"The Monster Commeth"

Today…….let me calm down before I start to type…………never mind, it is not going to happen…We were suppose to pick up a load in Rialto, CA going to Bloomfield, CT but on the way here it was postponed till tomorrow…ugh…but what the heck. So we had to go to a truck stop to wait, not usually a big deal….till today. This state has a no idling law, but we have never had a problem before…..TODAY!!!! Oh, by the way, did I mention that I had been in bed as Ruth Ann drove down here from Lebec, CA? Well I had been. I was waking up after she parked here at the TA (Commie) Truck Stop in Ontario,CA. She was saying that cops were everywhere here on the lot giving out tickets to drivers that had their trucks running..I thought she was kidding…NOT!!!!!! The cops would come by and write your plate number down if your truck was running then come back in 5 minutes and if it was still running you would get a ticket…$300.00 worth. The way the did it was that a cop would be in a van or car and another one would be following right behind him….just in case there was a problem….then out came the book and you now had a CA. handy duty paper receipt were your money was going to go….this is nothing more then harassment and it is private property that the TA gave permission for them to come on….now, what’s the big deal you say…oh my friend please sit down and grab a drink and I shall enlighten you…first of all…for us, we are a team with a pet…engine not running…no light, no air, not TV and no computer. They have IdleAire which will allow you to put a monster thingie in you window that will supply you with outlets so you can plug things into, also extras like internet, telephone, movies all which you pay extra for…now that don’t sound so bad now does it….WRONG……in order for the monster thingie to be of use you have to pay a membership fee for 6 months..$10.00.…..so you ask what the big deal…wait, there is more….then you have to buy this holder for your window so the monster thingie doesn’t fall down and get hurt…another $10.00...wait, there is more…..so now you got your membership card and you got your window whatchmacallit and you think you are ready…nay nay I am told…if you want to use this wonderful apparatus. you will be charged the minimum of $2.00 per hour…and of course this has to be paid up front…so you give them your money and they load it on your card…and there you go…you are ready to attach the monster thingie. You get all plugged in and you have your computers fired up, the air is on and then you realize….I don’t have any lights on and it is getting dark and there is noting on the monster thingie that will make them work..(sure wish I had a regular lamp I could plug in)…but what the hell….you have spent money and kept from getting a ticket…oh yeah, one more thing, the commie truck stop charges you $10.00 to park on its lot. Aaaahhhhhh, the life of a trucker.