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OctoMonkey said:

shareef777 said:

GeorgeBMac said:

DnykjpRfC6fnBs said:

GeorgeBMac said:

lkrupp said:

You can’t trust anyone these days. The work ethic is dead and buried in this entitled culture. So this piece-of-shit driver lied through his teeth to his customer and she caught him red-handed. Still he wanted to ‘negotiate’ the delivery. I hope he didn’t rob her blind in the process.

How many people calling in sick during the pandemic were frauds who just didn’t want to work?

You won't get any disagreement from me on that.

But, as a long haul driver, it is possible he had not been home, with his girl friend, for months.  And, with the driver shortage, they would likely send him back across the country as soon as he delivered that load.

No, that doesn't excuse it.  But I suspect that there is another side to the story.

We should perhaps be blaming the booking & scheduling agency as much or more than the driver.

But here, we're only getting one side of the story.  We don't know if he was a goof-off or just trying to survive.  Sometimes that can be a fine line.

In any case, somebody screwed up and: That's a great story about AirTags!

Stay safe out there driver! It sure can be a challenging job at times. 

Long haul truck driving has never been known as an easy job.  It used to be only for the toughest of the tough (back before power steering, automatic transmissions and electric loaders).

But today, without the teamsters union, drivers can be worked to the bone for little pay*.  And, instead of professional drivers we get trade school graduates barely able to back up the truck.

It's also one of the causes of today's inflation:  they can't get enough people to move the goods -- so shortages happen and prices go up.

* But, that's relative:  as Lkrupp correctly pointed out, the work ethic has declined.  (Along with loyalty to one's company and to their trade.)

The worker shortage isn’t limited to trucking. The entire supply chain has been impacted by worker shortage. Office workers are resigning in large numbers, as well as restaurants, retail, and pretty much every industry. Yay capitalism!

What you are seeing is not the result of capitalism, but the result of government constantly interfering in the free market system.

maestro64 said:

The other part of the problem is the Military does not help their own people. I think is a Military Brass called up this company and had few choose word with them you would be more than happen to make sure Military personal stuff showed up where it need and when it was needed.

California Crane School, Inc. filed a class action antitrust case [3:21-cv-10001, C.C.S.I. v Google LLC] on 12/27/21 against Google and Apple and the Chief Executive Officers of both companies alleging violations of the Antitrust Laws of the United States.

waveparticle said:

AppleUfmyI said:

Just pull all manufacturer out of China.  They will use the money we pay them to build their military and attack us at some point in time.  We are stupid to think otherwise.  All they have to do now is claim ownership of an American company in China and take it and all it’s assets and IP over and we are powerless to do anything.  But the shareholders will cry and ask our average American sons and daughters in the military will be asked to step up and ensure the .1 of 1%-ters keep their share.  We should never have enrich our advisories for profit and we never ever should have exported our superior computer technology around the world giving up our supremacy.  Gloomy picture, I know.  But the world is run by a few greedy families and its all legal and very obfuscated.

This is bs propaganda! Why would a nation busy producing goods for the world plan to attack in the future? Only a hateful person will use this kind of logic.