10. There's a TV lounge with a big screen for when you don't want to be cooped up in your rig.
9. Big franchises have loyalty cards/programs that allow you to earn points every time you get fuel. (And you call it fuel, not gas, when you're driving an 18-wheeler). When you get enough points (typically a penny/gallon), you can buy dinner in the restaurant, goofy souvineers from the store, or accessories for your truck (from decals to CBs).
8. You pay for fuel with a Fuel Card. It's not a Visa/Mastercard kind of thing ... it's only used for fuel. By using it, the driver doesn't have to carry cash or a regular credit card.
7. Books and movies on DVD are available for rent. The driver can pick it up at the Flying J in Sullivan MO and return it when he's done at a Flying J anyplace.
6. Drivers sit in their trucks and gab on the CB. They poke fun at the guys who can't back into a parking spot in what they deem a fast enough time. They also comment on people/women walking across the parking lot.
5. No one wants to park next to a refrigerated trailer or livestock. The reefer is noisy. And you don't need me to tell you what disadvantages livestock bring.
4. In the driver's lounge you might also find: an ATM, blood pressue checking machine, video/arcade games (like Pac Man or whatever), oodles of free lit (trucking magazines, vehicle "classified" booklets).
3. You can buy clothes. Who knows what might happen, so besides souvineer Tshirts, you can pick up jeans, boots, outerwear, underwear, socks.
2. You can buy 12V DC accessories such as crockpots, coffee pots, hair dryers.
1. Some really friendly people working the cash register who seem to recognize the "regulars."
Big, national truckstops are: Petro, Pilot, Flying J, TA and Love's.
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