Why is everyone in such a rush these days?
For context, I drove about a decade ago and I'm just getting back into it. Last time, we still hustled, but now it's everyone rushing to the point that it's almost disrespectful. Can't even give a dude time to back in, can't give the yard dog two seconds to connect to a trailer, everyone is just zipping around at speed in the truck stops, it's just a different landscape.
Last time I drove, you'd give someone a minute to back in, cut your headlights, if you weren't behind maybe hop out and spot for them. In the mornings, you could have a coffee and shit before doing a pretrip and heading out, spare a minute ago hit a cool truck stop, but now it just feels like you can't even get a second to think.
I've been out with a trainer for a few weeks now and it's honestly nonstop, all the time, even though we're consistently two days early to every drop, but can't stop long enough to grab breakfast. Maybe it'll be different when I'm on my own again, but it's stressing me out. I'm killing it as far as the job itself, but the constant rushing is draining.