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Back to Stealing Now?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by jcrack08, Oct 28, 2017.

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  1. Oct 28, 2017 #1
    jcrack08

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    Are o/o's really this hard up that theft now becomes an option? About a month ago my spare tire was stolen from underneath my trailer rack at Petro in Atlanta. Pity the thieves though, It was a new tire (barely used it a month) but I got a bolt in the sidewall. Most places refused to patch it up.

    Today I stopped to fuel at Speedway in Crossville, TN. Clerk said she needs my DL along with payment card and I inquire as to when that became necessary. She replies that 3 drivers in 1 week took off without paying. If it gets to the point where you are stealing in order to survive, it's time to re-evaluate the whole independent thing.
     
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  3. Oct 29, 2017 #2
    bzinger

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    Was gonna comment but pushed my luck last night lol
     
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  4. Oct 29, 2017 #3
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    That's been going on for decades; stealing tires and fuel.
    Way back when I was in high school, worked in a gas station at night. Some trucker pulled in and said to fill it up. I said we don't have diesel and he pointed to a pump and said, that's what I want. When the tanks were about 3/4 full he started screaming that I put the wrong fuel in his truck, that he wanted diesel. He said, "I'm not paying for that stuff", and drove off without paying. I was lucky, the station manager didn't make me pay for it.
    I was very naive back then; if I had been older, he wouldn't have made it back to the road. There is a funeral home next door and one of us would have spent the night there in that little hillbilly Tennessee town. That gas station has been gone for years now, but the funeral home is still there.
     
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  8. Oct 29, 2017 #6
    Gunner75

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    The name of the perpetrater is enough to tell you
     
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  9. Oct 29, 2017 #7
    jcrack08

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    Lol, how'd you push your luck.
     
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  10. Oct 29, 2017 #8
    jcrack08

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    I think fuel theft was real bad a few years back when it was averaging $3 a gallon. It's creeping back up, way north of $3 in the Northeast.
     
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  11. Oct 29, 2017 #9
    lilillill

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    Armenian... probably gang related. They are well known for credit card skimming which is probably why his truck got searched.
     
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  12. Oct 29, 2017 #10
    xsetra

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    Funeral home has "customers" pay before the service. Nobody's skipping out on payment.
     
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