Tim
U.S.Constitution
I shouldn't expect to be mailed everytime I get in a truck with a man.
Were does the stamp go?
I shouldn't expect to be mailed everytime I get in a truck with a man.
Were does the stamp go?
I don't sue when I get put in a truck with a man. I just don't like.when the lonely old fool doesn't keep his hands to himself. I can be on a truck with anyone and be professional. A grown man should be able to do the same. Not like expecting to be stung at all. I shouldn't expect to be mailed everytime I get in a truck with a man. No offense, but that's a crazy comparison.
Now if I was ever in the truck with Bruce Springsteen and he smiled at me juuuust right, he might have cause to sue. And I would make it worth every penny. Short of that, ain't nobody out here worth disrespecting, or worth being disrespected by. Man or woman. Be professional at work. Period.
you can laugh at me wrong for all I care...Okay if I laugh at you just right?
you can laugh at me wrong for all I care...
I'd have to know you better.
So, what's your solution, @boone315?
Eliminate women from the industry?
Force women to train other women?
Eliminate laws protecting everyone from situations @nightriderlisa described?
(BTW...good to see you back...)
Not at all, but if you are going into a male dominated industry, you have to expect some crudeness. Nobody should be assaulted or bullied but you can't be offended by a joke. That would be like me milking the cows in the morning and sueing the old man if I get splattered with cow crap. it comes with the territory.
I believe the difference between cows and truck drivers is ..... thumbs.
We do NOT have to act like neanderthals around women. C'mon.
Often the problem lies in defining where exactly the "line" is between OK and NOT OK. Trucking is still a male-dominated industry at every level. I personally expect a bit of "pig" behavior. The shop where I go to school has several girlie calendars and pictures, for example. I don't have any issue with that. When I was driving, I got several inappropriate comments. I just walked away, or turned the CB off. No big deal. Any woman over the age of 14 has learned to expect that.
But I don't think anyone would say it's OK to grab a woman, grope a woman, threaten a woman's job, etc. I am fortunate I've never been in that kind of position. No one has ever threatened me in any serious way. I believe it happens. What I wonder is why it happens to some women and not others. What is it about certain ladies that make predators see them as victims and other ladies that makes predators pass them by?
I also wonder why the CRST student feels she was forced to stay in the truck. Was she tied up? Was the male trainer holding her down?
Aint a lot of difference between some truckers and neanderthals, ever listen to the c.b. or look at the human waste in the truckstops?
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As to WHY??? Maybe she needed a job? Maybe she really wanted to work? She knows and that's all that matters. She should have been given the same treatment as a male trainee would recei........... oh boy........... let's not go there.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not pulling out the "she was asking for it" card.
Eliminate women from the industry?
Force women to train other women?
Eliminate laws protecting everyone from situations @nightriderlisa described?
(BTW...good to see you back...)
But female rookies need to be told before they even get on that bus to orientation or whatever, how long of a wait there is for a female trainer. And if she chooses a male trainer, they should choose a male trainer who is MARRIED, and give the female student his wife's phone number the same day she gets on his truck.
That'll take care of the whole sexual harassment thing.