What kind of scams are going around truck stops?

TA
Jessup, MD
"Really, I am not a panhandler" ...
"Then why are you asking me for money"?

Soap and Suds Laundromat
West Mercury Blvd.
Hampton, VA
A woman said that she needed money to get her daughter to a doctor's appointment. I said NO. She jumped into a van and I heard her talking on her cell phone declare that she did not feel this was a good place to get money.

American History Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC

"Can you spare some change? It's for a good cause"
"NO".
Then I noticed that this was organized, that there were four people working each side of the intersection on Constitution Avenue, NW. They held out buckets for people to drop money into. I guess drivers thought that this was for some legitimate cause.

 

well this is a true story,i was working in west palm beach and there was this bum everyday on any of the cornners of military trail and southern blv,you could tell he was a bum that live under the bridge and he was an alcohalic, but a very happy golucky kind of guy ,kind of nutty cause he was actually bum???walked around with a sign saying(WHY LIE NEED BEER)so you would have to laugh cause this guy on any given friday had people that would give him a sixpack and he would put it in his stolen grocery cart and thru ruch hour this guy would carrie his sign and have about 2 cases of beer in his little cart and go hide under the brige and come monday morning you would see him pushing his little cart to the recycal place with all his empty cans guess honesty gets you free beer and a few bucks to eat on with the empty cans?????

 

Had a guy approach me in Atlanta, asking for a handout.

I pointed to the side of the truck, "you see this? Do you know what this stands for?"
"Poor Axx Motherxxxxxx!"

He laughed as he walked off.

 

I just tell them that if I had any money... I sure the hell wouldn't be in the truck stop parking lot.


The biggest scam of all.... And we all are victim! Go inside any major national chain truck stop. Pick a item up off the shelf... And look at the price. Walmart sells the same thing at a 1/3 of the price... But that's right... Walmart is doing away with truck parking for shoppers because some nasty drivers toss their trash & piss bottles on the ground... So we end up paying the inflated price as a convenience fee.

 

Biggest Scam of All - If you can, pull into your favorite truck stop and use your GPS to search for the lowest priced diesel fuel in the area. 9.5 out of 10 times the truck stop you're in won't even make it into the top 20 lowest price. My experience shows that normal mark up by truck stops is usually about 25 cents per gallon over the lowest local price. Let's do the math, 25 cents x 200 gallons = 50 bucks per fill up x 3 fills per week = 150 bucks per week x 50 weeks per year = $7,500 per year mark up over the best available price in the area. Let's say that for laughs a truck stop averages 15 fill ups per hour x 24 hours a day... and truck stops say that they don't make any money......

 

ive bought knock of road king mikes at flying j's.... watch out

 

Most consistent scam I can recall is dispatch saying call back in 2 hrs

 

I just say, "I hear the same stories everyday and I never give." and they always give 2 expressions;

First, a look of shock that you don't believe them,
Second, a slight look of anger.

Always.

 

So you think the truckstops are a rippoff?

Yes, truckstops charge more than the corner gas station;

1. They have multi-million dollar parking lots and sometimes they even repair them. We park in one every night, fuel or no fuel.
2. They give free showers with hot water, a clean towel, (hopefully.) And pay somebody to clean them.
3. They let us throw away our trash. Lots and lots of it. (Wonder how much one ts spends on trash removal.)
4. There is, no doubt, a ton of stuff stolen from them.
5. Walmart is always cheaper than anybody, that's there system and their agenda. (Wish Walmarts had truck stops.)

So, I appreciate truckstops soooo much. And yes, I've gotten mad and even reported stuff to managers etc. But, we should be happy. Remember the 70s.