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- Report: #629827
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Complaint Review: truckerdesiree.com
truckerdesiree.comInternet United States of America
truckerdesiree.com Desiree Wood, Real Women In Trucking, Beware this lying self-serving witch, Internet
*General Comment: I heard
*Consumer Comment: Trucker Desiree Fake
*General Comment: Support for my wife's comments
*General Comment: Tossed under the Semi
*General Comment: I believe Desiree Wood is a two face liar.
*General Comment: Ann G's Trash Talk
*Consumer Comment: Ann....get a life....
*Consumer Comment: tos violation
*General Comment: Defamation of Character
*Consumer Comment: Libelous Report
*General Comment: Ann G.... stop making things up
*General Comment: Trucker Desiree
*REBUTTAL Individual responds: TruckerDesiree of Real Women In Trucking responds to Ann G
*General Comment: NO Foundation for the comments made
*Consumer Comment: TruckerDesiree-Rebuttal
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Suddenly, she is billing herself as "THE woman trucker's 'advocate'" against so-called abuse against the women in the industry. I have been following her and her rants, and have noticed that she takes personal delight in "sensationalizing" events, and twisting truths to fit her own purpose. Then, for some reason, she started attacking a woman's trucking organization, women in trucking I think it is, and bashing, slandering the woman who runs it. I later found out it was because she was a member, but her mental disease became so intolerable, and her behavior so unacceptable, that they finally just threw her out of the organization. This particular organization is Christian based, to their credit, they were going to forgive and take her back as a member, but Desiree's insanity got in the way.
THEN, if that were not enough, she started picking on a couple of middle aged ladies who (and I investigated them) haven't done a mean thing to anyone, from what I have learned through various conversations with women truck drivers, that this Desiree Wood person is someone to be avoided, and to take most of what you read with a grain of salt. Every time she is craving attention, she blogs and tries to divide people, and create tension where none should exist. She claims that "we should all be on the same page", but on the other hand, she starts fights, and damages good reputations.
Desiree Wood is one of the biggest liars and hypocrites, I was amazed at the amount of people who came forward and shared her personal emails and conversations, they are all eager to see this woman get her come uppance. Also, I don't know the validity of this, but more than one male driver claims that they saw this woman going from truck to truck at the Memphis, TN TA Truck stop, she went into one truck and didn't come out for over an hour. Supposedly, she left her poor dog in her own truck, alone, while she bedded down with a truck driver there. So, is she a closet truck stop w***e? A formally "battered" woman who is so desperate for attention that she will stoop at nothing to feed her tortured soul?
Just beware this woman, or better yet, ignore her. I hear that she is quick to "befriend" you, garnering whatever information she can use to twist to suit her own purposes. With all of the lies that she tells, and her gift of gab, perhaps she should become a politician.
My final conclusion after researching, following her, and listening to her over the internet radio shows, is that she is in dire need of psychological help, and medicine to help her better cope with her severe bi-polar disorder. She certainly fits all the criteria of a severe manic depressive type personality. Full of grandiose behavior, then she will quiet down for a while, then she will go into a manic stage again.
She is a very mentally disabled and deeply disturbed individual, and I also heard that she purposely injured herself so that she could collect workman's comp, or disability from the Covenant trucking outfit that she works for and stay home with her dog, and therefore have more free time to indulge her mental illness by blogging lies and cyber bullying people over the internet. I also heard that Covenant can't wait to get rid of her, they put on a nice face when she is around, they know that she would be quick to sue them, so for now, they are handling her with kid gloves.
I have no doubt that she will milk her company for all that is it worth, just like she is milking her five minutes of fame with the once esteemed Dan Rather.
There are many good trucking sites on the internet, there are people who are trying to make positive changes in the industry, and they accomplish their goals without belittling or beating down others to elevate themselves. This is one person who is NOT accomplishing much of anything, she is all show, all talk, and nothing solid to back it up. Desiree is such a good con artist, that there are those who take her babble as gospel.
Avoid and beware of this Desiree Wood, she is nothing but trouble. Frankly, the thought of her driving a tractor trailer personally makes me nervous. I have been told that she was texting on her phone while driving that huge vehicle. That just in itself is a frightening prospect.
Take whatever you read or hear that comes out of her mouth, with a grain of salt.
Those "in the know" just laugh at her. I pity her, she needs some serious help.
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#1 General Comment
I heard
AUTHOR: Lucy - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Monday, February 18, 2013POSTED: Monday, February 18, 2013
Its not rocket science to figure this one out
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#2 Consumer Comment
Trucker Desiree Fake
AUTHOR: Dakota - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Friday, November 26, 2010POSTED: Friday, November 26, 2010
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#3 General Comment
Support for my wife's comments
AUTHOR: Andrew H - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, September 07, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, September 07, 2010
truckerdesiree.com Desiree Wood Supporting my wife's comments (Tossed under the Semi) Internet
I would like to support and echo my wife's comments. I have observed significant misinformation posted on Twitter and other internet sites by Desiree Wood. She is not typical of a serious truck driver.
Most truck drivers who take the business seriously close their left door and take care of business. Since I spend my time on the road taking care of business, I have had very little time for social networking sites.
Desiree Woods campaign is not helpful to the trucking industry, and I would suggest she get her facts straight and learn to tolerate people who disagree with her.
The trucking industry would be much better off without her useless left wing and misleading propaganda.
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#4 General Comment
Tossed under the Semi
AUTHOR: Kathy H - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, September 01, 2010POSTED: Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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#5 General Comment
I believe Desiree Wood is a two face liar.
