If I could have given no stars I would have. I paid $23 to park at this TA. I put my receipt in the windshield as I was instructed to do. As I was sitting in my truck I got a loud banging on my sleeper. My dog jumped and started barking and I looked out to find some strange man in an orange shirt and jeans asking me to quiet my dog down. I ask what he wants. He asked if I wanted to spend the night. An odd question from someone I don't know. I asked him what he was asking me and again he said do you want to spend the night? I said go away! Then he said you have to pay for parking. I'm rather upset at this point because he had no uniform and he didn't say he was with TA. I told him I already did and pointed to the receipt in the windshield. He said he needed to see it and I said no, check your list. He said he didn't see my truck on his list. He asked why I wouldn't show it to him and I just told him because I'm an A******! the real reason was I still didn't know who this guy really was and I wasn't going to give my receipt to some person I didn't know. Then he turned his list over and said he sees it now. What can I say, he didn't know he had to turn his list over?
About half an hour later I went into the store to make a purchase. I ask the cashier what the deal is with the parking man. He has no indication he is with TA. She says we don't have uniforms, but you have to pay to park there. Did you pay? I said yes I paid $23 for parking. The question is why is this guy in just plain clothes walking up to people in the dark with no indication he works here. She says you have to pay to park there. I guess she figured I didn't get the concept, even though I had paid. She said if I paid it wouldn't have been an issue. Again, I have the receipt. I told her he was lucky I didn't let my dog out. She replied saying I was now threatening their employees. A threat is a future act and how was I supposed to know this guy was a TA employee. Saying someone is lucky something didn't happen in the past, isn't a threat in any context I know of. The cashier tells me I can talk to the manager on Monday. This was Saturday night. Then the cashier goes to help other customers and ignores my purchase. I ask her if she is going to ring up my purchase and she says I have other customers to take care of. She finishes up with the other customers and rings up my sale. I ask her again, so how do I know the guy knocking on my door at night is your employee? She says you can talk to the manager on Monday and tells me I need to leave. I guess she had enough of the silly questions about not knowing who the employees were even though they looked like everybody else.
I head back to my truck, close my curtains and begin to watch TV. About 30 minutes later I get a knock on my door and it's the police. Butts County Sheriff's dept to be exact. The Sgt tells me I need to leave the property. I ask why I have to leave. He says TA doesn't want me on their property. I asked what I did and he says they said I threatened them and they have a witness. I guess that mention of being lucky I didn't let my dog out was just too much for the cashier to process. It was never meant as a threat, but it seems pointing out the risks of their incompetence is just as bad to them. I told the Sgt that the spot was paid for and since I'm not doing anything illegal, they have no authority to remove me. Apparently the laws are different in GA than they are in California, or the education of the officers in GA is substandard to CA. But since I don't have bail money right now, I'm not going to argue it and I just complied and left as quickly as I could. .The police refused to listen to me at all. I was not allowed to explain the situation. I was just going to leave and that was it. Sounds to me like someone is a little close to someone in the TA. The Sgt was annoyed that I was having trouble maneuvering around all the now illegally parked trucks in reverse. He even told me to hurry up at one point. Something very inappropriate since I'm the one liable if I hit anything. When I pulled up the third time, the Sgt attempted to open my door, but it was locked. I have no idea what he was planning to do, but I have a feeling it was not legal.
So in conclusion, I paid for a spot, I put up my receipt, I was on the list of trucks that paid for parking (even though the parking man didn't know he had two sides to his list), Then when I question why I am being asked if I would like to spend the night by a strange man, I get kicked out by the police because I am threat.
Great job Jackson TA. You are officially the worst TA I have ever done business with. The TA in Atlanta was my worst experience, but you have risen to the occasion by being absolutely the most incompetent and least safety minded TA I have ever experienced. I will be sure to recommend you to no one and ensure everyone I engage with knows you throw people out read more
