 I think for me the biggest thing is trust, so trusting that I'm going to take care of them, trusting that I'm going to say what I do, you know, do what I say I'm going to do for them. I have to be honest about something. What's that? Whenever you show me your screen with my loads on it, I act like I know what I'm going to have, but I don't. It's okay. I know. I've only looked inside of them, but I've never actually been arrived for the first time. Fun stuff. It's been a long time you've been driven. Almost four years. So, yeah, I worked for another company, the other red company, and I wasn't really happy there. After that I went to another company. I wasn't really happy there either, so I came here and, you know, I felt, I felt more nice to be here. They actually went, it seemed like they went the extra mile to get me to work here, you know, because I had some issues and I had to take care of them, medically. But they were very patient with me and they said, you know, we'll get you here, and that's how I came. Before you came, I think. Oh, okay. I kind of always had that cool in mind of training. You know, it was my goal from the very beginning. I was, get my CDL, learn what I need to learn, something local, fly guards down the road, but I'm a seven-ton student. I'm stressful at times, but I just got a free-can-imagine pocket and I'm a little stressful. Yeah, I'm running about ten trainers right now, so I definitely get to hear all the different stories. Oh, yeah. I definitely... Are you like the mom and they call you all? I am. Yeah. So right now, well, I want to say back in August, I took over the trainers. So I run the Squireport. They want me to get up to 30 trainers this year. 30 trainers. 30. How many do you have now, you said? I think I have about 10. 10. But the nice thing is, people are starting... Since a lot of people know me already, I want to become a trainer, that the other drivers look forward to working as a trainer, so they definitely get there. We're like... I hear a lot of drivers talking and everybody talks about Taylor, Taylor Swanson. Oh man, she's such a great DM. Aw, I love Taylor. And you're kind of hidden from the social media. She's doing it right along. Kind of hidden from the social media, so nobody really sees that side of you. So I think this would be a good opportunity for the drivers to go on there and see who Taylor is. Get a little exposure to me. Right. Yep. I like it. So has your son ever been able to visit you and see the truck inside? No, not yet. No. I think the legal age limit is 10 years old, for night. But, you know, I inquired about taking my truck home and you checked for me and you said it was okay. Yep. So I'm looking forward to him seeing that. Oh, that would be fun. Him helping me clean it. Yeah. After my mom washed my bedding. You know? Well, I think he'll probably enjoy it. I know my son. He loves trucks. So three times he brought him here. Look at the big red truck. How old is your son? Three and a half. That's cool. So he's super excited. I've got a little model. He's got my trucks and he gets out sewing to it. He's just zooming around with his little tractor trailers. Yeah. Three and a half. That's like the fun age. That's the cute age. You know, he is so cute until he's unhappy. He's not hungry or doesn't get to go to the park. But it's still cute. I know. I was calling yesterday when I was working from home and Dan asked me something and he just starts singing in the background and he goes, oh, he's so fun breaking into a bird. And I think we should keep him at home. He's so young to be running around the office. I'm really enjoying it, especially having him. Then one of my biggest challenges is finding a company that can work with you and your family needs. So with him, he's whether he's sick or if they're always just so willing to let him work at home or work at home. That's cool. You get to work at home sometimes. Yeah. It's been tremendously helpful. It's a fun industry. There's just so many different things to it. It kind of just makes me really think about when I'm out on the road and I see a truck which is so much more mindful now. Like, okay, I gotta make sure I get my five to second space. Oh, it makes fun of me so much. I'm like, I don't want to make theirs gear or go off and then their smart drive go, well, what if that's their safety belt? You're exactly right. Yes. So I'm always like thinking about that and he just teases me. And it's just, you know, there's so much more to it. It's funny. I have so much more respect for the truck driver since I've become a truck driver. I didn't think twice when I was just a four-wheeler driver, you know? Cutting them off. I mean, it takes a while to slow this big thing down. Yeah. It's definitely brought to mind so many things that I've never thought about before. And for me, it's nice to be able to relate to it. I think what's helped me relate to some of my drives, too, is the fact that my boyfriend works for BNSF. Right. So I understand if you want home time, the importance of making sure you get that home time and spend time with your family, you know, and miss it home. So I think that's really helped me. Does he go out of town? He does, yeah. He works out on the road. We were lucky enough to have him back for the last year, but he's actually headed to Modesto and he'll probably be gone until December. Oh, he leaves months at a time? Months, yeah. So I probably won't see him for a couple months just because the drive, he has to, he works nights so he would get off at like 1 o'clock on Wednesday Saturday. He needs to drive, you know, 12 hours to get home and be back by Monday night. So for us, it's like, it just makes more sense for him to stay up there for a longer period of time before he comes back home. Right. And then usually he'll, uh... Not only does he have to leave town, but he has to work nights. Yeah. Much respect to him. Much respect. Yeah. So I told him, maybe I'll try to see him. Maybe he'll be more cool