so i go to work yesterday....

SPEEDY MCCREADY
SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,036
edited March 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
and take a look at my truck....and am thrilled to see that they had put new tires on Saturday...WOOO HOOO!!!!

i jump in and head on down the road.....i drive 20-25 miles on the highway...exit the highway.....make a left hand turn....drive another mile.....make a right hand turn....

and this is where the fun starts.....

as i make the right hand turn my truck pulls hard to the left.....and i notice that 2 of my new tires...that were put on saturday.....are now bouncing down the street in front of me.....

as i watch the tires go on their merry way.......i am cringing because their are 8-10 cars coming at them.....somehow the tires didnt hit any of them.....THANK GOD!!!!!

had this happened at any time when i was on the highway... i would/could have killed myself and plenty of others......UNFUCKINGREAL!!!!!

i wonder if the assfuck who put on the new tires.....and FORGOT to tighten the lugnuts will still have a job today....

im thinking he wont.....
Take me piece by piece.....
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
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  • vduboise
    vduboise Posts: 1,937
    did the truck survive? This happened to a friend of mine and his car was totaled.
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    :o :shock: :o


    i am so glad that no one got hurt!
    yikes!
    you are quite lucky!
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    holy crap :shock: !

    that's not good, speedy.
    not good at all!
    glad to hear that nothing bad happened.

    what did your boss say?
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,036
    decides2dream wrote:
    :o :shock: :o


    i am so glad that no one got hurt!
    yikes!
    you are quite lucky!
    lucky isnt even the word.....

    i cant believe i was able to drive 20-25 highway miles without those tires coming off....

    each one of those tractor tires has to weigh close to 150lbs.....can you imagine those tires crashing into a car windshield at 55 mph????

    it would have been instant death to the passenger of that car.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    i glad you are ok and nobody was hurt


    but the image of you watching you're tires "go on their merry way" cracked me up....personally i'd find the brain-dead idiot that changed your tires and punch him in his temple
  • chromiam
    chromiam Posts: 4,114
    I bet your boss laughed his ass off and said it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.... :D

    hehehehehehehe


    glad to hear that everyone is ok and nothing too serious happened.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,036
    mfc2006 wrote:
    holy crap :shock: !

    that's not good, speedy.
    not good at all!
    glad to hear that nothing bad happened.

    what did your boss say?
    my boss was cool about it.....what could he really say to me????

    he knows damned well i wasnt at fault...

    but i cant wait to find out what he says to the asshole who put the tires on.....

    and I CANT WAIT to have a little chat with the asshole who put those tires on.....thats if he still has a job.....
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    mfc2006 wrote:
    holy crap :shock: !

    that's not good, speedy.
    not good at all!
    glad to hear that nothing bad happened.

    what did your boss say?
    my boss was cool about it.....what could he really say to me????

    he knows damned well i wasnt at fault...

    but i cant wait to find out what he says to the asshole who put the tires on.....

    and I CANT WAIT to have a little chat with the asshole who put those tires on.....thats if he still has a job.....

    that's what i meant...what did he say to the moron that forgot the lugnuts?? what an idiot.
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  • PearlJamaholic
    PearlJamaholic Posts: 2,019
    sorry about that......
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,036
    how the fuck can you forget to tighten lugnuts??? ON A FUCKING SEMI???

    ITS A SEMI!!!!

    that is going to be hooked to a trailor that is going to pull 40,000lbs of freight.....

    had they fallen off on the highway the truck and trailor would have flipped over...probably killing me...

    and the tires would have gone crashing through someones windshield at 55mph killing the driver and passengers in that vehicle.....

    i was a fucking mess for the rest of the day.....i didnt want to drive that truck...or any truck ever the fuck again......

    For 20 years i have driven semis and i do not have ONE MOVING VIOLATON......yet yesterday i could have killed people in an instant....

    im still a fucking mess.........
    Take me piece by piece.....
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  • dcfaithful
    dcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    and take a look at my truck....and am thrilled to see that they had put new tires on Saturday...WOOO HOOO!!!!

    i jump in and head on down the road.....i drive 20-25 miles on the highway...exit the highway.....make a left hand turn....drive another mile.....make a right hand turn....

    and this is where the fun starts.....

    as i make the right hand turn my truck pulls hard to the left.....and i notice that 2 of my new tires...that were put on saturday.....are now bouncing down the street in front of me.....

    as i watch the tires go on their merry way.......i am cringing because their are 8-10 cars coming at them.....somehow the tires didnt hit any of them.....THANK GOD!!!!!

    had this happened at any time when i was on the highway... i would/could have killed myself and plenty of others......UNFUCKINGREAL!!!!!

    i wonder if the assfuck who put on the new tires.....and FORGOT to tighten the lugnuts will still have a job today....

    im thinking he wont.....

