Comments on: More on my First Two Weeks OTR – Including Things You Will Need With You http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/corydmac/2009/03/more-on-my-first-two-weeks-otr-including-things-you-will-need-with-you Helping Those Who Are Considering A Career In The Truck Driving Industry Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: TruckerMike http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/corydmac/2009/03/more-on-my-first-two-weeks-otr-including-things-you-will-need-with-you/comment-page-1#comment-757 TruckerMike Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:35:05 +0000 http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=881#comment-757 Another spot on post Bob! We've been training on the road for about the same time period and you're doing pretty much everything I am. Jeans can last a while. I usually even wear the same shirt two days in a row. This isn't a glamor job by any means, so those of you just getting ready to enter, be prepared to do things you normally wouldn't do at home! Looking forward to your future posts! Another spot on post Bob! We’ve been training on the road for about the same time period and you’re doing pretty much everything I am. Jeans can last a while. I usually even wear the same shirt two days in a row. This isn’t a glamor job by any means, so those of you just getting ready to enter, be prepared to do things you normally wouldn’t do at home!

Looking forward to your future posts!

]]> By: Tumbleweed http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/corydmac/2009/03/more-on-my-first-two-weeks-otr-including-things-you-will-need-with-you/comment-page-1#comment-723 Tumbleweed Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:49:06 +0000 http://www.truckingtruth.com/trucking_blogs/?p=881#comment-723 You mention leaving the extra towel at home, but occasionally, I find that I need it. Sometimes you get to a TS that is so busy that it can't keep up. An extra towel was a "just in case" item that I had to have once in a while. I can't remember which TS it was, but hubby and I once stopped at one where all the employees were from another country. I don't mean to sound mean, let's see, Arabian, Indian, I just don't know which. Either way, when we stepped up and asked for showers, hubby was given 2 towels and I was given 4! The reason they gave for giving me 4...one for the floor (to step out onto after the shower), one to wrap in, one for my hair and one to dry off the exposed parts while I was stepping on and wearing the other two! I LOVED that extra attention, NO DOUBT!! You mention leaving the extra towel at home, but occasionally, I find that I need it. Sometimes you get to a TS that is so busy that it can’t keep up. An extra towel was a “just in case” item that I had to have once in a while.

I can’t remember which TS it was, but hubby and I once stopped at one where all the employees were from another country. I don’t mean to sound mean, let’s see, Arabian, Indian, I just don’t know which. Either way, when we stepped up and asked for showers, hubby was given 2 towels and I was given 4! The reason they gave for giving me 4…one for the floor (to step out onto after the shower), one to wrap in, one for my hair and one to dry off the exposed parts while I was stepping on and wearing the other two! I LOVED that extra attention, NO DOUBT!!

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