omg brooklyn new york

Different species of humanity there

 

I'd probably be an inconsiderate jerk to if I lived in the city. People born and raised in NYC don't know any different; many see their parents and neighbors constantly screaming profanities at the top of their lungs, so they think that's normal.
I had a 5 stop flatbed load in the city. Kept getting harassed by union thugs wanting to know if I had a union card. One guy in an old beat up Cadallic stopped and climbed up on the crane that was lifting an air condition off my trailer and demanded to see his union card. He wasn't a union crane operator & he was so scared he quit and they had to find another operator. He also was non-union and told the guy where to stuff it. Out on the street some people were fixing the area with plants and bags of mulch; this guy drove to them and loaded his car trunk with bags of mulch and drove off. Didn't see him again.

 

An extra $50? Definitely not worth that. I've always wondered how those convention services guys for places like United do it. I couldn't imagine having a drop at Madison Square Gardens then having to hand unload all that crap to boot.

 

Not worth it i bought a bike in brooklyn never again and that was in a pick up with a small trailer.

 

Don't let the city set your view of the rest of the state. I have lived in NY all of my life (except for 18 months in PA). Most of it was the Glens Falls/Lake George area and now the Fishkill area. I have been to the city 4 times in all the time Ive lived here. Its like anything else, once you learn the area, its not as intimidating. I will say they are some idiot drivers in the city. Not sure why, but nowhere else have I seen drivers like them

 

I wouldn't do that. I've pulled a few loads out of upstate NY and for the most part it was a good drive or two. I'll pass on NYC. It's just too much trouble...and if my company offered me an extra $50 for the trouble....I would laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh at them. Frankly, I'd rather stick an unsterilized needle through my scrotum than deal with NYC or Manhattan for an extra 50 bones.

 

I've trucked all over upstate NY and loved it. Beautiful state and some of the nicest people I've every met. Now, New York City is another planet.

 

Agreed...but I'll never eat at a Hardee's again because of a run I had through there. Three in the morning...I stop on the Thruway at one of the service centers and I go inside to get a bite to eat. Stop in the john and take a piss and the guy next to me taking a whiz at the next urinal is wearing a Hardees uniform. He finishes his business and rolls right out of the bathroom without washing his hands or anything.

I walk out a couple of minutes later and walk up to the counter at the Hardees and the same guy I was just standing next to in the john that didn't wash his hands is asking for my order.

I took a pass on eating that morning and stopped further down the road in Albany.

 

NYC drivers are definitely in a league of their own. I didn't realize how aggressive and dangerous we are until I went away to college. I agree that if you can drive in NYC you can drive anywhere. But that's one t-shirt you can do without. For me it's home, so I have no choice.