Get Woke Go Broke – Big Rig Edition

The CEO of one of the country’s largest trucking companies made a big splash just over a year ago, when he declared the trucking industry racist, bigoted, and in need of enlightenment. And shocker, he was just the guy to enlighten us.

Barely a year later the company is in chaos. It’s losing money, laying off employees, and spreading its layoffs out such that the mass dismissal of its employees doesn’t violate federal employee-notification requirements.

We’ll take a look at the recent problems, but first let’s take a visit back to summer of 2021, when US Xpress CEO Eric Fuller accused his industry and his employees of being bigots, sexists, homophobes, and racists.

Trucking industry must support diversity and inclusion efforts – Eric Fuller, CEO of US Xpress [Freightwaves – 6/20/2021]

In recent months, I’ve become increasingly enlightened that the existing divisive rhetoric around diversity and inclusion within the trucking industry could significantly impact the growth and transformation of U.S. Xpress and our entire industry.
I’m calling on trucking and logistics business leaders large and small to begin taking steps to create a culture more accepting of others from different races, ethnicities, genders and sexual orientation.
This change won’t be easy and will take uncomfortable conversations and challenging opinions of the past. We should face the fact that our industry is behind others and needs to play catch-up.

Mr. Fuller offers contrition for being born a straight, white male, of course. But as a white savior, he is still not above using racist terms such as “Latinx,” a word that is well-documented as being a culturally offensive slur favored by affluent whites.

As a straight, white male, what I see as positive characteristics for opportunity within our industry is different than what a gay, Black or female person may see — or someone of Asian descent, someone who is trans or Latinx.

Unsurprisingly, this privileged white man who inherited his executive position from his daddy, accused truck drivers of being toxic people with white privilege.

Start talking to team members from minority communities within your organization and listen to them. Ask them to tell you how they view the openness and inclusion within our industry. Put yourself in their shoes. Think about the advantages that you have and how different their experiences are than yours.

CEO Fuller really, REALLY likes slandering his employees and his industry as being racist, doesn’t he?

In the previous year, I’ve interviewed multiple, highly skilled candidates for roles at U.S. Xpress. While each candidate has his or her own story, overwhelmingly I heard them talk about the lack of acceptance of diversity and perceived lack of opportunity within our industry.
While I admit that U.S. Xpress has a long way to go in developing a more inclusive culture…

Mr. Fuller made it very clear that the focus of his leadership had nothing to do with shipping goods, or making a profit, but instead on things such as creating “a safe space for open dialogue about important issues that impact women, the LGBTQ+ community…”

You’ll never guess what happened next.

Actually, you could predict exactly what happened next - the company started circling the drain. It had a massive financial loss in the first quarter of 2022 and then laid off about 5% of its workforce.

U.S. Xpress Lays Off 5% of Workforce After $8.9 MILLION Loss [5/13/2022]

One of the largest trucking companies in America dismissed a significant portion of its workforce this week.
Following a loss of more than $8.9 million in the first quarter of 2022, U.S. Xpress has laid off five percent of its employees.

Did that cure US Xpress’ woes? No, it did not. Another awful quarter just led to another massive round of layoffs.

Truckload carrier U.S. Xpress announces 2nd round of corporate layoffs; Company has cut roughly 10% of its corporate workforce [Freightwaves – 8/23/2022]

Since May, the trucking giant has cut about 10% of its corporate workforce, around 140 office jobs.
In May, the truckload carrier laid off 5% of its corporate workforce, amounting to around 70 of its 1,400 office employees at the time.

The 140 employees that were dismissed were not given 60-days notice as required by the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”, which regulates how large companies engaging in mass layoffs must notify its employees of the impending job terminations.

While the WARN Act does make certain exceptions when layoffs occur due to unforeseeable business circumstances such as natural disasters, I’m not sure a CEO going woke qualifies as an unforeseeable natural disaster. US Express states that it did not violate federal law because no individual layoff event triggered compliance with the WARN Act – there were two separate layoff events separated by a few months. You would think, however, that a compassionate, enlightened leftist like Eric Fuller would have the decency to dismiss his employees in a way that comports with the spirit of federal mass-layoff laws.

In fairness to CEO Fuller, it may not be the wokeness that actually destroyed his business. Although the collapse of the company commenced shortly after he became a woke evangelist, he likely knew how badly he had mismanaged the company, and how bad things were about to get.

Struggling companies often embrace wokeness to receive critical acclaim that shields them from criticism as their business crashes. Megan Rapinoe was hired as a spokesperson for struggling companies Subway and Victoria’s Secret for that very reason.

As demonstrated by Eric Fuller of US Xpress, wokeness is the last refuge of C-Suite scoundrels. Maybe he can hire Megan Rapinoe to be his spokesperson.

(buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com)

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:57 AM

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1 Hopefully they all will

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2022 12:00 PM (k8B25)

2 Possibly related, the CFO of Bed, Bath and Beyond suicided himself in NYC recently. Took a walk out on to his patio.
Problem, no patio. 18 floors down.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, prepping like mad at September 04, 2022 12:03 PM (jTmQV)

3 Wish these asshats would give 1 event of the racism they claim happens in their company.

And dutifully called the horde

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2022 12:03 PM (k8B25)

4 Gimme 40 years and I'll turn this thing around.

Posted by: Eric Fuller, CEO (for now) US Express at September 04, 2022 12:03 PM (4I/2K)

5 So did this guy accuse truckers of being semi fascists?

Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:03 PM (eGTCV)

6 I saw a woman driving a big rig the other day.

It is known that many truck drivers are drunks, pill poppers and/or serial killers. I can live with sharing the road with these guys.

But women drivers? That's where I get off.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:03 PM (NWBBy)

7 I always wonder in such stories of "corporate layoffs", just how many of those laid off are those who actually do the work the company is selling, and how many are those "in corporate", i.e., useless pencil pushers.

Posted by: Eeyore at September 04, 2022 12:03 PM (TgBWG)

8 Idea for a book or at least a title, Die, Versity, Die!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2022 12:04 PM (FVME7)

9 While each candidate has his or her own story, overwhelmingly I heard them talk about the lack of acceptance of diversity and perceived lack of opportunity within our industry.

Well of course. He only talked to the people who deserved to be heard, not those icky people who disagreed with him.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2022 12:04 PM (llON8)

10 To coin a phrase; faster, please.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 04, 2022 12:05 PM (BFigT)

11 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 04, 2022 12:05 PM (T4tVD)

12 Possibly related, the CFO of Bed, Bath and Beyond suicided himself in NYC recently. Took a walk out on to his patio.
Problem, no patio. 18 floors down.
Posted by: gourmand du jour, prepping like mad at September 04, 2022 12:03 PM (jTmQV)

Saw a headline recently, they're closing something like 750 stores. Probably related.

But then, BBB is part of the Lex Wexner empire, and Wexner's empire exists basically to feed the Pedophile Industrial Complex.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:05 PM (NWBBy)

13 Mr. Fuller offers contrition for being born a straight, white male, of course.

-
"Straight"? Are you certain?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2022 12:06 PM (FVME7)

14
... overwhelmingly I heard them talk about the lack of acceptance of diversity and perceived lack of opportunity within our industry.

I'll take "Something That Never Happened" for $800, Alex

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at September 04, 2022 12:07 PM (pNxlR)

15 How to answer the age old question...Which came first? Wokeness or Brokeness?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 04, 2022 12:07 PM (K5n5d)

16 Being on construction jobs that get all kinds of deliveries a fair amount of woman drivers

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2022 12:07 PM (k8B25)

17 I was born a poor black child.

Posted by: Navin Johnson at September 04, 2022 12:07 PM (Zvtjl)

18 I dunno. 140 out of 1,400 isn't exactly devastating. I'd bet the layoffs were all whites. I'd bet the director of diversity still has their cushy office. And I'd bet Fuller is patting himself on the back for his fiscal prudence. smh

Posted by: Darth Chipmunk at September 04, 2022 12:08 PM (ZC8hN)

19 Idea for a book or at least a title, Die, Versity, Die!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2022 12:04 PM (FVME7)

I like it. A book, or maybe a Swedish death metal song/band name.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:08 PM (NWBBy)

20 I saw a woman driving a big rig the other day.

It is known that many truck drivers are drunks, pill poppers and/or serial killers. I can live with sharing the road with these guys.

But women drivers? That's where I get off.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:03 PM (NWBBy)

Was her hair perfect?

Posted by: Zombie Warren Zevon at September 04, 2022 12:08 PM (4I/2K)

21 I bet his wife busted his gay hookup site to kick off his religious woke-awakening

Posted by: Fish at September 04, 2022 12:08 PM (etk02)

22 Putting the beyond in Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at September 04, 2022 12:09 PM (wI5XX)

23 Being on construction jobs that get all kinds of deliveries a fair amount of woman drivers
Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2022 12:07 PM (k8B25)

Well, more women drivers probably WOULD mean fewer serial killers on the road.

Probably.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:10 PM (NWBBy)

24 Maybe Fuller should look for employees like Patricia Trimble, a transgender feminist, activist, and advocate for the incarcerated LGBTQ+ community.

https://tinyurl.com/c6ntwczh

Posted by: rhennigantx at September 04, 2022 12:10 PM (BRHaw)

25 You've heard of the guy who couldn't get laid in a women's prison with a handful of pardons? Well, this guy couldn't make a profit trucking during the greatest transportation crisis in US history.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2022 12:10 PM (FVME7)

26 I think the failure cascade is picking up speed and mass.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2022 12:10 PM (4I/2K)

27 Telling your employees that you think they're bad people is probably good for company morale.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:11 PM (eGTCV)

28 But women drivers? That's where I get off.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:03 PM (NWBBy)

Was her hair perfect?
Posted by: Zombie Warren Zevon at September 04, 2022 12:08 PM (4I/2K)

Were you standing on a corner in Winslow, AZ?

Posted by: Zomie Glenn Frey at September 04, 2022 12:12 PM (NWBBy)

29
Well, more women drivers probably WOULD mean fewer serial killers on the road.

Probably.
Posted by: BurtTC

Their brains are squirming like a toad.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at September 04, 2022 12:12 PM (pNxlR)

30 Posted by: Zomie Glenn Frey at September 04, 2022 12:12 PM (NWBBy)

Zombie.

I hate SoCal rock.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:12 PM (NWBBy)

31 Telling your employees that you think they're bad people is probably good for company morale.
Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:11 PM (eGTCV)

And for your customers with a choice in trucking companies for their deliveries.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2022 12:12 PM (4I/2K)

32 Possibly related, the CFO of Bed, Bath and Beyond suicided himself in NYC recently. Took a walk out on to his patio.
Problem, no patio. 18 floors down.
Posted by: gourmand du jour, prepping like mad at September 04, 2022 12:03 PM (jTmQV)
***
Not exactly the splash alluded to above.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2022 12:13 PM (anj39)

33
"Fat Man on the Ottoman"Short ShortStory challenge accepted and completed at the end of the Book Thread.

You're welcome!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 04, 2022 12:14 PM (5NkmN)

34 We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

And

How true it is that God does not show favoritism

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at September 04, 2022 12:14 PM (K0jo2)

35 Think about the advantages that you have and how different their experiences are than yours.

Like a CDL, maybe?

Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2022 12:15 PM (AwYPR)

36 Fuller went full Colon Krapsondick

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2022 12:15 PM (6mtmk)

37 Fuel costs likely throttled them as well. Let's see how they do if diesel cones down.

Posted by: Tom C at September 04, 2022 12:15 PM (ay7oK)

38
Eric Fuller is just another pivot man in the woke CEOs' circle jerk.

He relates to YOU!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at September 04, 2022 12:16 PM (pNxlR)

39 But at least Eric Fuller got to suck his own dick for a while?

Posted by: Drew in MO at September 04, 2022 12:17 PM (cGlgB)

40 You're all worthless and weak.

Doug Neidermeyer

Posted by: Archer at September 04, 2022 12:17 PM (uZXEm)

41 But then, BBB is part of the Lex Wexner empire, and Wexner's empire exists basically to feed the Pedophile Industrial Complex.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:05 PM (NWBBy)

How is Wexner involved with BBB. The founders were Warren Eisenberg and Leonard Feinstein. They were one of my audit clients back in the day, and I do not recall them ever selling out. Most of the shares are held by institutions now.

Posted by: Tofer732 at September 04, 2022 12:18 PM (imVto)

42 What an asshole.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 04, 2022 12:18 PM (guGkK)

43 >>> 37 Fuel costs likely throttled them as well. Let's see how they do if diesel cones down.

Posted by: Tom C at September 04, 2022 12:15 PM (ay7oK)

Because none of their competitors were dealing with the exact same environment?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2022 12:19 PM (llON8)

44 Everyone knows all truckers are southern bigots who listen to country music and talk funny on CB radios. Just ask anyone from the media.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2022 12:19 PM (anj39)

45 I wonder if major truckers like Old Dominion or ABF had layoffs also?

Posted by: clutch at September 04, 2022 12:19 PM (9UmRs)

46 Hey Doug, how's your horse?

Posted by: Anna Puma at September 04, 2022 12:19 PM (6mtmk)

47 9 While each candidate has his or her own story, overwhelmingly I heard them talk about the lack of acceptance of diversity and perceived lack of opportunity within our industry.

Well of course. He only talked to the people who deserved to be heard, not those icky people who disagreed with him.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2022 12:04 PM (llON

Yeah, you are in a Job interview, TRYING to get a job, and the guy giving the interview askes you about diversity... think you are going to say its NOT a problem?

Checkbox checked.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2022 12:20 PM (oHd/0)

48 Everyone knows all truckers are southern bigots who listen to country music and talk funny on CB radios. Just ask anyone from the media.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2022 12:19

And they frightened Justin Castreau.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:21 PM (eGTCV)

49 Diversity
Inclusion
Equity

It spells "DIE"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 04, 2022 12:21 PM (guGkK)

50 How did we get from "created equal" to who can claim the greatest victimhood with attendant demands?

More importantly, how do we get back? God have mercy.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at September 04, 2022 12:21 PM (K0jo2)

51
Fuel costs likely throttled them as well.

Oh, Eric Fuller is a throttler, indeed he is! But not of fuel costs.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at September 04, 2022 12:22 PM (pNxlR)

52 well, they say the best revenge is taking their money

and in the antique biz, well, the revenge opportunities were plentiful

Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 12:22 PM (us2H3)

53 37 Fuel costs likely throttled them as well. Let's see how they do if diesel cones down.

Posted by: Tom C

What's a diesel cone ?

Posted by: JT at September 04, 2022 12:22 PM (T4tVD)

54 When a company goes woke, goes BLM, goes sodomite or goes democrat, I close my wallet and release the safety on my Browning.

It gets fun after awhile as I enjoy the challenge of avoiding the commie bastards and finding suitable replacements where and when I can.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 04, 2022 12:22 PM (R/m4+)

55 In Minnesota the big teachers union there is very proud of its official policy that it will lay off white people first, regardless of merit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 04, 2022 12:23 PM (guGkK)

56 What's a diesel cone ?

$20, same as downtown.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions at September 04, 2022 12:23 PM (wI5XX)

57 Fuller was likely indoctrinated into being "woke." That seems to be the M.O. of the diversity crowd. Hell, might have been from his own family... who knows.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 04, 2022 12:23 PM (BFigT)

58 I missed the part about being qualified to do the job. Does a CDL come with a de-versity rating?

Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2022 12:23 PM (Jl5lp)

59 It gets fun after awhile as I enjoy the challenge of avoiding the commie bastards and finding suitable replacements where and when I can.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 04, 2022 12:22 PM (R/m4+)

Come back. We've changed!

Posted by: Gillette at September 04, 2022 12:24 PM (guGkK)

60 Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:05 PM (NWBBy)

How is Wexner involved with BBB. The founders were Warren Eisenberg and Leonard Feinstein. They were one of my audit clients back in the day, and I do not recall them ever selling out. Most of the shares are held by institutions now.
Posted by: Tofer732 at September 04, 2022 12:18 PM (imVto)

Sorry, Wexner owns Bath and Body Works, which, given that I don't know anything about bathing, I thought was BBB.

Not the same company, apparently. My mistake.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:24 PM (NWBBy)

61 Maybe CEO Eric Fuller can schedule a get away by driving a vintage red Plymouth Valiant across the California desert.

Drive Friendly!

Posted by: Psychotic truck driver in an old, slow Peterbilt tanker at September 04, 2022 12:24 PM (4I/2K)

62 Are dudes in dresses able to parallel park their big rigs?

Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:24 PM (eGTCV)

63 While each candidate has his or her own story, overwhelmingly I heard them talk about the lack of acceptance of diversity and perceived lack of opportunity within our industry.

How about best qualified? Best work ethic? Best judgement? Strong moral compass?

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at September 04, 2022 12:24 PM (K0jo2)

64 What's a diesel cone ?

$20, same as downtown.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko Solutions

Inflation fighting diesel cone !

Posted by: JT at September 04, 2022 12:25 PM (T4tVD)

65 While each candidate has his or her own story, overwhelmingly I heard them talk about the lack of acceptance of diversity and perceived lack of opportunity within our industry

Was that before or after you announced to the world what your "magic hiring words" would be?

Posted by: Chuck C at September 04, 2022 12:25 PM (xttsV)

66 I wonder if diversity has infiltrated the lot lizards

Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 12:25 PM (us2H3)

67 Maybe he is laying off all the conservative, Christian, straight white males and any white women who are straight or not in a relationship with a POC.
He intends to hire only gay and POC for his business. And only do business with gay and POC customers.

Posted by: obsidian at September 04, 2022 12:25 PM (nXoAk)

68 Unsurprisingly, this privileged white man who inherited his executive position from his daddy, accused truck drivers of being toxic people with white privilege.

Who's your daddy now, simpering douchebag?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 04, 2022 12:26 PM (Xrfse)

69
Sorry, Wexner owns Bath and Body Works, which, given that I don't know anything about bathing, I thought was BBB.

Care to rephrase that, BurtTC?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at September 04, 2022 12:26 PM (pNxlR)

70 37 Fuel costs likely throttled them as well. Let's see how they do if diesel cones down.

Posted by: Tom C at September 04, 2022 12:15 PM (ay7oK)

Diesel Exhaust Fluid shortage is about to hit... enviros will make it so trucks can't even run.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2022 12:26 PM (oHd/0)

71 I remain friends with people inside a certain three-letter intelligence agency. I have seen the line-ups for promotion and assignment boards, and they now include DIE representatives, by title: "Female representative", "Minority Representative", etc. Nothing about the reps having any qualification for their selection decisions. And I have seen the questions for job assignment consideration: 1 in 5 relates to the work; the remaining 4 are DIE topic-related.

This all happened in the past 10 years.

Posted by: goatexchange at September 04, 2022 12:26 PM (APPN8)

72 I might be wrong but I don't think sodomites are drawn to trucking.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:27 PM (eGTCV)

73 Doubt the laid off were truckers. Probably office staff that can easily transfer to lot lizards.

Posted by: Regular joe at September 04, 2022 12:27 PM (nnp+f)

74 Surprisingly, he didn't go to an Ivy League school, which I assumed - just the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

He did enroll in the Harvard Business School "Young American Leaders Program" last year as his business was melting down.

However, he did go to The McCallie School, allegedly the best private high school in Tennessee. Other alumni are Howard Baker, Pat Robertson, and Ted Turner.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2022 12:27 PM (I2/tG)

75 Unsurprisingly, this privileged white man who inherited his executive position from his daddy, accused truck drivers of being toxic people with white privilege.

He learned that in kollidge.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 04, 2022 12:27 PM (guGkK)

76 Care to rephrase that, BurtTC?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at September 04, 2022 12:26 PM (pNxlR)

*sniffs armpits*

No!

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:27 PM (NWBBy)

77 62 Are dudes in dresses able to parallel park their big rigs?
Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:24 PM (eGTCV)

Bitch tryin to double clutch in High Heels!

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2022 12:28 PM (oHd/0)

78 Everyone knows all truckers are southern bigots who listen to country music and talk funny on CB radios. Just ask anyone from the media.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 04, 2022 12:19 PM (anj39)

But we are folk heroes!

Posted by: Bandit and Cledus at September 04, 2022 12:28 PM (4I/2K)

79 He did enroll in the Harvard Business School "Young American Leaders Program" last year as his business was melting down.

That probably had something to do with his sudden embrace of "diversity".

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2022 12:28 PM (I2/tG)

80 I remain friends with people inside a certain three-letter intelligence agency. I have seen the line-ups for promotion and assignment boards, and they now include DIE representatives, by title: "Female representative", "Minority Representative", etc. Nothing about the reps having any qualification for their selection decisions. And I have seen the questions for job assignment consideration: 1 in 5 relates to the work; the remaining 4 are DIE topic-related.

Sounds like their workforce can be reduced by 4/5. Especially since they are likely paid with tax dollars.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at September 04, 2022 12:29 PM (K0jo2)

81 72 I might be wrong but I don't think sodomites are drawn to trucking.
Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:27 PM (eGTCV)

I'll back up for you sweetie.... Just put the package in the rear!

Posted by: Gay Trucker at September 04, 2022 12:29 PM (oHd/0)

82 I might be wrong but I don't think sodomites are drawn to trucking.
Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:27 PM (eGTCV)

Just imagine truck stop glory holes, from coast to coast.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 04, 2022 12:30 PM (guGkK)

83 Unsurprisingly, this privileged white man who inherited his executive position from his daddy, accused truck drivers of being toxic people with white privilege.

Similar to white male tenured faculty members at universities, who are all in in their support of "diversity", but somehow never offer to resign their jobs so that the faculty can become even more diverse.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2022 12:31 PM (I2/tG)

84 I don't think people had an issue with woke's predecessor, equal opportunity, it's vengeful preferences that are disturbing. The Harrison Bergeron handicapping by privilege points, that is odious, divisive and destructive to society.

Posted by: CN at September 04, 2022 12:31 PM (Zzbjj)

85 I assume the layoffs are not of actual truck drivers since there is a shortage of that profession.

Posted by: polynikes at September 04, 2022 12:31 PM (ZB6WQ)

86 Just imagine truck stop glory holes, from coast to coast.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 04, 2022 12:30 PM (guGkK)

And all that bragging about big rigs.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:31 PM (eGTCV)

87 Sounds like their workforce can be reduced by 4/5. Especially since they are likely paid with tax dollars.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at September 04, 2022 12:29 PM (K0jo2)

I don't know about three letter agencies, but if you work in some industries, nearly all leadership is female, and they feel the need to tell you their pronouns, even though when discussing new hires, they almost always use the word "she" when talking about potential, theoretical candidates.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:32 PM (NWBBy)

88 *sighs* Oh, how far we have fallen from the glory days.

Posted by: B. J. and the Bear at September 04, 2022 12:32 PM (4I/2K)

89 80 I remain friends with people inside a certain three-letter intelligence agency. I have seen the line-ups for promotion and assignment boards, and they now include DIE representatives, by title: "Female representative", "Minority Representative", etc. Nothing about the reps having any qualification for their selection decisions. And I have seen the questions for job assignment consideration: 1 in 5 relates to the work; the remaining 4 are DIE topic-related.

