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\\nWhether you\\u2019re a trainee or veteran driver, this episode
\\nwill be the best 30 minutes of entertainment you\\u2019ve heard in a while. Trainer
\\nMike Cline took CFO Bill Wettstein out on the road as a trainee for a week. And
\\nthe stories are just as good as you\\u2019re imagining.
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\\nFresh Off the Asphalt
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\\nWe caught Bill and Mike for this interview straight from the
\\ninterstate. Bill\\u2019s fresh first impressions are cringeworthy, laughable, and
\\nunfiltered. Relive the adventure, and share a chuckle or two, with Mike and Bill.
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\\n\\u201cI told Mike, \\u2018Alright, I\\u2019m going to do less than five mistakes here.\\u2019 And I don\\u2019t think I got away from the guard shack before I had two\\u2026\\u201d
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\\nFrom Desk Chair to
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\\nBill vividly compares and contrasts his daily life in the
\\noffice to his daily life in the truck cab. And what are his weak points? Even
\\nthough Bill signs the paychecks at the end of the day, Mike\\u2019s not afraid to
\\nbare the truth.
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\\n\\u201cWell I think I might have won because at the very beginning of the first day you said, \\u2018Mike, you\\u2019re the boss.\\u2019\\u201d
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\\nNo preamble can do this raw, rushed episode justice \\u2013 press
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\\n* \\u201cWhat surprised me was how misunderstood the
\\ntruck driver is out there. Just dealing with the public.\\u201d* \\u201cBacking \\u2013 I can do it. I need to get out and
\\nlook and to pull forward a lot more than anyone else that drives for us does.\\u201d* \\u201cNow, did you hit anything?\\u201d* \\u201cNot that I\\u2019m aware of.\\u201d* \\u201cGood enough!\\u201d* \\u201cHis lane departure system warning in his truck
\\nworks quite well\\u2026 one night, I told my wife, \\u2018If he tells me one more time to
\\nstay in my lane, I\\u2019m going to scream!\\u2019\\u201d* \\u201cI could feel my whole body stiffen up, and I
\\nthought, \\u2018Ok, I\\u2019m done with that lane
\\ndeparture warning!\\u2019\\u201d* \\u201cI never got to honk at anyone. It\\u2019s a pity!\\u201d* \\u201cWe took four weeks of training and crammed it
\\ninto one.\\u201d \\u2013 Mike * \\u201cYeah, we staged that one but the other 999 were
\\nnot staged.\\u201d* \\u201cI told Mike, \\u2018Alright, I\\u2019m going to do less
\\nthan five mistakes here.\\u2019 And I don\\u2019t think I got away from the guard shack
\\nbefore I had two\\u2026\\u201d* \\u201cThe one way I figured out how to make Mike be
\\nquiet and not coach me is\\u2026 to\\u2026 go\\u2026 slowww\\u2026\\u201d* \\u201cWell I think I might have won because at the
\\nvery beginning of the first day you said, \\u2018Mike, you\\u2019re the boss.\\u2019\\u201d* \\u201cI really hope people recognize that. That
\\nmanagement does care. It\\u2019s not us vs.
\\nthem.\\u201d* \\u201cMike was in the truck stop, and he told me just
\\nto park the truck. I mean seriously, how hard can that be? And I got myself in
\\na jam over there in Lebanon at the Flying J. I got out of it, but my three
\\nminutes without him with me proved to myself I\\u2019m not ready to roll.\\u201d
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