RE: What is some funny stuff you seen while drivin
1. A housing devlopment in CA named Oak Hills, but when you look 360 degrees across the desert as far as the eye can see, there is not an oak or hill to be seen.
2. A water tower in SC painted to look like a peach, but it looks more like a huge human butt in the sky.
3. A freeway exit in CA named "Hammer Lane" on which trucks are prohibited.
4. A city named "Northwest". Directions can drive you crazy if you don't know it is a city name. "Drive through Northwest and turn left..."
5. Flashing signs warning of fog when you can see miles ahead on a bright, sunny afternoon.
6. Potato chip bags purchased at sea level that inflate like baloons in the mountains.
7. City name: Intercourse, PA
8. The truck driving team that told us they periodically vent their frustrations with each other by one going in the bunk, the other staying up front, they pull the curtain and shout and swear at each other until they feel better.
9. The state trooper driving in the hammer lane at night that turned on his disco lights, then immediately turned them off, then abruptly turned into the median, then tried to turn out, but kept on going into mud that captured his car perpendicular to the lanes; leaving truckers that saw this at night asking themselves on the CB, "Did I just see what I thought I saw?"
10. The dispatcher who asks the driver where he is at and the driver answers, "I'm in the truck."
11. The dispatcher that sends a Qualcomm message asking, "Are you in the truck?" and receives a Qualcomm answer back, "No."
12. The dogs that sit on truck drivers' seats waiting for their master to return, that look like they could drive the truck themselves.
13. Bumper sticker: "Honk if you love peace and quiet."
14. Obese truck driver making the third trip to the buffet and ordering a refill of Diet Coke.
15. The trainee calling for help on the CB at a truck stop, asking what he should do. His trainer had packed up his stuff and abandoned the truck and trainee.
16. The FedEx CC driver who came to take a load off our truck (because dispatch had another load for us to take at a time when we were the only drivers in the state with the credentials to carry that freight). He promptly told his wife and mine why we did not need to use the lift gate to form a bridge between the trucks, but after wrestling the freight for a while decided it would be a good idea; and then after telling us how much experience he had, dug out an obviously seldom-used hand truck to transfer the freight. The hand truck had a flat tire on one side that he ignored trying to make it look like he did this kind of stuff every day.
17. The truck driver at a fuel island sitting in his cab, returning a friendly wave to a driver on the ground waving to try to signal that his fuel hose had not shut off and fuel was bubbling by gallons onto the ground.
18. At a plant entrance, the security guard's face when he told us where to park for the night and heard me say with a very offical tone, "Thank you, officer. We'll sleep so you don't have to."
19. My head after I dozed off in a Wal-Mart barber chair and awoke to find my hair totally buzzed off.
