Truck Stop Encounter
I pulled into the Pilot at La Place, LA to grab a bite to eat to go. I was picking up a wide load and needed to get it and get to a truck stop before it got dark. I was standing at the checkout when this woman in the next line picked up her stuff, set it on the counter in front of me and asked the cashier if she would check her out because she was later for work. I was on the phone with Slider and told him to hold on. I then asked her what she thought she was doing? She said, I late for work, I need to get out of here.” I looked at her and told her that I am a truck driver and I have a job to do so she could wait. She looked at me like that didn’t matter. I told her she could wait her turn, that if not for me and the rest of the truck drivers behind me, she wouldn’t have what she had broke in line to check out for. I heard several drivers say, “You go girl” and another say, “That’s right!” I then sat my stuff down as the cashier checked me out. This woman went on mouthing about how she asked me if she could go in front of me. I told her she didn’t, she asked the cashier, not me.As I walked out several driver shook my hand and patted me on the back. Then as I walked to my truck, drivers in three trucks honked their horns and gave me the thumbs up.
After I got back to my truck, a couple of drivers thanked me for what I had said to the lady and the it was nice to see someone stand up to people like that. As I thought about this I wondered how many people would have just stood there, let her break line and not said a word?
