Janurary 25, 2010, Monday
The Bottom of the Demographic Pool?
By: Annie Thompson
This is what I read in someone else’s blog about truck driver’s. This was appalling. So, I did some research and according to Donal O’Connor, a writer for The Beacon Herald, demographic profilers can only offer limited insight and their practical usefulness is debatable The conclusions drawn can not be statistically valid or reproducible so, these criticisms are not as well founded.
There are many different types of drivers out there. Many who are actually proven to be at the TOP of the career income demographics, making more income than many of those claiming to be above reproach when it comes to their income and careers. Also, in this day and time with the recession being what it is to each of us differently, having a job, getting a job and climbing the ladder to a better job should be the ultimate goal but, what about those who instead of searching for a pre-existing job, create one on their own and that is what it means to be an Owner-Operator of a trucking company. When someone owns their own truck, then they are business owners. This means they must be capable of handling many different business decisions and therefore must be educated enough to be an accountant, a driver, physically and mentally capable of handling many different and dangerous situations under a lot of pressure and have excellent communication skills. As business owners, we run, all the time. As long as our truck is running then it is making money and we are making money. This job does require you to be able to live in many different environments and at the mercy of truck stops all over the country.
You see, at home I have a lot of luxuries but out here, we get a little dirty and sometimes I don’t get my teeth brushed until ten o’clock a.m. but I can guarantee that I have had more formal training in the arts, literature, humanities and societies than most of the people claiming to be demographic profilers. Excuse me but I have lived a life that has taken me from Beverly Hills, Ca. to hog farms, dairy farms, feed mills, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, ect… and I am telling you now that all of the Gucci, Versace, Louis Vuiitton and Tiffany’s could never compete with all of the natural beauties I have been a part of traveling across the country. For example, sunsets over the Ocean, a waterfall above old winding rail road tracks in Colorado or going over a drawbridge in Portland. These are things that can never be bought, could never be reproduced and can happen only once in a lifetime. What have I bought? Nothing. What have I taken home with me? Many beautiful memories, pictures and irreplaceable moments of time. Did I get up out of my own bed and hit my own beautiful bathroom, coffee pot and drive, all pretty and smelling good to an office? Absolutely not, but I did receive the opportunity of seeing so many miracles that the heart can barely take them all in? Yes I did and if someone thinks that truckers are at the bottom of the demographic pool then they need to check the assets that they have and think real hard about where they came from. No drivers? No products. I wonder if those judging are ever hungry or they ever want to eat? If so then a little more respect for those who deliver the meat you eat and the milk you drink. Thank you.
No comments:
Post a Comment