It's a Team's Life

Why as an industry do we almost always shun change

When I talk to drivers about what the good old days were like,  I am amazed by their replies. In some areas of their lives they were treated with respect and they always stopped and helped out any stranded motorist. In other ways they had a very rough life. I am very spoiled as I expect a lot out here on the road. I do not want to run like the outlaws by avoiding scales, using drugs, to stay awake and in reality driving their lives away. I want my cell phone and my QUALCOMM, I do not want to stop at all pay phones and have to stand out in the cold while waiting for a dispatcher to pick up the phone and tell me nope no loads. I like our 96" sleeper with the many amenities we have such as large refrigerator, microwave, oak floor, and lots of cabinets, small sink, and a large bed. Living in a truck with no air conditioning and a coffin sleeper is unimaginable to me and I have nothing but respect for the guys that did it.  We have a truck that has no problems with mountains and when I have talked to the older truckers they talk about walking up hills beside their trucks as they lumbered along.  Without change where would we be now?

Bob & Linda Caffee
Leased to: FedEx Custom Critical
TeamCaffee
Saint Louis MO
Expediters 5 years been out here on the road ten years
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