AUTHOR: ShutUpAndDrive - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Sunday, August 15, 2010POSTED: Sunday, August 15, 2010
You dont know me but I have been watching you since someone I know told me about you. It seems to me you are a two face liar. I cant not believe that you would talk about someone and not except to get Rebuttal back. I believe you should shut up and drive your d**n truck when you are driving it. You talk on the radio and smear lies. When ever I hear you on the radio I want to start chewing nails. You have a nerve to dish it out but can take it back. I have spoken to the women you have slandered and I feel they have a case agaist you for slandering there names all over the radio. I have heared you myself! So, If you want to start S**t except a countersuit. We have plenty of documents ourselves. You cant keep your mouth shut and butt in other peoples business. You have already done this on here.
You think you drive for a great company? HA! All big companies are all about the money and your just a number. You talk about how women should protect themselves in trucking. I dont think you have ANY Idea how to tell these women how to protect themseleves when you cant even seem to protect yourself from walking your dog without getting seriously injured.
You talk about wanting to help women that are in a bad situations and yet you havent been through a whole lot yourself. I in other hand have had my share of co drivers. You need to research your facts before you start telling people what to do. I dont believe that your an expert on this subject.
Now I have also realized that you have been telling people who to talk to and who to avoid. What gives you the right to do that? You are no better than anyone else.
I also realize that you ran your mouth so much that the men in truck will not even help the lady drivers anymore. Thanks Alot since some things are difficult for some of us to do. I don't even get "road courtesy" anymore from the male drivers because of you. You have created more divisiveness in this industry when you claim you want us to all be "on the same page"
I also believe that you are causing women who thought about trucking and now they are changing their minds. And do you realize that when you say women are victims in trucking the companies will stop hiring women.
Now, if you want to continue in this little charade I will personally put up a website myself and be against your site. Real women in trucking dont give a rats a*s what going on the internet. They just want to drive. Yes, there are issues and I will personally make sure that is brought up and how to deal with it. You cant stop what happens you can just try to avoid them.
Most women aren't "victims" and can handle themselves. Stop scaring women away from the industry, stop slandering, attacking and spreading lies, and if you really want to see positive changes happen, then start getting everyone on the same page, and stop creating an atmosphere of fear, paranoia, and anger.
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#6 General Comment
Ann G's Trash Talk
AUTHOR: Crazy Dog Lady - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, August 11, 2010POSTED: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
I HAVE had the pleasure of meeting Desiree & her dog Karma. She is an outspoken woman with a real heart for protecting other women from the experiences she had in the trucking industry.
Who in their right mind would suggest that someone "deliberately" busted their kneecap to take a ride on workman's comp?? That is an incredibly painful injury, and being out of work is no pleasure cruise! There is no way to "fake" that kind of injury.
One can hope that Ann G will take her criticism for this poorly "researched" rant, and find a job more suited to her talents. Fiction writing would be a good option.
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#7 Consumer Comment
Ann....get a life....
AUTHOR: RoadToad69 - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
"I heard", "Someone said", "I was told"...
Seriously. I've said this many times before and now I'm going to say it again:
If you didn't see it with your own eyes OR hear it with your own ears THEN don't invented it with your sick, twisted little brain AND spew it out your lying, busybody little mouth. (Rules Of Life #431)
I don't know who you are but it is VERY apparent that you are NOT a truck driver (otherwise you'd know the TA is in WEST Memphis, ARKANSAS and not Memphis, TN). It is also very apparent that you are someone whose mouth/fingers are on fast forward and whose brain and fact checking machine are on rewind. I'm also pretty sure that you are someone who has no real life of your own otherwise, if you got your @$$ out from behind your computer and out your front door into the REAL world...you wouldn't have to hear about all of the cool and interesting stuff that goes on out there from everyone else.
And WIT saying they are Christians is like me standing in my garage and saying I'm a car...doesn't make it true....
And, by the way....YOU'RE the one talking to male truck drivers about truck stop sex gossip...so just what do you think THAT says about YOU? Sounds like voyeuristic, creepy stalker, s**t mentality to me...(yes hon....I *know* I used some big words...get a dictionary...)
So...turn off the computer, put down the HoHo's and back away and no one gets hurt....
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#8 Consumer Comment
tos violation
AUTHOR: Happy1withshatteredreamz - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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#9 General Comment
Defamation of Character
AUTHOR: Kathleen Wells - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
We never had reason to doubt her story since my husband was living through 9 months of what we can only describe as indentured servitude to the company. As I got to know Desiree I found that there were people out there who did not like having a trucking industry whistle blower in their midst. The attacks were slanderous and unfounded just as this Rip Off Report post is. She has never "billed herself" as "THE woman's trucker advocate." She merely told her story and spoke out bravely without fear when she witnessed truck drivers being wronged and the dangers they face, especially women.
My husband faced a dangerous situation as he was placed with another driver who had personality problems and was very combative. If a man can run into these kinds of problems, it was not difficult to imagine the nightmare scenario a woman could run into. The Other women trucking group mentioned is not advocating for women on these issues and their statement of purpose admits that. If there have been bad relations between them and Desiree it is purely because Desiree will not be silenced.
The author of this slanderous post against her will unlikely reveal him or herself. She/he has not personally been wronged by Desiree but obviously carries a grudge for some imagined slight. It is also unlikely this person is qualified to diagnose anyone as having a "mental disease" as the writing style and subject are quite elementary.
