McStrike

#426
#426
GoBigOrangeUT said:
Awesome! When can I start? I don't have a a CDL but I can get one. I'm really good at driving though...when I get road rage, I always fantasize running someone off the road! Imagine how easy that would be in a big rig!
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You can get one? Are you sure?
 
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Obsessed said:
I disagree. I took his post as it was posted. This is a message forum. Maybe he should have been more clear.

There is nothing about driving professionally that requires little skill. You find that most truckers have 4 year degrees from college.

The legalities and testing alone are above any standard than most other proffesions.
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My sarcasm meter pegged on this post.
 
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#430
Just a little rant;

Last month my office manager came to me with an expenditure request for a taco bar as a reward for our best quarter since, well Obama was elected. I asked her if this included the drivers, techs and salesman in the field that wouldn't be able to be here for the reward. Of course it didn't!

I had to remind dear soccer mom that without those guys sweating their azz off every day away from their families, there wouldn't be an office for her to manage.
 
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hog88 said:
Just a little rant;

Last month my office manager came to me with an expenditure request for a taco bar as a reward for our best quarter since, well Obama was elected. I asked her if this included the drivers, techs and salesman in the field that wouldn't be able to be here for the reward. Of course it didn't!

I had to remind dear soccer mom that without those guys sweating their azz off every day away from their families, there wouldn't be an office for her to manage.
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Lol...I deal with cr** like that all the time. I constantly have to remind my people that their job solely exists to support operations, and if what you are doing every moment of the day isn't helping someone in operations then they are wasting their time.
 
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volfanhill said:
Lol...I deal with cr** like that all the time. I constantly have to remind my people that their job solely exists to support operations, and if what you are doing every moment of the day isn't helping someone in operations then they are wasting their time.
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Did it really edit crap?
 
#433
#433
hog88 said:
Truck drivers bring some of this on themselves, if they could stick together and strike for a couple if weeks things would change. But they can't.

Shut every truck down in this country for 2 weeks and watch the pandemonium ensue.
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I've never been a big proponent of a national "strike" for the simple reason being is that it won't work. I've always thought that there should be a week where drivers log 100% DOT legal. That means at 11 hours of driving, shut down for 10 hours regardless of how close you are to a customer.

The trouble with drivers banding together to get anything done is the fact that you have some drivers, mostly owner operators, who look at company drivers with contempt. In their mind, the average Schneider or Swift driver is garbage. Why would I want to ally myself with someone who doesn't even view me as a peer let alone a professional?
 
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MG1968 said:
I've never been a big proponent of a national "strike" for the simple reason being is that it won't work. I've always thought that there should be a week where drivers log 100% DOT legal. That means at 11 hours of driving, shut down for 10 hours regardless of how close you are to a customer.

The trouble with drivers banding together to get anything done is the fact that you have some drivers, mostly owner operators, who look at company drivers with contempt. In their mind, the average Schneider or Swift driver is garbage. Why would I want to ally myself with someone who doesn't even view me as a peer let alone a professional?
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I agree drivers will never band together.

Trust me, I don't want them to but I see and know it would be the only way to stop the stupidity.
 
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MG1968 said:
I've never been a big proponent of a national "strike" for the simple reason being is that it won't work. I've always thought that there should be a week where drivers log 100% DOT legal. That means at 11 hours of driving, shut down for 10 hours regardless of how close you are to a customer.

The trouble with drivers banding together to get anything done is the fact that you have some drivers, mostly owner operators, who look at company drivers with contempt. In their mind, the average Schneider or Swift driver is garbage. Why would I want to ally myself with someonei who doesn't even view me as a peer let alone a professional?
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I think you are correct to a point. I also can tell you money talks. If a supplier has a product that has to be at ABC company tomorrow or the company will have a shutdown, $5.00 per mile freight rates will get an o/o attention and is much cheaper for the customer than a plant shutdown..

A guy with a big truck payment and mortgage is going to grab that cash vs striking.
 
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hog88 said:
The shortage of truck drivers lays solely at the feet of the federal government.
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I'd say it also has to do with the housing market...When building slows, there are more drivers, when building picks up, there are less drivers.

The next few months when seasonal shipments pick up, coming into the west coast, capacity tightens through Christmas
 
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vol_in_ar said:
I'd say it also has to do with the housing market...When building slows, there are more drivers, when building picks up, there are less drivers.

The next few months when seasonal shipments pick up, coming into the west coast, capacity tightens through Christmas
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I deal with mainly platform equipment and capacity has been tight for the last 3 months.
 
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The employees of fast food restaurants don't deserve a raise. It's not meant to be a career, and the value of their job in terms of economics are very low. They are the easiest of employees to replace.
 
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Burger said:
The employees of fast food restaurants don't deserve a raise. It's not meant to be a career, and the value of their job in terms of economics are very low. They are the easiest of employees to replace.
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They're too dumb to realize it
 
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BearCat204 said:
Shouldn't want to do better??? When did I say that? Of course they should want to do better, but that doesn't equate to beating your chest because "life isnt fair". These businesses dont have to pay more because there is another worker right around the corner who is willing to work for that wage. Like I said, I have no sympathy because I was in the similar situation under I decided to do something about it. I would be willing to bet money that 90% of these people have cell phones, cable tv, and other things that they deem "necessities". The bottom line is that say they up the minimum wage to $15.00/hr, who do you think is going to eat that cost? Every bit of that cost is going to go to the consumer, which is funny because that consumer includes these workers as well. Soon, the buying power of that $15.00/hr will be that same as that $8 is now, except now you have devalued the dollar..........its basic economics and something these burger flippers seem to lack a grasp of.
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It's always amazed me that this simple concept is so difficult for so many to understand. It's just like hearing people scream tax big oil companies blah, blah, blah.....
 
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#444
Not to mention they will be battling more competition for jobs probably by much more qualified people. Hell a couple part time jobs at Arby's & Taco Bell might not be too bad.
 
#445
#445
I hope it is done. I hope obama issues an EO and makes it law.

Millions will lose their jobs. Be forced to work for a living, grow gardens to save money.

It's a win win.
 
#447
#447
Burger said:
10 dollar Whoppers.
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Almost there now.

Took my son to see the moving picture show, stopped at Burger King, 18.00 bucks for two whopper meals. I was done.

Bring it. Let's give them what they want.
 
#448
#448
Obsessed said:
Almost there now.

Took my son to see the moving picture show, stopped at Burger King, 18.00 bucks for two whopper meals. I was done.

Bring it. Let's give them what they want.
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That's insane to me. I mean just the sandwich will be 10 bucks. I guess that's a way to make America not eat fast food.
 
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#449
Obsessed said:
Almost there now.

Took my son to see the moving picture show, stopped at Burger King, 18.00 bucks for two whopper meals. I was done.

Bring it. Let's give them what they want.
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Some greedy franchiser is getting the lions share -- I would have walked out before paying 18 for that garbage. BTW Burger Kings around here sell them for 2 for 5 bucks but the Whoppers look like White Castle burgers these days.
 
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#450
508mikey said:
Some greedy franchiser is getting the lions share -- I would have walked out before paying 18 for that garbage. BTW Burger Kings around here sell them for 2 for 5 bucks but the Whoppers look like White Castle burgers these days.
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Most combos, value meals, or whatever at most fast food joints are $7-$10+
 
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