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In reply to the discussion: Truck Drivers Say They Won't Deliver To Cities with Defunded Police Departments [View all]misanthrope
(7,428 posts)84. Have fun watching Trump sworn in next January
It baffles me how many people don't appreciate the full extent to which politics are waged with carefully chosen language.
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Truck Drivers Say They Won't Deliver To Cities with Defunded Police Departments [View all]
Odoreida
Jun 2020
OP
Fire them instantly...many waiting to take their places. This is sad because I am
Eliot Rosewater
Jun 2020
#1
I'm not sure if having critical thinking skills should be a requirement to hold a job as a trucker.
totodeinhere
Jun 2020
#35
"I'm not sure if having critical thinking skills should be a requirement"
A HERETIC I AM
Jun 2020
#56
They either do the job or not...regardless of their opinions, we can not allow brutal police
Demsrule86
Jun 2020
#46
Why do I get the impression that truckers listen to nothing but right wing talk radio?
tenderfoot
Jun 2020
#4
And some wonder why flyover country votes against their own best interests...
tenderfoot
Jun 2020
#18
No, I think that a lot of them listen to country and western music radio as well.
totodeinhere
Jun 2020
#36
I'm no trucker, but I would think if you rejected a delivery, your company would fire you.
panader0
Jun 2020
#30
As an OTR driver with better than 30 years behind the wheel, here's my take;
A HERETIC I AM
Jun 2020
#49
Is anyone making deliveries into the Seattle autonomous sovereign protest zone?
JustABozoOnThisBus
Jun 2020
#53
Easy enough. Just ignore them and get supplies by rail and short-haul trucking. nt
Blue_true
Jun 2020
#74