I don't mind asking for help, never have minded. Either you ask for help, or you stand there looking stupid.... not much of a choice to me.
I will give you a perfect example of me trying to be a "nice" driver this morning only to have it flung back in my teeth..
This happened not an hour ago at the flying j. At the risk of sounding like a girl (lol) it hurt my fricking feelings!
I pulled in to the fuel lane after what honestly had just been a really long night, i was already in a bad mood and SNI still hadn't figured out how to maneuver his rig so as not to block four of the other lanes while waiting to get into the one he wanted. It required some creative maneuvering on my part to get into the OPEN lane beside him. At any rate, it was one of those where the left pump is a little offset from the right and has a shorter hose and i hadn't noticed in when i pulled in. As soon as i realized it i walked back to the truck that was waiting behind me to let him know that i was going to back up a few feet but not to worry, that i knew he was there and not going to be coming that far back, also to gauge the distance i had.
Now, he had seen me get out of the truck, seen my swipe my card, seen me put in my information, seen me open the tank place the nozzle, walk around to the other side and realize i had to move...i say that to stop anyone from offering the defense for him that he might have thought i was a vagrant or scammer or something.
Anyway, as i walk down the back of my trailer and towards his window he is eagle eye staring at me with this glare on his face, i get level with his window and all he does is turn and glare at me, so i smile and motion for him to open the window. After giving me his best (i suppose) disgusted to even be breathing the same air as you look, he cracks the window and i say "sorry, but i overshot the pump a little and I'm going to back up a few feet, just didn't want you to worry that i might hit you" he rolls his eyes, looks disgusted and rolls his window up without so much as a f you.
I find that behavior inexcusable. Honestly. What possible excuse is there to behave like towards someone? Do not give me any of that irritation with rookie mistakes crap either. That does NOT excuse acting like a horses hind end. Nor did me backing up a few feet discommode him IN ANY WAY. I did not ask him to move, just informed him that i would be backing up and he needn't move.
A very similar situation occurred a few weeks ago at a tiny pilot in...somewhere. I pulled in, pulled all the way up as i was just running in for a drink, when i came back out there was a truck in the fuel lane fueling. I got back in my truck and was getting ready to move when a wrecker swooped in and hooked up to a bobtail, directly in front of me. I couldn't move until he did, but also knew that the driver behind me likely didn't know that. So i walked back there to let him know what the hold up was. His behavior was almost identical to that of the poop stain at the flying J this morning.
That is the kind of crap I am talking about. I have never been a violent person in my entire life...but sometimes some of these jerks really make me question why I have never been a violent person.
Truckers....not what I was expecting.
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by millsjl01, Nov 6, 2012.
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