"Man, it really makes me mad when..."

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by full_throttle, Nov 18, 2010.

  1. Sequoia

    Sequoia Road Train Member

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    I ordered a breakfast combo at Dunkin' Donuts today. The drink offerings were coffee or hot chocolate. Um...I don't drink coffee, and I wasn't feeling the love for a hot chocolate today. I ended up pouring it out back in the truck.
     
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  3. LVRoadDog

    LVRoadDog Bobtail Member

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    Parking in the fuel isle and going in to eat or shower. Also bobtails taking up a whole parking spot so that the rest of us dont have a spot
     
  4. brsims

    brsims Road Train Member

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    I never understood doing that. If (on the rare occassion) I was bobtail and parking, I'd look for BT parking, or try to find another BT to share a spot with. Why take up an entire spot when your only using half? Makes absolutely no sense to me...
     
  5. steel wheels

    steel wheels Bobtail Member

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    I love the idiots who need to keep there high beams on .
     
  6. AfterShock

    AfterShock Road Train Member

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    "No sense"?
    :smt017Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

    :smt102Is it possible that the bobtail is waiting for a trailer repair to be completed?
    Or,.......................
    The bobtail could be waitin' for a relay load to arrive; so to relieve the incoming driver of the hassle of tryin' to figure out where to drop what the bobtail intends to hook, the bobtail set it up to be convenient for both of them.
    Back-scratchin' -- if you will
    Anyway, .....................
    Budda-Bing -- Budda-Bang.
    The trailer dropper is now the bobtail,
    and the former bobtail becomes the hooker who has a place to park.
    Wa-Laa!
    Imagine that.

    HuH?
    Say what?
    Lot lizards?
    What's that got to do with this?.............
    I what?
    I did?
    Well, I didn't mean it that way.
    :biggrin_25512::biggrin_25523:

    Just a thought I think I thunk. :biggrin_2558::yes2557: :biggrin_25525:
     
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  7. AfterShock

    AfterShock Road Train Member

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    YeaH!
    Whuzzup with that, anyway?
    Even worse are those who run their fog lights in clear weather.
    There are some that aren't offensive to on-coming traffic, but some of those mounted to a Texas Bumper seem to have a knack for bein' out of adjustment, --- vibrate loose, bent bumper, --- whatever. One pointin' straight down, illuminating an area the driver can't see, and on the driver's side, the beam goes straight up, blinding on-coming drivers, as well as those goin' the same direction who see the light reflected in their rear-view mirror(s).
    There have been times when I honestly didn't know what the hail was passin' me, --- until whatever it was got along-side of me, --- and the bright little Saturn-like dots cleared away enough. I swear I can feel my pupils go from f/1.4 to f/32 (widest to smallest) in an instant, and an instant later, instantly back from f/32 to f/1.4 (smallest to widest).

    Blinding like white-out conditions.
    Not easy to keep y'all's bearings when all y'all can see
    is nuthin', --- for as far as y'all can see
    that y'all can't (see).

    I've been told that they run those fog lights to attract attention
    and make an impression.
    That, they do.
    Too bad, ---- what they don't realize is, -- all that light enables us to see their

    attitude. :angry3:
    That right thar is the impression that gets my attention. :jerk::binky:
     
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  8. Bumpy

    Bumpy Road Train Member

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    I tend to throw a "fit",when I arrive at a full TS,and to find as I am circling..-4-6 RV"s in slots..:biggrin_25513: Mother #######,maybe I will join their party at an RV park??:biggrin_25524:
     
  9. Freebird135

    Freebird135 Road Train Member

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    or a pickup truck pulling a 12 foot trailer[​IMG]
     
  10. BNR32

    BNR32 Heavy Load Member

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    its been said but i am OVER these guys taking up the fuel isle. i always seem to pull in behind them too. sorry if you cant be back by the time it takes the next guy to fuel you need to park that ####. man the ta i was at yesterday had trucks backed up into the street, then into a semi major intersection. i wasnt even fueling there but an hour later after i finally managed to get inside theres a guy telling the cashier hes parked in the fuel isle. she asked if he was even getting fuel. no!!! lazy sack of crap.

    same thing today, got help up 10 minutes. day before yesterday, this guy is in getting food, im done fueling and waiting, theres 2 trucks behind me waiting to fuel. i go up to tell this guy to move his ### and hes sitting there eating!! its cool if you dont care about holding me up, but when theres 2 or more trucks waiting at every isle its time to park. and there was open parking everywhere that day, not like one tight hole. its a joke out here some days. i have the curse of being considerate of others i suppose.

    and dont get me started on rv's. these people either need to sit at home on their ### and watch tv, or go camping the right way. do not keep trying to combine the 2!
     
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  11. JimDriv3r

    JimDriv3r Road Train Member

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    Have you also noticed the motor-mouths that try to flirt with the cashiers that have no patience/interest in them? Those drivers talk and talk and talk and talk; sometimes about their personal lives or something completely corny. Those cashiers that I've seen were often irritated and always seem to try to get the guy to go away.

    I've never understood what is so hard about getting fuel, pulling up, purchasing your crap/picking up your fuel ticket, and drive off. If drivers at self-serve gas stations displayed the same habits that truck drivers did after fueling, then the lines would be long and people would be pissed!
     
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