Rest/Shower Room Conditions?

The only shower that was really bad so far was the Road Ranger Pilot in Illinois. I forget where exactly, but it is next to a Mcdonalds and has a very small parking lot. The showers are located downstairs in the dungeon, and it even smelled bad from just being old.

 

If you are asking, what do I do about germs, nothing. I was my hands with hot water and soap.

It irks me and amazes me the number of people who do NOT do that one simple thing to stay healthy and prevent the spread of disease.

 

On I-90 near Elgin? That's one of the ones I visited and I was surprised, how small the store itself was, especially in comparison to the TA across the street...My god, the Speedway gas station across the street from me right now is bigger than that Pilot! It doesn't have showers though, they just soak you with their pricing!

ETA: pics

 

The community rest room at any place can ba a little...... hard to handle, in the morning. Sometimes if I have extra shower credits, I'll use one up just to hava a clean place for my morning constitutional. Then no need to listen to, or smell, what everyone else ate last night.

 

I have never got anything (sick wise) from any showers. I stick to the main chain (T/A or Petro for example).

But one time last summer I was loading in CO and filthy from all the dust/sand and crap that comes with the territory. I found (via my GPS) a truck stop called "The Diamond Shamrock". I figured how bad could it be?

Well...the toilet wasnt bolted to the floor, or someone stole the nutz on the thing.
The shower stall was beyond rusty, including the shower head.
I had a paper bath mat to stand on and 1 thin towel.
(and the Gorilla spooge dispenser on the shower wall)

Best part? - The kitchen appeared to be using 5 day old grease in the fryers and the AC system picked it up and dumped it into the showers.

So I got out and even after a shower, I stunk like 5 day old fryer grease.

 

Oh, I am with ya right there.......I have done that more times then I could count!! Especially the rest rooms that have only 3 stalls(or less)...yet there are over 100 truck parking spaces....I mean who plans that?

 

just had a shower at TA in Cartersville GA nicest shower I have had in a couple of months
big clean and 3 towels