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<blockquote data-quote="UPSJT" data-source="post: 88608" data-attributes="member: 5158"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Good Afternoon Everyone, and thank you so much for all your kind comments and support, they really have helped. I am trying very hard to be a very supportive wife, I want to make sure I say the right thing, and encourage him to just “hang in there”, and I felt no one would know better, than those who are Feeder Drivers themselves, and know what he is going through. He is very proud to be working for UPS, and I tell him how lucky he is, so many people are extremely surprised when they hear who he is working for, and congratulate him 10/fold!!</span></span></p><p></p><p><O<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-shortname=":p" /></O<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">After he came home last night, we talked some more, and he made the comment, “Why can’t they just give me the keys, and show me the truck, so I can get out of here, and stop watching those stupid 1960/70’s safety videos!” We laugh about it, and I think that is the best way, for me to just be strong and positive for him, and help him get through this week, and the weeks to come, until he is comfortable. He said he is overwhelmed with learning the computer in the truck, the log book, and learning UPS’s reporting time table, but he sounded more positive last night, by saying, “I’m sure I will get it eventually, it’s just going to take time and practice.”</span></span></p><p><O<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-shortname=":p" /></O<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My husband has been driving a semi since he was 15 years old; his father was a truck driver all his life too, so it all comes very naturally to him, since his father taught him to drive when he rode with him on trips, he started professionally when he was 19. He has traveled all over Europe, hauling everything imaginable! My father as well, is a long-life truck driver, who is no longer with us…I have been on a few trips with my husband, (in Europe) as well as with my father when I was a little girl, so I know the life on the road…and you have to love it, or hate it!</span></span></p><p><O<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-shortname=":p" />></O<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-shortname=":p" />></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Sorry for being so long winded here…I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your responses, and I will share all your comments tonight. Thank you again!</span></span></p><p><O<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-shortname=":p" />></O<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" data-shortname=":p" />></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UPSJT, post: 88608, member: 5158"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Good Afternoon Everyone, and thank you so much for all your kind comments and support, they really have helped. I am trying very hard to be a very supportive wife, I want to make sure I say the right thing, and encourage him to just “hang in there”, and I felt no one would know better, than those who are Feeder Drivers themselves, and know what he is going through. He is very proud to be working for UPS, and I tell him how lucky he is, so many people are extremely surprised when they hear who he is working for, and congratulate him 10/fold!![/SIZE][/FONT] <O:p</O:p [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]After he came home last night, we talked some more, and he made the comment, “Why can’t they just give me the keys, and show me the truck, so I can get out of here, and stop watching those stupid 1960/70’s safety videos!” We laugh about it, and I think that is the best way, for me to just be strong and positive for him, and help him get through this week, and the weeks to come, until he is comfortable. He said he is overwhelmed with learning the computer in the truck, the log book, and learning UPS’s reporting time table, but he sounded more positive last night, by saying, “I’m sure I will get it eventually, it’s just going to take time and practice.”[/SIZE][/FONT] <O:p</O:p [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]My husband has been driving a semi since he was 15 years old; his father was a truck driver all his life too, so it all comes very naturally to him, since his father taught him to drive when he rode with him on trips, he started professionally when he was 19. He has traveled all over Europe, hauling everything imaginable! My father as well, is a long-life truck driver, who is no longer with us…I have been on a few trips with my husband, (in Europe) as well as with my father when I was a little girl, so I know the life on the road…and you have to love it, or hate it![/SIZE][/FONT] <O:p></O:p> [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Sorry for being so long winded here…I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your responses, and I will share all your comments tonight. Thank you again![/SIZE][/FONT] <O:p></O:p> [/QUOTE]
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