Got stitched up yesterday,.ended up parking at Route 74 Lesmahagow truckstop, first unplanned Sat night out for over a year,.so cant really complain.
BTW…Good place to stay if you are ever up there, spacious parking, good showers (big single cubicle with a sink,) clean all round suroundings, and especially a good restaurant, with good food, helpful staff…proven by the fact there were a few families out there for a meal on the Sat evening.
Anyway my point of the post
I went for my shower,.shut the door and saw this .
At what point would any driver think it was funny or even appropriate to take a crap in a shower room.
Who are these 'kin people exactly ?
And the wording suggests it has happened not once but a few times.
Especially when a co is prepared to go all out and provide first class facilities for otherwise neglected drivers, and usually when otherwise the best we can usually expect is second rate sub standard.
I just dont get it, WHY would anybody do that ffs? …and dont be jumping in blaming foreign drivers either,.we have our share of home grown uneducated,.socially inept neandrathals amongst us here who are Brits who may well be the culprits.
As I have said before, nothing surprises me anymore about drivers…although this did mildly shock me, and grossly annoy me…
Free advert for them, I think they deserve it putting up with that from some drivers…(hope the mods dont mind I have zero vested intetest btw )
Absolutely not, don’t mind at all, in fact we should be singing the praises of all the decent truck stops!
As for the rest of your post, I would like nothing better than the culprits having their faces forcefully planted into their own creation, p’ssing in the parking areas is bad enough but this just beggars belief, dirty barstewards!
Yep, I agree with all of that.
Cheers Reef…nice one.
Hope the publicity for those who go up Scotch (with their eyes shut, and have never noticed the place) , pays off.
I’m a tramper, I always have my gear with me…why do you ask?
It was unplanned in the sense my shift pattern is Wed to Sat.
I was effed about at Tesco Livingston then had to go and pick up a loaded trailer, which one of our ■■■■ wits could not be arsed to strap up, so I had to it.
So because of those two issues I did not have enough spreadover time left to get home.
The main question is has it ever happened since the sign was put up ?.
Also do they only provide a key on request and then make a check when it’s handed back ?.
Ah fair enough. I heard some companies (our officially but unofficially not…) require everyone even day drivers to carry their N. out gear with them regardless if they’ve been planned or not. TM says they avoid planning NO as they lose money if the truck stands still so they do everything possible to avoid one.
The driver I was out with the first day said he’s had to do unplanned nights out occasionally but doesn’t even own any gear so the whole thing is a bit of a mystery for me. If I can retire one day and be able to say I’ve never done a night out I’d consider myself to have had a successful career
Also since you asked nicely I shall stop using the showers as toilets, I didn’t realize it’s such an issue
I always have my sleeping bag and mini toiletries bag with me just in case, even on local runs. I’ve had 2 nights out in 21 months. Both times because I ■■■■■■ up. Just antibac wipe wash for me as I know I’m in my own bath the next day.
Break downs and traffic are the main reasons for our drivers nighting out, either after the Ipswich or Plymouth runs.
Our company say it’s policy to be prepared for a night out in case the need arose, (well technically I have every night out because I work permanent nights), but in regards to having a “day out” I’ve told them unreservedly to get f****** I will catch a train home before I sleep in a lorry in the day time.
So no I never carry any night out gear.
In 7 years they haven’t tested my resolve and to be fair have always pulled me back inside 15hrs whether the job got completed by me or taken over by someone else.
Ok maybe his arse burned like hell…but at least it would be clean.
He’s obviously desperate for fame and publicity.
I dont know about you lot but if it was me,.and taking into account the comedy/embarrasment factor, I would not be telling ANYbody, let alone willinglly appear in a National newspaper.
And this is why daymen are fillled with absolute horror at the words ‘night’ and ‘out’.
They have this impression of parking in a 'kin lay by, a quick wash of the hands and face…(and arse apparentlly , ) with a wet wipe. Having their evening meal consisting of a Pot noodle and a can of Pepsi Max.
Then sit in the drivers seat bolt upright doing the forward facing ‘death stare’ for 2 hours, before rolling out their old sleeping bag, (and a jacket for a pillow) for another 6 hours of getting rocked to death by passing trucks, trying to ■■■■■■ some sleep, and waking up feeling like sh.
I agree, it sounds absolutely dreadful.
Granted some do it like that🤭…others dont.
The word s n a t c h is also on the naughty list I see now.
The filthy minds of these censors eh ?
Mine are gentle and soothing . His must have been industrial strength wipes with an alcohol content any park bench bum would die for. He must have had a sore ring prior to the dump too .
I was a tramper & always carried my night out gear, clean clothes/underwear, sleeping bag, pillow & a 12v TV. You might only have a homebrew sleeper cab in those days. How times have changed with huge sleeper cabs & smartphones being able to watch anything you want on it.
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