Anchorman- great article! Driver fell asleep- got lucky. Last thing is the 6 pack in the cab- Terrible example- Esquire did a great disservice on this.
West Memphis- bad- I've read that before here on TT.
So he falls asleep at the wheel and seems to think it's no big deal, puts down both his trainers and the teammate he nearly killed, doesn't know how to use load locks (it's possible the trailer was preloaded so maybe I'll give him the benefit of the doubt there), doesn't have a CB, and brings beer into the truck. Well, at least he's pretty apt in describing himself as a steering wheel holder. The only difference between this guy and the guys who come on here ranting about the perceived injustice of trucking du jour is that he's got a journalism degree.
... he's got a journalism degree.
And he got paid for writing the article.
That story is so depressing.
And he got paid for writing the article.
That story is so depressing.
He's a good writer, I'll give him that. Ignoring the content, it was actually a good read. "Like a predator that tens of thousands of consumers would later wipe their asses with" made me LOL. A shame he wasted his skill on something so negative.
And I hope he got permission from his trainers before he included their full names and pictures in the article. Somehow I don't think he did though, given that he calls one a "fifty-eight-year-old child" and says the other "parroted Crete dogma every day."
"Like a predator that tens of thousands of consumers would later wipe their asses with"
You keep a predator in your bathroom??!


"Like a predator that tens of thousands of consumers would later wipe their asses with"
You keep a predator in your bathroom??!
Well, not a whole pallet like the one that attacked the author, but yeah I keep TP in the bathroom. Had to. I stopped using leaves after a poison oak incident, the corncobs were impossible to flush, ran out of pages in the Sears catalog, and for some reason people stop being friendly after they find out you just use your hand. 
Not a bad writer for a journo, but that's like only a step above advertising copy writer in my opinion. Lots of sweeping generalizations, lots of self-confession, random factoids thrown in to make it seem seriously researched. I certainly wouldn't call this guy a Jerry Escondido "Professional Driver." More like he was slumming it to pay off his student loans and wrote this hoping for a cushier gig (which he found, by the way, since Esquire probably still pays $6 per word). All in all, somewhere between one of the judge shows and CNN. I give it two stars.
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Interesting read from Esquire...