Well it has been awhile since I updated this blog...being on the road with a trainer that would not let me use my phone or plug my laptop into his precious inverter...is the only excuse that I have. I have never in my years been treated so badly by a "professional", to be ridiculed, belittled, cursed at and used for 500+ miles a day just so he could get paid for my miles too and then say that I am costing him money. I hope that this is not the way they all are! My trainer ran red lights in NYC missing cars by inches, had road rage issues, falsified log books, would not shower and had many more issues...I was with the guy for 3 weeks and he took three showers. The truck reeked and was filthy...did I mention this guy stank? and training new students for the wrong reasons...money should never be the motivator when training rookies. I spent the first half of my life in a professional job field and was an instructor for many of those years, training rookies that had to make life and death decisions in a split second. The noble reason to train is to give the knowledge that you have to the inexperienced so that they may go into said profession being safe, courteous and knowing how to do his/her job right. NOT because you make more money.
I so have the bug for over the road trucking...there were times when I had a good time with my previous trainer...not many...but enough to make me want to continue the path.
I will hopefully be able to keep this thing updated regularly this next trip ;)
