Your first run in with a "creature from the night"

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Philly19, Aug 29, 2010.

  1. king Q

    king Q Road Train Member

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    I used to drive in South Africa and do a regular run from SA through Botswana in to Zimbabwe.There was a trader who would come down to SA , buy up a truck load of what ever then travel with the truck back to his country in the truck.Interesting guy and the money was good.When in town he only stayed in 5 star hotels , except this one time.He asked me to collect him at 5am so we could depart as we had loaded up the day before. He said he was staying at a friends for the night and gave me an address where I could collect him.I looked it up in a map and tried to memorize it.It was in the seediest part of town , it could not get worse.I decided to collect him in my wifes car and bring him back to the yard.As I was approaching the area I could not remember if it was the third or fourth street after the turn.Also the area been what it was most of the street signs were missing.I slowed down at the curb as there was no street sign on my side.I bent over the passenger seat to look up to the sign on the curb side. Then it jumped in (should have locked the door). I call it it because to this day I don't know if it was male of female.It dressed like a female but sounded like a man.Not wanting to offend I politely said no thanks.Now I can tell you "no tanks" does not work once they are inside.It is all over me , I'm almost on the door sill trying to get away.I then notice that the hand I'm not fending off is putting my cell phone in it pocket. My attitude changes and I grab the less offending hand that has my cell phone.I wont tell what the more offending hand was trying to grab.With all this commotion going on I notice from across the road what looks like a pimp and some heavies starting to approach. I realize that I am in trouble now and must get away.With one hand trying to save my cell and the other trying to save my dignity I have to make a choice.I let go of the cell and use my free hand to do a u turn nearly knocking over the pimp.I race for a good 2 miles before I stop on the freeway.I get out take the keys and walk round the car.The thing gets out.I don't want to hit it as I could cut my hand and catch something unpronounceable. I decide a kick is my best option as my boots should protect me.It could see in my eyes I was serious and handed me my cell but refused to hand over the 50 bucks it had also lifted.As I drove away is waved the 50 bucks in the air and blew a kiss my way , I'm getting cold shivers just picturing it again. Now as this was on the main freeway heading to where I live I just wonder who I know drove passed and saw this thing getting out of my car waving 50 bucks. What I learnt is that one should lock the doors especially when you crawl the curbs in seedy areas bending over so you can see above shoulder level on the curb side.
     
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  3. Gitty

    Gitty Medium Load Member

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    A can of hair spray and a lighter works wonders when they come knocking. BTW make sure to check your truck and trailer in the morning, cause they like to play games when they aint making no money.
     
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  4. Injun

    Injun Road Train Member

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    Jolsen is going to do something nasty to the wrong lizard and find himself with eight flat tires some morning. Or with two air lines cut. Or any number of things that can be done quickly and easily that will completely ruin his day.

    Either that or he is making up stories to make himself feel good. or maybe because he thinks he's impressing someone with the idea that he can injure a woman. A woman who is already weak.

    I don't give a crap what those women do. There is a market for them or they wouldn't be doing it. Therefore, I am not going to be nasty to them or pass judgment on what they are doing. In a way, they are doing me a favor. They are taking care of the really hard up guys so those guys won't be hitting on me. Figuratively and literally.
     
  5. Gitty

    Gitty Medium Load Member

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    It dont matter how many lot lizards some of these guys pay for, they will still be hitting on us!!!
     
  6. Philly19

    Philly19 Bobtail Member

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    These make me laugh so hard!!
     
  7. johnday

    johnday Road Train Member

    I really have to agree with INJUN on this. They're pathetic enough without having to smack them around anymore. Hope it never happens, but any of us could find ourselves in a bad position as well. Yeah I know, someones going to throw in the drug card here, they did it to themselves, and on, and on. But they're still another person.:biggrin_25525:
    All ya have to do is tell 'em to get lost. If that doesn't work, it's pretty easy to punch in 911.:biggrin_25525:
     
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  8. squarebox

    squarebox Medium Load Member

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    right on injun i seriously doubt that he double barreled a woman off the side of his truck....either he is a punk without the strength to actually harm her or it never really happened....because we all know that a woman that can take that kind of abuse without hospitalization, would have gotten up and kicked his ###......PERIOD....
     
  9. RenegadeTrucker

    RenegadeTrucker Road Train Member

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    Dude for one you are so full of crap it isnt even funny. It is one thing to run some one off, it is another to assault them.

    Quite frankly I dont belive your story, because you know what, I have fallen off the side of a truck, and it hurts like hell, and im a pretty big strong dude, as well there is a problem with the physics of what you have stated, you arent going to kick the door hard enough to launch say a 100lb female 5 feet sideways into the door of another truck, expecially not with out severly damaging the door of your truck.

    I am going to now tell you that you are fantasizing about being a piece of crap, and you are full of it!

    Oh and for the record when you jam some one against a truck door really hard all it does is slam them between the mirror and door and they fall down.

    I know this because I have seen it happen first hand.
     
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  10. squarebox

    squarebox Medium Load Member

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    beast amen brother.....i didnt believe one bit of that story.... ppl that talk about or actually do put their hands on women are trash in my book...and if i witness it, whether its a lizard or my beloved mother, i will clean their plow...and i am MAN enough to do it....end of story....
     
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  11. squarebox

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    Well i think we have heard the last of the woman beater..............!
     
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