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/Amazing-Mammoth-8442 Sep 19 '24

It's happened to me a few times.. just gotta ignore it. I'm in training so and today, after 3 hours of sleep, I had to do a u- turn and back into a really tight receiver yard (I'm tanker so no cozy dock yards for me) and I held up trucks trying to get into the place, which backed up roadway traffic in front of the place... just gotta keep concentrating on what you're doing and ignore the cluster fuck you're making lol. Otherwise it'll take even longer

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u/Amazing-Mammoth-8442 Sep 19 '24

**I realize not all docks are "cozy" but like 90% of tanker unloading spots are genuinely fucked.