Here is a little anecdote of an incident that happened to me in recent weeks. I was layed over at the Petro Stopping Center over by Youngstown, Ohio (the one that is just east of youngstown on I-70). I was layed over for approximately 4 days waiting for a "CSX" railroad load to come out of Cumberland , MD. Much to my own stupidity I held out for a load because I have always gotten decent loads out of that area. But this time was different and I sat there until I went absolutely stir crazy. Then I just decided to deadhead out of that area and ended up getting pinged for a load picking up in Cleveland.
Well, as it goes, I was sitting up in the tv room there for four days straight. I was buying food, taking showers, and I even began to learn everyones first name. Well, my battery went dead on the morning that I decided to reposition and I had to go in and ask one of the fuel island attendants to help me out with a courtesy jump. After I got my truck jumped and the fuel attendant actually realized that I had (a company name and qualcomm) on my van, he seemed to look at me a little bit differently. So, when I went back into the Petro to buy 50 dollars worth of fuel and some smokes, I "with my mother-in-law like hearing" actually overheard a lady in the back saying "gosh, I thought he was one of those young drifters, I would have never suspected he was a driver!"
Any how, it was quite hilarious that they had no idea I was there waiting for a load offer that never came. Kind of like that new Metallica single "the day that never comes; or in this instance, the load that never comes!" I was just wondering if anything such as this has happened to anyone else in this forum.
Well, as it goes, I was sitting up in the tv room there for four days straight. I was buying food, taking showers, and I even began to learn everyones first name. Well, my battery went dead on the morning that I decided to reposition and I had to go in and ask one of the fuel island attendants to help me out with a courtesy jump. After I got my truck jumped and the fuel attendant actually realized that I had (a company name and qualcomm) on my van, he seemed to look at me a little bit differently. So, when I went back into the Petro to buy 50 dollars worth of fuel and some smokes, I "with my mother-in-law like hearing" actually overheard a lady in the back saying "gosh, I thought he was one of those young drifters, I would have never suspected he was a driver!"
Any how, it was quite hilarious that they had no idea I was there waiting for a load offer that never came. Kind of like that new Metallica single "the day that never comes; or in this instance, the load that never comes!" I was just wondering if anything such as this has happened to anyone else in this forum.
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