Sounds like their workforce can be reduced by 4/5. Especially since they are likely paid with tax dollars.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at September 04, 2022 12:29 PM (K0jo2)

US Military for E-7 and above since Bush the Senior. As I had to explain to my Liberal Brother, he knows only ONE person who can PROOVE he was discriminated against due to Race and Sex... me... a White Male in the Military.

Posted by: Fromeo13 at September 04, 2022 12:32 PM (oHd/0)

90 Everyone realizes how hard it is to actually fail at logistics these days? Right? As long as you can find drivers - sometimes a big if - it is a money printing industry. Well done stupid as fuck woke CEO.

Posted by: Black JEM at September 04, 2022 12:32 PM (xWZcb)

91 That probably had something to do with his sudden embrace of "diversity".

IMO it is mass hypnosis.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at September 04, 2022 12:32 PM (K0jo2)

92 Totally unrelated:

https://tinyurl.com/2wswkxb4

Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2022 12:33 PM (AwYPR)

93 n the previous year, I’ve interviewed multiple, highly skilled candidates for roles at U.S. Xpress. While each candidate has his or her own story, overwhelmingly I heard them talk about the lack of acceptance of diversity and perceived lack of opportunity within our industry.

First, I don't accept for a second that his truck driver candidates said anything about diversity. That's just a lie. Also, notice that he conflates "lack of acceptance of diversity" with "perceived lack of opportunity within our industry. IOW, a gay black driver is just the same as a guy who just thinks your company sucks.

Finally, why don't you show us the way by resigning a top position you didn't earn, and handing it over to a black trannie. No? Quelle surprise.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2022 12:33 PM (/NCI4)

94 Are company human resources people required to as about sexual preferences?

Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:33 PM (eGTCV)

95 I'll back up for you sweetie.... Just put the package in the rear!
Posted by: Gay Trucker at September 04, 2022 12:29 PM (oHd/0)

Ewww, that's way too... something or other.

See, this is why I don't bathe.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:33 PM (NWBBy)

96 Cicero, good point. That probably falls under the bennies package.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2022 12:33 PM (Jl5lp)

97 *sighs* Oh, how far we have fallen from the glory days.
Posted by: B. J. and the Bear at September 04, 2022 12:32 PM (4I/2K)

I dunno, seems from what they're saying, part of the problem is NOT hiring enough bears.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:35 PM (NWBBy)

98 You'd think the lessons not learned by Target would give pause to those contemplating going "woke." Or Bed, Bath & Beyond. Or Netflix. Or...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 04, 2022 12:35 PM (BFigT)

99 Possibly related, the CFO of Bed, Bath and Beyond suicided himself in NYC recently. Took a walk out on to his patio.
Problem, no patio. 18 floors down.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, prepping like mad at September 04, 2022 12:03 PM

All because he got mad at the My Pillow guy for helping Trump and banned his stuff in all of their stores.

Posted by: Mister Scott (formerly GWS) at September 04, 2022 12:35 PM (bVYXr)

100 If you say you're gay in order to get a job do you actually have to do gay stuff?
Asking for a friend.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:36 PM (eGTCV)

101 >>> 98 You'd think the lessons not learned by Target would give pause to those contemplating going "woke." Or Bed, Bath & Beyond. Or Netflix. Or...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 04, 2022 12:35 PM (BFigT)

They didn't have The Right People In Charge.

Posted by: leftists at September 04, 2022 12:36 PM (llON8)

102 Mr Fuller can show his dedication to diversity by giving up his own job to the first purple haired non gender specific black person he finds.

Until then, stfu.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 04, 2022 12:36 PM (U2p+3)

103 If one were alive and aware during at least part of the actual civil rights era, this transformation of the society into a whining self-degrading weird (if so far mostly non-violent) hybrid of Nazi Germany and China during the Cultural Revolution is particularly sickening.

One of the neighbors is a youngish buy in banking (major US bank firm). He described the surreal zoom/conference call for new hires/intros of new staff that happened in early 2021 (after the racist-totalitarian street festival of 2020). These calls are routine and periodic.

He said this time, in start weird contrast to all previous such events, the new people being introduced (guess if there were any white males!) had Zero substantive introduction. That is, whereas normally people are introduced by their background, expertise, and therefore how they can contribute to company operations/team organizations, this time, bupkis. Not a word about relevant capacity or experience. He said it was bizarre and creepy.

Social and moral rot. Civil rights and Americanism (in its full historical sense) turned upside down, incinerated.

Posted by: rhomboid at September 04, 2022 12:36 PM (OTzUX)

104 Has anyone been fired for lying about being gay?

Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:37 PM (eGTCV)

105 95 I'll back up for you sweetie.... Just put the package in the rear!
Posted by: Gay Trucker at September 04, 2022 12:29 PM (oHd/0)

Ewww, that's way too... something or other.

See, this is why I don't bathe.
Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:33 PM (NWBBy)

Funny thing... a few years back I DATED a very Hot (not pretty, but smokin body) female long haul trucker. She had been driving for about 10 years... and through her met a couple of FLAMING Gay Truckers. Guys were so over the top they were a stereotype.... and yet... at the company Christmas Party? No one cared.

Posted by: Fromeo13 at September 04, 2022 12:37 PM (oHd/0)

106 "stark weird contrast"

Posted by: rhomboid at September 04, 2022 12:37 PM (OTzUX)

107 All because he got mad at the My Pillow guy for helping Trump and banned his stuff in all of their stores.

This sequence of events amuses me. I denounce myself.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at September 04, 2022 12:38 PM (K0jo2)

108 First, I don't accept for a second that his truck driver candidates said anything about diversity. That's just a lie.

Of course it is. It's lies, all the way down with these tools.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at September 04, 2022 12:38 PM (Xrfse)

109 >The chief financial officer of retail giant Bed Bath & Beyond threw himself out of the 18th floor window of the "Jenga Building" in downtown Manhattan on Friday, according to sources.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 04, 2022 12:38 PM (ybIRR)

110 80 A long time ago I was a union conscript (closed shop). One afternoon shift, I decided a union meeting was preferable to hanging around the shop, free beer after. I go to the meeting, and in between things, go to the head. I come back and my so called friends nominated and elected me to union guide. Once I found out about the words "union business" for skating, I didn't mind. Putting stuff on the bulletin board, I notice stuff like VV (Vietnam Veteran) of course DV (disabled vet) and BFVV. Black Female Vietnam Veteran. Ran into the HR guy and he said with all the federal contacts it was the smart thing to do.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 04, 2022 12:39 PM (lz5hY)

111 91 That probably had something to do with his sudden embrace of "diversity".

IMO it is mass hypnosis.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at September 04, 2022 12:32 PM (K0jo2)

Tucker had an interview with Mattias Desmet on mass formation psychosis

Tucker said he was the most intelligent person he has ever interviewed

I agree 100%

Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 12:39 PM (us2H3)

112 Wow.... Fromeo? LOL.... neeeddddd cofeefee

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2022 12:39 PM (oHd/0)

113 Who was the Moron around here several years ago that ran Decision Desk? He was a truck dispatcher of something, right? He called all of us racists and deplorables, as I recall.

Posted by: Grimmy at September 04, 2022 12:40 PM (1+8QW)

114 109 >The chief financial officer of retail giant Bed Bath & Beyond threw himself out of the 18th floor window of the "Jenga Building" in downtown Manhattan on Friday, according to sources.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 04, 2022 12:38 PM (ybIRR)

they tried to save him with an array of MY Pillows

OOPS

Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 12:40 PM (us2H3)

115 Tucker had an interview with Mattias Desmet on mass formation psychosis

Tucker said he was the most intelligent person he has ever interviewed

I agree 100%
Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 12:39 PM (us2H3)

They proved they could fool most of the people, all of the time, with MAN MADE Global Warmering.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2022 12:40 PM (oHd/0)

116 The chief financial officer of retail giant Bed Bath & Beyond threw himself out of the 18th floor window of the "Jenga Building" in downtown Manhattan on Friday, according to sources.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 04, 2022 12:38 PM (ybIRR)

See also "fell...plunged".

Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2022 12:41 PM (AwYPR)

117 114 109 >The chief financial officer of retail giant Bed Bath & Beyond threw himself out of the 18th floor window of the "Jenga Building" in downtown Manhattan on Friday, according to sources.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 04, 2022 12:38 PM (ybIRR)

they tried to save him with an array of MY Pillows

OOPS
Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 12:40 PM (us2H3)

So.... Jenga building? did it collapse?

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2022 12:41 PM (oHd/0)

118 If you say you're gay in order to get a job do you actually have to do gay stuff?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:36 PM (eGTCV)

Preserve the mystery by occasionally wearing some fabulous accessory (e.g. feather boa) or adopt a look from Tom of Finland. Maybe ask Garrett for pointers.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2022 12:42 PM (4I/2K)

119 The chief financial officer of retail giant Bed Bath & Beyond threw himself out of the 18th floor window of the "Jenga Building" in downtown Manhattan on Friday, according to sources.

That's really sad. I can't imaging being so invested in my job that I'd kill myself over it, even if I'd utterly screwed the pooch.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2022 12:42 PM (/NCI4)

120 Social and moral rot. Civil rights and Americanism (in its full historical sense) turned upside down, incinerated

True, which is why this topic saddens me. I don't think this rot can last though. Companies will be destroyed, but just like countries, there is a lot of ruin in them. They can run a long time on past momentum.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at September 04, 2022 12:42 PM (K0jo2)

121 So.... Jenga building? did it collapse?
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2022 12:41 PM (oHd/0)

lol

Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 12:43 PM (us2H3)

122 Aren't you glad you use DIAL? Don't you wish BurtTC did?

Posted by: Serial Offender at September 04, 2022 12:44 PM (PIlQh)

123 In Minnesota the big teachers union there is very proud of its official policy that it will lay off white people first, regardless of merit.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the white people ever done for us?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2022 12:45 PM (FVME7)

124 I must run. Enjoy the day Morons!

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at September 04, 2022 12:45 PM (K0jo2)

125 bill in arkansas, that is a good story, also a well known tactic in committee.
Always take care of biological biz before the committee convenes, and never leave the room.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, prepping like mad at September 04, 2022 12:45 PM (jTmQV)

126 The chief financial officer of retail giant Bed Bath & Beyond threw himself out of the 18th floor window of the "Jenga Building" in downtown Manhattan on Friday, according to sources.

So, he threw himself to the mercy of the "BEYoooooooonnnnnndddddd!!!".

That act ended up flat.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 04, 2022 12:45 PM (LsEU/)

127 Bed, Bath, Beyond's CFO just might have been about to be outed as gay, a p3d0, going through a "transition" or some other woke bullshit and couldn't take the heat.

Or, s/h/it was robbing the joint blind and funneling money into an account in the Caymans.

Whatever the case... obviously damaged in one way or another to jump out of a building.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 04, 2022 12:46 PM (BFigT)

128 113 I went to school with a guy who went into the Corps at the same time. Said classmate went into motor T and became a dispatcher, not really a dum dum job when you're moving a division. Gets out, goes into dispatching with a motor freight company and meets old friends from Youngstown, OH. Got busted on a very broad hijacking investigation. Who says you can't learn a trade?

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 04, 2022 12:46 PM (lz5hY)

129 Aren't you glad you use DIAL? Don't you wish BurtTC did?
Posted by: Serial Offender at September 04, 2022 12:44 PM (PIlQh)

Our use of Whisk laundry detergent for his ring around the collar problem is staggering.

