This is the new question a lot of people my age 45 or something, are asking as they find themselves unemployed. They do not know, so how do you expect a real answer to that? Do you seriously think we really know? I didn't have a plan, and if I did, do you think it would really be this one?
Now I can deal with my own consequences with a lot of thought I can come up with some kind of Job. I am 48 lots of experience here right? It Should not be too difficult for someone with a lot of smarts, a few good looks, A sweet disposition, great attitude and terrific hair, am I right or am I just a dreamer with great pipe dreams??
No amount of experience can prepare you for the realm of the unemployed. You just dredge along going to the places where the jobs hide. I was a Truck Driver for the past 12 years, the only thing I do well is Drive, I do have a clean driving record, no tickets, no accidents.
You see I was a stay at home housewife and Mother before the Driving Trucks for a living. You know Divorce, kinda made me look into a way to escape. So I got my CDL and booked out of the place, so fast I really hadn't thought that through either.
My list of employment is almost as long as my arm and I did a great deal of job jumping. You know that when you are a Truck Driver that employers don't necessarily have to pay you. Because you are dumb and did not know that the profession you are in is a contract kind of Job. That is right and without a written contract they can get away with not paying you, or making it seem as though you got all kinds of cash advances to eat up your money. Then they can also put all kinds of trashy statements that are not true, nor do they have to show proof of said statements, on your record called DAC. The people at DAC have requested me not to ever call them again. It might have something to do with all the really bad language used there was a lot of cussing, upon finding out they report things without ever checking it out for truthfulness. Also, there were treats of a lawsuit. I could be wrong, but I am almost certain that is what happened.
Oh and it never fails, friends and family mean well and they are quick to offer their advice. You can take it to the Labor Board, you can sue them they have to pay you. UGH Wrong!!! The labor board will not touch it because you are not paid hourly wages. They will tell you to take the amount you are owed and turn it into an hourly wage and use your log books to do this. The only problem is if you ran legal and worked the maximum amount of time each day you would have to add more pages and falsify all the logs. Or you would have to be paid somewhere roughly $40-$50 an hour. Oh but I forgot the going rate in the state I live in is $10.00 per hour. UGGGHH So the one boss I had owed me $6,123.00 and because of the state I live in I might get ½ of that. My point is I want it all!!! He got all his money from the receivers, Where is my money??? IT IS NOT IN THE MAIL!!!
Truck Driving is paid by the mile, or paid by the percentage of the load. And you know heaven forbid the Labor board might have to do some thinking. Actually earn the dollars of which I helped pay into the fund. Use their education to help someone like me, and be the upstanding kind of place I thought it was. Oh and you also should know that even an upstanding attorney will not touch it because his fee will eat up everything you are owed, or he just thinks it is too much work. Imagine that an attorney who actually might want to do the right thing and be totally unselfish. HAHA
Well now back to the job hunting, there are all kinds of jobs available out there most of which are low paying for the unskilled as myself. You see I want to really make a change in my life and actually give this job thing a real try. I tried for eight months at a Wal-Mart store. I was a deli person, a lot of hard work, never boring for sure. The customers were the entertainment. Watching them come in to shop was the highlight of the whole experience. I had not been exposed to actual people in a very long time. I had mostly Shippers, Receivers, Dispatchers, forklift drivers, office personnel to deal with. You know professional types, people, on a one on one basis. Boy, this was a culture shock, with noticeable inbreeding qualities, within criminal elements. Did you know that these customers would walk right out the front doors with merchandise and never be questioned?! But you let an employee forget to pay for a cup of ice and the management was on it in a millisecond!
