Potty Emergency

TheLoadOut · Mar 18, 2022

Many years ago I left my monumental mark off the Zzyzx Road exit. It was just one of those moments. 20 years later I bet it is still there.

Oscar the KW · Mar 19, 2022

TheLoadOut said: ↑

Many years ago I left my monumental mark off the Zzyzx Road exit. It was just one of those moments. 20 years later I bet it is still there.
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Probably underneath everyone else’s.

Harry Flashman · Mar 19, 2022

This is the real reason for trailer skirts.

Pull over anywhere, duck underneath the trailer, pull down pants, squat, and let it rip.

Nobody has to see.

Dave1837 · Mar 19, 2022

I was heading east on the PA tpike around 1AM when I got hit by the stomach bomb. I got off the road just past exit 201 and took off running for the woods with a roll of paper towels unraveling behind me. I get to the woods and there's a fence, hop the fence, jeans got caught in the fence and ripped from the crotch to the foot. The things we have to put up with out here lol

Lumper Humper · Mar 19, 2022

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On Super Bowl weekend I found myself clenching tight as I crossed the bridge next to Hoover Dam. Poor trip planning you say, should of stopped earlier you say? I say NAY! This came on all of a sudden. Not even a gurgle. Heck even Mount Saint Helen warned of the coming devastation. It must of been that fricken sausage biscuit from the FlyingJ. Sweat dripped down my face as I looked at the no stopping signs and a vivid memory of last nights news saying Las Vegas was on high alert for trucker protest blocking roads during Super Bowl weekend. In my mind I was calculating how far to Boulder and exactly how many baby wipes I had, and would they be enough. The answer was too far and no, five packs of wipes wouldn't be enough and I can't afford to replace this darn seat either. I managed to get across the bridge as tourist looked in wonder at the slow moving truck and it's driver with the twisted look of anguish on his face. Boulder was getting closer! But sadly not close enough. But wait, what's that by the exit? Just enough room over the fog line to pull over! I know I shouldn't but this is truly an emergency, a potty emergency! With sphincter clenching tight I threw the drapes closed. I wouldn't want some poor unexpecting tourist seeing what was about to happen and soiling truck drivers good name. I then grabbed the bucket, the one I had prepared but hoped never to need, but need it I did. Thankfully the truck has good shocks and absorbed most of the impact. I hadn't imagined that the sound emitted from a bucket in a small space such as a truck cab could be so deafening. I tried to think of something else to distract me from the feeling of being disemboweled. But all that would come to mind was the one responsible for my misery, that dang singer and sausage maker Jimmy Dean and that lyric.
"Then came that rumble way down in the ground
And smoke and gas belched out of that mine
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for big John"
The song seemingly mocking me.
But yes it was finally the end of the line. Sweet, sweet relief. I quickly cleaned up. Double then triple bagging the offending substance. It is disturbingly hot. Next came Febreze, luckily I just bought a two pack. I used both. I then sanitized the bucket and prepared to open the curtains. I just knew there would be flashing lights and I would have to explain to a Judge why I dropped a bomb next to the Hoover Dam in a restricted area just on the other side of the fog line. Miracle of miracles, no flashing lights. I gently lowered my aching tuchus onto the drivers seat and got gone while the getting was good. The very next stop I disposed of my unwelcome passenger and rested from my ordeal thankful I made it and that I kept my balance on that bucket.

Remember if you pass a truck parked just over the fog line with its curtains closed, move over a lane, you wouldn't want them to tip over the bucket.
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Great story, thank you for blessing us with this.

Plantfoam · Mar 19, 2022

There are 2 types of truck drivers, one that have crapped their pants, and ones that haven't yet.

Don't ask me how I know, but it's kind of ironic when it happens at a Sheetz.

Lexuslane · Mar 19, 2022

I always carry a pocket knife .
A spiderco Delica

anyhoo
It’s handy to use if you have to cut off the tops of your socks , if you find yourself in a bowel emergency with no TP

been there , done that.

Mototom · Mar 19, 2022

I don't eat premade truck stop food and if the sub way looks grubby I don't eat there either.

All of my troubles have been caused by the premade trash, the eggs, or subway.

Chester's has never let me down, nor McDonald's or any of the canned food I eat.

I caught bacteria from premade truck stop food and was sick for two weeks, bad enough I took an entire week off work.

Unlike a virus a bad bacteria actually lives inside your intestines and can be a longer term problem.

pumpkinishere · Mar 19, 2022

scott180 said: ↑

On Super Bowl weekend I found myself clenching tight as I crossed the bridge next to Hoover Dam. Poor trip planning you say, should of stopped earlier you say? I say NAY! This came on all of a sudden. Not even a gurgle. Heck even Mount Saint Helen warned of the coming devastation. It must of been that fricken sausage biscuit from the FlyingJ. Sweat dripped down my face as I looked at the no stopping signs and a vivid memory of last nights news saying Las Vegas was on high alert for trucker protest blocking roads during Super Bowl weekend. In my mind I was calculating how far to Boulder and exactly how many baby wipes I had, and would they be enough. The answer was too far and no, five packs of wipes wouldn't be enough and I can't afford to replace this darn seat either. I managed to get across the bridge as tourist looked in wonder at the slow moving truck and it's driver with the twisted look of anguish on his face. Boulder was getting closer! But sadly not close enough. But wait, what's that by the exit? Just enough room over the fog line to pull over! I know I shouldn't but this is truly an emergency, a potty emergency! With sphincter clenching tight I threw the drapes closed. I wouldn't want some poor unexpecting tourist seeing what was about to happen and soiling truck drivers good name. I then grabbed the bucket, the one I had prepared but hoped never to need, but need it I did. Thankfully the truck has good shocks and absorbed most of the impact. I hadn't imagined that the sound emitted from a bucket in a small space such as a truck cab could be so deafening. I tried to think of something else to distract me from the feeling of being disemboweled. But all that would come to mind was the one responsible for my misery, that dang singer and sausage maker Jimmy Dean and that lyric.
"Then came that rumble way down in the ground
And smoke and gas belched out of that mine
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for big John"
The song seemingly mocking me.
But yes it was finally the end of the line. Sweet, sweet relief. I quickly cleaned up. Double then triple bagging the offending substance. It is disturbingly hot. Next came Febreze, luckily I just bought a two pack. I used both. I then sanitized the bucket and prepared to open the curtains. I just knew there would be flashing lights and I would have to explain to a Judge why I dropped a bomb next to the Hoover Dam in a restricted area just on the other side of the fog line. Miracle of miracles, no flashing lights. I gently lowered my aching tuchus onto the drivers seat and got gone while the getting was good. The very next stop I disposed of my unwelcome passenger and rested from my ordeal thankful I made it and that I kept my balance on that bucket.

Remember if you pass a truck parked just over the fog line with its curtains closed, move over a lane, you wouldn't want them to tip over the bucket.
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Good story. I’m glad I’m not the only one in these emergency situations. At least you had time to close the curtains. I never have time to do that. Lol

tscottme · Mar 19, 2022

Every driver should have a plan on what to do when you have to go RIGHT NOW. It's going to happen, someday. Whether the outcome is embarrassing or a war crime will be determined by whether you are prepared or not. It's going to happen whether you are prepared or not.

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