Fuel Island...THE RULES!!!!!
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Red Hot Mess, Jan 17, 2012.
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Truckon, you better get video of this and youtube it. Injun will wanna see this when she's done with her nice quiet nap.
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heck i just get out and hang my jb hunt placards on my doors and park on the fuel island then take a shower and eat!!
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Not in my case. I'm patient... but allow me to share my fuel island etiquette...
I pull up. When there are no empty fuel spots, I pick a random one. I park and do things like go to the restroom quickly, wash my windshield and bump my tires. I also utilize this time to bump my tires and do a walk around to look at my lights, trailer seal and padlock. I also open my fuel caps, reefer fuel cap and write down my mileage and reefer hours. Usually by this time I'm about ready to see the first guy pull away.
I have seen drivers fuel first and then disappear inside the store for more than fifteen minutes. Nobody is in front of them and there is plenty of pull forward room... sometimes enough for two trucks to pull forward, but these morons refuse.
Here is what these people have in common in my case. They NEVER speak or read English, which makes me wonder what they're even doing in the States in the first place. They are always rude and they always buy 100 trinkets and take a 20 minute poop after fueling and blocking the island.
Every time someone has had a fuel card mishap, they always apologize, which isn't necessary, but nice. Then they fix it or pull out and call their DM to fix it.
I can't stand it when someone fuels, spends 20 or more minutes in the C store and then proceeds to eat a meal, all while blocking the fuel pump. I've even had drivers pull this crap in front of me... they'll pull up, I will fuel and be ready to pull out to leave and they tell me I have to wait. Meanwhile, there are at least 20 open parking spaces near the pumps. Something tells me these cluckers have no idea how to back... I really don't know what it is.
I ALWAYS show courtesy. I do my best to drive responsibly and keep the hammer lane clear and I will fuel and take a parking space if I plan to stay. If I feel a big ol' poop coming on, I will PARK FIRST and fuel after I drop my deuce... that's how it works. I wait in line like I'm supposed to. I don't fuel and then browse things that I have no intention of buying for an hour and then choke down a rotten hot dog from the meat roller jamboree in the gas station.
Something tells me these people don't get paid by the mile.JimBob24, DrtyDiesel, EZ Money and 1 other person Thank this. -
WooHoo!....lol!

Thanks pretty lady!
As far as men NOT being romantic,you just have not met one yet...:smt058 -
I'm going to LMAO at you guys if'n one of you finally meets RedHotMess and finds her to be some big dude who looks like BW9. Heh....
(Just kidding, RHM...no offense intended. Just pickin on the guys.)truckon, Red Hot Mess, 07-379Pete and 3 others Thank this. -
That would be funny as hell.....but sooooo wrong!
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Awww! C'mon Injun....Just having fun!...lol!
I would buy her dinner or a coffee,same as any other member on TTR.Injun Thanks this. -
I see. I've been posting in the wrong thread.
Redhotmess, will you marry me?Red Hot Mess and Giggles the Original Thank this. -
dude you just did a narrative that included deuce dropping! I think you're probably out of luck.EZ Money, Injun, Smaggs and 1 other person Thank this.
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