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Post by OOmad on Dec 24, 2012 13:31:31 GMT -5
short circuit,
Your posts come across as arrogant.My opinion.You invite people to discuss this with you,as adults,but don`t offer a way to get in touch face to face.Comes across more as a know it all,or internet tough guy more than anything.My opinion.Sounds like your inability to organize anything for drivers was probably more due to your surly attitude than anything.You can kill more flies with honey than with manure.Think about it,and have a Merry Christmas.
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Post by williamsburg2 on Dec 24, 2012 15:53:29 GMT -5
this driver sounds like a pure company man. he may not even be a driver or even own a truck. maybe he is plain scared of his boss or company? there is no excuse for crossing a legitimate union Pickett line at the port to run freight. to expose yourself to that situation is simply ignorant. you can't win an argument with a fool so why give him anymore attention on your forum. if he does go out to the port with that mouth & attitude it won't be very long before he gets everything he deserves. i wouldn't waste anymore time trying to convince him. let this guy make a total fool out of him self. for the record i won't move my truck after friday night. i will spend some time fixing a few things that have been put off. i informed my company the other day that if the longshoremen strike don't bother asking me to move freight. they were not pleased but that's life.
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Post by shortcircut on Dec 24, 2012 17:19:44 GMT -5
no williamsburg fool, you are the idiot and I have a 2003 freightliner columbia , one that I bought and paid cash for . I have had 5 trucks over the years and I plan on buying another one before too long . and I promise this , you wont be the one to give what I supposedly deserve . things you have been putting off ? are you of those fools who duck DOT when they come to the ports ? It sure sounds like it . I am surprised you are still in business .
to the other "guests " who are afraid to identify themselves , when I said lets meet face to face and talk, I mean just that , lets all sit down and talk like adults and see if we can come together as a group( just drivers ) and try to make things work( as a group) . when I injured my back and couldnt work for 8 months, not a single ILA person made any attempt to help and or support me in any way , when my wife was fighting breast cancer , not a singlle ILA person helped. when the medical bills put me and my wife into bankruptcy , not a single one helped. if these lazy people think i am gonna support them because they may lose a container royalty check or possible over time or guarantee no loss of personell when the automated system goes on line at NIT , sorry it aint gonna happen. I will not lose any sleep. There are no guarantees in life except you will pay taxes while you are alive , and will eventually die. like said, everyone else has lost during these roughtimes , who the helll are the people to demand more when everyone else is just trying to survive .
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Post by colt45 on Dec 24, 2012 17:38:14 GMT -5
did you ask anyone at the ila for help? i bet someone there would have helped if you had asked. is this why you are so angry at the ila? what about the trucking company you work for? how much help did they offer you? are you angry at them too? i do not know any truckers who want to be part of your personal vendetta against the ila. are you going to storm the port gate? please let everyone know ahead of time so we can drive down and watch. you really should consider counseling driver for your built up anger. it is totally out of control. merry christmas to you and try to get yourself some help soon.
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Post by mike on Dec 24, 2012 17:43:29 GMT -5
this guy doesn't need help from the ila or anyone else! he needs his medication refilled  |
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Post by confusedtrucker on Dec 24, 2012 18:00:21 GMT -5
are yall so stupid that you cant understand what shortcircut is saying ? all you want to is attack him instead of listening .
these lines are getting slower and slower because these port workers are trying to prove that they are the most important aspect of these ports , well guess what , without drivers moving the containers they wouldnt have a job. sad thing is, alot of them were truckdrivers and had to go through the same bs to move these cans also .
i dont see him with any vendetta , he just said he will work because he has too. the banks and bill collectors will be there no matter what and I for one dont want to lose what I have either . too bad yall are to ignorant to understand that LOL
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Post by confusedtrucker on Dec 24, 2012 18:09:04 GMT -5
hey Mike, can your mother fill it for him ? laughing at you !