If you have a question for Desiree, ask her. For the past 3 years I have known her she has always been a highly intelligent open book always willing to discuss trucking industry issues.
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#10 Consumer Comment
Libelous Report
AUTHOR: Linda - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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#11 General Comment
Ann G.... stop making things up
AUTHOR: FERNANDO1958 - (Canada)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
your babbling is amazing. you jump from personal attack to personal attack without any evidence or facts or anything else. that's a typical "making up while you go".
I have reading and following Desiree for some time and nothing that you write comes even close to the person I'm reading about.
From my personal experience, is very clear that you are being paid (or work for) a company that feels attacked by Desiree. She is trying to improve things for the drivers. Obviously if a company doesn't want to expend money and improve things it will resort to personal attacks to try to influence people in not believing Desiree several writings.
You even mentioned that she injure herself. That's is so false. There are pictures of the injure. Nobody in their lucid mind will resort to this terrible injury just to stop working. She loves her job so there is no reason to do that. You have no evidence of anything.
I offered her some money to help her after she injure herself and she refused. I offer this multiple times and she always turn me down so the "she is trying to milk her company" is false too. When you are a con you don't turn money down.
You obviously work or you are paid by somebody to write like this.
I've seen politicians doing this to raise their likability (paying relatives).
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#12 General Comment
Trucker Desiree
AUTHOR: DeadTurkeyTweet - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
I've only been on Twitter since September of last year. During that time I have 'met' many wonderful individuals in the trucking business, of whom Desiree and her dog Karma are two of these wonderful individuals.
By chatting with these people I have learned a lot about the trucking industry - information that I think is important for all of us here in the US. We need to know HOW the produce and material goods that we rely upon in our daily lives gets to the stores that we frequent.
I think it is important that we also know about how people in the trucking industry are treated. In this regard, Desiree has been one of the people at the forefront. I have always found the information that she shares with the public to be informative.
How many people REALLY care that a trucking company closed its doors around Christmas time last year, stranding thousands of workers in far-flung reaches of the US without a way to get home? Well guess what? Without people like Desiree and the other truckers posting about this issue on Twitter many people would not have known about it.
It is a shame that some people have so little in their lives that they feel they can write slanderous comments about someone they've never met and will never meet, and the information they have posted is hearsay and gossip.
Keep up the good work Desiree. Keep up the good work - all the wonderful truckers in the US.
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#13 REBUTTAL Individual responds
TruckerDesiree of Real Women In Trucking responds to Ann G
AUTHOR: Concerned driver - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
I am Desiree Wood, I am the person who wrote my Student Trucker Horror Story on a website called Ask the Trucker. It is called A Day in the Life of a Lady Trucker. I began writing it in 2008 from a Palm PDA because I did not own a computer but I felt compelled to let other student truckers who were being recruited and an incredibly high rate know what to expect so they could be successful. I was extremely concerned about single women entering who had been encouraged through government programs and would be blindsided by the unprofessional training atmosphere.
I had written two emails when I was in distress. One was to Ask the Trucker and the other was to Women In Trucking(WIT) . Only Allen & Donna Smith from Ask the Trucker responded. I also joined Women In Trucking with high hopes as my story took off like gang busters on Ask the Trucker, a free site.
I wrote a second time to WIT to tell them that I was writing this story and despite its instant popularity with prospective male students, I was trying to let women know what to expect to protect themselves.
I was invited to write about it on the WIT forum by Membership Director Char Pingel but I was immediately made to feel unwelcome by another member who seemed to dominate the organization web site.
To me it was a good visual example of another aspect a woman would find in trucking. There was little leadership for entering women and they are not made to feel welcome by other women. There is enormous jealousy and suspicion. This is a major contributor that pushes women to look for someone who will help them and ending up trusting someone they should beware of, often someone who has had multiple complaints against them is being protected. There are also inaappropriate women recruited who are misled into this industry because they provide favorable quotas and tax incentives but they are not well informed.
I began a thread on the WIT forum which had over 3000 reads while the other posts had at the most 200 reads, if that. This stepped on the toes of another member who views herself as a writer. I am not a writer but my writing took off almost instantly. It was simple jealousy.
I approached the President about the behavior because to my thinking if she was interested in gaining female trucker memberships which were $10 for students & $25 for an experienced driver, she was permitting this single member run a lot of traffic of her board who had set up camp as the last word in trucking.
While this Woman was knowledgeable on some things , she was not providing any valid information for entering students who would have to be trained in one of the huge government funded trucking fleets where students must go to get enough experience to move into better paying jobs.
I wrote privately to President Ellen Voie to avoid her any public embarrassment on numerous occasions and I still have those replies. I also became aware that another member, a female dump truck driver was stalking me around the internet. In an email I was told that they had seen people like me before come around and they simply ran them off.
This encouraged me continue writing more because I took great offense that a non-profit was using religion to brand themselves and permitting this conduct.
The truth is that most of the women I have met since I have entered trucking are lesbians. The Gay Community has a very strong voice in politics and I felt if I could make other credible womens organizations who care about violence against woman take notice they would be just as sickened as I was.
I did not appreciate the political affiliations to this organization having a favorable tax status putting up a false front that they advocate for women in the trucking industry when in fact it is mostly for show on the surface.
I found that many of their sponsors had recently emerged or were engaged in serious sexual harassment cases and that they seemed to be more interested in protecting the sponsors than assist the women drivers.
