Directions

I had one yesturday. i was in albany headed to middle of NH. the pilot was shut down in albany so no fuel, and i only had 10-15 gallons so cant make it to any major chain TS that takes comcard/comcheck. I see a hess diesel sign but turns out to be a tiny mini mart. I ask a women at a parking lot i turn into where I can get some diesel that I would fit into. she said try the mobil about 2 miles down "You should fit". I got there and immd noticed they didnt have diesel, I prob would have fit under the canopy but never would have gotten out becasue it was so tight. Managed to go across the street to place that did have diesel and wiggle my way into there lot.

 

anytime i hear school buses use it all the time or something along those lines I instantly get skeptical about doing it because most school busses are flat nose and can turn as tight as a bobtail can. but even the conventionals turn like a sleeper with a pup trl.

 

What's worse is when you tell a driver NOT to turn in someplace and he swears he can get in there and turned around. No problem. Happened just last week to a guy hauling a container to where I work. Instead of going to the warehouse, he wound up at the office area... and when I attempted to give him directions how to get himself headed in the right direction by using a neighboring driveway in conjunction with our driveway, he wanted no part of it. He could turn around in our parking area.

So be it. (Who am I to argue with a professional?) Took him over a half hour of rocking -- a foot or two at a time -- to get turned around. I guess some people just love a challenge.

 

Well I spent 3 hours driving around Patterson, NJ a few yrs ago cause people from jersey don't know there left from right. Called to get directions guy tells me how to get there, ok sounds easy enough. Well I get to the fourth turn i have to make and something starts to not make sense. everything seemed right to this point but now i am in a residential area VERY tight. I get to where the place is supposed to be and the road becomes a 1 lane alley the wrong direction. Well me and my 9400i and my 53 ft trailer ended up on streets that straight trucks should not have been on. Because i call the guy back and he says i don't know where your at maybe i told you the wrong direction. I repeat them back to him and he says yep, i meant left off the ramp not right. OOOOOHHHHHHH i was fit to be tied. I guess it is a good thing that it took me 3 hours to actually get myself back to where he was supposed to tell me to go cause had i got there any sooner i would have beat his arse for sure.

 

thats one thing that amazes me about everybody east of carlisle pa, and north of richmond. They have no clue about the area they work in or live in. How in the heck do you not know anything about the area surounding your work or home. Do people not take a different route home occasionally to change things up a little. I asked a guy once about a hwy that heads south to western philly on how bad it is. And he had no clue that any other roads exsisted other than the road home. He said if he goes anywhere he just puts in the gps and goes.

 

How right you are! I have never been able to get directions that were correct from anyone in Jersey especially. I have found a technic that i found has worked for me. If i am going somewhere in Jersey for sure but anywhere out east if the person sounds like they are not sure on the directions i'll call information and get the # for the local police dept and call ask them what is the truck route how to get where i'm going to deliver. Most of the time they are more than helpful cause they don't want you stuck somewhere blocking traffic and usually they are right too.