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Post by jumpstart on Dec 24, 2012 22:13:01 GMT -5
sounds like these two should crash the gate together. they must work for the same company as a team.
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Post by ManCave on Dec 24, 2012 23:06:58 GMT -5
It's Christmas everyone. Please just be nice. This driver doesn't seem to understand so let him go find out his own way. If you look over his past post you will get my drift. I'm not running my truck,most of you are not running your truck so enough said.
Merry Christmas to all.
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Post by williamsburg2 on Dec 25, 2012 8:56:16 GMT -5
>>>>no williamsburg fool, you are the idiot and I have a 2003 freightliner columbia , one that I bought and paid cash for . I have had 5 trucks over the years and I plan on buying another one before too long <<<<
even though he brags about his 2003 columbia he purchases with cash & about to buy another soon this driver can't park it for a few days. he has to run through the picketers to work because he's broke? here is a good sample of one of our problems people. oh , almost forgot, he is a shutdown organizer according to another on of his post. hope everybody is having a happy christmas in hampton roads including the big company man organizer ;D ;D ;D
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Post by whocares on Dec 25, 2012 10:22:02 GMT -5
this guy doesn't matter. who cares what he does. he has shown everyone where he stands so cut the back n forth crap. it's a waste of time. point is the strike is starting this weekend so does anyone know of any driver meeting to be held? no not a company meet!! i think that would be a good idea for drivers to meet discuss options. i will come. i bet more will.
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Post by tpop on Dec 25, 2012 12:42:53 GMT -5
hey shortcircut. we will drive in port gate,we will not be alone.idon care about lazy port worker.they make six time more then we do.i am my own boss. i need wrk to make my truck payment for jan. i can not mis two weks like these idot driver talk abut. i wont stop at gate.we start blowing horns and keep goin past f**king ila .they will get of way fast. the union basters will stop me from work my truck.i hate the ones at nit so we will show them we meen busness.
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Post by ilovdieselsmoke on Dec 25, 2012 17:08:51 GMT -5
hey shortcircut. we will drive in port gate,we will not be alone.idon care about lazy port worker.they make six time more then we do.i am my own boss. i need wrk to make my truck payment for jan. i can not mis two weks like these idot driver talk abut. i wont stop at gate.we start blowing horns and keep goin past f**king ila .they will get of way fast. the union basters will stop me from work my truck.i hate the ones at nit so we will show them we meen busness.  |
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Post by nightstalker on Dec 25, 2012 20:05:19 GMT -5
;D ;D ;D yeah ready for action. i can it's gonna be a fun week ladies  |
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Post by nightstalker on Dec 25, 2012 20:12:55 GMT -5
funny our company had a memo friday that said 'do not provoke any port workers while on the port.'
i hate to disappoint them but i don't know not one driver out of the bunch who will work monday if this is going on. so i guess we won't be provoking anyone.
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Post by shortcircut on Dec 25, 2012 20:28:44 GMT -5
I am not seeking to fight with anyone. I am struggling to say afloat financially and will do what ever is necessary to keep what I have worked for . I own my truck and own my business and I will not go down because of some whiny lazy people who are complaing about the over time getting taken away or container royalty checks being taken away . everyone I personally know has lost alot over the last 4 years and with no end in site , stand to lose alot more. Personally I am happy that I am self employed and that I control what my truck does and I control how much I make with it.
as I have stated in previous posts , the few good ILA people I know want to work and count for something , but , I know alot of lazy ass people who are just their to collect a check and could care less how long it takes to get through the ports.
There are many people who would do the ILA job for quite a bit less per hour and be very happy that they have a job.