Posted by: Mrs. BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:46 PM (4I/2K)

130 Finally, why don't you show us the way by resigning a top position you didn't earn, and handing it over to a black trannie. No? Quelle surprise.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2022 12:33 PM (/NCI4)

Bah! That babbling nepot earned his sinecure fair and square!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 04, 2022 12:46 PM (guGkK)

131 threw himself out of the 18th floor window

Interesting phrasing. Did he shoot himself in the back of the head first?

Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2022 12:48 PM (Jg92y)

132 His failure is that much more epic when you consider how high the demand is for truck drivers. What a phony socialist tool he is.

Posted by: Eternity Matters at September 04, 2022 12:48 PM (MTm8X)

133 6 I saw a woman driving a big rig the other day.
---------
Really? What is a woman? You get only one guess.

Posted by: Beastly at September 04, 2022 12:50 PM (LILf+)

134 Hey... whatever happened to the guy who stole a plane and was going to crash it into a Walmart? Obviously he didn't do that or it would have been all over the newz.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 04, 2022 12:50 PM (BFigT)

135 It's true, trucking is racist.

It requires a drivers license, which we know BIPOCs don't have.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 04, 2022 12:50 PM (oTwe2)

136 They proved they could fool most of the people, all of the time, with MAN MADE Global Warmering.
Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2022 12:40 PM (oHd/0)

you can fool some of the people some of the time

and that makes for a pretty good business

WC Fields

Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 12:51 PM (us2H3)

137 Interesting phrasing. Did he shoot himself in the back of the head first?
Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2022 12:48 PM (Jg92y)

I was trying to work out the passive phrasing for this event.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 04, 2022 12:51 PM (ybIRR)

138 Given the choice of Bed, Bath and Beyond, that CFO chose the latter.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 04, 2022 12:51 PM (i+ZVt)

139 Total BS that trucking is racist. Friend of mine owns a construction company, and her drivers are all Hispanic immigrants and net about $180K to $200K/year.

They are quite proud of their success and their skill. Maybe this CEO should look at himself before calling out everyone else.

Posted by: Ultra pj at September 04, 2022 12:51 PM (G1dq6)

140 So, he threw himself to the mercy of the "BEYoooooooonnnnnndddddd!!!".

That act ended up flat.
Posted by: Tonypete at September 04, 2022 12:45 PM (LsEU/)

I still remember the spatula ride to the hospital.

Posted by: Rachel Corrie at September 04, 2022 12:51 PM (guGkK)

141 CEO throws himself of a building--how very 1930's of him.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 04, 2022 12:51 PM (Jl5lp)

142 Talk here of truck driving, and yet, nobody has made mention of the C. W. McCall anthem to the industry and the 11 long haired friends of Jesus in a chartreuse microbus. Disappointed.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 04, 2022 12:52 PM (lz5hY)

143 133 6 I saw a woman driving a big rig the other day.

most of the time, women ride big rigs

the times , they are a changing

Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 12:52 PM (us2H3)

144 Totally unrelated:

https://tinyurl.com/2wswkxb4
Posted by: BignJames

Holy shit! I hear the hoofbeats of the Four Horsemen!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2022 12:53 PM (FVME7)

145 Care to rephrase that, BurtTC?
-------
*sniffs armpits*

No!

I would say that BurtTC is uninvited from the MoMe but honestly, there's a reason it's held in a barn.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 04, 2022 12:53 PM (nfrXX)

146 Boy, that Jenga Building is ugly:
https://bit.ly/3KLg7NM

CFO of a huge company and you're only living on the 18th floor of a 57-floor 'prestige' building?

Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2022 12:54 PM (Jg92y)

147 Interesting phrasing. Did he shoot himself in the back of the head first?
Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2022 12:48 PM (Jg92y)

With a misc parts-bin assembled "family heirloom" pistol that no one in the family, especially his wife, recalls ever seeing before?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2022 12:54 PM (4I/2K)

148 Judtin Castreau says truckers are racist, homophobic, tranny hating fascists.

Mind you he is complete scum.

Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:54 PM (eGTCV)

149 >>> Posted by: Beastly at September 04, 2022 12:50 PM (LILf+)

Are you a biologist?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2022 12:54 PM (llON8)

150 Total BS that trucking is racist. Friend of mine owns a construction company, and her drivers are all Hispanic immigrants and net about $180K to $200K/year.

I may have made some poor life choices.

Posted by: Oddbob at September 04, 2022 12:55 PM (nfrXX)

151 Holy shit! I hear the hoofbeats of the Four Horsemen!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2022 12:53 PM (FVME7)

My advice?...Learn to brew...it ain't hard.

Posted by: BignJames at September 04, 2022 12:55 PM (AwYPR)

152 Metaphor coming down:

https://tinyurl.com/uss9a22t

The irony... it burns.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 04, 2022 12:56 PM (BFigT)

153 Care to rephrase that, BurtTC?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at September 04, 2022 12:26 PM (pNxlR)

*sniffs armpits*

No!
Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:27 PM (NWBBy)

(flashes on image of SAC general sniffing armpits in Monty Python Mr. Neutron sketch)

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 04, 2022 12:57 PM (ZSK0i)

154 Hey... whatever happened to the guy who stole a plane and was going to crash it into a Walmart? Obviously he didn't do that or it would have been all over the newz.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Crash landed in a soybean field with no serious injuries to anyone and even the plane salvageable.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=21rzTC9bVFA&t=165s

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2022 12:57 PM (FVME7)

155 18th floor is embarrassing. You need at least 30 floors to do it properly.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 04, 2022 12:58 PM (ybIRR)

156 The 3B guy was a multi-millionaire. I'm not convinced it was just the layoffs that drove him to it. He could have moved on to another company and they would have welcomed his woke ways, I'm sure.

Likely he was dealing with other things.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at September 04, 2022 12:58 PM (ahGLX)

157 >>> 152 Metaphor coming down:

https://tinyurl.com/uss9a22t

The irony... it burns.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 04, 2022 12:56 PM (BFigT)

Odds the driver qualifies for Joey B's proposed college loan reduction?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2022 12:58 PM (llON8)

158 I'll wear a feather boa and 5" if it will get me the job of CEO of US Express.

That fucking incompetent should be at 99% utilization and making a profit, and if he isn't, he and the people he has running rhe company just suck at their jobs.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 04, 2022 12:59 PM (bBhnz)

159 155 18th floor is embarrassing. You need at least 30 floors to do it properly.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 04, 2022 12:58 PM (ybIRR)

pffffft

Posted by: Capucine at September 04, 2022 12:59 PM (us2H3)

160 Following up on your BFF Allahbuttpundit, who quit Hot Air ( which is dying a slow painful death after Michelle left it). The TDS crowd welcomed him with open arms.

Posted by: Tom C at September 04, 2022 01:02 PM (UC9jk)

161 Mr. Fuller made it very clear that the focus of his leadership had nothing to do with shipping goods, or making a profit, but instead on things such as

filling a need within my self to feel important.

I'm taking you away from your task, your project, to rob your time, bore, distract and irritate you that I may divert your attention to my need.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 01:02 PM (jmn+9)

162 Daddy, Max, creates a giant and son, Eric, quickly proceeds to kill the golden goose.

Posted by: EveR at September 04, 2022 01:02 PM (MUpk6)

163 This being the final week of the Brattleboro Women's Consciousness Camp, we are offended that Ben Had was threatening to shoot all the doves the other day. No, we didn't hear the final death toll, but that attitude may leave the LGTBQI hunters of coler with no protein options for this fall. Supremacy on parade!

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro at September 04, 2022 01:03 PM (PIlQh)

164 With a misc parts-bin assembled "family heirloom" pistol that no one in the family, especially his wife, recalls ever seeing before?
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2022 12:54 PM (4I/2K)

Dpn't be silly, this is not Alberto Nisman

Posted by: Kindltot at September 04, 2022 01:03 PM (xhaym)

165 I got a partial order on some vitamins and other supplements, with the tracking deal. One bottle,three stops, in GA, followed by a trip up to Kansas City MO, down to Fayettville, AR, and maybe get it Monday which is a holday. We need diversity and equity and more stuff in the transportation industry.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 04, 2022 01:03 PM (lz5hY)

166 161. Common among younger people. Sad, but true. I've heard a lot of bitching about how employers are duty bound to provide you with fulfillment...at a great salary.

Posted by: CN at September 04, 2022 01:05 PM (Zzbjj)

167 we had a shop boy who was a pickle puffer

my wife and I called this one rich customer "Luv ya tons" in private cuz she would always say that instead of good bye

once, the fag brought the woman a cup of tea and said "here is your tea, Luv Ya Tons"

she turned bright red

my wife was like "get your shit and get out" and the fag said "your firing me just because I'm gay"

she said" It aint helping "

Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 01:06 PM (us2H3)

168 Saw a TV news report this a.m. with an explanatory chyron reading, “Trump uses campaign speech to praise Chinese leader Xi Jinping.”

PDT basically said in the three-minute clip that foreign leaders [Xi and Putin] aren’t dementia-ridden eff-ups but are at the top of their game, using a Hollywood casting analogy.

Ironically enough it included PDT saying, “A lot of times I’ll say ‘somebody’s smart’ and the Fake News goes, ‘He called President Xi smart! He rules with an iron fist 1.5 billion people’. Yeah, I’d say he’s smart….”

BTW, PDT’s ‘1.5 billion’ sounded a bit like ‘million’ but re-listening to it multiple times I think it was just his speech mannerisms like saying ‘Chyna!’ and he wasn't pulling a Biden.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 04, 2022 01:06 PM (yikp0)

169 The chief financial officer of retail giant Bed Bath & Beyond threw himself out of the 18th floor window of the "Jenga Building" in downtown Manhattan on Friday, according to sources.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at September 04, 2022 12:38 PM (ybIRR)

Well, it's a start.

More please.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at September 04, 2022 01:07 PM (R/m4+)

170 164 With a misc parts-bin assembled "family heirloom" pistol that no one in the family, especially his wife, recalls ever seeing before?
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2022 12:54 PM (4I/2K)
------------------

Does it look like a pistol?
Are you going to fire it from a mechanical device or hold it in you hand to test it?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 01:08 PM (jmn+9)

171 From Insty:

The 52-year-old, who is also the company’s executive vice president, lept to his death as the company announced last week they were instituting mass layoffs and closing 150 stores. [Gustavo] Arnal made over $2.9 million in 2021 which resulted from a $775,000 salary and stock awards. According to the Daily Mail, Arnal was being sued for ‘allegedly inflating the Bed Bath & Beyond’s stock price in a ‘pump and dump’ scheme.’”

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2022 01:08 PM (/NCI4)

172 What use is a corporate board for a trucking company without a former school superintendent to set policy? US Xpress checks all the boxes!

Posted by: EveR at September 04, 2022 01:08 PM (MUpk6)

173 171. Ah, didn't want to be prosecuted

Posted by: CN at September 04, 2022 01:09 PM (Zzbjj)

174 In fairness to CEO Fuller, it may not be the wokeness that actually destroyed his business. Although the collapse of the company commenced shortly after he became a woke evangelist, he likely knew how badly he had mismanaged the company, and how bad things were about to get.

Yeah, I take some schadenfreude at US Xpress's distress but I can't see how the CEO's blathering caused the company's misfortune? Are insulted drivers quitting? Customers turning to other haulers? Useless middle managers retained for diversity purposes?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 01:09 PM (i5lJm)

175 6 Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 12:03 PM (NWBBy)

I drive, a lot....

Eric evidently has never set foot in a Love's or Pilot.