I set about blogging on this as it unfolded and this is all documented on my site:
www.truckerdesiree.com See posts called posts called The CRST Case, Women In Trucking, Support from Women In Trucking , The U.S. Xpress Incident also in a Video Segment from a Workplace Bullying Documentary called Raw Sound Bytes from a Trucking Convention where President Ellen Voie states that women of the massive CRST sexual harassment case just wanted to be part of a lawsuit yet she had never taken the time to speak to one and claimed to have no access to any of the women which I found to be false.
My membership was revoked after Ellen Voie found out I was going to appear in the Dan Rather Broadcast. Many people in the trucking industry knew Dan Rather was doing an investigative report into trucking and many organizations were filmed. Ellen Voie was filmed doing her speech at a convention but it was cut out because it was deemed irrelevant. Most of the organizations in trucking knew Dan Rather was doing a story and saw it as a free publicity opportunity BUT they DID NOT know Dan Rather knew about me.
In total there are 4 episodes based on clues in my student story, I was also in the 2009 Highlight show as being one of the most controversial episodes, this is in part because trucking has a real stranglehold on the media that gets out and they had no control on this escaping into the general public.
Ellen Voie personally tried to discredit me to filmmaker Beverly Petersen although I had never worked for her. My Company did not try to discredit me.
I will say that Covenant Transport is now in transformation and I am hopeful they are successful because there are many good people working at this company who want to raise the standard.
When I brought my story to twitter it was an instant success and I was contacted about a number of topics which I did not feel qualified to discuss. I did join OOIDA but I found that they had just as much drama going on by their female staff as there was at WIT. I also found that they are a non-profit but sell insurance which is made me see that advocacy for the American Trucker is not what pays their salaries. I found they get involved in lawsuits for a variety of areas but they are too spread out to be entirely effective. I saw that they did not concentrate on winnable endeavors like no-brainers that would simply be good for motoring safety and American Trucker.
I found that using religion and using non-profit status is a perfect cover to give people jobs. I found that a non-profit means you can spend way more on administrative costs than to actually achieve your stated Mission. I found that many of these organizations may appear to be advocates as a membership device but they do not deliver. I found there were many people who did not like a new kid turning up telling the truth and giving it away for free.
I started Real Women In Trucking to post blunt free information for people researching on the internet. On that site is a 3 part Question and Answer with Ellen Voie where she tries to defend the unfortunate remarks she made in the Raw Sound Bytes from a Trucking Convention video appearance but she ended up making herself and her organization look worse.
I was on the phone daily with WIT Director Marge Bailey during this period who posted frequently on this series of posts. It was clear that these women have always been able to call someone up and have derogatory remarks taken off the internet about them and they were not used to being able to not control this with me.
There is much more about Ellen Voies personal career and life details that I did not permit to be made public but most people in the industry all ready know. Truck Drivers do not have much ability to get information about who is for real and who is for show but they want to believe someone is fighting for them. It became clear that WIT was interested in corporate sponsor members with big names and this is a conflict for drivers who are having trouble with the same carriers. When push comes to shove, no organization advocates for the drivers but they will take your membership fees.
Becoming a public person of course brings out FANatics and I have had my share in the past 2 years. Oddly, most of them claim to be Christians who have some sort of odd fascination with a single girl driving a truck. There are also a couple women who were indeed trying to get a foothold to another level. I did help them with money only to find they were scam artists. Once these Women were revealed to be scam artists they quickly tried to cozy up to Ellen Voie the President of WIT. They should not be trusted and should Ann G turn out to be one of them there is enough collective documentation that I think a legal action should be engaged so they cannot scam money from anyone else.
Here are a few facts to address Ann G of Little Rock who I believe to be one of these trolls.
1. Real women In Trucking is an informational site, there is no membership and there never will be because I do not feel personal safety should be sold.
2. It was my intention to publically determine if President Ellen Voie of Women In Trucking would revoke a membership for speaking out about abuse to women truckers when some were her sponsors; this is why I rejoined but I do not support Ellen Voie and the way she is promoting herself .
3. I was told by Marge Bailey I helped WIT because no one ever heard of them until I came along.
4. I feel WIT will use anyone and anything to promote themselves without delivering safety as a priority. Their current media campaign is a tattoo party so they are really not even on the same page with me of the type of information I am trying to provide .
5. There is much unpublished information on Women In Trucking emails exchanged between myself, Donna Smith, Marge Bailey & Ellen Voie to document how contradictory the stated mission is. At this time I feel an intelligent women doing research into this industry can find what she is looking for, that was not the case when I began this project.
6. There is no TA in Memphis Tennessee but there is one in West Memphis Tennessee and my Company Covenant Transport restricts our trucks from stopping there due to high crime, freight pilferage and possible hi-jacking risk. I would not have been seen there because we do not stop there unless it is a fuel emergency and we are to keep rolling. Anyone from my company would know this because it comes over our satellite Qualcomm system whenever we come near the vicinity to remind us we are not to stop anywhere near this location.
7. My "poor dog" as Ann G refers to her, is more popular than I am on the internet and this has really made my trolls angry. She is a dog though and there are times when I must leave her in the truck because she refuses to push the shopping cart when I run my errands. I do idle the truck for her when I leave and she has a DVD of barking dogs that I put on the TV for her.
8. Since I began trucking over two years ago, I have taken very little time off which I mostly attended conventions. I have had very little social life, if I had slept with someone it would have been a nice break from the monotony but Im afraid after a day of driving Im too tired to socialize and not much of a socializer when I am away from the truck either.
