Moron Stories

Ive done a few rodeos in my time. (I was never any good.)

A long time ago, there was a dumpster and another trucker who was in need of some fun, let's put it that way.

I nosed up to the dumpster gently eased it along until it's in front of Mr Needy Trucker left a little bit of room all around so it's not too bad.

Trash truck shows up at some point Proceeds to raise the thing and dump it overhead into it's own bin and sets it back down.

Backs away a little bit. Pauses to think things through, picks up the thing and places it back to where it was before.

That gave me another idea to evolve the game little bit.

After Mr Trash left, I went back this time bobtail (Takes a little work to make it good) and moved the dumpster down to the other corner where it's really dark and 4 other dumpsters sat. Now 5 dumpsters sit.

I never did see how it played out the next day but a few weeks later I was through to get fuel and the dumpster was back at the original spot.

I was really tempted to put it somewhere else on the property. But figured I had my fun and enough was enough.

 

Maybe he was calling himself the moron......?

 

I stopped one morning at the TA in Greencastle, PA, needing a headlight that went out. I always carry a spare, but for some reason, I didn't have one that day.

These headlights are the rectangular sealed beam, like on a Peterbilt or Western Star. So they're very common.

I walked up to the counter, told the idiot I needed a headlight bulb, which was on a shelf behind him. His first question was what kind of truck. So I tell him it's a 2013 Western Star 4900. He pokes around on the computer for a bit, and tells me he'd have to order it, and it would be there in a few hours. When I pointed to the very bulb I needed, which was right behind him, he got kinda snippy about it, telling me it's not the correct factory bulb. I replied '' I don't care if it's not, I just need a working light to get me home, and I know that one will work, just sell it to me...."

He turns around, grabs it off the shelf, slams it on the counter, and tells me I'm NOT returning it after it's hooked up. "Um, I don't plan to return it"

Then he tells me it'll be about two hours until they can get to it. Now I know this dude is off his rocker. I calmly replied I didn't need their help putting a light bulb in my truck, I'm able to do it myself. Then his attitude changed a bit, and he printed my bill, and I paid.

Before I walked out, he went in the back, and his manager proceeds to start yelling at him for giving me the run around.

While I was in the parking lot changing the bulb, I saw the guy being escorted out of the building by the manager. He got in his car, and left. I can only assume he was fired that morning. Moron!

 

The scary part is now CR England has triple-bunk training trucks... 2 students for 1 trainer...now they’ll be putting out twice the morons. Every single time I run 80 through Wyoming and Nebraska I always see nothing but stupidity from that company.