The new Pilots, with the brand-new automated shower system? Has anyone noticed....

Discussion in 'Truck Stops' started by woofless, Dec 10, 2008.

  1. woofless

    woofless Light Load Member

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    Some of the newer Pilots have a new automated shower system, with computer screens & the automatic voice announcement over the PA speakers....

    Is it just me, or does the voice sound just like Al Gore?

    The shower announcer guy Speaks. Very. Slowly. And. Deliberately. Reminds me of a stand-up comedy act I heard on XM a while back, somebody impersonating Al Gore...."He talks (pause) to you (pause) like you're (pause) three (pause) years old."

    Just wondering if I'm the only one who noticed this...and if I'm the only one who found it funny? LOL :yes2557:
     
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  3. IrunU

    IrunU Medium Load Member

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    Haven't been to one but read about it in the Pilot magazine
     
  4. bangngears

    bangngears Medium Load Member

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    Have not heard that one yet...pilots never have enough showers and i dont want to wait 5 hours to take one.
     
  5. HardlyWorkingNeverHome

    HardlyWorkingNeverHome Heavy Load Member

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    I love the new system. They tend to be kept up with now instead of waiting for an emty shower to be cleaned when it has been emty for hours. also if 4 guys show up at the same time needing a shower 9-10 times the other 3 go to the counter whilst I go to the kiosk and get a shower ASAP.
     
  6. RickG

    RickG Road Train Member

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    I hear ya . I was hoping the " new automated system" meant they automatically cleaned themselves . Most of the time when you wait for a shower at the Pilot it isn't because they are being used . It's because the help is too lazy to clean them . Next time you're told there are no showers available walk on by the key drop box and see how many keys are in it .
     
  7. longbedGTs

    longbedGTs Heavy Load Member

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    Three words. Falls Creek, Pennsylvania.
    Some Pilots are horribly under staffed.
     
  8. driver4015

    driver4015 Medium Load Member

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    hate to break this to ya guys and gals, pilo has had that system on the west coast for over two years.
     
  9. jhojc

    jhojc Bobtail Member

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    Work at a Pilot and the biggest issue with our showers is people asking for a 2nd towel then we have a wait for the towels to dry. Especially irritating when someone asks for a 2nd towel and use it as a floormat.
     
  10. msmspilot

    msmspilot Light Load Member

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    Hey, when I ask for the second towel, it's so my wife and I can use the same shower and only make you clean one :biggrin_25525:
     
  11. simplyred1962

    simplyred1962 Betty Boop, One Bodacious Babe!!!

    Then maybe Pilot, and other truck stops,should consider giving us something a bit more substantial than that paper "floor mat", that does no good, anyway, and sticks to yer feet, to boot! :biggrin_25517::yes2557::biggrin_255:

    Haven't showered at a Pilot for awhile, but I guess with the J and Pilot merging, things are gonna be changing to Pilots version, now, and I'll end up taking a Pilot shower, after all...:biggrin_2554:

    Judi Kay
     
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