Saturday, September 16, 2006

Graduation and no Job's for bad boy's


Joy and I graduated yesterday, September 15 2006. From the get go we were told that there are plenty of job's out there for the starving drivers. The real truth is here and now. 19 years ago I was a bad, bad boy. Yep, I tried to out run the law on my 1985 GS750-E Suzuki. As a new professional driver I am sad to tell this story, and if the log truck driver that was responsible for that gnarly back up in 1988 on Hyw. 49 is reading this, I'm sorry. So there I was, sitting at a crawl behind 12 cars. I waited until it was safe before letting my supper bike loose. Flying through the gears on a straight in the turn lane, I had no idea that a CHP officer was kicking back in the front row. So long story short, I was convicted of, yes you guessed it speeding. Oh, it gets better, reckless driving, and fleeing to elude. Fleeing to elude is worse than murder in the trucking world. Well next to transportation on a controlled substance. Eluding is bad.... really BAD! I would have never imagined that by being truthfull with my future employers would limit our chances of getting OTR job's. We think that Gordon Trucking will call us on Monday to offer a team job to us. They were not going to at first, but wanted to meet with us before pushing us to the way side. I'm happy that I was not what they might have thought a Duke might have looked like from Hazard County.... I think we passed the sniff test.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi you two,
Congratulations on completing the course at CDS with excellent grades, 100% attendance and super attitudes!

I know there were some disappointments in finding that a driving history from so long ago can have a big impact on being "accepted" at the intertstate companies in which you were most interested. However, I have a lot of faith in both of you and wish you the very best in this new adventure. Whichever company you decide to go with, I have no doubt you will soon be considered highly valuable professionals. I look forward to hearing all about your journey. Someday we can compare "road stories".

Don't forget, we're here for you when you need us.

Best wishes from the staff and instructors at CDS!

Sharon Wood
Placement Specialist
Commercial Driver Services, Inc.

Anonymous said...

Sure glad that picture of you two came out. Had to catch it on a bounce. Redbull Rider

Anonymous said...

Where did you get those bad boy traits?

eLaD

Anonymous said...

All of this catsup and bad boy talk is getting me really hot.
I will be you lot lizzard any time.


Keep on Truckin'
Stg. Stanko