Today's commentary concerns the appearance and attitude of a lot of you drivers out here. Male drivers to be exact. Women aren't included, as I have yet to see (or smell) one that hasn't showered in a month, leered at or proposition the driver next to them, got out and pee'd on their drives, or God only knows what other behavior is going on that I am (thankfully) unaware of. To the guy marching around in the stained t-shirt, flip flops, and thread bare Jerzee shorts - yuk! No one want's to see your crotch sausage bobbing around first thing in the morning, or EVER. At least put on some frigging underwear! To the guy who left the "steaming" sack in the lot for the maintenance crew to clean up, your a swine and should be treated as such. To the guy who allowed the door to slam in my face - chivalry (and manners) ARE NOT dead! I hold the door for others no matter their color, sex, or social standing. It's called courtesy. To the euro-trash that thinks he's Gods gift to the USA and INSISTS on cutting in line - shippers, stores, seems not to matter - didn't work too well last time, did it? You know who you are...and learn to speak English! Why should I have to acclimate to your language and culture? Now to be fair I will say that some women do not wash their hands after using the restroom (especially in the south), and I once had a co-driver who "leaked" a bit. Took me 2 months to get the smell out. But if some of you guys are lonely and wondering why you never attract female attention - here's a clue. Take more pride in your appearance and actions out here - we are watching dont'cha know.
Disturbing behavior at truck stops...
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At a travel center/truck stop in Dickson, TN: A pair of men's checkered undershorts which had been shat and left in the parking lot. It was dark out, so I had parked right next to them and nearly stepped in them...this was in the 4-wheeler parking section since I drive a minivan and not a semi. When I went into the travel center, the culprit was waiting in line for the men's room. How did I know that I had the guilty party? He had a handful of paper towels, had a t-shirt he had purchased and had shizz all over the back of his jeans and up the back of his shirt. Montezuma's revenge in the extreme I guess...actually felt very sorry for the guy.
Worst thing that I've personally seen a truck driver do was one that worked for a company I used to work for. He had the unfortunate habit of picking his nose when he was nervous or bored and then rubbing it on the inside of his jacket. The worst part of it was that he would often put his jacket on others' chairs since he really didn't have an office (being the truck driver). He had been talked to about it (myself and others--ugh, did not enjoy having that talk) and did get better but still did it sometimes. I didn't get too upset when he would idly put his jacket on the night production manager's chair (whom I disliked)...ha ha ha.
I've seen a lot of gross...fortunately/unfortunately? But I'll spare you the most graphic ones. -
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Had to park for a 10 at the end of the get-on ramp of the first rest area on I-83N in PA. Walked through a cloud of unfathomable stench both times that I went to use the rest room. It was on the second trip back that I found the source. An idiot RV owner had dumped their black water tank on the ground underneath the guard rail.
Petro in Bordentown, NJ a couple of weeks back - nasty 400 pounder pulls up and parks in the handicapped space, then opens his door to reveal that he is naked from the waist down. Train wreck, horrifying but had to watch - proceeds to put his pants on the floor and put his feet in the legs. Then scoots his feet / pants to the side step and stands up. In full view of anyone around. Then spends no less than 5 minutes trying to balance, grab his waist band with one hand and get his pants up. One side up, other side falls, over and over. Wish I had thought to get a video.
Then there was the guy at the same Petro sleeping on the steering wheel in his day cab who apparently runs OTR, has no A/C and only showers on every other hometime. His driver's door had a clean white area outside on the top where his arm rests while driving, and below it the door was covered with thick dark brown gunk riddled with cleaner vertical lines where his sweat has dripped down and washed away some of the nastiness. And the back side of his left forearm has a line of brown gunk from elbow to wrist where it rests on the door. Makes you wonder about a lot of things.
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At the nc petro in mebane off I40/85 I pulled in for a quick lunch only to have my appetite diminish. A truck parked off to the side with its driver behind the trailer droppin his load on the road. How lazy can one person be..walk in and use the restroom..to make matters worse he was doing this in broad daylight. Needless to say I pulled right back out of that truck stop and kept going. What a freaking animal,,for F... sake..
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This one has more to do with an obnoxious driver rather than anything disgusting, and it happened a few years ago. My co-driver and I were at a truckstop down in the dirty south (I don't recall which one and wouldn't tell ya if I did). She was curious but timid about going in the theater so I went in with her. This young buck next to her started talking inappropriately and attempted to paw at her. The other guys were just snickering so I told him to knock it off. He jumped up, got in my face and asked what I was gonna do about it. I started running my mouth about thumping him in the 'nads but punched him in the throat instead. He dropped and everyone else scattered. He was still rolling around on the floor when I left, and I never heard anything more about it. I guess the moral of this story is that if a woman says no or to back off you just might want to heed her request. Oh, and always beware of a wingman regardless if they're male or female.
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Sparks, NV... Stall next to me had liquid running on the floor. I think some nasty fool with a tiny willy done crashed out and messed himself. Get out, wash my hands, look back that direction. First I see the clothes draped over the door. Odd. Then I noticed the feet, a pair pointed north and a pair pointed south. Guess I was right it was pee... Just nobody was asleep!
and I threw up in my mouth a little.
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