Posted by: sven at September 04, 2022 01:10 PM (Lzpvj)

176 While the WARN Act does make certain exceptions when layoffs occur due to unforeseeable business circumstances such as natural disasters, I’m not sure a CEO going woke qualifies as an unforeseeable natural disaster.
-------------------
It was a tsunami of shit.

Posted by: andycanuck (yikp0) at September 04, 2022 01:11 PM (yikp0)

177 I can't see how the CEO's blathering caused the company's misfortune? Are insulted drivers quitting? Customers turning to other haulers? Useless middle managers retained for diversity purposes?

I assume the trucking business is a reasonably competitive one. Hiring people who check your irrelevant boxes instead of filling your needs is a great way to destroy a company.

Posted by: Archimedes at September 04, 2022 01:11 PM (/NCI4)

178 2 Possibly related, the CFO of Bed, Bath and Beyond suicided himself in NYC recently. Took a walk out on to his patio.
Problem, no patio. 18 floors down.
Posted by: gourmand du jour, prepping like mad at September 04, 2022 12:03 PM (jTmQV)

Yet another victim of Kiwi Farms! How many more suicides must it take before we shut that site down?!
Please send more money to my GoFundMe so we can stop this madness and keep my European vacation/evasion from Canadian authorities from ending!

Posted by: Keffals the child-grooming troon at September 04, 2022 01:11 PM (DTX3h)

179 47 Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2022 12:20 PM (oHd/0)

As a defense contractor I had to give a verbal blowjob to "celebrating diversity and every applicant's compelling story of their personal journey."

I spit, I did not swallow and I went to work.

Our "leadership" class is full of mongoloids.

Posted by: sven at September 04, 2022 01:11 PM (Lzpvj)

180 This guy is a racist!

https://bit.ly/3RmuKK3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2022 01:11 PM (FVME7)

181 Pat. I'd like to solve the puzzle please.

Posted by: torabora at September 04, 2022 01:11 PM (VrHs8)

182 2 Posted by: gourmand du jour, prepping like mad at September 04, 2022 12:03 PM (jTmQV)

I'll bet he felt really great right before impact though.

//Trigglypuff

Posted by: sven at September 04, 2022 01:12 PM (Lzpvj)

183 IIRC, my college buddy is currently driving for US Xpress. I had lunch with him last week and he didn't mention anything. Coincidently, he did note how diverse driving has become, commenting how many Sikhs are getting into the profession.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 01:12 PM (i5lJm)

184 They STOLE THE PATIO!

Posted by: torabora at September 04, 2022 01:13 PM (VrHs8)

185 Possibly related, the CFO of Bed, Bath and Beyond suicided himself in NYC recently.

Another grim milestone for the Biden Administration.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 01:13 PM (i5lJm)

186 183 Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 01:12 PM (i5lJm)

The wages have been driven down, and the caliber of new hires is not what it was a decade ago.

That said, if you can do the job you deserve the job.

Posted by: sven at September 04, 2022 01:14 PM (Lzpvj)

187 28 But women drivers? That's where I get off.
Posted by: BurtTC

Me too.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at September 04, 2022 01:14 PM (g1EEm)

188 Who was the Moron around here several years ago that ran Decision Desk? He was a truck dispatcher of something, right? He called all of us racists and deplorables, as I recall.
Posted by: Grimmy at September 04, 2022 12:40 PM (1+8QW)

That was CAC (Conservative Art Critic), and at whatever point it was he decided he was all that, he started using his real name. Which I don't remember.

Seems we had a number of folks here, including some Cobs/Contributors who flounced due to Trump, and I don't know how many were because they truly hated the guy, or were paid to flounce.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 01:14 PM (i3yPZ)

189 Sihks carry those big stabby things. Less likely to get jacked.

Posted by: torabora at September 04, 2022 01:14 PM (VrHs8)

190 >>>Yeah, I take some schadenfreude at US Xpress's distress but I can't see how the CEO's blathering caused the company's misfortune? Are insulted drivers quitting? Customers turning to other haulers? Useless middle managers retained for diversity purposes?
Posted by: G'rump928(c)
-----------------------------

All of that and....equity hires being place holders.
Merchandise not pulled, trucks not loaded on time, orders not processed, maintenance not performed, incorrect routing.
NPCs screw up the works.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 01:15 PM (jmn+9)

191 But women drivers? That's where I get off.
Posted by: BurtTC

Me too.
Posted by: quantum mechanic at September 04, 2022 01:14 PM (g1EEm)

Thank you! They say humor is hard, but half the problem is when nobody even reads what you write.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 01:15 PM (i3yPZ)

192 188 Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 01:14 PM (i3yPZ)

He is still doing his thing, and so far as asshat nevertrumpers go he is no AnalPundit.

In essence using network mapping and judgement the IT billionaire class picked off the "swayables" and threw money at them.

Posted by: sven at September 04, 2022 01:15 PM (Lzpvj)

193 There's probably more than one documentary just waiting to be made by covering companies that are installing CRT. I saw that article that talked about a leftie 'non-profit' that was torn to shreds by it. I have to imagine there will be a number of high-profile co's torched.

Then again, if we dont' get a 2024 sweep, the Feds won't be prosecuting any civil rights or employment violations on them.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 04, 2022 01:16 PM (IyrhE)

194 What do the lot lizards have to say about the trucker diversity?

IOW, how's tricks?

Posted by: torabora at September 04, 2022 01:16 PM (VrHs8)

195 Delightful.

"More Than Half of Babies, Toddlers Surveyed Had ‘Systemic Reaction’ After COVID-19 Vaccine
Parents reported 6 percent of young children were unable to do normal activities after second dose"

More than 55 percent of children ages 6 months to 2 years of age had a systemic reaction, which is a response beyond the injection site, in response to their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, the CDC said on Sept. 1, and almost 60 percent had a reaction to the second dose of the Moderna vaccine.

While the most common systemic reactions were fatigue, fever, irritability, and crying, parents of more than 6 percent of the children in the study that was referenced said their child was unable to perform normal activities after the second dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 01:17 PM (i5lJm)

196 190 Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 01:15 PM (jmn+9)

The business of logistics business is time and motion applied to moving freight...

anything, anyone, or any idea not geared towards the application of motion to tasks is retarded-period.

Posted by: sven at September 04, 2022 01:17 PM (Lzpvj)

197 164 With a misc parts-bin assembled "family heirloom" pistol that no one in the family, especially his wife, recalls ever seeing before?
Posted by: Count de Monet
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Does it look like a pistol?
Are you going to fire it from a mechanical device or hold it in you hand to test it?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 01:08 PM (jmn+9)

Was making a reference to Vince Foster. Was it too-subtle perhaps?

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2022 01:19 PM (4I/2K)

198 Lol. Needed something like this. Now off to enjoy the outside world.

Posted by: From about that time at September 04, 2022 01:19 PM (4780s)

199 190 A least we have the former mayor of South Bend, IN as transportation secretary. Betcha he'll get everything straightened out.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 04, 2022 01:19 PM (lz5hY)

200 What utter bullshit. Trucking industry is THE MOST DIVERSE occupation on the friggin planet. 80% of my clientele base at one time were over-the-road drivers. They were men, woman, all religions. White, black. Hispanic. Indian dot. Indian feather. Middle east. Far east. Asia. All 57 states. Straight. Gay. Lesbian.

This was 20 years ago. Methinks the failing CEO is covering for some 'shortcomings'.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at September 04, 2022 01:20 PM (3Or4S)

201 A least we have the former mayor of South Bend, IN as transportation secretary. Betcha he'll get everything straightened out.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at September 04, 2022 01:19 PM (lz5hY)

Double clutch me you big beast!

Posted by: Pete Bootygig at September 04, 2022 01:21 PM (4I/2K)

202 he started using his real name. Which I don't remember.

Brandon (Finnigan), which would have been hard to live down had he remained here.

Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2022 01:22 PM (Jg92y)

203 Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 01:14 PM (i3yPZ)

He is still doing his thing, and so far as asshat nevertrumpers go he is no AnalPundit.

In essence using network mapping and judgement the IT billionaire class picked off the "swayables" and threw money at them.
Posted by: sven at September 04, 2022 01:15 PM (Lzpvj)

Main thing I remember about his so-called "Decision Desk" days here, is when he said relatively early in the night, when Rapin' Akin was vying for the R nomination for Senate in Missourah, CAC announced that Akin no longer had a path to the nomination.

Well, guess who was nominated that night. The rest, as they say, is herstory.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 01:22 PM (i3yPZ)

204 Go woke, take a flying leap

Literally

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2022 01:23 PM (k8B25)

205 How are other trucking companies doing in the same time frame? I really would like to believe that being stupidly woke hurts you as a business but I haven't seen a huge body of evidence that it does.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 04, 2022 01:23 PM (Ivdso)

206 >>> Was making a reference to Vince Foster. Was it too-subtle perhaps?
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2022 01:19 PM (4I/2K)
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Didn't know the context. Funny vision of you at the bench mating parts as you shuffled through the bin.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 01:23 PM (jmn+9)

207 203 Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 01:22 PM (i3yPZ)

Much to our chagrin, if you want a scary thought he *is* more accurate than the networks....

That is not a joke.

Posted by: sven at September 04, 2022 01:24 PM (Lzpvj)

208 Trafalgar has Zeldin within 4 points

Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 01:25 PM (us2H3)

209 Brandon (Finnigan), which would have been hard to live down had he remained here.
Posted by: t-bird at September 04, 2022 01:22 PM (Jg92y)

Ah yes. So whenever he said something idiotic, people would be saying "Let's go, Finnigan" to him.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 01:25 PM (i3yPZ)

210 205 How are other trucking companies doing in the same time frame? I really would like to believe that being stupidly woke hurts you as a business but I haven't seen a huge body of evidence that it does.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
-------------------------

So the Bed Bath & Beyoung VP that jumped out the window was a small guy?

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 01:25 PM (jmn+9)

211 Dementia Joe was a semi driver. Why doesn't Joe explain why he was taking a job away from some diversity hire.

Posted by: torabora at September 04, 2022 01:26 PM (VrHs8)

212 So the Bed Bath & Beyoung VP that jumped out the window was a small guy?
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 01:25 PM (jmn+9)

Being woke isn't hurting him, anymore.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 01:26 PM (i5lJm)

213 Wasn’t President Whatshisface a truck driver?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 04, 2022 01:26 PM (i+ZVt)

214 206 >>> Was making a reference to Vince Foster. Was it too-subtle perhaps?
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2022 01:19 PM (4I/2K)

subtlety will get your ass in the barrel on the AOS

Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 01:26 PM (us2H3)

215
Truckload carrier U.S. Xpress announces 2nd round of corporate layoffs; Company has cut roughly 10% of its corporate workforce [Freightwaves – 8/23/2022]

__________

Maybe they can work for Swift

Swift acronyms
Stevie Wonder Institue for Truckers
Sure Wish I Finished Training
Sure We're Ensured For That
Stop Whining, I'm Fucking Trying

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 04, 2022 01:26 PM (1Nxff)

216 "coal miners pushing an electric vehicle"

No. I'm waiting for the opportunity to just blow by any E.V. (with my ICE vehicle) I see stranded. Unless there are kids.

Posted by: boynsea at September 04, 2022 01:27 PM (cx155)

217 Didn't know the context. Funny vision of you at the bench mating parts as you shuffled through the bin.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 01:23 PM (jmn+9)

I'm no Tuco. That would be far beyond my abilities.

It was one of the many several hinky things about the "official" report of certain events at Ft Marcy Park.

Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2022 01:27 PM (4I/2K)

218 I have suddenly been seeing Swift trucks here in Alabama. I don't remember seeing many, or any, a couple of years ago.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 01:28 PM (i5lJm)

219 216 "coal miners pushing an electric vehicle"

No. I'm waiting for the opportunity to just blow by any E.V. (with my ICE vehicle) I see stranded. Unless there are kids.
Posted by: boynsea at September 04, 2022 01:27 PM (cx155)

China is still building coal fired Electrical plants.... so they are using Coal powered electricity, to build our solar panels.

How does THAT make any sense?

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2022 01:28 PM (oHd/0)

220 Much to our chagrin, if you want a scary thought he *is* more accurate than the networks....

That is not a joke.
Posted by: sven at September 04, 2022 01:24 PM (Lzpvj)

Yeah, I've noticed when primary season is here, as it is now, lots of websites link to "Decision Desk." Didn't know if that was still his thing or not. I guess it doesn't much matter. Elections don't get decided on election night anymore... or by how many votes are cast.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 01:28 PM (i3yPZ)

221 He had a coupon mailer. 20 percent off.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 04, 2022 01:28 PM (i+ZVt)

222 @144

>>Holy shit! I hear the hoofbeats of the Four Horsemen!

At 20pounds a pint, that works out to over 23 bucks US, I think even the serfs that are the British populace will revolt over that.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 04, 2022 01:29 PM (kyx5c)

223 #200
Tell us more about the lesbian truckers please.

Posted by: torabora at September 04, 2022 01:29 PM (VrHs8)

224 Wasn’t President Whatshisface a truck driver?
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot

10-4, good buddy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2022 01:29 PM (FVME7)

225 Tell us more about the lesbian truckers please.
Posted by: torabora at September 04, 2022 01:29 PM (VrHs

Lots of flannel.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 01:30 PM (i5lJm)

226 >>> 212 So the Bed Bath & Beyoung VP that jumped out the window was a small guy?
Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 01:25 PM (jmn+9)

Being woke isn't hurting him, anymore.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 01:26 PM (i5lJm)

I'd say nothing is hurting him anymore, at least not in this world.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2022 01:30 PM (llON8)

227 It was one of the many several hinky things about the "official" report of certain events at Ft Marcy Park.
Posted by: Count de Monet at September 04, 2022 01:27 PM (4I/2K)

I remember those naive days, when we used to wonder if MAYBE Foster didn't kill himself.

Posted by: BurtTC at September 04, 2022 01:31 PM (i3yPZ)

228 #219
Using coal to provide power to mfg solar cells is signalling solar cells are for losers.

Posted by: torabora at September 04, 2022 01:32 PM (VrHs8)

229 The interview:

Ok, do you have a CDL?

No, but I’m a minority lesbian with ADHD.

I see. Under references, you drew a picture of a monkey fucking a coconut?

Don’t you oppress me!

Sigh, you’re hired.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 04, 2022 01:32 PM (u73oe)

230 163 - I see Mary was able to shake off the booze and drugs and write a coherent sentence. Hope things are looking up for you, doll.

Posted by: Moki at September 04, 2022 01:33 PM (JrN/x)

231 So the Bed Bath & Beyoung VP that jumped out the window was a small guy?

Was it woke that killed them? I don't remember them being especially woke, but I do remember them being a mall-based store in an era when malls collapsed.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 04, 2022 01:33 PM (Ivdso)

232 I'm sure Mr. Fuller got a lot of wonderful write-ups in The New York Times and The Washington Post. That's why he did what he did. That's the only reason. Leftists are only concerned about being praised and rewarded.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 04, 2022 01:33 PM (m0zqP)

233 Campbell 66 Express went out of business too soon.

https://bit.ly/3RBfsAV

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 01:35 PM (jmn+9)

234 232. Ah. Fulfillment on the job.

Posted by: CN at September 04, 2022 01:35 PM (Zzbjj)

235 My CCW instructor was Sikh. Very nice man.

Posted by: Infidel at September 04, 2022 01:36 PM (mBewQ)

236 Bed Bath and Beyond boxed themselves into a corner. They need cash, but they have empty shelves and warehouses. Their suppliers stopped sending them goods because BBBY was so behind in paying their bills.

Add to it their stock value was cratering and they couldn’t get enough capital there.

They are so hosed.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 04, 2022 01:37 PM (i+ZVt)

237 Sikhs not only think you have the right to self defense, but the duty to as well.
It's a good philosophy.
I wonder how they handle TSA. Or jury duty.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, prepping like mad at September 04, 2022 01:38 PM (jTmQV)

238 Just imagine truck stop glory holes, from coast to coast.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
****

Do tell

Posted by: Mayor Pete at September 04, 2022 01:38 PM (VrHs8)

239 Dem Sen. Patty Murray: It Wasn’t A Mistake To Keep Kids Home From School During COVID….

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Because fcuk them!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2022 01:40 PM (FVME7)

240 The descendants of successful capitalists are frequently complete dumbasses.

Posted by: Paco at September 04, 2022 01:41 PM (njExo)

241 I was thinking about buying some of My Lord Harv's coffee. I like dark strong coffee. Any Moron recommendations from his offerings?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 01:41 PM (yQpMk)

242 Sikhs not only think you have the right to self defense, but the duty to as well.
It's a good philosophy.

They also believe that they have the duty to protect others who are weaker or less able.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 04, 2022 01:41 PM (Ivdso)

243 >>> 239 Dem Sen. Patty Murray: It Wasn’t A Mistake To Keep Kids Home From School During COVID….

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Because fcuk them!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2022 01:40 PM (FVME7)

Correct. It wasn't a mistake; it was deliberate. See also "childhood apraxia"... and vaxx side effects... and suicides...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2022 01:41 PM (llON8)

244 I wonder how they handle TSA. Or jury duty.
Posted by: gourmand du jour, prepping like mad at September 04, 2022 01:38 PM (jTmQV)
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iirc They've modified the sword commandment to accept a small replica - not a lethal one.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 01:42 PM (jmn+9)

245 195 Infants should not be getting the covid vaccine. They are at almost zero risk from covid itself.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at September 04, 2022 01:42 PM (g1EEm)

246 The Sikhs have to weld the knife to the sheath. Their religion only requires that they carry it as a sign of obedience and faith. TSA will allow them to carry it that way.

In the military, there have been some religious accommodations granted to allow Sikh knives while in uniform.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 04, 2022 01:43 PM (i+ZVt)

247 BeckoningChasm!
Hello there! How is Robert the Cat? Lucy the Fink decided to drown (or baptize) her mousie in her water glass early this morning, then drop it on my face while I was sleeping. It was such an act of love, I couldn't be angry.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 04, 2022 01:43 PM (U2p+3)

248 >>> 247 BeckoningChasm!
Hello there! How is Robert the Cat? Lucy the Fink decided to drown (or baptize) her mousie in her water glass early this morning, then drop it on my face while I was sleeping. It was such an act of love, I couldn't be angry.
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 04, 2022 01:43 PM (U2p+3)

Are you sure she wasn't just telling you to feed her?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2022 01:44 PM (llON8)

249 I would argue that Christianity teaches the same thing because of the innate value of human life and commandments by God.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 04, 2022 01:44 PM (Ivdso)

250 228 #219
Using coal to provide power to mfg solar cells is signalling solar cells are for losers.
Posted by: torabora at September 04, 2022 01:32 PM (VrHs

I'll admit, I put solar on the house this year... with a battery back up.

It CAN make sense in limited markets.... like for my house where it will be 113 this week... and been over 100 most of the last month. It allows me to generate my own energy to run air con during the day, and then my battery picks up in early evening. But this is Central Calif.... would NOT have made sense for my old house in Denver, where it never got that hot, and you'd have to deal with snow and Hail.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2022 01:45 PM (oHd/0)

251 Hi Helena!
Her food dish was full of kibble. She did vomit on the couch though, so who knows. I hope you are well, and I will see you SOOOOOON!

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 04, 2022 01:45 PM (U2p+3)

252 Tell us more about the lesbian truckers please.
Posted by: torabora

You don't want to go there. Sometimes fantasy is better than reality.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at September 04, 2022 01:46 PM (g1EEm)

253 13 Mr. Fuller offers contrition for being born a straight, white male, of course.

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"Straight"? Are you certain?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? at September 04, 2022 12:06 PM (FVME7)
----
Maybe he's tasted cock and liked it.

Posted by: Ciampino's opinion at September 04, 2022 01:47 PM (qfLjt)

254 Campbell 66 was looted of a million in cash and IRS closed it down.

Inside job by shiftless relatives of the founder.

Posted by: torabora at September 04, 2022 01:48 PM (VrHs8)

255 Trump, last night, was as good as I have ever seen him

Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 01:48 PM (us2H3)

256 Possibly related, the CFO of Bed, Bath and Beyond suicided himself in NYC recently. Took a walk out on to his patio.
Problem, no patio. 18 floors down.
Posted by: gourmand

That's got a bit of a Russian vibe to it, no?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at September 04, 2022 01:48 PM (+GoII)

257 I see Mary was able to shake off the booze and drugs and write a coherent sentence. Hope things are looking up for you, doll.
Posted by: Moki

Mary is helping her Special Friend Ahmed with his English. It is good for her too.

And Ahmed says alcohol is Haram, except for Mary's Hard Kombucha.

Posted by: Concerned Woman of Brattleboro at September 04, 2022 01:48 PM (eW8O/)

258 Six days on the road and I'm coming home tonight.

Posted by: Lesbian Trucker at September 04, 2022 01:49 PM (VrHs8)

259 I have a battery back up, 1000 watts, 2 solar panels 100w each.
The only reason I have them is because my utility keeps sending me warnings of outages, rolling brown outs, etc.
None have materialized so far, but the time to prep is before you need it.
The back up works very well. 5 hours to fully charge from zero with good sun. I ran the dishwasher on it, no problems other than the hum from the inverter.

Posted by: gourmand du jour, prepping like mad at September 04, 2022 01:49 PM (jTmQV)

260 256 Possibly related, the CFO of Bed, Bath and Beyond suicided himself in NYC recently. Took a walk out on to his patio.
Problem, no patio. 18 floors down.
Posted by: gourmand

there's never a My Pillow around when you need one

Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 01:49 PM (us2H3)

261
It CAN make sense in limited markets.... like for my house where it will be 113 this week... and been over 100 most of the last month. It allows me to generate my own energy to run air con during the day, and then my battery picks up in early evening. But this is Central Calif.... would NOT have made sense for my old house in Denver, where it never got that hot, and you'd have to deal with snow and Hail.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 04, 2022 01:45 PM (oHd/0)

The air temperature has nothing to do with how well solar panels work.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at September 04, 2022 01:50 PM (BdMk6)

262 Romeo 13 AY #219 "How does THAT make any sense?"

Well, those solar panels won't support industry, to say the least, so they have to use coal generated electricity

Posted by: boynsea at September 04, 2022 01:51 PM (cx155)

263 The air temperature has nothing to do with how well solar panels work.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons

Air temperature and other factors determine when power is needed most.

Which is around sunset.

Posted by: Concerned Woman of BrattleboroMiklos was actually paid to run the numbers at September 04, 2022 01:52 PM (eW8O/)

264 Actually demand for good drivers hasn't slacked off much; still a shortage afaik.

But woke corporate weenies looking for work? There's a surfeit, a plentitude, a buttload of 'em.

I wonder how their coding skillz stack up?

Good rant, Buck.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 04, 2022 01:52 PM (JOtiF)

265 So check this out! PopSci has an article up right now on how to protect yourself against common viral diseases. "The Back To School Guide for Fighting Common Viruses"

The only virus that "hates" masks, according to PopSci, is covid. But I digress.

