Trucker accosted by irate driver who demands to speak to their boss: 'I kind of smirked at him and told him... he wouldn't like what my boss would have to say'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Mar 16, 2024 11:00 AM EDT

This truck driver couldn't believe what another driver was upset about. At least they had the ultimate loophole for getting out of almost any work-related scenario. 

The trucker in this story was driving their 18-wheeler through Texas when they encountered an angry driver. As a trucker, you have the unique privilege of getting to blow that extra-loud horn whenever someone bothers you. A regular car horn is a little loud, but the horn on an 18-wheeler can be heard for miles. It must be so satisfying to startle any bad driver with a blast of sound. 

However, this trucker soon realized that the driver was irrationally upset about the horn honking. The driver started screaming and pounding on the door of the truck. Then, he started doing something no truck driver wants: taking photos of the license plate in order to call their boss and complain. That's why so many trucks have those stickers on them that give out a phone number to report bad driving. It's meant to report bad driving, not excessive horn honking! 

You can check out the whole story below. Then, read up on these memes that you'll totally get if you grew up in the era of needing to get off the internet so your mom could use the phone. 

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    COMELL A500 SCANIA PRG-6959
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    Don't ask an Owner Operator for his bosses Phone Number.
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    So I drive an 18 wheeler. Not only that, but I own my truck and my business. One day while coming into Laredo Texas, I was in the turning lane for my exit and this car whips out in front of me. Not really having enough room to stop, I tuned onto the shoulder, threw on the air horn
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    (which is extremely loud when you're next to the truck) and stopped right beside the guy. He proceeds to get out of his car with his phone and starts taking pictures of my truck and plate. By this time the light had turned green so I gave him a few short horn honks to basically tell him to get going. He then
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    beats on my door, so I roll my window down and he starts screaming about his ears hurting and how I'm damaging his ability to hear. He then demands that I give him my bosses number and my Drivers License Number, so he can call it in and report me and "Have my job for this." And
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    he proceeded to move his car to the shoulder and backs so close to my bumper, I couldn't get around him. I kind of smirked at him and told him he didn't want to speak to my boss because he's is a short tempered man and that he wouldn't like what my boss would have to say about this issue, but he insisted that he
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    speak to my boss. I also told him if he wanted to call me in, all he'd need was the numbers on the side of my truck since it's assigned to me (considering I only own one truck, you can imagine what I would assign my truck number to be)
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    I gave him my cell phone number and watched as he laughed while speaking each number as he dialed. I see his number pop up on my phone mounted to the windshield (he couldn't see it from his angle) and tried to hold in my laughter. I let it right for a minute and he's getting impatient, the whole time traffic is going around us. I finally picked up the phone and answered
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    it. "*Insert Company Name Here* Transport. How can I help you?" His face turns beat red. He proceed to yell at me some more and tells me it isn't over because now he has my number (yeah dude, so do about 100,000 other people. So what?)
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    A week later I get a phone call from a number I didn't have saved in my phone, I had forgotten about the incident but thought it might be a broker, or a customer. I answer the phone and this lady chirps up. Turns out it was his mother and she wanted monetary compensation for her sons troubles.
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    I asked if she knew what had even happened and she tells me some story about how his bumper was damaged by my truck and that he was scared to talk to me because me driving an 18 wheeler was intimidating to him. Being a smart owner, I have a camera in my truck, and I dump all my trucks footage onto my hard drive, so I asked her if she could receive videos
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    over email. She said sure but wasn't sure what I was about to send her. I spend a minute or two looking through the hard drive on my laptop and find the video of the incident and send it to her. While still on the phone, I can hear the audio playing as she watched it. Her tone changed in an instant and I heard her put the phone down, and all broke
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    loose in that house. There was Spanish screaming, things being thrown, and lord knows what else going on. It reminded me of that movie "A Christmas Story" when Ralphie's mom calls that lady about the curse word and hears the apocalypse on the phone. Yeah, it was kind of like that, but in Spanish.
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    She then comes back to me and very kindly asks for 2 things. 1. She asks that I forget she called and act as if this never happened because she was embarrassed to no end. and 2. If I could delete the video of her sons idiocy. I told her that number 1 was fine, I could do that. But as far as number 2, I would not delete the footage, but the only way anyone other than
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    me or her would see it is if it was needed for a court case. She bid me good day and hung up the phone. TL;DR Don't ask for an - owner operators phone number. It could land you in serious trouble with your mother.
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    Beergoggles222. Am I the only one wondering why the guy made his mom make the call? He was too intimidated by a guy who drives a truck so he makes his mom call? That's some weak sauce.
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    PapaOoMaoMao Included LPT: get a dash cam. How are these things not standard equipment already?
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    BoredMormon Wow, justice served with madre realizing just how much of an her son is. Awesome story, thanks for sharing.
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    WestieLove23. How dare you use your truck horn in an entirely appropriate manner! It was loud!!
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    FireWireBestWire • Good that your boss backs you up on that!
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    FBomb2F OP. Right, sometimes he can be a though.
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