Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves. It’s true that we live in a busy & schedule filled world, but with evolution we have learned to prioritize our tasks and now we know what to do first & the consequences of not doing things on time.
Working behind the wheel is not a job where everything is scheduled; chaotic would be a simpler description of hindrances faced by the hard working, ever busy men and women in the Trucking who almost work round the clock for the betterment of the Nation. Many non constant factors affect their lifestyle HOS, weather, loading and unloading delays, appointments, breakdowns, traffic, etc. Also depends on what they haul, Flat beds don’t usually get unloaded at night. Most shipping hubs are 24/7 but not all receivers. Midst of all these things, time with their beloved ones happens once in a while. Continue reading
“The tax code is now nine times longer than the Bible, and not nearly as interesting.” –Rob Portman. No one would deny to the fact that we have a list of Taxes lined up starting March. It all begins with your Business Income taxes and goes on to your personal Income taxes. Are these the only two taxes that are due during March and April? No is the answer and a very BIG NO from the ever working Trucking Community.
The entire world is moving faster day by day. If you let the earth to take one simple rotation which means you have wasted a precious day in your short life. We all know the person who comes second in a race is not a winner, so who would like to be slow or left behind in the race of life. The entire world has become a place for Survival Of The Fittest.
Punctuality is a very important word in a Truckers Dictionary. Once I heard a 15 years experienced Truck Driver say “I’m a little trucker and trucking’ is what I do best. It’s what I want to do with my life, and that’s how I’ll be. Driving down the highway, carrying what someone will eat or need tomorrow makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up.”
We must dare to think ‘unthinkable’ thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. Before a decade the only way to file your Federal Excise Tax Form 2290 was by Paper. Gone are those days when the IRS mails you a paper form you fill that out all by yourself and either mail it to the IRS or walk directly into an IRS office and spend almost a day to get your stamped Schedule 1 copy.