I've never lost my patience in public, until now...

Last load of the week, 682 mile round trip from the shipper to the receiver to home. Hour and a half to load, hour and 15 to unload. I can turn it, but I gotta keep the hammer down.

Needed fuel, and as some of you know that is the thing I dislike the most about this profession. Pulled into the Pilot in Harrisonburg VA, all pumps were stacked 2 deep, except for one. I pulled into that one, impatiently waiting for the truck with no fuel pumps in the tanks to move. Sat there for 12 mins and I saw the driver get out of the truck, swipe his card and start fueling. I saw red. I opened my door and yelled "YO!!!" holding my hands up in the "WTH!?" signal. He responded with the middle finger.

Still seeing red, I whipped the door open, got out of the truck and called him some severely inappropriate words, the kind that I would get the belt for when I was a kid. After I started yelling, the guy didn't say a word, just kept fueling. I stopped and looked around, everyone was staring at me. With my tail between my legs, I walked back to the truck and accomplished nothing.

Moral of the story is, you're either gonna make yourself look like a complete jack### or you're gonna get yourself into a worse situation than you're already in. Keep a cool head drivers, and don't be like me

 

Every time too, it never fails. I've driven around all the fuel pumps and backed in front of people many times because they're "in line" to fuel. I can be fueled up and back on the road in 7 mins with nobody in my way

 

Thank you