to let me have a day off and I can come up to you. So that way your schedule's not too interrupted. Have you been to Modesto? Yeah. I actually went to visit him when Grayson was about eight months old. It was quite an experience driving 13 hours with the six-way boat. Oh, you drove there? I drove there after work. Oh my gosh, I think I'd have stopped every two hours to change diapers and feed him. But it was, it was nice. I liked the area. So, you know, you know, maybe... There's some nice areas in Modesto. We have our drop yard there. That, you know what? Yeah. When I do go... I'll probably end up visiting at least once. I'll just drop by at the seas. I think you realize we have the yard there. Maybe you can drop your car off at the drop yard and then have him pick you up. There you go. They really want us to get out there and just kind of see what it's like for you guys, which I'd love to do because when I'm talking to you guys and you say, oh, something's going on in the shipper. I'm doing something on the trailer. I've never been out there to actually see it happening. So for me, it's hard to understand time-wise how long it's going to take or what it's going to be like. So, I want to see just all the different assets. I mean, I don't mind if something, you know, goes wrong. Obviously, I hope it doesn't. I hope that every shipper and receiver will go through some sealants. But, unfortunately, not always how it goes. No, not always. But... I will say this though. You know, I've run into somewhere. They were just cranky. I don't know if they woke up in a bad mood. Just smile at them. And I've told this one lady. She was very cranky with me. And, you know, I won't say the place, but I said, remember, you haven't had a bad day today. And then she opened up to me and said, oh, my back hurts. And I said, why not some Advil on my truck? Would you like some Advil? And she said, no, that's okay. But that totally changed her mood, you know. I just try to come across to people the way I want to be treated. Exactly. Treat us the way you want to be treated, even when I have that whole call that's not so pleasant. Still trying to be, I'll definitely, especially, I think some of my harder conversations are actually with new drivers, the students, when they first come out, because, you know, go how they expected, or, you know, what they thought it was going to be, pain, and it's going to be, so just talking to them, the situation, what's going on, you know, what it might be like, and so, I just always try to be nice, and I'm fortunate enough that, even if someone's cussed at me, just gone off, they always call back, and they apologize, because I know, you know, it's not my fault, I just try to help them out. Self-overlap, all my drivers love me, I think that a lot of the self-overlap that I talk to, get along with me really well, so, I like talking to them, I don't mind if I get to be the first one they talk to, every time, works for me, then I get to catch up, ask them how things are going. You know, the rumor, rumor is that, Taylor's not going to be there for that long, and I'm like, what are you talking about? She's too good, she's too good, she's going to get promoted, and we're going to move her as a DM, oh man. I, I have terrible people say things, but, if I, like, ask that it be with someone, and I'm like, you so proud? Yes, I love working there, but, before you, Ramon Garcia was like, might know Dan Peterson, and then before Dan Peterson, Ramon Garcia, but Dan Peterson was only for a short time, and, when Ramon got promoted, he would still help me out, you know, if I needed help, if I couldn't get a hold of my, DM, so that's what I like about it also, you know, even if they get promoted, and you can get a hold of them, you know, they'll help you out, with the situation going on. Yeah, I think, I think, I know their, their drivers, they've never been mine, they'll have myself, they'll reach out to me, and ask me for help, and, I'm just more than happy to help them anytime I can, because, we're honest together. I think I've been reached out to you on your day off, and you still reply. I try, I definitely try. Grace watches his YouTube videos, and sometimes it may hit you, but, if I hear it going off, but, he's much better now, where I can say, can you pass along the phone, and he'll hand it to me, and I can get things done. Isn't YouTube great for the millennials? Gosh, it's, yeah, when my cousin first told me about YouTube, and I was like, what is it? And she goes, I was like, is it, like you, like the letter, YouTube? She's like, he was a person. So, anything else here, I'm just gonna do it tonight, trying any out from the other kind of divisions, especially. Actually, honey, you should have asked. Yesterday, as I was getting my A-Service, I wanted to talk to, Ramon Garcia, and I started inquiring about owner operator. Okay. So, he introduced me to, I think, and I'm sorry, I can't remember her name, but she went through the paperwork, and told me everything there is to know, and then she started checking my thing, and my safety score, everything was good. So, that's another option. I mean, I just, I like options, but I like my, I like my truck, and I know I'd have to give it up, and I like training, and I know I'd have to stop training, and that's it. Yeah. It's just good to know that there's other options. Definitely. As far as that goes, look, you're a store worker. Have you heard of his name? Yes. He's that of El Paso. I run into him all the time. In El Paso, or Phoenix, or Farms Island. Yeah. I love to hear all the different things in the drives, so they've got a new driver in mind. He's getting ready just past his road test, just got his paint on her cruise, and now we've got to get him into a truck, and he's like, where are you getting ready? He's like, what kind of things can I bring? And he's like, you know, people have hotpots, I've got crockpots, grills, whatever makes you most comfortable in your truck, but you're going