malcolmgbell:
DickyNick:
Alfa1M:
Interesting you say about self tip and it “done to death” on here, not read any topics about it really.Is this becoming the norm at modern places, I don’t really do many RDCs.
I once self tipped at Royal Mail Rochester, but only cos they wanted to roll a forklift onto my little rigid wagon, an electric pallet truck was too much effort for them!
All ALDI AND LIDL RDCs are self tip, and if you work for a general haulage company, fridge work, or some container work, there’s a high chance you will deliver to some of them fairly often.
Basically the debate is some drivers View is they are just drivers and it is someone else’s job to tip them, they never agreed to tip themselves. Unfortunately when there boss took the work on to take something to an ALDI or LIDL he agreed with his customer that his drivers would do it.
The other view being, which is my view, is that I don’t mind it. I’m in control of how long it takes. If I want to I can go slow and take my time, or if I want to be gone I can rush about and have the load off as quick as I can physically do it and get out of the yard. I’m in control and I’m not sat in my cab or a waiting room for hours not even knowing if and when they’ve even started to tip me yet.
So yes it’s been brought up on the forum in the past, and the above are generally the 2 sides to the argument.
I’m in control of how long it takes. If I want to I can go slow and take my time, or if I want to be gone I can rush about and have the load off as quick as I can physically do it and get out of the yard. I’m in control and I’m not sat in my cab or a waiting room for hours
Your not in control they are,you have to wait till they give you the paper work,which they ain’t in to much of a hurry to do ,so you sit and wait for them, weres the control there then?
In control of the tipping side of it. I never said in control of waiting for notes. Which I’ve never waited too long for at any em anyway. 10-15 mins tops.