maybe but what if you are scheduled. That knock on the door is a courtesy. It's not their responsibility to keep track of your schedule and they don't even have to wake you. To be honest, I prefer that knock on the door if they do it. Now as for the bums, lot lizards and such that's a different story.

 

How 'bout putting a sticky note on your driver window, somethhing that says "don't wake me up until 8am, 9am or whatever? It's worked for me and I set my alarm for the same time - just in case.

Maybe people can't read though where you deliver at. In that case, sticky notes won't work. You might have to draw a picture then on your window. :idea:

Alot of pet peeves on this thread I can relate to. A nice mix of stupid things cementheads do out here - consistently!

Courtesy is not a small town near Belgium like those peevers out here seem to think.

 

Oh man, I have several. Most were already posted here.

Two big ones with me are when morons (4 wheelers and trucks alike) that are coming onto the interstate think that they have the right of way. I understand get over when you can, but when it's obvious that you can do nothing short of stopping, they need to wait their turn. The last time I checked the "Yield" sign was in their lane.

Another is when your rolling along with your cruise set and some goofball wants to go 1/10 of a mph faster than you are so he rides your bumper for like 10 miles then he finally gets up enough courage to try to pass you and jumps out in the hammer lane. It takes him another 5 miles to pass you and by this time he has 4 miles of traffic backed up behind him so when he gets 8 inches past your front bumper he decides to jump back over in front of you causing you to hit the brakes. This happens constantly in Ohio because everyone's so scared of Johnny Law, but doing 60 is not good enough for them. Nope, they want to do 60.01 mph.

Of course, my all time biggest pet peeve is people that put an "s" on the end of the word "Kroger". My wife used to do this all the time, "I'm going to Krogers.". Then she got tired of me responding with, "Ok, why dontcha stop by Wal-Martssss while you're out also?".

 

Walking through a lot and it smells like a nursing home. Piss bottles laying all over the place. Drivers... please for the love of gaaaawd, either throw those nasty things away or even better yet, walk yourselves to the bathroom and take a pee. Enough of the nursing home smell! :twisted:

 

High Beams to let me know I have cleared, Flick them off or not at all. Lot Lizards and Beggers at 3am. (I hope the ones doing this are reading these post and quit doing it)

 

When I first started Trucking...I had little patience...and little toleration.
I found myself with many "pet peeves" and things would bother me in general.

I learned to develop a thicker skin...and brush stuff off...or I would stew about it.

Now...I let things go...I ignore it...or when I find it beginning to irratate me...I divorce from it. Not always easy...but it makes my life out there better overall.

 

biggest pet peeve (ready for this one) Drum roll please... :rock:

People not using there....Turn Signal's its not that hard! just turn it on for Pete sake, make life a little easier on the rest of us. But noo (some notice how I said some, truckers don't do that) 4 wheelers hell we know they don't do that either...Oh I want over now!! cuts you off slows down..then goes into another lane, its like damn it people. Gah (I swear do they just have a free DMV day? where stupid idiotic people can get there license) Ok, Say's the driving instructor you're goal for today is see how many errors you can get! oh good 100 out of 100 you pass here's you're keys have fun. :evil:

 

#1 Receivers that set up appointments and THEN make YOU wait for HOURS to unload. Some even go a step further and say the DRIVER must unload THEIR frieght :x Really sucks if you don't get paid any detention time (can you say Sharkey :twisted: )

#2 TRASH !!!!! Pee bottles or just plain TRASH, put it in a can or dumpster. One of the EASIEST ways for us to regain a LITTLE respect is to keep the parking areas CLEAN.

#3 Morons who are on CELL PHONES coming down a ramp and wait until the LAST second to check their mirrors or look to the left,
HEY IDIOT !!!!!! You're driving a CAR NOT a PHONE BOOTH :x

#4 Drivers who FLY past you in BAD road conditions (ice and snow) and THEN keep the slow down in DRY roads. I had a TMC driver blow me off the road on snow packed and icy highway in Illinois and then was only running 50 on GOOD roads in Iowa DUHHHHH!!!!!

#5 Women in trucks, and I don't care is women drive but it's the way these MALE MORONS act when they get around a female of ANY kind. Let a woman pick up the mic and the perverts and Wolves come out of the woodwork. Most of these women on the mic are either Drivers (some are Excellent) or working somewhere trying to get you to spend a few bucks. It seems a woman's voice sends the guys in the area into a sexual perversion overload :?

 

o.k lewis friend.. i have my antenna tilted way forward. after spending 100 bucks on a predator 10-k & having it get bent & tore all up from hitting tree branches & other low overhead things. with mine tilted the way i have it now it is straight up when doing 60 m.p.h.

 

THEY ARE NOT PEE BOTTLES.. THEY ARE URINE BOMBS. LOL.