Comments By Nick S.

People often treat others based on how they are treated. I am often one of the "favorites" driver. Because I smile and am pleasant. There may be 2 in the past I remember as miserable.

NOTE to Nick.. There is no way your friend's posts are sitting in approval status for 2 weeks. 1 day maximum. I, as well as the other moderators see them. No legitimate question gets rejected. I have rejected a ton of spam lately.... But no way are his legitimate questions being rejected or being held

Sorry.

Hi Truckin Along With Kearsey,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my friend’s question and for sharing your experiences on this issue. I will send your response to him.

On the behalf of my friend, thank you for your help, it is greatly appreciated. Maybe something happened after he set up his account and there could be a glitch in the system. Who is to say what or why this has happened. Yet for sure, every time he submits a question in this forum, he instantly gets a pop-up message that state something to effect of waiting for moderator approval status, and his post are never being approved/posted. I'm guessing this only happens to new members? As I know that my posts/questions automatically appear in this forum without being held for approval.

Kind Regards,

Nick S.

I've found that respectable people are rarely the ones you hear complaining they're being disrespected.

Hello James H.,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my friend’s question and for sharing your views on this issue.

On the behalf of my friend, thank you for your help, it is greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Nick S.

I agree with Steve and G. I’m always proffessional. In 9 years I can count on less than 1 hand the number of customers that weren’t.

I have witnesed drivers being a butt and the interaction they rec’d back from the customer.

Hey there PJ,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my friend’s question and for sharing your experiences on this issue. I will send your response to him.

On the behalf of my friend, thank you for your help, it is greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Nick S.

100% agree with Steve on this.

When I’m delivering, they are the customer. I try to treat them as a valued contributor to my paycheck. How they choose to act is on them.

If I based my career choices on how I was gonna be treated by the other side, man I’d probably have never worked any job.

Hello G-Town,

Thank you for your input. I will pass it along to my friend.

Kind Regards,

Nick S.

When I’m delivering, they are the customer. I try to treat them as a valued contributor to my paycheck. How they choose to act is on them.

If I based my career choices on how I was gonna be treated by the other side, man I’d probably have never worked any job.

Hey there Steve L.,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my friend’s question and for sharing your experiences and opinions on this issue. I will send your response to him.

On the behalf of my friend, thank you for your help, it is greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Nick S.

NOTE: I’m posting this post (below) for a friend (who is interested in becoming a truck driver) who setup a new TT member account in September, but all of his questions keep going into a “waiting for moderator approval status” and are never being approved/posted to this forum for some reason. So I am only posting his questions after they have stayed in the “waiting for moderator approval status” for 2+ weeks.

Seeing the big demand for truck drivers over the past two years (if those national news stories are true about the truck driver shortage), I was curious, do you truck drivers get treated good and with respect by the dock workers/the people you interface with at the companies when making or picking up a delivery? I used to work at Target for 10 years as an outside vendor. Yet I would have to go to their dock on occasion and talk with their Receivers or other dock workers, to locate shipments of merchandise in order to restock my section of the store. I really hated how moody, mean, nasty, disrespectful many of their Recievers and dock workers were (as I worked in over 10 different Target stores, during my career there). Yet it seemed like some dock workers had their favorite truck drivers and treated them nice and with respect, yet the other truck drivers  they would treat as bitter enemies. I never understood this nasty Reciver and dock worker mentality happening at so many different Target stores. So I was just curious as to your experiences of how you have been treated by dock workers in general at various companies when making or picking up a delivery. Maybe it could be an isolated issue happening only at some Target stores with their Recievers and dock workers.

I've always wondered why a public/private partnership wouldn't work in rural areas.

Huge swaths of woods and just fields along interstates. Get something like EZ Pass and charge $5-20 or whatever it costs to keep a restroom staffed, some semblance of security and trash picked up for the night. Have them every 50 miles. Have signs about 25 miles before them X total spots, Y available (if you're using an ez pass like system you can log spots as drivers come in and go out)

Certainly won't work in urban areas but if widespread you could allow HOS extensions in areas that are truck parking unfriendly to get to the nearest open parking at one.

Hello Travis,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my friend’s question. I will send your response to him. It sounds like you have a very good idea there. It sounds like it would work well. Maybe one day, we will come to see this good idea happen.

On the behalf of my friend, thank you for your help, it is greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Nick S.

I quit going to cali years ago because of all the mess, as well as the rates dropped in 2019 and have not come back.

Buccee’s is expanding rapidly in the south. I don’t patronize them either since they ban trucks.

Last year we went to Myrtle Beach for bike week. We were at a nice restrauant waiting for our table and were involved in a conversation with another couple. They were both exec’s with buccee’s and asked if we ever have visited one. I told them nope, you discriminate against folks like us. They looked shocked and said they do not discriminate against anyone. I said oh yes you do, we are truck drivers. They said OH, and changed the subject.

Greetings PJ,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my friend’s question. I will send your response to him. What an amazing experience running into those Bucee's executives. I learned a few years ago in this forum, truck drivers are not welcome there . . . unless they are making a delivery. As large as those places are, it is too bad that they don't all have a giant big rig truck driver parking lots to welcome "all" drivers.

On the behalf of my friend, thank you for your help, it is greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Nick S.

It's always the same no matter what year, time or place. A lot of areas do not want or like trucks or truck drivers. This attitude has partially been caused by truck drivers who do not respect the area in and around the truck stop. Trash, pee bottles, feces, idling trucks and noise are just some of the reasons locals do not want trucks in their towns.

If some truck drivers cleaned up their acts it might help. We used to be known as "Knights of the road" many years ago but that will never happen again. I just use a few basic rules for an area that is unfriendly or unwelcoming to trucks and truckdrivers. If you are anti truck and drivers that is your right and opinion but I will never drive in or through your area, I will never vacation in your area, I will never deliver or pick-up any freight in your area and I surely will not buy any goods or services from your area.

It will not take long before their economy crumbles and they are crawling and begging for trucks to deliver goods to them. See if they will go directly to the farms for groceries. Just like Buccee's that is growing fast throughout the south. They will not any trucks on their properties unless they are delivering to Buccee's no matter what. So with that attitude I never stop there for any reason even with the 5th wheel. There are too many businesses that welcome you and want the business.

Hi Navypoppop,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my friend’s question. I will send your response to him. What you have shared has been very enlightening.

On the behalf of my friend, thank you for your help, it is greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Nick S.

My company doesn't go to California, but I will say, Western Washington thus far has been the worst. And its ironic because I used to live there. They have like 3 truck stops for the entire area and most are paid parking where the TA on i-90 fills up to the brim all the way out to the interstate. The truth of the matter (at least in my observation) is that some states that are run by a particular political class just hate trucks and truckers (or so it feels that way). It isn't just the parking issue but also being able to idle in certain places without getting a fine despite weather conditions being way subpar etc.

My work around to the problem has been to start early and plan plan plan! If you know you are going through a place with horrific parking, try to budget time to shut down for a quick 10 so you can find a better spot the following night.

I haven't had many issues with parking myself but I really go far out of my way to ensure I don't get screwed as much as possible. Even if it means sacrificing the extra couple hours or sleep in the morning to make sure I get prime real estate later.

Hello there Drew D.,

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my friend’s question. I will send your response to him. Thank you for sharing your parking experiences and tips on dealing with parking.

On the behalf of my friend, thank you for your help, it is greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Nick S.