This goes along well with the post on mentoring, AND, that brings up a story....
25 years ago my best friend, fell off the TRUTH bandwagon...Every time he headed west, he would call our carrier and demand a back up load, his kid needed surgery, mom needs a heart transplant, ECT....Went on for well over a year, every time our dispatcher came through for him, but he had trouble meeting dates, she grew tired of it...
Then came qualcom, and their ability to track the truck....The trip that got him in trouble was, empty Tuesday, load Wednesday, Thursday and be in Memphis the following Wednesday...She watched his truck sit in Ontario, Ca. on Thursday(was out playing golf and getting drunk).Friday was the same...Saturday came and went with the same story....Sunday morning, he woke up hungover and realized he needed to be 2000 miles away, felt like crap, and put it into the wind, made it to Kingman and put a message on the after hours number about an axle falling out from under his truck...I'm not gonna be there....
The truth was he slept 14 hours, and then drug his ass on....My point is again, don't bull shit anyone, tell the truth, don't make shit up, it will follow you and at that point any trust you had will be gone with a lie...Don't modify, twist, embellish, or screw with the facts...Don't know the answer? Simply say: I don't know nothing "bout birthin no babies". Don't make shit up....DAMMIT TELL THE TRUTH...
What we all need to learn is, LISTEN, to the old guys, they have been there and may have the answer..AND, don't try to bull shit them, they were where you are now...
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