starting to hate flyinj

Wow, hate to hear that Flying J's are getting like this. It was always my truck stop of choice (especially since they didn't timestamp fuel tickets, just put the date )

 

Yea, most of the Flying J's I stop at, are crap.

 

I don't think they're getting that bad. Of course, there are a few locations like Tulsa that are not up to par. But it's still my truck stop of choice. This has a lot to do with what each drivers' personal preferences are. I don't spend a lot of time in truck stops no matter where I am.

What I'm interested in is being able to fuel without much of a wait and clean showers and bathrooms. At the company I work for, 50 trucks, they actually tried to put us on a fuel network that included places like Love's and Pilot a couple of years ago. The drivers rose up and wouldn't have it. Everybody seems to be satisfied enough with Flyn J to choose it over others.

My biggest complaint is the restaurant, Country Garden, or whatever it is. I don't ever eat there. But I very rarely eat in any restaurants that are in truck stops. I mostly eat out of my refrigerator, and if I want to get a good meal I'll stop somewhere within walking distance of someplace that does not cater to customers they can take for granted.

 

I haven't found too many Flying J's that were bad -- they are out there though. I find their showers to be generally clean and would rather eat at their restaurant than the others -- even though it is high priced. My co-driver signed up for their financial services and has a checking and savings account through them. He gets his advance put on his TCH card each week and transfers it to his card over the phone. With ComData, each time he got his cash advance it was a $5 charge, even if he fueled, the charge would be included on his settlement. With Flying J, it is only $3 and instead of getting the cash at a truck stop, it is on his debit card so he doesn't need to carry the cash. He gets points every time he uses his debit card and now has about 6 showers built up on it -- we can't use them up quick enough. There's no charge for him to use the ATM and the savings account earns around 5% -- much better than a regular bank. I'm going to do the same as soon as I get the chance, been running hard lately. It's much easier to save money when it never touches your hands. As for the other TS's, they tend to be luck of the draw -- some are clean and some are nasty, but we try not to spend too much time in them however they are.

 

the one in pembroke ny is bad too you wait two hours to pay 500 bux in fuel while the people from the theme park up the road argue in line over a 2 dollar bottle of pop its plain out dumb