Profile For Carl C.

Thank you guys for the reply and Brett I understand your last paragraph. I have had to make huge changes in my work. Years ago when we did a installation it was basically us and the painters left on a job. Today we are trying to install a floor while guys are hanging drywall, electrician is running wire above and the plumber is trenching in the same room lol. Prices have come way down and now companies are competing on how fast they can do a job because they can't go any lower in pricing. So everyone is climbing all over each other and either you walk away or you do the best you can but being an anal perfectionist I just can't deal with it any longer. I came from a generation where it was a days pay for a days work, today you are on a job site and everyone is on there phones texting/dating sites and so on.

I guess its like everything else do your job right and you will have no issues. I have a lot on my plate so I have to give this some thought. So let me ask if you for some reason have to wait 5 or 6 hours to get into a spot how does that effect you as a driver? Obviously its going to impact the rest of your schedule even though its not your fault. How does it all play out?

After nearly 30 years in the flooring industry I need to do something else and 20+ years of those was running my own installation company. I see a lot of drivers complaining about same money for last 25 years well 30 years ago I was getting $8/sqyd to install sheet vinyl today 30 years later lucky to get $6. It seems to me that the last thing employers can adjust is labor costs and so doesn't matter what type of work you are doing its a race to the bottom unless you are part of the 1% who is making money hand over fist because of government easy money policy for them. I have been reading as much as I can about the trucking industry, I have no issue being alone as I have ridden my motorcycle solo all over the Canada/USA usually solo for weeks at the time. I don't mind the solitude and the older I get the less use I have for people.

What I do have a real issue with is government, police and others who are constantly trying to regulate everything we do in our lives. I'm an adult and can take care of myself, no criminal record, don't drink, don't do drugs, don't smoke etc. Seems to me the biggest issue I will have is with all the rules, regulations since I have a real short fuse for people with authority who act like idiots. Maybe I'm just getting the wrong perception.