service. But many former servicemen, now released from their service obligations or retired, are now driving trucks. Some of them now work for the carrier I work for. And, I find them, well, kind of strange. When I grew up in the 60's, we used to call it "queer." Now, I mean absolutely no disrespect. But when I'm sitting in my truck, and a driver (who says he just got out of the service) starts talking to me about his military service and proceeds to talk nonstop on and on barely taking a breath - this is weird to me. One young man - 29 years old - he made a point to tell me how old he was several times - went on non stop for about 20 minutes without even asking me anything - just telling me a bunch of stuff I couldn't care less about. He was no different from the "special forces" crowd (a lot worked for Mercer) that I used to have to listen to at the counters of truck stops everywhere. Hey, I'm glad your back, but I'm not your "dial-a-friend" and I have better things to do than waste my time listening to your bullshit.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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service. But many former servicemen, now released from their service obligations or retired, are now driving trucks. Some of them now work for the carrier I work for. And, I find them, well, kind of strange. When I grew up in the 60's, we used to call it "queer." Now, I mean absolutely no disrespect. But when I'm sitting in my truck, and a driver (who says he just got out of the service) starts talking to me about his military service and proceeds to talk nonstop on and on barely taking a breath - this is weird to me. One young man - 29 years old - he made a point to tell me how old he was several times - went on non stop for about 20 minutes without even asking me anything - just telling me a bunch of stuff I couldn't care less about. He was no different from the "special forces" crowd (a lot worked for Mercer) that I used to have to listen to at the counters of truck stops everywhere. Hey, I'm glad your back, but I'm not your "dial-a-friend" and I have better things to do than waste my time listening to your bullshit.
