Probably just happy someone out there is still talking about him.

The trucking industry still uses a payment system designed by Marx, the father of Communism.

Excatly, it’s gone from just being a tough job to a tough job with crappy pay, paying by the mile so your screwed if you hit traffic or have to take a detour. And now the trucking companies use GPS to plot you the ‘shortest’ route, not taking into account roads that are unsafe for large trucks.

This is pretty much the status Quo for ‘professional drivers” nowdays. They are not real pros but simply typical people that easily pass the test from the “driver school” churning companies.

At first glance, this is a funny story about one misinformed person. Problem is, she is not alone in her inability to count.

US ton is not the same as imperial ton (2,000lbs vs 2,240lbs). Same for gallons—imperial is 1.2 times the amount of liquid as US.

Saying she couldn’t back the truck up is easier than saying she didn’t want to. That’s what happened here, and happens all the time.

Units of measure aside the “No Semis” sign should have been a strong indicator of “stay the hell off this bridge you twit”

at it’s finest

It’s also pretty clear she was clueless about the height, too. It never ceases to amaze me how they manage to pass out CDLs willy-nilly. Just go look at 80% of Swift drivers and you’ll see them hopelessly wedged under bridges or driving merrily down the left lane on a posted no-trucks parkway.

A 20+ ton vehicle...what’s that, like a couple hundred pounds?

No, many of our finest politicians were educated at the finest private schools and still manage to do the stupidest things.

This isn’t simple ignorance... this is some advanced-level ignorance. What’s that quote... “Make something idiot-proof, and they’ll just make a better idiot”?

Whenever we go out, the people always shout,

Considering the ram shackle places that usually fly that flag they should just get an old double-wide trailer for their new wing and save 3.85 million.

I work at a museum and it doesn’t take $3.6 mil to install a fucking flag, but then you don’t need me to tell you that because anyone with half a brain could work that out for themselves

I think you’re confused. This is the plot of When Harry Met Sally.

Seconded.

Well, this is five minutes of my life I'm never getting back...

Unpopular opinion: Love Actually, Home Alone, and A Christmas Story all suck.