    Glad you're alright! Maybe it's just the ass in me, but I'd go to that shop and say something like: "Yeah, sooo do you train your employees to tighten lugnuts, cause guess what?"
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  • chromiam
    chromiam Posts: 4,114
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Glad you're alright! Maybe it's just the ass in me, but I'd go to that shop and say something like: "Yeah, sooo do you train your employees to tighten lugnuts, cause guess what?"

    I'd walk in with a lug wrench, walk up to the supervisor and say hey I hear you need to teach people how to use this.....
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,036
    edited March 2009
    chromiam wrote:
    dcfaithful wrote:
    Glad you're alright! Maybe it's just the ass in me, but I'd go to that shop and say something like: "Yeah, sooo do you train your employees to tighten lugnuts, cause guess what?"

    I'd walk in with a lug wrench, walk up to the supervisor and say hey I hear you need to teach people how to use this.....
    i am curious to see what happens next.

    I ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS...

    Walk in to work with a pleasant attitude.....say good morning/afternoon to everyone.....just do anything and everything they ask of me....never bitching and moaning or complaining.....and after 8-10 hours i go home......

    why give them the oppurtunity to see you angry??? right??? I just act like an adult and do my job with a smile on my face....

    BUT...they knew damned well i was a little upset about what could have happened....
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  • chromiam
    chromiam Posts: 4,114
    makes sense to me... and you should be a little pissed about it, I mean if not for anyone elses safety but your own. You're out there every day and need to know that the equipment is safe to operate.

    And like you said, there is rarely ever a reason to get angry at work.. its a job and if it is that bad, then its time to find a new one.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
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    chromiam wrote:
    makes sense to me... and you should be a little pissed about it, I mean if not for anyone elses safety but your own. You're out there every day and need to know that the equipment is safe to operate.

    And like you said, there is rarely ever a reason to get angry at work.. its a job and if it is that bad, then its time to find a new one.
    i watch drivers....grown men in their 40's and 50's bitch moan and complain every fucking day when they are given their daily manifest.....

    my boss just hands me my manifest and says "give me a call when you are finished"

    and thats that....he knows damn well I am the least of his problems.....I have never fucking ever let them see me anything but professional in how i go about doing my job....

    and when i walk in to work today.....i wont mention a fucking thing about what happened yesterday(unless the big boss questions me)......i will just show up...say good morning/afternoon....get my manifest.....and go about my business....
    Take me piece by piece.....
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  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    Wow! That's just unbelievable. Glad you're ok. Keep us posted though, I'd love to hear what happens to the idiot. :)
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  • Given to...
    Given to... Wyoming Posts: 5,007
    Good attitude Speedy.
    Makes you wonder if the guy that didnt tighten your lugnuts lets everything wash off of his back as easily as you do. I sure hope not.

    Either way, I admire your work ethic. I try to act the same way as you mention. You must have gotten overlooked for the "entitlement " fan club too and decided to make a go at it on your own merits.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 27,036
    jaamfaan wrote:
    Good attitude Speedy.
    Makes you wonder if the guy that didnt tighten your lugnuts lets everything wash off of his back as easily as you do. I sure hope not.

    Either way, I admire your work ethic. I try to act the same way as you mention. You must have gotten overlooked for the "entitlement " fan club too and decided to make a go at it on your own merits.
    i guess its part of the aging process....

    im no longer an "angry young man"

    and i havent been for quite some time.....hehehehehehehe

    its so much easier to just go with the flow....the only thing you can control....are your own actions...

    and yes...i am a big fan of going about things on my own merits....and letting my actions and past history speak for itself....
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    its so much easier to just go with the flow....the only thing you can control....are your own actions...

    and yes...i am a big fan of going about things on my own merits....and letting my actions and past history speak for itself....

    very true.
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  • QuarterToTen
    QuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,651
    sounds like that mechanic had a few lug nuts loose in his brain.

    glad you and everyone else is okay.
    Nice shirt.

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