Hygiene questions

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Jeck, Mar 5, 2017.

  1. bzinger

    bzinger Road Train Member

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    Not alota Times over my years that I haven't been able to shower daily.
     
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  3. CargoWahgo

    CargoWahgo Road Train Member

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    You walk up to the counter and call the lady a douche while giving her plastic money.

    She'll hand you a key and say somin along the lines of blue blaaa blquueueue or go screw yourself...or voy vajajajajajajajaja papi.

    Depends where you're at on the continent. ;). Have fun testing.
     
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  4. born&raisedintheusa

    born&raisedintheusa Road Train Member

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    In addition to doing a SERIOUS SCRUB DOWN of their bodies, they probably need to shave off a lot of their body hair, (underarms, pubic, etc.), along with using good strong deodorant.

    God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!
     
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  5. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    You'll see many dirty drivers don't let that think you're going to have trouble showering on a regular basis.Those drivers choose to stay dirty.Almost every truck stop has showers which as mentioned it's free with 50 gallons of gas and that shower coupon can be used at any of the chain's and ai think it expires in 7 or 8 days.Also most terminals have showers along with laundry facilities.
     
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  6. coastietruckin'

    coastietruckin' Light Load Member

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    And the ladies really notice you too!!
     
  7. Bean Jr.

    Bean Jr. Road Train Member

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    Somebody complained about smell drivers in the letters to the editor in The Trucker newspaper. Then this lady driver wrote explaining why she and her husband avoided the showers like the plague.

    I was having none of it, so I wrote a scathing letter to them too. The excuse that she wrote that bothered me the most was hard it is to park at truckstop because the spots are so small. The Trucker is distributed at TA/Petro, which means that had 12' angled slots. If she or her husband couldn't park there, they had a bigger problem than their odor!
     
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  8. Gunner75

    Gunner75 Road Train Member

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    Some need a truck wash shower to get all that built up grime off
     
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  9. Gunner75

    Gunner75 Road Train Member

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    If you run the Ohio turnpike all the service plazas have free showers for drivers and really cheap laundry services. You'll need your own towels and soap, but in a pinch I didn't have my towels with me once so I used a set of clean shirts to dry off.
     
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  10. MiRig2017

    MiRig2017 Light Load Member

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    Ok, I know this is changing the subject a bit, but what is up with the disgusting, foul smelling parking lots?? I mean really. I guess the same ones not showering are the same ones pissing in the truck stop parking lots. Ugh, I literally want to vomit. Remember, when you are walking through a piss smelling lot, you have to get back in your truck with those shoes you just used to walk across the lot. Any suggestions regarding that? At night when we are parked and ready to relax, shoes come off and we lay a rug down so that our clean feet do not touch the flooring underneath.
     
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  11. OOwannaBE

    OOwannaBE Medium Load Member

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    You can easily find a shower at any truck stop from 10am to 3pm since most truckers take showers early in the morning or right at sundown. Never shower up north they still have the same buildings from 1950 which have never been renovated. Flying J and Love's have clean and/or updated showers for the most part. Since I fuel up every day I basically have unlimited showers available on my Pilot and Love's card.
     
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