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Post by don on Dec 26, 2012 0:57:02 GMT -5
hey driver those few good ila people you keep talking about will never give you the time of day again if you cross their union strike line. i know ,been there seen that happen before several times. i don't cross anyone's picket lines. you better think hard about doing something foolish because this is a big deal to those workers. there hasn't been a strike declared for thirty years by the dock workers so this is no time to be playing childish games. they won't forget or forgive so easily who scabbed them out at the port gates. it doesn't make hay for me what you do. it's your neck not mine. i truck out of the va ports right alongside everyone here but i won't be trucking around norfolk next week. i work beside these union guys just like the rest of you do. hey, i don't like some of the treatment sometimes by their members myself but i'm not going to disrespect the rights of the rest of them because i'm mad at a small handful. now you can post all the bashing you want to on this pt site and continue to talk up about you have to do what ever it takes to roll your truck. just remember that doesn't hold water compared to a face to face confrontation at the gate. oh i'm not saying anything will ever happen at all to stop you from going right on in the port. you will probably get in without incident and likely retrieve your box eventually, even if it takes you all day, but you can bet any credibility you may have had with those port workers before will end at that very moment. so if your determined to do it and don't care go for it. hell there's nothing like a hands on educational experience to prepare for the next strike. good luck whatever you decide.
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Post by countrygirl on Dec 26, 2012 10:05:14 GMT -5
Don your wasting your breath. If he's bound determined to go down to the port during a strike and drive through the gate let him do it. Sometimes best medicine is a hard lesson. There will be others who do the same so he'll have good company. Over the years drivers in Norfolk have tried to hold many protest outside the gates it's always the same ones with all the same excuses why they must work and can't stop. I'm just fine with taking a week or two if I have to but most important I don't want people to think that I'm so desperate for work it comes down to sneaking around the workers into the port for a box.
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Post by confusedtrucker on Dec 26, 2012 21:15:01 GMT -5
shortcircut , dont even take the time to respond to that mule kuntrie sluut , she obviously is one of those fools who thinks she knows it all. I seriously doubt she has been out here all that long or she wouldnt be running off at the mouth .I doubt you are desperate for money , but I do agree , i want to keep what I have worked for as well. the more she flaps her lips the more she proves her ignorance LOL
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Post by shortcircut on Dec 26, 2012 21:41:45 GMT -5
no coontry thingyt i am not desperate , atleast not yet , and I WILL NOT let some big mouth biotchh like you stand in the way of my making a living, so , that being said , call me out on the cb tomorrow and tell me where you are at and lets meet face to face . I want to see if you big mouth can back up the bull craap you are talking . and yes these words were misspelled intentionally !
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Post by midnight husler on Dec 26, 2012 21:52:03 GMT -5
I'm planning to work if the ports are open. Its a strike against vit formed
by the ila and I dnt haul for either of the two. But what we need to do as
driver is unite and plan a strike of our own
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Post by mark on Dec 26, 2012 22:12:45 GMT -5
boy this driver is my mentor. not only is he going to smash through the port gate sending striking workers scattering for their life but he's willing to beat this lady down on the street to prove he means business. are you going to be his backup cunfusedcheeeeeesecake? be careful cause she may very well whip both your donkeys? i would sneak up from behind while she fuels her truck and knock her out  |
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Post by midnight husler on Dec 27, 2012 7:25:03 GMT -5
I can't understand y a driver would consider to go down to the port and support the
Ila. If u so concerned abt their beliefs then join their union.
Because you are not concerned abt your own fellow drivers out here trying to make a living behind the wheel. Your are part of the reason why driver can't unite and try a make change for the better. U think abt it the Ila didn't stand up for u when rates
Where cut or fuel went up. Better yet when it takes 3 or 4 hours to do 1 turn n the
port. So go out there a offer u support so when the port open back up you can feel
a ILA HERO AKA ASSKISSER. Scared of how u going to be treated when ports open back up. Nothing going to change till us as driver come together. Where going to be extinct before u know it
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Post by localtrk on Dec 27, 2012 8:08:01 GMT -5
yes thenya can drive past ur own striking truckrs. yep real unity. strike.strike.strike.
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Post by midnight husler on Dec 27, 2012 8:58:28 GMT -5
I doubt u r a drive so I wont waste my time responding to u there....rt
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