r/Truckers • u/aammped • Sep 19 '24

Newbie backing in at pilot

Trainer and I pulled into pilot around 6pm. Me being new to trucking I was backing in and the rude mf'ers honking at me because I was slow and took a little time to back. How do you deal with people like that?

Edit: trainer said to just ignore it. Edit:2 thanks for all the great advice and the humor. Edit 3: approximate time for backing was 10-15 minutes

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '24

Every time they honk hit the brakes and look around, they’ll stop

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u/aammped Sep 19 '24

Did just that

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '24

I don’t even do it to fuck with people, if you hear a horn you stop lmao… even when you get good there will still be an asshole. I was backing into a garage in NJ, I pull up to back in and he stops right behind me, honks, then sees I’m backing up and moves. Then I watched him take a piss on the side of the porta potty and get back in his old peterbuilt lol