Excerpt from my blog today:
Drivers in a truck stop TV lounge generally chat about the game and cheer the exciting plays, but you have to be careful about what you say. Most if not all of the people in the room drive for a living. Until the game is well underway and people have tipped their hands, you don't know what state they are from or which team is their favorite. I enjoy watching football but am not so passionate about it as to have words with strangers, so I stay quiet.
They are strangers and they are not. It's a scene repeated at truck stops in every state every Sunday when football is on. Drivers gather in the TV lounge to watch the games. Few if any of them know each other but it feels a lot like you are in your living room with the neighbors over for the game. We are truckers. We are on the road. And we are together for a while in a familiar setting to watch football.
There are no scale cops here or demanding dispatchers. It does not matter what the weather is like. You don't have to dress up or pretend to be someone you're not. Hot food and snacks are available. There are no worries about traffic jams or four-wheelers talking on cell phones. Any truck work or paperwork you have to do is already done or will be done later. Football is on now and that's what matters.
We are truckers, watching the game with friends whose names we do not know.
Drivers in a truck stop TV lounge generally chat about the game and cheer the exciting plays, but you have to be careful about what you say. Most if not all of the people in the room drive for a living. Until the game is well underway and people have tipped their hands, you don't know what state they are from or which team is their favorite. I enjoy watching football but am not so passionate about it as to have words with strangers, so I stay quiet.
They are strangers and they are not. It's a scene repeated at truck stops in every state every Sunday when football is on. Drivers gather in the TV lounge to watch the games. Few if any of them know each other but it feels a lot like you are in your living room with the neighbors over for the game. We are truckers. We are on the road. And we are together for a while in a familiar setting to watch football.
There are no scale cops here or demanding dispatchers. It does not matter what the weather is like. You don't have to dress up or pretend to be someone you're not. Hot food and snacks are available. There are no worries about traffic jams or four-wheelers talking on cell phones. Any truck work or paperwork you have to do is already done or will be done later. Football is on now and that's what matters.
We are truckers, watching the game with friends whose names we do not know.