Jerks At Truck Stops

Psh, be nice to them after what they've done? Not a chance. In my country they would hang them by the balls.

(Said in a thick Russian accent)

Be honest...so how many of you quietly repeated this out loud in a Russian accent after reading it? I'll admit I did! Funny stuff, Daniel!

Back when I was still learning with my trainer I was trying to get into a spot with about 6 inches of snow on the ground. My trainer got out to help guide me in. Then all the chuckleheads started on the c.b.

Much to my surprise a female got on there and read them the riot act. And asked them since I had a spotter if they thought I may be a student. That shut them up quick.

If I see someone struggling to get backed into a spot. I will ask them if they need help with getting in the spot.

And remember we all have days when we can put a trailer in anywhere and days we can't back in an open parking lot.

I think naturally as a Prime driver that CB will stay off the vast majority of the time and definitely while in a truck stop. It seems like none of these guys turn theirs on because they're tired of catching flak for how slow they're going.

I think naturally as a Prime driver that CB will stay off the vast majority of the time and definitely while in a truck stop. It seems like none of these guys turn theirs on because they're tired of catching flak for how slow they're going.

The gospel of Prime right there. Use that CB only if you have thick skin. I simply can't run a CB due to the idiocracy and ignorance of the average truck driver. And those stupid comments don't just end with Prime, it's every mega carrier these a-holes lay into multiple times a day every day. I can't stand hearing it and it makes my blood boil when I do.

Don't ever forget this... They were at one time in your shoes... Obviously they have forgotten.. Just write them off as a rude and useless human being... You are a good person and don't deserve treatment like that.. Just shrug it off and make this just a learning tool to help you become the best driver out there!! You go guy!! Don't get discouraged and ''Keep on Truckin'" !!!

I'm not very good at backing. I'm in training and I haven't backed nearly as much as I wish I would have yet. While I'm happy with my ability as far as all of the other aspects of driving a truck, the backing is below average at best.

So I'm at a TA today, a really tight and small one, trying to back into a truck stop hole for the third time I've ever tried to do that and I'm really struggling. My trainer is stressing me out by trying to over-instruct me instead of letting me feel it out, there's trucks waiting to get by as I'm blocking the aisle, there's guys sitting in their cabs laughing at me... all of the normal things that add to the stress level in that situation.

But then I notice something more. There's a guy in a Trans Am truck directly in front of me recording me on his phone while laughing. I am now mad as a snake. I finally do get into the hole and I get out of my truck and go over to his and lose my mind.

I know that wasn't the right reaction and actually a very dangerous one and if I took five minutes to cool down I probably would have reacted differently.

Video taping someone who is clearly new to backing as they struggle trying to back though? Seriously? You have to be quite an inconsiderate jerkoff to do that. But it's not just that guy, it's all of the other guys sitting there laughing at me too. Watching someone who is new to something go through the very frustrating struggles as they try to learn is apparently entertainment. I wonder what could be so wrong in someone's life that another person's demise makes them happy.

Enough ranting, but for anyone who likes to laugh at new drivers while they're practicing, just remember they're trying their best, you're not helping, and you're probably bringing bad karma your way.