9. I am not against having sex in a truck but the person I have sex with does not own one and he is not interested in having it in mine. Besides the dog sleeps on the bottom bunk and I sleep on the top bunk which would be very impractical for two people to fit.
10. There ARE NOT many good trucking sites on the internet. Most have ads for the worst trucking companies and this in itself should be an indicator that these cookie cutter blogs and sites are simply recruitment cover sites.
11. Recruiters make money from turnover so it is beneficial to promote misleading advertising.
12. My Company is called Covenant Transport NOT Covenant Trucking, if Ann G. of Little Rock, Arkansas actually did any research at all she would at least know this item.
13. Since my fall in early June & hospitalization I have blogged less than in the past 2 years. This is because my surgery has taken a toll on me and I never expected my story to take on a life of its own the way it has. Also, I would like to return to having a life outside trucking but for some reason the trolls want to make me a celebrity that I am not, nor do I wish to be.
I have been called an advocate but I am just one person who wrote a story that organizations tried to cover up and discredit. I am not selling anything.
I just write on my two sites and people from the trucking industry, media & individuals read it. I get contacted for projects, sometimes I cooperate but most times I refer other women who want to tell their stories. Most do not follow through for various reasons.
My story has been told but there are people who are angry no one wanted to talk to them or visit their blogs. Some of these people are men who are simply jealous a female trucker with a couple years of accident free experience getting so much attention.
In fact a few months ago the President of the Owner Operators United endorsed the free website of information Real Women In Trucking and one of the trolls wrote to him with unfounded remarks trying to get him to revoke his invitation.
He did not because what I am writing about needs to be said so that people can protect themselves. As a collective group truckers can become more responsible for the unity among one another that used to exist but has been eroded by people like Ann G. of Little Rock who spew hate and jealousy rather than help brother and sister truckers, and those who aspire to become professional drivers to learn safe and stay safe.
Desiree Wood
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AUTHOR: Mike - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
I personally know Desiree Wood and have worked with her on several situations involving Women Truckers that were treated unfairly in the Industry. Desiree is a very truthful and upfront person. She tells it like it is in an imperfect Industry that needs to have situations brought public in order to find a resolution or change for the future.
Not all people agree but that is their right, but she is not a Liar. As far as references made to your "mental disease"..that is laughable and strongly urge this editor to demand certifications in the medical field that qualify this person to state "Medical Opinions". I myself see nothing wrong with her stability, in fact she is one of the more sane persons I know, even though people like this one try her on and tell untruths and try to push her as far as possible with personal attacks, unfounded and undocumented lies.
Furthermore in my personal workings with Ms. Wood I can state that at no time did she receive anything, including compensation for what she is doing. I did not receive or ask for any compensation for the work that I did in helping out women in this Industry.
I also suggest that these acusations could be considered slanderous, since I and many people know they are untrue and unfouded. This website should take this into consideration and demand proof of the untruths against an individual that is undoubtedly a true informer of the truth, even though many companies do not want to hear it due to financial loss.
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#15 Consumer Comment
AUTHOR: Donna Smith - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010POSTED: Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Desiree Wood, TruckerDesiree, came to us for help a couple of years ago, sharing with us her horrible experiences during her CDL training school and during her new driver training program with her chosen carrier. She had come to us for help, not for herself, as she had already over come what was done to her and came out victorious, but rather, to help others so that they would not have to endure what she had already gone through.
Desiree then wrote her story on our blog, "A Day in the Life of a Lady Trucker", which is commonly known as Desiree's student trucker horror story. The characters in the story are fictitious, so she would not reveal any real names of those either in her CDL school or in her company training program.
This rip off report about Desiree is filled with opinions, rumors, lies, and assumptions. If you read the report you will quickly notice the author has NO first hand information, but rather says a lot of:
"I heard that," "I hear that," I don't know the validity of this but," I have been told that,"I also heard that,"
There is no apparent personal experience between the author of this rip off report and Desiree, but rather what" has been heard" from others or what the author has "observed" going on with others.
This is one of the most slanderous pieces of have read, with no evidence nor truth....a lawyers dream come true!
The accusations are abominable and I'm actually shocked that the contents has been allowed to be on the Rip Off report as it breaks the guidelines.
To be able to refer to another as a "truck stop wh*," based on what another person told you what they saw, is beyond me. However, to accuse Desiree of faking such a serious injury, which caused extensive breaks and dislocations, is just downright evil.
My advice is to read this authors post again, and see if you can determine the true motive behind it.
When one writes a rip off report, it is suppose to be about what someone or some company has done to you, not what "you've heard" that has been done to another or what you"suspect" they are doing, using here say and rumors.
We live in America people, and we are innocent until proven guilty, not guilty because of things we suspect or have heard.
I will end with this:
Since Desiree's story was published about her trucking school and new CDL driver experience, we have done investigations, and have discovered that the company CDL training programs which are presently in place at this moment, are indeed in need of a complete overhaul and investigation. It is they who should be written about on this report. Many of these company training programs, as they stand now, do not protect the innocent and vulnerable people who enter into them with wide eyes, hopes and dreams.
It is Desiree's story, and her appearance on the well known Dan Rather Reports, that has given others the courage to come forward and describe their own personal experiences that they've endured during many of the trucking company training programs.
The saddest part, is that there are people and trucking organizations who are trying to protect and downplay the abuses that are going on within the industry. They should be trying to help protect the abused and innocent and improve the system that is presently in place rather than create a smokescreen of diversion towards Desiree's efforts.
I hope that the author of this post will contact me, disclosing their full name, and show me any proof or validity to these allegations.
