Why do drivers stare at you at truck stops?

Gee, thanks for the mammaries.

 

I thought it was only a pilot and Petro there in Pittston. I stopped in the pilot after picking up a load there last night. I know the Denny's is across the street. I only stopped in that pilot due to my fondness for wendy's

 

That's a big 10 4. Have had the thought for awhile that just because a person is equipped with a pekker that does not by any means make him a man. I hope I worded that correctly.

When I was brand new to driving over the road I was parked at a little mom and pop trukk stop in IL. I knew next to nothing then. Had the time so I was under the trukk greasing the u joints and whatnot. When I finished that,some random guy came walking up to me. Older gentleman. He was pulling a hopper bottom just like me. Starts asking questions and quikkly realized I knew very little about the job. He went thru the trouble of chaining up his tires in a dry gravel parking lot so he could teach me. Shortly thereafter everything he showed came to good use and saved my rump. That man was an old school driver. Was driving long before I was even born.
To me it's unfortunate that class of driver is disappearing(my opinion of course). What I'm witnessing today is me,me,me. That driver said he went by the name Conagher. Last I heard he started pulling a step dekk trailer. In regard to the original post I don't or can't find any entertainment value in watching folks struggle. Did not intend to offend anyone by saying there was no camaraderie at all. Maybe it's just me but it seems like the decent drivers are becoming extinct. Sorry if that was a little wordy or if it made any sense at all and thank you for the insight.

 

There are many reasons people stare. Maybe you have something hanging from your nose. In a seriousness, I stare to see if someone is able to back into a spot, because I'll feel an obligation to help and teach. So many people have a hard time when tired, I know I do. I see even more that have the worst set up ever. So many people try to alley dock into every space, only because that's what truck driving school taught. I wish that they would teach backing at a 45 degree angle combined with alley docking, because it's actually rare that a driver alley docks out here

 

What planet are you on? Not everybody sleeps 8-10 hours per night. If I sleep that long, I'm pretty much useless. 5-6 hours and I'm energized and ready to get stuff done. Problem is, if I got home and went straight to bed, I might have to wait 3-4 hours for my 10 to be up...so I'll get a few things done around the house before I roll out. If it's a long day, that's 14-16 hours before I'm pulling back into the driveway...plus the 3-4 hours I was up and waiting for that silly clock to say I was OK to drive.

Granted, those days don't happen often...but they happen often enough that I won't condemn the guy for being up 18 hours by the time his shift ended. For an OTR guy (who doesn't get a 16 hour day to play with), by the time he gets up, waits for a shower, has a nice sit-down breakfast & catches up on the news, he's probably killed 3-4 hours before his shift starts. 14 hours later, he's been up for 18 hours when he's parking his rig.

 

The next time you go for dinner at a restaurant during the weekend, ask your waitress if she has a husband or boyfriend. She will start talking about her “man.” Ask her what he does for work. If he doesn’t work, tell her that she is mistaken...he is NOT a Man. A Man WILL NOT allow his lady to slave at a job while he sits at home unemployed. A woman that has a Man normally only works banker hours.

Most women in America under the age of 45 have never known a Man. Biggest issue facing the USA.

 

I used to offer help, but when it got to the point when about 85% of the drivers basically told me to F-OFF I quit even offering, unless that driver is attempting and failing to park next to me then I will get out and spot for him/her. Last week, at the new F-J in Tehachapi, driver decided to put his rig next to me, made no sense, could have just done a pull through 30 feet away....anyway, he made 3 attempts and it was so obvious he had no clue what he was doing ... I got out to help, and he cursed me out in some language from the middle east, screaming at me. I got my lawn chair from the cat walk, opened it up at the front of the open spot and sat down. He got out came up and started screaming again...I pointed at the open pull through and the over 20 other open spots and flipped him off. Truck was out of Yuba City....

 

Take a chill pill man. How in hell did this thread end up here, trying to define what “a man” is?

 

when i am in my car, and i am behind someone, and i see that they have a near flat tire, i USED to tell them as soon as the next red light, or stop sign, oor if they pulled over to park...i got the "#####" speech as well...

now i "just cruise on by"...no matter the age of the driver...

many (other senior citizens) besides myself flip off or tell off people just as readily as a young person will.