Trans Am Still

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  1. jaso37

    jaso37 Heavy Load Member

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    Was thinking about it. LOL. Think they'll let me use the scale in the yard?
     
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  3. passport220

    passport220 Road Train Member

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    You can park on a side street and walk in. Go do some laundry and use one of the dirty shower rooms at the TA terminal. Just remember to bring your driver's license as a key deposit.

    My new company fuels mostly at Sapp Bros., I did not have any shower credits at other places when I first started. I was making a delivery with Olathe on my route so I parked on a side street to use a shower room, even though I had not worked at TA for almost a year (yes, I know I am naughty).

    I got my shower bag together, I still have my TA fuel card and I walked to the TA yard. Went into the shop and ask for a shower room, presenting my TA fuel card. Guy in the shop said I needed my driver's license to get a shower room key, he would not give it up. I was incensed! I always gave my fuel card as a deposit in the past, how dare this pencil pusher inconvenience a hard working driver! I started to make a stink, then I remembered I no longer worked for TA, I had no business being there and I quietly walked away.
     
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    jaso37 Heavy Load Member

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    Passport you probably should have asked for a manager. You might have gotten that shower or free room at the police station for the night. LOL.
     
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  6. passport220

    passport220 Road Train Member

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    I know right? A fuel card has all the information in their system of who they are, VERY ballsy of that guy to turn a driver away....humph!
     
  7. passport220

    passport220 Road Train Member

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    Yeah, in the clink with drug dealers and murders. What are you in for Mac? ..... Errr I tried to use a shower at a trucking company that I no longer work for.
     
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    jaso37 Heavy Load Member

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    They would've loved you in the clink, probably get lots of showers.
     
  9. HometimeQueen

    HometimeQueen Road Train Member

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    Sorry, jaso. It has just been a busy busy time. The Queen is tired. Two teenage daughters, a new mastiff, one daughter working so I have to play taxi driver and one daughter that has finally decided to get her driver's license. Then you add a husband that is a driver on top of that. :eek::eek:
    This is a totally different kind of mastiff for me. She is a Cane Corso and very athletic. She was bred to be a show dog and she is a beauty.....but she requires a lot of attention right now. I have had to break up a couple of tussles with my French mastiff. Thankfully, they have reached a truce ......I think.....I hope. For some reason, she has chosen me as her "boss". I am the one that she minds consistently......could it be that she recognizes who is the "Queen"? :biggrin_2559:
     
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    WB Queen. Hope the new puppy works out. Teenagers are fun right? I kept my parents on their toes. I know you guys don't believe that but it's true, I was a handful.
     
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  11. passport220

    passport220 Road Train Member

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    I entered the TransAm yard, Immediately reported to a TransAm employee on duty, presented my id and ask permission to use a shower room. All of those actions are the direct opposite of trespassing or committing fraud.

    Also, my name is not "mud" at TransAm. I turned in my equipment in good order, wrote a professional "thank you for the opportunity" letter of resignation. I still (or at least a year ago) knew some friendly faces at TA. If I was called on it, I could have easily said I was there to speak with training dept/recruiter/Johnny Jacobson about another round of employment with TA. I thought it was best to clean myself up a bit before I came, in person to talk about a job.

    The truth is, it was petty, someone would have likely just told me to beat it and I would have. Cause, future employment with TA ... only when hell freezes over. :p
     
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