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Disney is opening The Princess and the Frog in two theaters in New York and Los Angeles for a two-week special engagement before its national roll-out. In the apparent belief that audiences may feel short-changed by the lack of computer animation -- it's drawn by hand -- and 3D, the studio is compensating with a lot of marketing pizzazz, including games and other activities being presented next to the the theater. In Los Angeles, it's actually being screened on the Disney lot, the first time in memory that a studio has opened its gates to the public as part of a theatrical run. It's all totally unnecessary, most of the critics seem to agree. The movie stands beautifully on its own, returning Disney to its glory days. "What a relief to watch an animated movie without 3-D glasses!" writes Claudia Puig in USA Today , "And what a pleasure, after a season of bland computer-generated tales, to be swept up in the visual magic of The Princess and the Frog ." Likewise, Betsy Sharkey writes in the Los Angeles Times "After being bombarded by so much computer-generated, motion-captured high-and-higher jinks, the film feels fresh -- a discovery, or a rediscovery, depending on your age." "Enchanted!" exclaims Lou Lumenick in the New York Post . "The Disney magic -- not to be confused with the delights of its Pixar subsidiary -- is finally back, after a decade in the animated wilderness." Most of the reviews make only passing reference to the fact that the movie features the first black princess in Disney history. But Manohla Dargis in the New York Times faults the movie for doing so itself. After all, the princess spends much of her on-screen time as a frog. "It's not easy being green, the heroine of The Princess and the Frog discovers," Dargis writes. "But to judge from how this polished, hand-drawn movie addresses, or rather strenuously avoids, race, it is a lot more difficult to be black, particularly in a Disney animated feature." But perhaps the basic problem with the film, Joe Neumaier suggests in the New York Daily News, is that this princess is "achingly one-dimensional."
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Devine ran a massive personal best to win 1500m bronze and less than 24 hours later was back on the track at the Olympic Stadium in a bid to complete a middle distance double.
The 20-year old has made no secret that the longer distance was his focus as he starts to step up the distances next season, with 5000m his long-term aim.
However, there was nothing wrong with his turn of speed as nicked the final spot on the podium by just four hundredths of a second.
Tunisia's Abderrahim Zhiou claimed gold and Russia's Egor Sharov silver while Devine managed to overhaul Cuba's Lazaro Rashid in the final few strides - crediting the roar of the home crowd for getting him to the line.
"It's another medal and I'm absolutely chuffed with that," said Devine, who clocked 1:58.72.
"I didn't feel too good because four races in four days have taken it out of me and that big personal best in the 1500m really caught up on me.
"I thought it was all over down the home straight because then I realised I only had 100 metres of my home Games to go and I gave it everything I had. Then I could sense him starting to tire and I just got him on the line.
"I wanted a medal in the 1500m but really I thought I could get a medal in both.
"But without the crowd I wouldn't have got into third place, I probably will never run in that atmosphere again so I'm pleased I've got something to show for it."
Bethany Woodward also completed a memorable 24 hours with 200m silver.
Woodward was part of the British 4x100m quartet that claimed bronze and less than 12 hours later she was back on the track.
She duly stormed to a new 29.50 second European record to book her final place, where the chilly conditions and previous exertions took their toll as she clocked 29.65 secs - still her second quickest run of all-time.
Namibia's Johanna Benson took gold with new African record while Germany's Maria Seifert completed the podium and Woodward's British team-mate Jenny McLoughlin finished a disappointing fifth.
"It's just an incredible feeling, a bit surreal as well after all the waiting for London 2012 to happen, I can't believe it's over now and I've got two medals," said Woodward, who only secured her selection for the team at the last minute.
"I felt like I did everything right. My legs were pretty sore after three races in 24 hours but I wasn't going to let that affect my performance as there was only one more chance to get out there and perform in front of these fans.
"I've been running on adrenaline but I will probably wake up in the morning and feel pretty bad.
"I didn't want to finish this race without a medal. I've had a mixed year but getting a bronze and silver is just incredible, it's the stuff of dreams really."
Meanwhile, British teenager Jonnie Peacock was quickest into the T44 100m final - one of the most eagerly anticipated races at these Games.
Peacock equalled the Paralympic record to clock 11.08 seconds while Oscar Pistorius ran 11.18 sec to progress second fastest.
However, the biggest shock was the performance of defending world champion Jerome Singleton, who looked sluggish and only progressed as sixth quickest.
"It was nuts out there when they called my name and my mates and family were by the start line and it relaxed me. I haven't been nervous at all," said Peacock.
"I'll have to go back now and look at the video; the end of the race wasn't as controlled as I'd like it to be.
"I need to keep my core stronger – and my start could have been better, but that race into that kind of wind could have been worth 10.90/10.95, which would have been my fastest ever first round, and I'll come back stronger.
"I expected a few of the guys to push me more to be honest; I didn't think I'd win by so much, so I'm happy."


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More Syrian Kurds crossing border into Iraqi Kurdistan
More Syrian Kurds crossing border into
Iraqi Kurdistan
By Anissa Haddadi - IB Times UK
More than 4,000 Syrian
nationals of Kurdish origin have crossed the border
into Kurdistan region of Iraq, as violence in Syria
shows no signs of abating.
June 1, 2012
Kurdistan region 'Iraq', — The UN High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has highlighted
the increasing number of Syrian Kurds - who
represent an estimated 10 percent of Syria's 23
million people - in semi-autonomous Kurdistan region
in Iraq's north.