to be out there, like he wants to be out there basically 365 days a year, going out and seeing the boss go for it, you know, but bring what makes you comfortable. You can't bring something to make your food, you know, as long as it's safe for the course. Do you have a lot of people out all year? Being that I have the trainers, not as much as before when I had OTR, I have a couple guys, I have a couple of drivers that are not trainers, and they stay out, they won't quite stay out for more than maybe two months, but they'll be out for a while, and then they decide to come home, but it's some of my younger drivers that are mobile and kind of stay out for a little bit longer at a time, if you don't have children or, you know, I mean, that's the only reason I go home is because of my son. Definitely. Yeah, I might get that working. A lot of guys asked about the Monday to Friday and they said, heck yeah, you know, you want to do it? I am more than happy, you know, we'll get you out there, get you back home, make sure you can see your kids. Right. You are, yep, you are going to be my new driver. And what did I say to you? I remember saying something to you. It was last summer and trying to think. I think I remember saying, I like to run. Yes, Dan told me how to dance and just keep moving, keep moving. I want to say, I even got to, I think in the first low we got she was like, Phoenix to Texas. He's like, don't worry, he'll take it. I know he'll take it that he loves to run it. And, yeah, gosh, you could just make things happen. I'd give you a love and be like, I know Raymond's all looking for it. And even when you were sick, I think you kept going for about a week but still pushed through. And I was awesome. I could say the same about you. You were sick and your voice changed. I was all this talking to me and it was you. You were still working. You know, I get that work, I think for my mother, you know, my mother was always, she never missed work. And, you know, I told my mom, mom, they said, if I take too many days off, they're going to, I have to clean out my truck and my mom said, go work. But, as you've come, it's a different, it's more of a personable relationship, not outside of the work, but, you know, you, it seems like you, well, with me and you, you have a child and I have a child. So you understand, like, hey, can I get home by this certain time? And you really try to get me home and I appreciate that. You always have a student ready for me. You always have a load ready for me after I drop off my load at the receiver, you know, it's all good. You know, I hear a lot of other drivers, I don't know if their DMs aren't as good or what, or the drivers aren't, but I don't have that problem here. I, I enjoy where I work, I enjoy so well, I enjoy you as I can. Well, thank you. I love your, your great driver and you're always, you know, giving in, missed calls, shooting your trucks, I know you're going to miss calls. Unless I'm sleeping. Well, then I try to look at your log and see if you're sleeping. I'm glad you got your ride out. I think we got another one scheduled, I'm not sure, but it's cool that you got to come out here and see, you know, kind of what we do. Yeah, I definitely love any opportunity you can get out, kind of experience you guys get to experience. It's a whole other world from inside, from what we experience this much. They need to bring the driver into the office and it's the driver to, driver manager. I guess, I'm ready for it. Oh man, there'll be drivers going all over the place. Hey, what's going on here? I would be more than happy to have you sit with me anytime you like. You can watch what I get to do. I've, well that's what they do with the DQP students. They'll have them come sit with us for about an hour in the action on Mondays. And that's what I get to like tell them all the different screens on that. You know, if you guys just sit there all day it would start to make more sense than just an hour because there's just so many different things going on. But yeah, I've had a couple of drivers when they've had their services done they'll come next to me and they'll go, gosh, I just couldn't do it. I think I'd go a little crazy because, you know, it's a lot. I have to be honest about something. What's that? Whenever you show me your screen with my loads on it, I act like I know what I'm looking at and I'm pretty sure you're not the only one. You guys have shown me your load info on your cell phones and I can't I can't decide for it. I mean, I could if I took the time but the way that it's structured is just so much different than mine. Structure is different and you've got to get used to it. You're so funny. I guess when I say screenshots, it doesn't really have to be funny. Yeah, you sent me a screenshot and I was looking at it. Well, I try more or less to send it to like cities because I know that the times are funny. That's funny. Drivers, there's a lot more. Well, maybe their DM has pointed out different things. That might have helped. The first time I looked at that screen, I was like, what am I looking at? Where is this, huh? What? I do have a good driver, man. Even though she's newer, she gets it. She picked up quick on everything. She picked up quick. She's got a head on her shoulders and she understands you know, because she also goes through the same thing of, you know, she gives it, huh? Yeah, she gets it. I think for me, the biggest thing is trust so trusting that I'm going to take care of them, trusting that I'm going to say what I do like, you know, do what I say I'm going to do for them. That's a big thing for me, especially and in just communication, don't be afraid to ever tell me anything. You know, whether you think that I'm going to be upset or not going to be upset, the biggest thing is just make sure you tell me so that I can take care of the problems. That's what I'm here to do. Just make your lives and focus on the load, making sure you get there. I'll figure out everything else.