Disturbing behavior at truck stops...

interesting you brought that up

me and some friend were sharing "glad nobody had a video camera" stories

most were about food poisoning catching up with you at 2am on some dark road

but i must say, whenever i go to a shipper and receiver and they refuse to let me use their bathroom, your example comes to mind

(i just dont have nerve)

 

I was in NC getting a battery for my wife's car while we were visiting my daughters and my grandbabies. I was chatting with the Advance Auto Parts guy while he was putting the battery in. He found I was a trucker....one conversation led to another, and before you know it, he was relating a story to me about a driver getting caught at one of their DCs by him and his boss (now a company executive...maybe the CEO, not sure) taking a dump along the fence.

Apparently, the senior man was not one easily prompted to rough language. Except for this time. Called this driver every name in the book, called his dirty butt in to his company, and had him summarily ejected permanently from the property.

 

LOLOLOL! I mean....I understand there are some highways with no stops for 50 mi or more. And I've heard epic tales of friends who've been in the driving business a long time, and had their " running into the woods stories"

 

Years ago, while I was a trainer, I had a student that was almost done with training. He was rolling down the PA Turnpike while I was in the sleeper relaxing. We had just stopped maybe 20 minutes earlier for a quick bite to eat, and I was reading, if I recall. Anyway....suddenly, I feel the truck slowing down and stopping....brakes being set....and by the time I opened the curtains, all I saw was the back of my trainee and a roll of paper towels exiting the cab!

After a few minutes in the woods, he came back and sheepishly admitted "I shouldn't had those jalapenos on those hot dogs!"

 

HAHAHAHA! Thank goodness I've been lucky to have made it to a facility thus far! *knocks on wood*

 

I'm just a wannabe trucker who has an application in but had a realization 2 years ago while moving. On my way from Charlotte to Castle Rock,CO. My trucks (Dodge Dakota pulling the larger U-haul trailer) rear end went out so I ended up pulling into a truck stop in Mount Vernon, IL in the middle of the night. I ended up parking with the semi's. Well I have a hard time sleeping sitting down, I need room. So I rummaged my comforter out of the trailer and slept between the truck and trailer. When daylight came I woke up and saw a piss-jug about 6' away and realised I pretty much slept in urine. I was a little grossed out (ok alot) but I will say the folks in Mount Vernon were very nice and helpful.

My background is construction for 25+ years, mostly framing. An "amigo" portajon I was dumb enough to open the door of.....I think the mods would edit me if I posted it.

 

Elkton, MD TA about an hour ago. Watched a lady climb out of the passenger side of an old Freightliner and stand in front of it waiting for her man to get out of the driver side. When his door opened, two empty TA plastic drink cups clattered to the ground. The lady covered her face and laughed. I was on my way inside, so I never actually witnessed him getting out.

On my way out, they passed me coming in through the door. Walking back to my truck, I noticed the cups lying next to the truck, right where they fell.

I wrote a short note telling them that they needed to put their trash in the trash can and NOT on the ground, and to quit making truckers look bad. Left the note under the cups on the side step under the driver's door.

No reason for that, they walked right by 3 trash cans on their way inside.

I should have greased their door handles with my black 5th wheel grease.

 

Seen a crackhead in Arkansas scoop leftover food out of the trashcan at the end of the buffet with his bare hand. Methodically licked it out of his palm like a cat with a bowl of milk.