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In reply to the discussion: Truck Drivers Say They Won't Deliver To Cities with Defunded Police Departments [View all]A HERETIC I AM
(24,362 posts)62. OMG!
Someone disagrees with me on the internets, so I must spend an hour searching for links to refute him!
Or not.
You tell me I am comparing apples and oranges and I can accuse you of splitting hairs.
Fine. You're right and I am wrong. This is the absolute LAST thing I want to waste anymore of my time on this evening, as in two hours I'll be driving one of these halfway down I-95 and back.
And BTW, that's one of my firms trucks, we are 99% company drivers (we have a small division of OO's who haul company trailers) , and I erased the company name, the trailer number, the tractor number and the visible portion of the license plate, because I don't want to get any shit from anyone.
Including you.
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Truck Drivers Say They Won't Deliver To Cities with Defunded Police Departments [View all]
Odoreida
Jun 2020
OP
Fire them instantly...many waiting to take their places. This is sad because I am
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2020
#1
I'm not sure if having critical thinking skills should be a requirement to hold a job as a trucker.
totodeinhere
Jun 2020
#35
"I'm not sure if having critical thinking skills should be a requirement"
A HERETIC I AM
Jun 2020
#56
They either do the job or not...regardless of their opinions, we can not allow brutal police
Demsrule86
Jun 2020
#46
Why do I get the impression that truckers listen to nothing but right wing talk radio?
tenderfoot
Jun 2020
#4
And some wonder why flyover country votes against their own best interests...
tenderfoot
Jun 2020
#18
No, I think that a lot of them listen to country and western music radio as well.
totodeinhere
Jun 2020
#36
I'm no trucker, but I would think if you rejected a delivery, your company would fire you.
panader0
Jun 2020
#30
As an OTR driver with better than 30 years behind the wheel, here's my take;
A HERETIC I AM
Jun 2020
#49
Is anyone making deliveries into the Seattle autonomous sovereign protest zone?
JustABozoOnThisBus
Jun 2020
#53
Easy enough. Just ignore them and get supplies by rail and short-haul trucking. nt
Blue_true
Jun 2020
#74