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That truck driver you flipped off? Let me tell you his story. | StarTribune.com
Just thought this was share-worthy.
A reminder that we generally don't know what's going on in anybody else's skin, save our own.
His dispatcher will do everything possible to get him there, but the chances are slim. So he has hardly noticed your displeasure at having to slow down for him. It's not that he doesn't care; he's just numb.
Everything you buy at the store and everything you order online moves by truck. Planes and trains can't get it to your house or grocery store. We are dependent on trucks to move product from the airport and the rail yards to the stores and our homes.
Every day, experienced and qualified drivers give it up because the government, the traffic and the greedy companies involved in trucking have drained their enthusiasm for this life.
They take a job at a factory if they can find it, and are replaced by an inexperienced youngster dreaming of the open road. This inexperience leads to late deliveries, causing shortages and higher prices at the store, and crashes that lead to unnecessary deaths.
It is even possible that is what led to the death of this driver's sister.
This is a true story; it happened last week. The driver's name is Harold, and I am his dispatcher.
Just thought this was share-worthy.
A reminder that we generally don't know what's going on in anybody else's skin, save our own.