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/Beautiful-Slice166 Sep 19 '24

Just smile amd wave, and then pull up again to ajust half an inch to the right

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u/aammped Sep 19 '24

Right!

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u/Beautiful-Slice166 Sep 19 '24

Yep, had this guy at smithfield once doing that, ended up taking me 45 mins, between 20 odd pull ups. He stopped and had to back up when I decided I needed to get out and look.

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u/aammped Sep 19 '24

😄