Kristi and I will be there in morning maybe we will see you there
Tryhours,
We arrived late yesterday (Sunday) afternoon and will be here through early afternoon today. We got dispatched this morning (Monday) on a load that picks up later today.
Everyone else,
Procedures seem to have changed since we were here last (front lot of the TA East in Ontario, CA). A uniformed security guard knocked on our door this morning and politely told us to go inside to get a day permit. He also told us to spend money here and show the receipts at the counter to the woman who issues the permits. He was vague about how much money to spend but wanted to know if we had spent money inside.
He also told us to park the truck such that the rear bumper is flush with the curb so the lawn care people can get to the grass. (No trucks complied with that. All bumped their rear wheels on the curb.)
I don't know how consistently this is being enforced. The drivers in the FedEx truck next to us have been here since Saturday and have been getting the daily permits. I did not ask them about how much money they spent or what receipts they showed.
The security guard explained that they went to this permit system and money spending requirement to keep the bobtail tractors from complaining about unfair treatment. They have always been run out of the front lot and forced to park in the big lot where you must spend a certain amount of money each day or pay to park.
UPDATE: The woman at the TA counter who issues permits tells us that free parking in the front lot of the Ontario TA is over. It now costs the same to park there as in the big lot. Permits are required and, as we saw with security this morning, they are checking.
How long this will last and how consistently it will be enforced is anyone's guess. All I can say for sure is that it is being enforced today.
