Streakn1
Veteran Expediter
Saturday (2/6/10) mid-morning we pulled into the Vicksburg, MS rest area on I-20. This was to be a ten minute (or less) stop to use the rest room, update my log book, and continue on our way. No sooner than I had parked the truck in a legal truck parking space and stepped to the rear to use our restroom, the security guard was standing outside our passenger door scowlling at my wife.
At first he did not indicate that he wished to speak to her, so she simply made eye contact with him and continued to do so. Then after a couple of minutes of this, he finally stepped closer to our truck and motioned for her to step out of the truck. She instead rolled her window down and asked what he needed. He immediately launched off into a tirade about "do you see the sign in front of you telling trucks there is only 30 minutes parking for trucks allowed?" and that "you better not be staying more that that". She acknowledge that we were in fact aware of the sign and that we did not plan to be but a few minutes. Again he launched into another tirade about our trailer tires being over the line into the next parking space and that we were improperly parked. Being that I'm almost 80' long (much longer than their spaces) and that there was only one other truck besides us in the whole truck parking area, I didn't see the harm in allowing my trailer to be about two feet into the other space temporaily to help shorten us up front and rear so other vehicles could get passed us. Appearently he disagreed. Guess I was supposed to block up the traffic flow in "his" rest area while I pee'd! LOL
The guard again approached our truck after seeing that I had stepped out to do a quick chain check, as if he wanted to continue to scold us about something else. We had done nothing to this person to deserve his attitude, so I simply gave him a hand gesture and drove off! LOL
For those of you not familiar with this rest area, it has limited truck parking (only about seven spaces) and has twenty-four hour security on-site. Trucks are limited to no more than thirty minutes of parking and then will be asked to leave by security. I can understand the reasoning for that and have no problem with it, when your thirty minutes has expired. What I have a problem with is an over zealous and rude rest area security guard. A complaint was filed today with his superior!
It would be helpful to know if any other drivers have had simular issues with this security guard. He is black and middle aged.
At first he did not indicate that he wished to speak to her, so she simply made eye contact with him and continued to do so. Then after a couple of minutes of this, he finally stepped closer to our truck and motioned for her to step out of the truck. She instead rolled her window down and asked what he needed. He immediately launched off into a tirade about "do you see the sign in front of you telling trucks there is only 30 minutes parking for trucks allowed?" and that "you better not be staying more that that". She acknowledge that we were in fact aware of the sign and that we did not plan to be but a few minutes. Again he launched into another tirade about our trailer tires being over the line into the next parking space and that we were improperly parked. Being that I'm almost 80' long (much longer than their spaces) and that there was only one other truck besides us in the whole truck parking area, I didn't see the harm in allowing my trailer to be about two feet into the other space temporaily to help shorten us up front and rear so other vehicles could get passed us. Appearently he disagreed. Guess I was supposed to block up the traffic flow in "his" rest area while I pee'd! LOL
The guard again approached our truck after seeing that I had stepped out to do a quick chain check, as if he wanted to continue to scold us about something else. We had done nothing to this person to deserve his attitude, so I simply gave him a hand gesture and drove off! LOL
For those of you not familiar with this rest area, it has limited truck parking (only about seven spaces) and has twenty-four hour security on-site. Trucks are limited to no more than thirty minutes of parking and then will be asked to leave by security. I can understand the reasoning for that and have no problem with it, when your thirty minutes has expired. What I have a problem with is an over zealous and rude rest area security guard. A complaint was filed today with his superior!
It would be helpful to know if any other drivers have had simular issues with this security guard. He is black and middle aged.
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