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Originally Posted by repete
I resent being called an " old perverted driver" I'm really not that old!
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Well, I AM that old! But not really so perverted!
Recently, I pulled into the T/S where we butthead, and there was a good looking woman in a Werner truck kinda "smiling" at me! What was HER problem? She even gave a slight wave. Being the fine upstanding Christianlike man I am, I just smiled and waved back and then went inside to get my coffee.
You think maybe, I had a CHANCE? :eek2::hellno:
A few days later, as we came off the exit ramp to get to that same T/S, a truck was stalled in the lane in front of us. Out of fuel, as it turns out, a block from the pumps!
We couldn't BELIEVE the hip swaying "doll" that got out of the driver's seat and came towards us to ask for help! We squeezed by her truck and gave her a ride to the "stop." Not much we could do to help her, but it didn't take her long to find some guys who COULD and would!
I don't REALLY think either of those guys thought they were going to get any special treatment for helping her, but they sure didn't mind doing it!
I think MOST drivers out here KNOW what the rules and expectations are. But, it's NICE every now and then to have a woman driver show us some attention. Some guys just NEED to be a knight in shining armor now and then. It breaks up the monotony of OTR life.
A few years ago, A woman driver got out of her truck to help me slide my tandems (after I asked her to.) They were kinda stuck. I made the mistake of offering that she should get in the seat and do the driving while "I" yanked on the handle. She quickly let me know that SHE could handle the tandem bar! I ain't STOOPID.... so, I LET her! :lol2:
She was nice looking, so I asked her if I could call her sometime. (a BRAZEN move for me!) She asked for my cell number and stored it in her phone. A few miles down the road, she called and said, "NOW you can save my number and call me when you want to."
Nothing ever came of it, but we talked a few times. When it dried up, I didn't STALK her! It was just a nice experience to have while on the road.
Not that I NEEDED a lesson in respect for women.... but, that lady sure earned it!
I guess the moral of my story is that.... it doesn't HURT for women to be "nice" to a male driver now and then. We aren't ALL perverts (like Repete!) :lol2:
I KNOW it can be dangerous.... but, so is the job! Both men and women can get lonely while on the road. Doesn't mean that a smile or a cup of coffee HAS to lead to something else! JUST because a woman is secure in herself and feels she can handle what comes her way, doesn't make her "easy!"