a bit of total despair and confusion being in there too.

Stoughton, Ma, now there’s a great place to send a new driver. That’s another thing I never understood. Companies always send them off to the most hazardous places right off. I realize that’s where the freight is, but can’t they take it a little easier on the new guy?

I feel for the poor guy that did it. He’s gotta feel like a heel. NOBODY, gives an understanding and support when you goof like that! Sad part is that he’ll probably get out of trucking over it and he would most likely never do it again.

I had a driver fresh out of JB’s school smash my cab hard enough to knock it off the frame bolts years ago. It’s a hell of a thing to wake up to, for me and the other driver! The guy told them he tried to wake me up to help him back up too! So they gave me a lecture too. There wasn’t enough help in the world for this guy.

]]> By: Everitt Mickey http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/25/a-bad-day-at-dunkin-donuts/555.html#comment-1141 Everitt Mickey Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:54:30 +0000 http://lifeontheroad.com/2008/01/25/a-bad-day-at-dunkin-donuts/555.html#comment-1141 I need some mental floss. The visual. "Tow trucks and heavy duty wenches". is soooo un-PC. What will the National Association of Women ( the NOW gang) say? I need some mental floss.

The visual. “Tow trucks and heavy duty wenches”. is soooo un-PC.

What will the National Association of Women ( the NOW gang) say?

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