Doggie Daddy
Veteran Expediter
If you are looking for a good laugh,try reading the EO classifieds under available teams. Some of the conditions that these people put out there,range from absurd to highly ridiculous.
Need a good laugh ?
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mjolnir131
Veteran Expediter
can somebody explain to me what a non-CDL straight truck is or would look like?
Ty
Ty
Doggie Daddy
Veteran Expediter
I believe it is a straight truck with a GVW of 26,000# or less,and not requiring a CDL to operate it. But then again,don't most of the companies require a CDL if you are driving a straight truck for them ?
See ad: Dream Team
Tennesseahawk
Veteran Expediter
You should try it, Cheri. By laughing at others, we can easily laugh at our own shortcomings. When ppl laugh at each other, we're all laughing WITH each other. The early SNL did a good job of that. Political correctness made this a much less funny country than it used to be.
Maybe I lack the right sense of humor, but I find a big difference between ATeam's hypothetical ad (which is funny), and trolling the ads of actual people looking for work, which isn't - IMO, of course.
Laughing at "people" in the abstract is one thing, whereas pointing to some in particular (who didn't, after all, ask for the input by posting on the Forums) with derision is just distasteful to me.
Maybe I'm just cranky, after sitting a couple days, but I'm not seeing the humor, is all I'm sayin.
Laughing at "people" in the abstract is one thing, whereas pointing to some in particular (who didn't, after all, ask for the input by posting on the Forums) with derision is just distasteful to me.
Maybe I'm just cranky, after sitting a couple days, but I'm not seeing the humor, is all I'm sayin.
themagicoen
Expert Expediter
Though a good laugh is good, it's not when it's at someones misfortune. I haven't looked myself but I did post some stringent requirements when I was looking at going back. Why? Because I've been screwed before, know what I want and don't want to mess around. Just being straight forward, not funny.
Doggie Daddy
Veteran Expediter
What can I say,I have a warped sense of humor.
They are actually funny to read. However, it gets not so funny when you actually run into one of those types that didn't type the funny stuff up front, and only let you know the funny stuff after they get on the road. Your humor is OK DD, because there is nothing unfortunate about these type clowns.
Oh but there is, Col: that some of them make the rest of us look bad. Just like the dishonest owners - a few bad apples, you know.
Whether they're "clowns" as you put it, or just folks who aren't terribly good at wording an ad, it's still not funny.
If you were looking to hire a team, what should their ad say?
Whether they're "clowns" as you put it, or just folks who aren't terribly good at wording an ad, it's still not funny.
If you were looking to hire a team, what should their ad say?
Not funny IYO (in your oppinion). And thats it. I'd imagine there are more that find those type adds funny than not. Funny to the point of not getting any responses. Poor wording or not, they are still very unreasonable demands that are expected it seems. An that IS funny. Ya better git to runn'in there missie, ya got way too much time to feel sorry for folks that shoot themselves in the foot.
'Preciate the concern, Col, but I've run enough the last couple weeks that I can afford to wait for a load that'll get me closer to home for Christmas - or DH, if need be.
I'm not taking time to feel sorry for folks, I do that while doing other things
I notice you didn't answer the question: what would attract you, in an ad?
I'm not taking time to feel sorry for folks, I do that while doing other things
I notice you didn't answer the question: what would attract you, in an ad?
Tennesseahawk
Veteran Expediter
"Require 100"+ sleeper, huge walk-in fridge, queen-sized bed, and plenty of ice water for when we hafta deliver to he11. BTW... we want weekends off at home, which is in Idaho."
Now Cheri, if we told what would attract a potential owner, then ppl would say those magic words to hook us. Then, like the Col said, we'd get the demands after the fact. I say why help them with their resume? I'd rather read what they have to say. Putting words in their mouths doesn't help anyone.
Now Cheri, if we told what would attract a potential owner, then ppl would say those magic words to hook us. Then, like the Col said, we'd get the demands after the fact. I say why help them with their resume? I'd rather read what they have to say. Putting words in their mouths doesn't help anyone.
I'll be the last person to think "funny" of someone whom is challenged. However, audacity and arrogance is open season with me.
Ya just can't put words in others mouths. You can completely write it for them, but as hawk mentions that is doing no good for anyone.
But it is typical, when reading that type of ad, that one figgures that the thought process is something like - "I've run enough the last couple weeks" - that I can take three off to make up for it.
Ya just can't put words in others mouths. You can completely write it for them, but as hawk mentions that is doing no good for anyone.
But it is typical, when reading that type of ad, that one figgures that the thought process is something like - "I've run enough the last couple weeks" - that I can take three off to make up for it.
Doggie Daddy
Veteran Expediter
Spot on observation there Col.