Let's add another tier to the cake of disrespect

**Batman** · 02-21-2008, 08:51 PM

I watched a program on the History Channel recently about truckstops of today and how they cater to truckers needs from showers, wi-fi access, good food, etc.
The truckstops they profiled were all T/A stops.
It did'nt show the sleazy side of truckstops that you have described on this thread which I
am sure there are more of than the general public realizes.

**dieseldiva** · 02-21-2008, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Batman

I watched a program on the History Channel recently about truckstops of today and how they cater to truckers needs from showers, wi-fi access, good food, etc.
The truckstops they profiled were all T/A stops.
It did'nt show the sleazy side of truckstops that you have described on this thread which I
am sure there are more of than the general public realizes.

They probably profiled the TA in Lodi, OH, it seems to be the exception and not the rule. IMO, the TA's are the worst ones out there!

**greg334** · 02-21-2008, 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by arrbsthw

wipe the commode down before u sit on it

I thought pee was sterile and didn't pose a threat?

**arrbsthw** · 02-22-2008, 08:32 AM

I just like to wipe it before I sit on it... or I put paper around the seat.. just
funny about sitting my butt where someone else has had theirs..

**kwexpress** · 02-22-2008, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by RichM

I have to disagree with Terry about the Ohio Tpk. The showers I have seen there had tiles falling off the walls,mold on the floor,hair in the sinks etc. The best T/S showers I have ever seen is at the Little America in Flagstaff AZ.

yes little america I agree.

**Jack_Berry** · 02-22-2008, 12:01 PM

the j in whiteland in was real nice. they gave me and my wife a set of towels each(thats 4 towels total) and only charged us for 1 shower.

otoh i have found most pilots have counter personnel that are disinterested and generally just doing a job. there is always a line at the fuel desk if not 2 and sometimes 4-6 deep(like at lunch). beaverdam ohio and toledo alexis ave come to mind.

**Turtle** · 02-22-2008, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by highway star

We could spend 40 or 50 bucks for a motel room to shower. Other than that, what options would you suggest?

I'm shocked that we haven't yet seen a reply ripe with sage advice and brilliant alternatives. Shocked, I tell you.

**highway star** · 02-22-2008, 01:45 PM

I'm tinkin hes marinatin a tawt.

**Tennesseahawk** · 02-22-2008, 02:19 PM

Star... I tried decifering that. Came up with something x rated; so I won't post my results.

**cheri1122** · 02-22-2008, 04:32 PM

I grabbed a free shower on the Ohio Turnpike just last week, (bring your own stuff, including towels), near Vermilion, and found nothing to complain about. But then, what would I say if I had - I want my money back?!

Greg, urine is sterile only until it leaves the closed system of the body - once it's out, it's a biohazard, unless collected in a sterile manner.
Col, when last heard from, Moot was in Winnipeg, waiting for his alternator to be replaced, after it died in the -33 temps. Hope it didn't freeze his sense of humor.....

**Fr8 Shaker** · 02-22-2008, 04:42 PM

I have taken a shower a couple of times at the Oh. service plazas the only problem I found was my teeth were chattering when I got out, water just doesn't get hot enough. I don't know if it's still that way it's been quite awhile since. But either way you need to applaud their effort to provide it for free for the drivers.

**x06col** · 02-22-2008, 08:09 PM

Cheri, I been in that kinda weather lots a times, an if a fella don't watch out, he'll freeze more'n his sense of humor.

Star, I suggest, like myself, after a hard day a fish'in, I head directly for one of them there beach showers. They be free. No fuel, no nuttin. Or, I wait till I get back, an toddle down to the GC showzer. Den of coures look for a tree.

**highway star** · 02-23-2008, 02:10 PM

The Keys sound pretty good as I sit here in cold and dreary New Jersey. Maybe someone will need some Margarita salt expedited down there. I might even be willing to do that at a discounted rate.

**x06col** · 02-23-2008, 02:35 PM

Yazzir, it's living large. Had to move a bit Nord to Cocoa Beach, wuz gett'in a little warm in the Keys for my taste.

Back to the subject, when the digs get sooo unbearble, I figgure it must be time to spring and indulge myself. So it costs sixty-seventy bucks? So what, if you are that miserable.

However, if you get THAT miserable after each run, then there MAY be a problem.

If folks can't live with SOME discomfort, once in a while, I have no suggestions.

**Broompilot** · 02-23-2008, 03:17 PM

I see the suggestion now where is the address? I agree, after spending 14 years in the cleaning business this will not wash out of (urine) the wash cloths. IT IS DISSCUSTING and should also have a copy of this letter sent to the local Health Dept: SERIOUS.

I do not believe they would be in violation of the towels but the face cloths give me a break total lazyness and disscust!

lets start writing.