Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Where can I read your original Student Trucker Story?
A. You can my Student Trucker Horror Story by clicking here: A Day in the Life of a Lady Trucker which is located on Allen Smith’s (www.askthetrucker.com) website .
Q. Can you add a link to …?
A. If your site or project relates to trucking, energy policy, or travel please contact me to request a link exchange I am about SHARING information to truth seeking souls. I do review what you are selling though.
Q. Are you looking for more writers?
A. No but I’ll be posting guest articles from time to time.
Q. Why wasn’t my comment published?
A. Actually, I have never not published a comment but there is an automatic spam catcher that has caught some.
Q. Why is your website so disorganized?
A. I asked myself this question because, honestly it bothers me but I just don’t have the time for a website at all but I was being asked to write more and this was made for me by a sweet guy name Brenden from “Rented Mule Studios” but he just set it up. I’ve been trying to learn it and write and drive my shifts so I have been unable to make it perfect.
Q. I have more questions I’d like you to answer, will you do that?
A. Yes, but be prepared for the truth, I am not known for sugar coating candy covered opinions but I try to be diplomatic unless I sense I am being bullied or anyone else around is, it’s in my nature to challenge bullies with their own tactics.
Thanks Desiree for what you do. The world needs more people who recognize injustice and make a dilligent effort to address it.
I live in Cedar Rapids, the home of CRST. Their VP on human resources, Ron Corbett, is running for mayor. I think he is a sleeze. If you could direct anyone that has been abused by CRST to me, we could possibly stop him and get a great female for mayor. Can you help?
By: Tom Robbins on June 8, 2009
at 12:20 am
Thanks for posting Tom. The CRST Scandalous Sexual Harrasment Cast has inspired a “Blog Talk Radio” show on “Ask the Trucker” called “Hostile Training Environment”.
CRST is just the tip of the iceburg but the unethical practices are well known in the trucking community & you can find many trucking websites where actual drivers & former students tell all.
The political affiliations involved send all sorts of alarm bells off.
You don’t need to be a scholar to see that.
You are welcome to call into the show.
Thanks,
Desiree
By: truckerdesiree on June 8, 2009
at 3:45 pm
Here are the link to 2 “Blog Talk Radio” Shows done regarding Harrassment in the Workplace.
As with everything we have discovered, there are lots of back room shennanigans that occured in preventing these shows from occuring.
I am not in a position to revela the details at this particular time but please stay tuned.
There are some big names wanting this story to go away inside this industry.
Part 1
http://www.askthetrucker.com/trucking-advocates-discuss-workplace-harassment/
Part 2
http://www.askthetrucker.com/how-to-report-workplace-harassment/
I use the word “Harrassment” because this sort of thing is happening to Men and Women in all fields of work.
Reporting Harrassment often makes you a target, and being a Women gets you “Labeled” Sexual Harrassment and makes you the target of attack often from other Women.
This is workplace bullying gone rampant which has let a few bad apples run rampant and take control where no control exists.
A recent Female I spoke to this weekend told me she had to have 2 Trainers and stay out for over 2 Months learning to drive the truck.
I asked why she got off her first trainers trucks and she said ” because all he kept asking me was if I ever had my titty sucked by (a man like him).
I asked her if she reported it and she said “No, I just said I couldn’t understand what he was saying”
In trucking that means she is now labeled as difficult, but also that guy will just go pick up another female student.
If she reported she would have been attacked from other women most likely for reporting him.
That’s the truth of the matter in trucking right now.
I want that changed
By: Desiree on August 6, 2009
at 5:57 pm