The UNHCR works in collaboration with the department
of displaced and migration in Iraq to register the
increasing flow of refugees.
As of 31 March, the UNHCR had registered 760
arrivals, with 400 registrations pending. By 20 May,
the number of Syrian-Kurdish refugees in Iraq had
grown to 4,281, with 243 arrivals still waiting to
be registered.
According to the UNHCR. there were an estimated 10
families and 50 singles in the process of being
registered as refugees in Duhok,www.ekurd.net
while in Erbil the organisation was approached on a
weekly basis by an average of two families and 20
singles seeking to register.
The Domiz camp has been set up in Duhok in an effort
to provide the refugees with basic resources, such
as food, water and medical care.
While the camp is undergoing work to cope with the
influx of refugees, some of them have complained
about inadequate hygiene in the communal latrines
and bathrooms.
The UNHCR is now trying to organise activities for
children and, in collaboration with other partners,
to provide them with access to education while they
are in the camp.
In other areas in the region, however, the refugees
are left to fend for themselves.
In Erbil, for example, they stay with relatives or
members of the local community, since no other form
of assistance is available. They receive no help
from the local authorities, UNHCR noted.
Some of the refugees who fled the violence in Syria
end up feeling vulnerable upon their arrival in
Iraq, as it continues to struggle with sectarian
violence and security.
Most of the Syrian refugees of Kurdish origin head
to Iraqi Kurdistan, an area that borders Iran to the
east, Turkey to the north, Syria to the west and
Iraq to the south.
The Kurdistan regional government officially
administrates the area, whose capital is Erbil.
While Syrian Kurds have been welcomed and the UNHCR
has received permission to set up camps, many of the
refugees are still waiting to register their status
and receive aid.
Until they are able to do so, they are left in a
precarious position. After having crossed the border
illegally, they cannot turn to the government for
To add to this mix, throughout the country there are
also internally displaced Iraqis who require
continued assistance and protection from the UNHCR.
As Baghdad is already struggling to cope with the
number of internally displaced people in Iraq, the
federal government has rejected having any
responsibility for the Syrian-Kurdish refugees
flooding across the border, who would put additional
pressure on resources.
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Complaint Review: Sureway Beneficial
Sureway BeneficialPO Box 2345 Champlain, New York U.S.A.
Sureway Beneficial THIS IS A CREDIT CARD RIPOFF!!!! Champlain New York *EDitor's Suggestions on how to get your money back into your bank account!
*Consumer Comment: Sureway Benificial ripoff, stole from my checking account without authorization to do so!
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But then next month they did it again and they did get the money the second attempt and I called my bank account and I disputed the transaction and to make the long story short. My bank told me that I will have to call the company myself and ask for a refund because they took the money out my account and yet I have no product no credit card and just knowing with all these other people having the same problem I'm having I know that I will not be receiving anything and that is is fradulent company and I hope that we can get these people out of business and that everyone that does have the same problem to report this.
Bethlehem, Georgia
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Go to your bank within 60 days of the charge, or as soon as you know about the charge, don't delay, and tell them that there has been fraudulent activity within your account. Explain that you wish to file a dispute, and demand that they assist you in accordance with Federal Regulation E.
According to the majority of victims interviewed by Rip-off Report, those who immediately called their banks to dispute the charges did not get very far. Many victims got the following responses from their banks: we could not do anything for you or you waited too long; it has been more than 60 days.
If the bank is says that you have waited too long, explain to them how you called their 800 number as soon as the charges were found, and were told by the bank that nothing could be done. Remind the bank that they failed to assist you properly at the 800 #, and instead, provided you with an inadequate explanation of your right to dispute. Tell the bank that it's their fault time has expired, and since they gave you the wrong info to begin with, they will just have to deal with it, take the loss and reverse the charges.
Tell them the truth; this was unauthorized and your account was NOT to be charged! Keep emphasizing how you never authorized anything! Direct them to the hundreds of victims reports that were filed on Rip-off Report.com. And if you're at the bank, walk them over to their computer and make them go to this site! If you are on the phone with them, tell them you will wait while they access this site! Either way, be persistent!
Let them know nicely, that you were advised to Report them (the Bank) and this situation to the Banking Commission in your state. Since each state has a different name for the agency/controller over banks, find that name before you call or get to the bank so you can throw it in their face. The more knowledgeable you appear to be, the further you will get.
And just continue to demand the Federal Regulation E form! The bank CAN, MUST and WILL reverse the charge! But, you must be persistent; ask to speak to the supervisor or the area manager for all the branches in the state.
Let the bank personnel know you are meeting with the media later in the day, that you would much rather they do the right thing (as most other banks have) by looking at the complaints and immediately reversing the charge(s) to your account; no matter how long ago it was. Be sure to call the Media if necessary so you are telling the truth.
If you have to, be loud (but nice) in front of other customers. If you are just calling by phone, the above tactics should still work. The bank can easily fax or mail to you the Federal Regulation E dispute form.
If the charge was to your credit card (not debit card, check card, or checking account), contact the credit card company as soon as possible to request a dispute form. Consumers usually have a little longer to dispute fraudulent credit card charges (up to 6 months), but it is better to act right away. In this type of situation, credit card disputes are usually successful since fraudulent companies often won't contest the disputed charge. In rare cases, credit card companies will review disputes, but refuse to reverse the charges. If this occurs, complain to a manager and let them know you will be filing a report here.
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Sureway Benificial ripoff, stole from my checking account without authorization to do so!
AUTHOR: Susan - (U.S.A.)
