“F— ‘Em Early and F— ‘Em Often” Says Pilot Flying J VP About Customers

[Teamster Jeff]

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Ever since the news got out that the FBI had raided the Pilot Flying J headquarters in Knoxville, TN last week, rumors and wild speculation abounded, with everyone trying to figure out why the FBI took action. Now that the FBI have released the affidavit that they used to obtain their search warrants we have our answer: the information in the affidavit suggests that Pilot Flying J may have stolen tens of millions of dollars from trucking companies… and that the owner, Jimmy Haslam, may have known that it was happening.
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http://www.thetruckersreport.com/f-em-early-and-f-em-often-says-pilot-flying-j-vp-about-customers/#more-5565

[madokie]

1. Give jimmy boy a fair trial

then once convicted, if he is, throw the sorry mo'fo in the slammer and throw away the key. I'm tired of reading about the rich ripping off the working man/woman and the poor. Sick of 'm

[RKP5637]

5. +++ 1,000,000 +++ !!! n/t

[southernyankeebelle]

9. I am surprised that many don't realize a company screws the customers to get to the top.

They just got caught. I wonder how it will effect his brother the Governor? He is another shady character.

[Fawke Em]

14. Can we let his brother, the governor, go with him?

(Knoxville resident here)

[madokie]

19. Sounds like the whole clan should be going

[Quantess]

2. A potential Wall Street genius, in other words.

Too bad for him he picked the wrong career.

[Fuddnik]

15. Browns fans got stuck with him as the new owner.

Cleveland is snake-bit.

[datasuspect]

3. used to be

ma and pop truck stops were sprinkled all along this nation's highways until the 80s or so.

if you do much traveling, you'll notice that a handful of corporate chains have put most of the independents out of business (similar to the trucking industry itself).

plus, most truck stops had bars in them too.

you don't see that too often anymore.

[liberal N proud]

4. Those Mom and Pop truck stops usually had really good home cooked food

Now all you get is some corporate slop and a fast food joint along with the convenience store hot dogs.

Locals would patronize the older style truck stops but now they are mostly places to avoid.

[RKP5637]

6. And as it goes with so many of the businesses that made

things interesting and charming, small businesses. Now, around here at least, most businesses and just about all new ones are faceless corporations with a P&L formula that generally puts people last. Many are gross and ugly.

[Botany]

10. Want some Flying J pizza?

[liberal N proud]

12. How many days was that sitting in the little glass warmer/display case?

[Botany]

17. I was hungry driving by a Flying J .... going to a job about 1 hr from my house ....

.... I bought two pieces of flying J pizza ......

I had 1/2 of a mouth full of whatever it was before I spit it back out and
put it all into the trash.

[madokie]

7. For instance

In this little town where we live, I'm a transplant, my wife was raised here, there used to be one hell of a good truck stop restaurant and a few years back they 4 laned the highway near to it. The good food truck stop was forced to shut down and it was promptly torn down because they said they needed the space for the new hiway. Now on the very same spot, exactly, is a mcDonalds serving cardboard food.

[datasuspect]

8. the U.S. highway system

and the various state highway roads (as opposed to the Federal Interstate Highways) still have some rare gems.

[liberal N proud]

13. Here is one that still thrives

Small as it may be, there is nothing for more than 50 miles in any direction for trucks:



Gray's Truck Stop & Restaurant, Us Highway 71 Maryville, MO

[spanone]

11. this is our governor's family business here in tennessee....sweetheart, eh?

bill & jimmy haslam

[Fuddnik]

16. Inherited from Daddy, of course.

[BethanyQuartz]

18. Oh dear, someone forgot to pay off the right people

I wonder if that's a yearly requirement or quarterly?