Let us not forget those working the truck stops!

True. Most seem like it’s just another day. Been nice in TX this past week

 

The day I can’t get a shower or use the restroom at a truck stop is the day I go home to wait this out. Think about it. Everyone is preaching clean and sanitary. Nuff said.

 

Your dead right about that.
They can close the whole place as far as I'm concerned.
I just need fuel and a shower.
I can live off of canned food,bologna and cheese
And cereal, till this madness blows over.

 

This is why I said in another topic those of us who are not hauling essential freight should seriously sit this one out.. Those cashiers need their jobs just like you need to run but more importantly those truck stops need to remain open for the guys running essential freight...

It's not the right thing to do, to put those people in extra danger just because you choose to stay on the road. Rand Paul is perfect example of why we should all be taking this seriously. He was asymptomatic but still tested positive. He continued to work and now think of those people who will now be in self quarantine or come down with it because he didn't stay home...

So think about that in relation to a truck stop.. one of those cashiers gets it, how many of the other employees will have to go into quarantine? Will they have to shut down the truck stop because not 1 but 2 or 3 employees got it...

All of us should be thinking in the mindset that we are exposed and possibly have it. If you knew you had it, would you continue to stay working and exposing people?

Guys for the good of the country and the economy and those truck stop cashiers if you are not needed out there for essential freight sit this out for a bit... We need those truck stops open for the guys hauling food, medical supplies and the mission critical stuff.. Not us guys carrying office supplies, cars, construction stuff ect..ect....

There will not be a econemy if we don't beat this stuff...we can't beat it if everyone goes on as normal thinking they aren't the problem....

 

Ok, but now think of it this way... Say you have it and are asymptomatic meaning you are showing no signs of it but are still contagious. How many things do you touch in that Truck stop that you can contaminate and then possibly infect someone else?

You can't just look at protecting yourself, you have to be thinking like you have it and are trying not to give it to someone else.. Are the loads you are carrying worth the risk, that it might be you who is spreading it to others?

I don't know what you haul, if its food, medical supplies or other must have items then so be it. But if you arent hauling that kinda stuff, is it worth the risk that you can possibly infect 2 more people and those 2 people can infect 2 more people? It's RO2.5 to 3 if Im not mistaken... So on average every infected person infects 2.5-3 more people and that chain of transmission continues untill people stay home or it runs its course...

 

hope all this virus stuff stops soon. its really hurting peoples jobs bad. thks for all yall are doing. at the end of the day. we all have the same job

 

So I would ask, what are non-essential loads?

One may give a list of things deemed essential, but what about all the support items that make that essential load possible? That could involve hundreds of loads that might be considered unessential, because it includes all the ingredients and parts for the products, everything needed to keep the trucks running, even pallets.

And it includes people working at the truck stops to support our own effort.
Which I very much appreciate.
Everyone should be sure to leave a decent tip for those shower attendants. We depend on them to provide a sanitary shower for us, and we should show it with our pocketbook.