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You most certainly can fight this. I found out Bank of America's computers have been comprimised. There was a news release in my area. The banks response from the fraud dept was.. we went put of a news release, when I asked " Why wasn't I notified?" it gets worse, whom ever got my imformation also used a common scam called EIN pin numbers to take out credit. This is highly illegal on a federal level.
I have filed with the attorney generals office, I have a police report in my hands. They went into my checking account on June 3 and stole the money.
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"There are two kinds of prison in life;The real prison,the one your evil deeds put you inside, & the wilderness prison,the one tribulation put you inside."
"Before we had the new jail we were paying rent (for prisoner housing) and we hoped after building the new jail we could be on the receiving end of that. And we have, somewhat, but we had hoped we would have more interest."
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Is it possible to add a range in the results, like if i want the calculator not to display an exact number but more like "X To Y"(eg: 250 - 750).
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In this picture you can see both of my "is it possible?" on the calculator this site is using http://puu.sh/2HRJK.png
If is not possible i'd recommend implementing it in a newer version :).


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Complaint Review: Universal Timeshares,
Universal Timeshares,14525 SW Milikan Way Suite #17820, Beaverton, OR 9 Internet United States of America
Universal Timeshares, Timeshare re-sale ripoff. Internet
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Since that time I have contacted them (after the expiration of 90 days) on numerous occaisions and the message has always been the same, they have a prospective buyer and they are in the process of obtaining financing. This has gone on for 6 months.
This is one of the biggest ripoffs on the web. Someone needs to shut them down entirely before they scam even more people. I questions if they have ever re-sold any listing they have taken money for.
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 02/24/2013 01:15 PM and is a permanent record located here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Universal-Timeshares/internet/Universal-Timeshares-Timeshare-re-sale-ripoff-Internet-1019540. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year.
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Published: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 10:36 a.m.
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TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Senate passed legislation Wednesday that would give municipalities more control over vacation rentals.
Cities and counties would be able to restrict nightly rentals but not weekly rentals under the legislation, which is being closely watched by some Southwest Florida beach communities where noise, trash and other issues associated with rentals have generated concerns.
The bill passed the Senate 37-2 with no debate. But significant differences remain between the Senate and House versions of the legislation and it is unclear if the two chambers will reach a compromise this year.
House members want to place more restrictions on how municipalities can regulate rentals. The House bill, which has passed two committees, would prevent cities and counties from banning any type of short-term rentals.
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The Florida Vacation Rental Managers Associations, which spearheaded the 2011 law, strongly opposed the Senate bill.
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Anyone else going natural?
I personally am not going to do it because I hate pain but then again Im scared of the epidural because it's my worst memory from my last birth. My mom went drugless twice I wasl 9 lbs and my brother was 10lbs and 2 feet tall. I strongly recommend having a warm bath or water birth to help with the pain... I will however go as long as I can go with out drugs before i cave just because I know you recover almost immediately with out drugs. with an epidural it takes a little while after and a C section is a long recovery.
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mommystoll88 - yeah I've seen too many posts on some other boards about how they wished they would've changed OBs earlier in their pregnancy and they're miserable with their current OB but feel it's too late in their pregnancy to change or it'd be too hard to find someone this far in to take them.. I wanna make sure I have a doctor who's on board with what I want and will sign my birth plan so when I give it to the nurses at the hospital I have no problems with what I want.
I'm hopefully going unmedicated (unless the need arises for being induced and I sooo hope not after my last child). I will not have a clueless tech rooting around in my spine while feeling my child's head in the birth canal again. I'll pass, unless there is some emergency that requires me to have a c-section.
BTW, the epi didn't work last time and I felt everything. It was so fast that the pain didn't last too long and his head was a LOT smaller than my ODS's head.
Prudence Ann 11/06/13
I went natural with my first two and plan to do the same this time. I had an easy time with my first and a somewhat less easy time with my second, but still very doable.
I am of the opinion that everyone should prepare themselves for a natural birth even if they have no intention of doing so. Just practice some relaxation techniques and educate yourself as much as possible. I've just heard too many stories where the epidural didn't get there in time, or wore off too soon, or simply didn't work to begin with.
I'm also of the opinion that people who plan on a natural birth should educate themselves about c-section recovery and prepare for that in case things don't go their way. And they should accept ahead of time that sometimes this stuff happens. I hate when I see moms who wanted a particular birth experience and when they didn't get it for one reason or another, their hearts are broken and they blame themselves.
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Alliance Law Center, San Diego, CA ALLIANCE LAW CENTER~Took my money! SAN DIEGO, California
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September 3, 2009 I come across a public statement on their website regarding the status of their company. No one contacted me personally, it was purely by accident I found it. I was sitting here trusting this company would do as promised, waiting for my loan mod to be approved before my house sold in 6 days! If I hadn't found that letter I most likely would be sitting on the street right now with my 3 daughters.
This company took my money, made me empty promises and did absolutely nothing but cause unnecessary stress for my family and myself. This entire ordeal has been a nightmare and a tremendous hardship on my family.
My house goes up for sale tomorrow and my creditors are calling me 20 times a day and I have racked up hundreds of dollars of late fees!
This company and all who worked for them are liars, scammers and have no morals. Shame on them ALL!
This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 09/10/2009 10:41 AM and is a permanent record located here: http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Alliance-Law-Center/SAN-DIEGO-California-92101/Alliance-Law-Center-San-Diego-CA-ALLIANCE-LAW-CENTERTook-my-money-SAN-DIEGO-Californ-492719. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year.
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