Monkeypox makes an appearance in the article, and guess what? No mention of the easy prevention steps that would stop this disease in it's tracks....and we all know what those steps are. Nope...but children are encouraged not to scratch at their open sores.

They also talk about polio for some reason.

Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 04, 2022 01:52 PM (CCf67)

266 Those lesbian truckers...I could smell them in line at the truck stop cafe. Chicken fried steak. No joke. Come on Man.

Posted by: Semi Trucker Brandon at September 04, 2022 01:52 PM (VrHs8)

267 there's never a My Pillow around when you need one

Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 01:49 PM (us2H3)

In this case, a My Parachute would have come in handy.

Posted by: GnuBreed at September 04, 2022 01:53 PM (JOtiF)

268 Good rant, Buck.
Posted by: GnuBreed

Hera Hear old chaps!

Posted by: Throck Buckmorton at September 04, 2022 01:54 PM (eW8O/)

269 255 Trump, last night, was as good as I have ever seen him
Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 01:48 PM (us2H3)

He still has his energy.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at September 04, 2022 01:54 PM (BdMk6)

270 Lots of flannel.
Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 01:30 PM (i5lJm)

"Be sure and tell 'em Large Marge sent ya! Heh heh heh heh heh!"

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at September 04, 2022 01:54 PM (ZSK0i)

271 Jolly good.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 01:54 PM (yQpMk)

272 14
... overwhelmingly I heard them talk about the lack of acceptance of diversity and perceived lack of opportunity within our industry.

I'll take "Something That Never Happened" for $800, Alex

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at September 04, 2022 12:07 PM (pNxlR)
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".... overwhelmingly I heard them talk ..."
What does that even mean? Firstly it's an adverb that implies force of some kind or overpowering, which does not go with 'talk', secondly he is listening to the wrong people - those 'minorities' already work for him so why would they be complaining?

Posted by: Ciampino's opinions at September 04, 2022 01:55 PM (qfLjt)

273 So no one drinks King Harv's expensive coffee?

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 01:55 PM (yQpMk)

274 #263

Let me guess.
Solar cells stop working around sundown. It's like they have dementia.

Posted by: torabora at September 04, 2022 01:55 PM (VrHs8)

275
As a defense contractor I had to give a verbal blowjob to "celebrating diversity and every applicant's compelling story of their personal journey."
I spit, I did not swallow and I went to work.
Our "leadership" class is full of mongoloids.
Posted by: sven

i've worked at a MIC engineering team off and on since january 2006. my company has oulled me out several times to go thump heads and dig up skeletons, and then throw the current chuef engineer and pm into the holes. i have a rap as a nasty tempered senior system engineer that will rip of an arm and beat someone else to death with it metaohorically speaking. this MIC engineering team has aksed me to come back and be their chief architect. makes me wonder what they've managed to fuck up in the 24 months i've been boiling the ocean in an irad back at the home company. i'll let y'all know if the interview has faggoty equity bullshit in it

Posted by: BifBewalski @ (3CCua) - at September 04, 2022 01:55 PM (3CCua)

276 He still has his energy.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons
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Gonna pull many people over the finish line.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 01:55 PM (jmn+9)

277 Could Eric have Daddy issues? Is this as much to get back at the father that started the company, as it is to go woke? Would be interesting to know what Max’s politics are.

Posted by: EveR at September 04, 2022 01:56 PM (MUpk6)

278 Megan Rapinoe is a Professional Lesbian who's hobbies include dying her hair in colors not found in nature, ruining business brands, and playing soccer.

Posted by: Minuteman's at September 04, 2022 01:56 PM (LaNzR)

279 You, yourself acknowledged that wokeness didn't cause harm to the company. It was already in a financial crisis. Why gaslight it? Conservatives need to stop celebrating non-events and get serious. Every post should come with some tangible action readers can execute rather than the standard gloomdoom, ridicule, and move on to the next loss. Even if it's as simple as an email link to the primary actor to protest the subject in question. Action.

Posted by: MikeN at September 04, 2022 01:57 PM (QX56A)

280 Sikhs are hard-charging BMFs for the most part. We want them on our side.

Posted by: ballistic - They want you dead or in camps. Prepare accordingly. at September 04, 2022 01:58 PM (oXNqT)

281 overwhelmingly I heard them talk about the lack of acceptance of diversity and perceived lack of opportunity within our industry.

Then the problem is with HIS hiring practices. Virtually every truck driver I've seen in the last two years has been Hispanic, Black, or Sikh.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 04, 2022 01:58 PM (KYKwc)

282 Air temperature and other factors determine when power is needed most.

Which is around sunset.
Posted by: Concerned Woman of BrattleboroMiklos was actually paid to run the numbers at September 04, 2022 01:52 PM (eW8O/)

You've missed the point, but......whatever.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at September 04, 2022 01:58 PM (BdMk6)

283 Conservatives need to stop celebrating non-events and get serious.

Hmm.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 01:58 PM (yQpMk)

284 277 Could Eric have Daddy issues? Is this as much to get back at the father that started the company, as it is to go woke? Would be interesting to know what Max’s politics are.
Posted by: EveR
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Usually the second or third generation can't work.
Dad made the Co from scratch, worked 20 hrs a day doing it - knows the Co in and out.
The kids know if the pool boy did his job.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 02:00 PM (jmn+9)

285
Bed Bath and Beyond boxed themselves into a corner. They need cash, but they have empty shelves and warehouses. Their suppliers stopped sending them goods because BBBY was so behind in paying their bills.

Add to it their stock value was cratering and they couldn’t get enough capital there.

They are so hosed.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot
===

Yes but they have one hell of a social credit score. So they got that going for them.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 04, 2022 02:02 PM (u4CEu)

286 The air temperature has nothing to do with how well solar panels work.

Yeah they do. If it gets too hot or too cold they reduce efficiency.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at September 04, 2022 02:02 PM (Ivdso)

287 Here in ETEX lotta 10-wheel, and actually quite a few with 3 drop axles, being driven by women, blacks, hispanics, and even white men. These are some big-ass dumptrucks.

Posted by: Eromero at September 04, 2022 02:03 PM (0OP+5)

288 You've missed the point, but......whatever.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons

The point is Right Here

Posted by: Miklos lifts hat at September 04, 2022 02:03 PM (eW8O/)

289 Young guy at deli today optic yellow hair and natural beard.

Posted by: Skip at September 04, 2022 02:03 PM (k8B25)

290 BBBY ditched My Pillow for political reasons

it's all been down since then

Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 02:03 PM (us2H3)

291 The inheriting the CEO from his daddy is just a sped-up timeline of the old "strong men make good times, good times make weak men, etc." trope.

Daddy busted his ass and built an empire and his kids lived on easy street and thus have zero work ethic, now one of them gets the company and has no idea what to do other than Current Thing which is MUH DIVERSITY.

It's not the woke that killed the company, it's the fact that the kid doesn't know wtf he's doing otherwise.

Posted by: ballistic - They want you dead or in camps. Prepare accordingly. at September 04, 2022 02:04 PM (oXNqT)

292 @247 - RtC is doing fine. My arms are filled with slashes, I look like a heroin addict.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at September 04, 2022 02:04 PM (m0zqP)

293 Kids also know if Mom raised kids, while working her own tedious job to make ends meet, but Dad dumped her for the trophy wife. Lot of animosity towards Dad in that scenario.

Posted by: EveR at September 04, 2022 02:04 PM (MUpk6)

294 How about best qualified? Best work ethic? Best judgement? Strong moral compass?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel

Nah, better to shit on the employees keeping his privileged leftist ass ensconced in the corner office and try to pack the company with grievance groupies complaining about lack of opportunity and acceptance. Paging Underpants Gnome...

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at September 04, 2022 02:04 PM (+GoII)

295 The air temperature has nothing to do with how well solar panels work.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons
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You ignorant cvnt. Ambient temperature certainly does affect the solar cell efficiency. But you be your ignorant ass self.... oh and buy an EV.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 04, 2022 02:04 PM (u4CEu)

296 March: "With our unprecedented sanctions, the Russian economy will grind to a halt in a matter of days!

Deprived of their iPhones and McDonald's burgers, the Russian people will rise up, drag Putin out of the Kremlin, and hang him in front of St. Basil's!"

September: "Mommy! The Bad Man has cut off our gas supplies and is waging economic warfare against us! It's not fair!

And now we are going to freeze in the dark! Waging economic warfare should be a war crime!"

Posted by: Western Governments! Top. Men. at September 04, 2022 02:05 PM (I2/tG)

297 >>> Posted by: MikeN at September 04, 2022 01:57 PM (QX56A)

Have you heard of a blog called "Hot Air"?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2022 02:05 PM (llON8)

298 The air temperature has nothing to do with how well solar panels work.
Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons

True, but you don't get 113 without a lot of direct sun. So not a bad proxy.

Posted by: quantum mechanic at September 04, 2022 02:06 PM (g1EEm)

299 How about best qualified? Best work ethic? Best judgement? Strong moral compass?
Posted by: AmericanKestrel
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Those people are quietly quitting. Why work harder, smarter, and longer if some checkbox person comes in and gets the better job or promotion.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 04, 2022 02:06 PM (u4CEu)

300 An yes. The "go broke, get woke" strategy. I wonder of the various directing boards our there are getting tired of hiring woke CEOs to squander their money.

Posted by: mikethemoose at September 04, 2022 02:06 PM (T/vhV)

301 >>> 272
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".... overwhelmingly I heard them talk ..."
What does that even mean? Firstly it's an adverb that implies force of some kind or overpowering, which does not go with 'talk', secondly he is listening to the wrong people - those 'minorities' already work for him so why would they be complaining?
Posted by: Ciampino's opinions at September 04, 2022 01:55 PM (qfLjt)

I think it's like Madison Cornbread's testimony pulsing and throbbing with power or whatever the F that twatter guy said.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2022 02:07 PM (llON8)

302 i'll let y'all know if the interview has faggoty equity bullshit in it
Posted by: BifBewalski

I try to avoid including those kinds of questions on interviews for folks that do the real work (they're pretty much required for mgmt jobs). The answers are almost always cringey and don't tell me a thing about their ability to do the job. I've even gotten away from asking questions about working with difficult people because they are perceived as diversity questions and answered that way.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 04, 2022 02:07 PM (ftFVW)

303 Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 04, 2022 02:04 PM (u4CEu)

That escalated quickly.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 02:07 PM (yQpMk)

304 I really, really want all these WOKE advocates - CEO's and especially University Professors - to lead the way in all this DIE bullshit by resigning their positions and giving them to a diversity hire.

Lead the way by personal example.

Of course none of them will because none of them are worth sh*t.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 04, 2022 02:07 PM (KDOzY)

305 296. Thé Intelligence Community once again proves that 100 percent failure never gets in the way of a government career.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at September 04, 2022 02:07 PM (i+ZVt)

306 Daddy busted his ass and built an empire and his kids lived on easy street and thus have zero work ethic

The lazy son also thinks that the company is immortal, and has no idea that it could actually fail.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2022 02:07 PM (I2/tG)

307 291 ballistic

I really don’t think you can successfully run a trucking company if you have not an inkling of what a driver’s life is like. I think that may be Eric, imo.

Posted by: EveR at September 04, 2022 02:07 PM (MUpk6)

308 >You ignorant cvnt. Ambient temperature certainly does affect the solar cell efficiency. But you be your ignorant ass self.... oh and buy an EV.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 04, 2022 02:04 PM (u4CEu)

"Hurr, what's a derating curve???"

