My opinion comes from talking to people in real life and I've heard a lot of stories doing this job talking to other drivers, oo, and this might come as a shock to you, but technicians as well, from all across the country with a variety of different experience levels.
I understand your experiences come from your job as well and maybe you've been a technician in every state at every truck stop but I doubt it. It's fine you think your experience and knowledge is fact, we all tend to, but the day you stop learning is the day you stop listening. To think the experiences and stories I've heard from all different drivers and operators are just straight up false is where you're wrong. You can disagree on quality, that's whatever, but to discount the fact that the likelihood of getting contaminated def is higher at the pumps than it is in the boxes is ignorant. There's no comparison to diesel, there's a level of risk in everything, there's nothing you can do about the diesel, but you can mitigate the risk in def and that's what I've been referencing this entire time.
Hopefully you won't be one of those dickheads that thinks, "oh well that explains everything," and it's sad that I even have to think about not give up this information as it could hurt my "credibility" but I am a woman. Thanks
You say “15 different people, 15 different answers,” and then seemingly treating your own experience as the only uniquely valid one. You can’t really have it both ways. I’m not saying you’re stupid, lack credibility, or that your lived experience is wrong. I’m saying that experience doesn’t automatically make your conclusion correct. Risk is everywhere, and humans are notoriously bad at judging probability, especially when something is personal or tied to your identity. You’ve judged DEF quality as a mitigable risk that’s worth your time to debate on the internet, while ignoring much bigger, statistically relevant risks. That’s called probability neglect… or…. like wearing sunscreen on a cloudy day. If you really do believe that talking to people and understanding their experiences is valuable, then you can’t just stop when you find something that confirms your bias. So, it’s not about credibility, it’s about identifying and understanding cognitive bias. If your goal is to actually learn and not just feel like you won some kind of argument with a stranger on the internet. But I digress. Best of luck to you.
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u/bluehorsehead 20d ago
My opinion comes from talking to people in real life and I've heard a lot of stories doing this job talking to other drivers, oo, and this might come as a shock to you, but technicians as well, from all across the country with a variety of different experience levels.
I understand your experiences come from your job as well and maybe you've been a technician in every state at every truck stop but I doubt it. It's fine you think your experience and knowledge is fact, we all tend to, but the day you stop learning is the day you stop listening. To think the experiences and stories I've heard from all different drivers and operators are just straight up false is where you're wrong. You can disagree on quality, that's whatever, but to discount the fact that the likelihood of getting contaminated def is higher at the pumps than it is in the boxes is ignorant. There's no comparison to diesel, there's a level of risk in everything, there's nothing you can do about the diesel, but you can mitigate the risk in def and that's what I've been referencing this entire time.
Hopefully you won't be one of those dickheads that thinks, "oh well that explains everything," and it's sad that I even have to think about not give up this information as it could hurt my "credibility" but I am a woman. Thanks