What's up with drivers parking IN the fuel island to go shopping and not fueling...WTF??

No, don’t call them flip flop drivers. Shoe wear doesn’t make the driver.

 

I was at the flying hook outside KCK a ways a couple weeks back. When I went in to eat there was a purple Pete bobtail sitting at one of the fuel islands. When I came back out truck was still there. Went to bed, woke up next morning and drove on. Few miles down the road passed a rest area. That purple Pete was parked in that rest area.
Still unable to figure that one out.

 

Another scheme I've seen lately is ,Drivers pulling thru the fuel stalls,2 am or so,....and putting the Trashcan in the lane behind them.Now it looks like a broken pump? It's NOT.. They're takin "Country Dumps",getting Coffee,takin Elog breaks etc.

 

They call it a service station. So I pull into the fuel aisle and get fully served up with: food, coffee, maybe a scratch ticket, a movie..maybe I’ll take a shower, take a dump, wash up, #### chat at the coffee counter. Do the rounds. Then when I’m finally done inside I slowly waddle on back out to begin the long process of getting fuel. No hurry, it takes a long time to figure out the keypad. After Im done with fuel, I begin cleaning all the windows, mirrors, headlamps, etc... not done yet, then I take the squeegee and use it like a car wash. It’s amazing how clean you can get a truck with one little squeegee! Get the 5th wheel grease off the best I can. Check tires.

Finally, its break time after all that hard work. So I now relax and eat my subway meatball sub while in the fuel aisle too. Takes a while to eat those. I love the full service of a fuel aisle, like a looong break. I wish I could never leave.

 

It's going to be a hot summer. Drivers like to pull under the canopy with their A/C blasting in the shade, gives them an extra cool feeling. They have to sit in the drivers seat mashing on the go pedal to prevent the 5 minute idle countdown from starting, so they sit there 30 minutes off duty in the shade.

 

I wear flip flops so when I’m driving I can easily put one foot up on the dash. Try doing that with movement-limited “work boots”.. no way.

 

Nothing sexier than a no flip flops tanlines foot, good job keeping your feet evenly tanned by keeping them up on the dash!

 

I see drivers putting the pump nozzles into the tank like they're fueling , and then go take a shower constantly on I-80 in Nebraska .

Same 80mph volvos with their high beams on, same eastern Europeans/Russians, always out of some suburb of Chicagoland .