How common is it that drivers will block the fuel isle for 30 min?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Labrador, Mar 19, 2022.

How often do you encounter a driver that blocks the fuel island for an excessive amount of time?

  1. Every time you fuel up

    34 vote(s)
    49.3%
  2. Every other time

    12 vote(s)
    17.4%
  3. One in 10 times

    19 vote(s)
    27.5%
  4. One in 50 times

    3 vote(s)
    4.3%
  5. Almost never happens

    1 vote(s)
    1.4%
  1. LtlAnonymous

    LtlAnonymous Road Train Member

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    Well, when the industry pays a rookie less than a local warehouse job...all you get are the absolute best of the best.

    And don't blame people from other countries. Blame the companies who only pay enough to attract the desperate and transient.

    If this industry paid equivalent to what it did 40 years ago, I'm pretty sure more people would "want" to do it.

    Never forget: the scariest part of "The Conjuring" series is remembering that once upon a time, truck drivers made enough to afford lake-front property with a stay-at-home wife.

    SpooooOoooooky, right? I get chills!
     
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  3. TravR1

    TravR1 Road Train Member

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    That's not just trucking. Times are different now all around.

    I don't think even my step-dad can afford Lake front property anymore, and he's upper management at a Fortune 500.

    Trucking pays well if you are reasonably dispatched and you use your drive line.

    Blue collar pays better than most office work. People are just brainwashed into thinking things are different.

    I only know because I have been on both sides of the fence. I'm earning upper management income just driving around.
     
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  4. LtlAnonymous

    LtlAnonymous Road Train Member

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    Last year, I made over 4x my best year as a journalist. I know how it goes.
     
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  5. Dave1837

    Dave1837 Road Train Member

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    The worst part of my day is getting fuel. There's a run that I do sometimes 5 days a week that's 656 miles round trip plus loading and unloading so my clock is stretched on those days as it is. I can pull in, get fuel and be out of the parking lot in 8 minutes but I'm constantly delayed due to inconsiderate drivers parked either in front of behind fuel islands doing God knows what. Yelling at them does nothing because most don't understand English.
     
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  6. Deadwood

    Deadwood Heavy Load Member

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    As a former white collar guy, I can confirm. They would never lower themselves to work blue collar because, truth be told, many of them are status obsessed.
     
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  7. mpd240

    mpd240 Road Train Member

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    Local work with pumps at the yard. The only time I go to a truck stop is to use the bathroom. Funny thing is I always back into a spot. Even when I’m only there 10 minutes
     
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  8. supergreatguy

    supergreatguy Road Train Member

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    blue collar is the salt, white collar is the…..oregano?
     
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  9. SmallPackage

    SmallPackage Road Train Member

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    Wait another 4 years when all the charging stations become a place to camp out.
     
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  10. Mr Uturn

    Mr Uturn Light Load Member

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    Kinda depends in where or what time you fuel.
     
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  11. ProfessionalNoticer

    ProfessionalNoticer Road Train Member

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    Unfortunately, it's tons of small carriers run by first generation foreigners doing it too who bring in indentured servants to drive on work visas. They're not citizens and don't speak English.
     
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