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen - anarcho-tyranny? you're soaking in it! at September 04, 2022 02:08 PM (jubwE)

309 >>> 251 Hi Helena!
Her food dish was full of kibble. She did vomit on the couch though, so who knows. I hope you are well, and I will see you SOOOOOON!
Posted by: nurse ratched at September 04, 2022 01:45 PM (U2p+3)

I still can't believe it's September!! already...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2022 02:08 PM (llON8)

310 You know it's economic depression time when NYC executives and financiers start jumping out of buildings again.

Posted by: CppThis at September 04, 2022 02:09 PM (UewuT)

311 Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 04, 2022 02:04 PM (u4CEu)

That escalated quickly.

Posted by: G'rump928(c)
==

Sorry. In a bad mood. This is the one year anniversary of losing one of the best dogs I have even had.

My tolerance of stupidity is very low.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at September 04, 2022 02:09 PM (u4CEu)

312 I expect a lot of the US Express's woes are the result of COVID, the supply chain fiasco, and climbing fuel prices (have you SEEN the price of diesel?), but when you add woke mismanagement you've got a perfect storm of deep doo-doo. As for the charge of racism and toxic white privilege, that's garbage. I've seen plenty of black and brown truck drivers, even a couple of what I take to be Sikhs in turbans. Maybe CEO Eric Fuller should spend some time on the road and have a look for himself.

Posted by: RebeccaH at September 04, 2022 02:09 PM (JI6AV)

313 Young guy at deli today optic yellow hair and natural beard.
Posted by: Skip

🎶 Hey there fellah with your hair colored yellah

Posted by: quantum mechanic at September 04, 2022 02:09 PM (g1EEm)

314 Nood problems.

Posted by: olddog in mo, No Cheetos allowed on the 'toon at September 04, 2022 02:09 PM (Spk5/)

315 I still can't believe it's September!! already...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at September 04, 2022 02:08 PM (llON

We are still waiting for our first crisp morning.

November can't get here soon enough.

Posted by: G'rump928(c) at September 04, 2022 02:09 PM (yQpMk)

316 Thé Intelligence Community once again proves that 100 percent failure never gets in the way of a government career.

I think that the turning point was 9/11. The Intelligence Community steeled itself for the mass firings and resignations that would surely follow after the biggest intelligence failure in American history, and then no one lost their job.

Convinced them that they were bulletproof.

Thanks, W.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2022 02:10 PM (I2/tG)

317 Maybe CEO Eric Fuller should spend some time on the road and have a look for himself.
Posted by: RebeccaH

Maybe he should find out who ran the Red Ball Express in WWII.

Posted by: Miklos detects the hard bigotry of low expectations at September 04, 2022 02:11 PM (eW8O/)

318 ===

Those people are quietly quitting. Why work harder, smarter, and longer if some checkbox person comes in and gets the better job or promotion.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger
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Hired a guy right off the floor. Turned in his resignation the day a, among other things coke head, got the upcoming promotion instead of him.

Good man too.

Posted by: Braenyard, _ want nuremberg trials? badger your congressman at September 04, 2022 02:11 PM (jmn+9)

319 You aren’t going to blame this on free trade? Consider me shocked.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 04, 2022 02:12 PM (tAAFQ)

320 290 BBBY ditched My Pillow for political reasons

it's all been down since then
Posted by: REDACTED at September 04, 2022 02:03 PM (us2H3

I am all for blaming going woke for their downfall, but BBBY has been in decline for the last decade.

Posted by: Tofer732 at September 04, 2022 02:12 PM (imVto)

321 I think that the turning point was 9/11. The Intelligence Community steeled itself for the mass firings and resignations that would surely follow after the biggest intelligence failure in American history, and then no one lost their job.

Convinced them that they were bulletproof.

Thanks, W.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2022 02:10 PM (I2/tG)

Great point!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 04, 2022 02:13 PM (KDOzY)

322 I think that the turning point was 9/11. The Intelligence Community steeled itself for the mass firings and resignations that would surely follow after the biggest intelligence failure in American history, and then no one lost their job.

Convinced them that they were bulletproof.

Thanks, W.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2022 02:10 PM (I2/tG)

Not only that, they ended up with more power after 9-11, thanks to the Patriot Act.

Posted by: Tofer732 at September 04, 2022 02:14 PM (imVto)

323 Chairborne!...Desk From Above!
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Great nic!

Posted by: dartist at September 04, 2022 02:14 PM (RxTXB)

324 Shutting down our McDonalds was stupid move, Western pigdogs. We take control of Russia McDonalds, make better by using real beef. Fresh lettuce and onion, not stored overnight in jungle. People love me now for giving them good burger.

We keep fries the way they are, though. McDonalds fries are good...so long as fresh.

Posted by: V. Putin at September 04, 2022 02:15 PM (UewuT)

325 81 72 I might be wrong but I don't think sodomites are drawn to trucking.
Posted by: That NLurker guy at September 04, 2022 12:27 PM (eGTCV)

I'll back up for you sweetie.... Just put the package in the rear!

Posted by: Gay Trucker at September 04, 2022 12:29 PM (oHd/0)
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That is funny.

Posted by: Ciampino is amused at September 04, 2022 02:15 PM (qfLjt)

326 but BBBY has been in decline for the last decade.

Bed, Bath, and the Great Beyond....

Posted by: Mystical Miklos at September 04, 2022 02:15 PM (eW8O/)

327 RtC is doing fine. My arms are filled with slashes, I look like a heroin addict.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Heh. My arms, especially the "exposed" left, have scars up and down, looks like I've been cutting myself.

Just the friendly nips by shark teeth and flesh wounds by powerful digging toenails from the amazing Daisy the Malinois. It's only flesh and blood.

And who can be mad? She's lying nearby with a squeeky toy, with which she has become quite the virtuoso.

Posted by: mindful webworker hums along at September 04, 2022 02:18 PM (xWbx+)

328 Shutting down our McDonalds was stupid move, Western pigdogs.

Yeah, the Russian McDonalds franchisees just reopened the stores under a different name. Curiously, after making McDonald's burgers for 35 years, they knew how to do it without help from the home office.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 04, 2022 02:19 PM (I2/tG)

329 Bed Bath & Beyond CFO Gustavo Arnal, 52, jumped to his death from the 18th floor of the ‘Jenga Building’ in New York City.

Last Wednesday Bed Bath & Beyond announced it will be closing 150 stores as it struggles to restructure its business.

Posted by: Neo at September 04, 2022 02:43 PM (X5CsJ)

330 Medvedev: If Russia goes down, we're taking all of you with us

Who is winning ?

Posted by: Neo at September 04, 2022 02:44 PM (X5CsJ)

331 325 81 72 I might be wrong but I don't think sodomites are drawn to trucking.

Nah, they got their own truck line in Grand Theft Auto:

Fudgepackers!

Candy delivery, I surmise.

Posted by: Gooshy at September 04, 2022 02:46 PM (Sol8M)

332
I'll back up for you sweetie.... Just put the package in the rear!

Posted by: Gay Trucker at September 04, 2022 12:29 PM (oHd/0)
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That is funny.

Posted by: Ciampino is amused at September 04, 2022 02:15 PM (qfLjt)

They don't call rest areas Pickle Parks for nothing.

Posted by: Javems at September 04, 2022 03:06 PM (AmoqO)

333 test

Posted by: JackStraw at September 04, 2022 03:33 PM (ZLI7S)

334 Posted by: JackStraw at September 04, 2022 03:33 PM (ZLI7S)

You pass.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 04, 2022 03:58 PM (KDOzY)

335 Posted by: dartist at September 04, 2022 02:14 PM (RxTXB)

Tanks! Many tanks to you. A whole platoon of them. Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at September 04, 2022 04:11 PM (KDOzY)

336 Last century:
"We were just following leaders." "We were just leading followers."

This century:
"We were just parotting credentialed liars." "We were just lying to parrots."

Posted by: Shiggz (defective slave) at September 04, 2022 04:49 PM (0SrVS)

337 Look at the bright side, we're almost at the end of Biden's three month vacation from fuel prices, so around September 15, they'll start shooting up again.

Posted by: ChrisW at September 04, 2022 05:00 PM (ItDku)

338 Allahpundit out 1 day at Hotgas, and they're already linking to this story!

Posted by: Delbert at September 04, 2022 05:08 PM (zFC2c)

339 You know, you can pay people severance in lieu of notification. You’re welcome all those CEOs who hired HR teams who are more interested in fluff than the actual role of HR- which is to support the business, not employees. Shocker, I know.

Also, I would have had advise on the timing of the two events that probably would have been helpful, but go on. Invest in the DEI gurus v. someone like me. It works out brilliantly. Eye rolling needed here.

Posted by: Piper at September 04, 2022 05:35 PM (4XQoo)

340 slow day around here, innit ?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez - we are being gaslighted 24/365 at September 04, 2022 06:46 PM (OQZDO)

341 That first paragraph makes me think of a concept Dr. Peterson has been trying to get across to people for years: the only way to make the world a better place is by making yourself a better person.

But that's hard, and leftist dimwits always want the easy option, even if it doesn't work.

Posted by: Cortillaen at September 04, 2022 06:49 PM (4Acrv)

342 Spent four and a half days on the road to Houston from Michigan, and back. Endless semis with ads for drivers. Appears they can't haul as many loads as are available due to a lack of drivers.
Isn't this a seller's market for trucking companies?

Posted by: Richard Aubrey at September 04, 2022 07:41 PM (dSnnl)

343 I know there are three newer threads, but just for the record:

The woman who rented my spare room for 10 years and now lives next door, whose cats I just visited (they lived here too), has a job checking truckloads in and out at a frozen-food storage warehouse in the Shenandoah Valley. I just confirmed with her what I remembered her saying before: that the long-haul truckers who come to her warehouse are mostly immigrants who speak 20+ different languages between them.

She had mentioned thinking of using Google Translate on their signs and asking truckers to check the results for accuracy, so they could put up 'Bathroom this way' and 'Park on that side' signs that everyone could read. She didn't because (a) lazy, (b) too many languages to fit on the wall, and (c) now they all have translator apps on their phones which allow them to communicate reliably with even the redneck-talkin'est employees.

Anyway, she just confirmed that languages include Spanish (duh!), lots of Russians, other Eastern European languages, several South Asian languages (lotsa Sikhs, Hindus, and Muslims), plus African immigrants and old-fashioned English-only African Americans. So: story's bullshit.

Posted by: Dr. Weevil at September 04, 2022 08:28 PM (rl8Wc)

344 I am a driver for US XpressMusic, have been with the company for about 14 years. Have over 2 million safe miles. Have not seen anything. Have met and spoke with both Eric and his dad at company award ceremonies. Have seen nothing excessively "woke" in this company...from initial orientation to continuing training, it's all been standard "equal opportunity" stuff seen in just about every workplace. If you have a problem, talk to your supervisor. If not resolved, talk to HR. Open door policy to all levels of management. They constantly seek input from drivers.

Posted by: jim at September 04, 2022 09:53 PM (MfEkf)

345 How did Music get added to USXpress in my post?

Posted by: jim at September 04, 2022 09:54 PM (MfEkf)

346 The "female driver" stereotype is always good for a laugh, but I have a good (female) friend who has been driving big rigs (running doubles now) for more than 10 years and a million accident-free miles.
And, in contrast with the cigar-chomping diesel-dyke stereotype, she's 5'4", blonde, and gorgeous. Married, too.

Posted by: buddhaha at September 05, 2022 01:44 AM (U02e8)

347
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Posted by: Caroline Calderon at September 05, 2022 10:45 AM (n6Akg)

348 Now I know what the "beyond" in 'Bed, Bath and Beyond' means.

Posted by: zefal at September 05, 2022 10:01 PM (6Gh6K)

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