Beautiful Italian red seedless, mate
TheBear:
Beautiful Italian red seedless, mate
You or the grapes ■■? 
On a more serious note that makes your claim one for the European Courts Bear… 
TheBear:
This evening I climbed in the back of my trailer to ‘tax’ the load. In doing so, I slipped out of the trailer, landed on my feet but then fell and banged my elbow on the ground causing a graze.
I am wondering who to make a claim against??
- The supplier for loading me with 26 pallets of grapes thus giving me very little room to stand in whilst I was ‘taxing’ his load.
- The packer for packing the bunches in so tightly they were hard to take from the boxes??
- My Boss for not providing me with a ladder to assist me in ‘taxing’ this load??
All advice welcome, lads
The studio panel of experts advises:
This is a tricky area of law. Here we have taxation, health and safety, and civil law on compensation.
Did you retain posession of the grapes after you fell? If so, that’ll have to be discounted from the compo.
(Unless they were damaged in the fall 
)
My considered opinion is that you obviously have a claim against all three parties, but don’t tell each one that you’re claiming from the others- now that’s what I call “a nice little earner.” 
You should also ask your boss to provide a grab-rail near the rear of the trailer in case future loads are of the taxable variety. If your taxing duties involve night-work, he also has to provide a torch and pay you at overtime rate. Your boss might also consider fitting a tail-lift to ensure that all taxation can be carried out quickly and safely.
However, your claim may be reduced, because it should have been apparent to you that your feet had insufficient deck-space to perform their function. The answer was to find a person with smaller feet to pass the tax down to you.
We’re not allowed to be sexist on here- so I won’t be. However, it does stand as a fact that around half of the population usually have significantly smaller feet than the other half.
Couldn’t resist that one!!!
TheBear:
This evening I climbed in the back of my trailer to ‘tax’ the load. In doing so, I slipped out of the trailer, landed on my feet but then fell and banged my elbow on the ground causing a graze.
I am wondering who to make a claim against??
- The supplier for loading me with 26 pallets of grapes thus giving me very little room to stand in whilst I was ‘taxing’ his load.
- The packer for packing the bunches in so tightly they were hard to take from the boxes??
- My Boss for not providing me with a ladder to assist me in ‘taxing’ this load??
All advice welcome, lads
Did ya wear Safety Boots?
Martin:
Did ya wear Safety Boots?
And Hi Viz of course
Ah but what about your Hardhat (with chinstrap of course) Safety goggles Respirator and not forgetting full harness and a banksman■■?
Fraid you aint got a leg to stand on (let alone a trailer) if you didnt mate 
New health and safety regulations are being brought in that all trailers must be at least 4 feet longer than they already are.
This will hopefully stop drivers falling off the backs of lorries, until the boss realises he can get another couple of pallets on.
This dangerous practice must be resisted as your life could be at risk
The correct way to ‘tax’ the load on a reefer is to use the space ontop of the drop down partition.
have i started a claim war lol.
by the way my leg gets braces tomorow… 
dont know how old you are killer no disrespect but if you had been an older driver ,your trousers would probably be held up by braces , these could have been attached to the top of the trailer so when you fell off the back you could have bungeed to safety.
apologies the last statement should have been on a previous post
Saratoga:
TheBear:
This evening I climbed in the back of my trailer to ‘tax’ the load.
I’m sorry, but can you explain this “tax” system please?
For expert tuition from tax specialists head West on the A580 
dieseldave:
Saratoga:
TheBear:
This evening I climbed in the back of my trailer to ‘tax’ the load.
I’m sorry, but can you explain this “tax” system please?
For expert tuition from tax specialists head West on the A580
I’d appreciate a better explanation please
I don’t even know where this A580 is ?!
Saratoga:
dieseldave:
Saratoga:
TheBear:
This evening I climbed in the back of my trailer to ‘tax’ the load.
I’m sorry, but can you explain this “tax” system please?
For expert tuition from tax specialists head West on the A580
I’d appreciate a better explanation please
I don’t even know where this A580 is ?!
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Load vehicle with TVs, DVD players, computers or other interesting stuff
ADVICE: The taxman has special keys that fit all vehicles, so it really doesn’t matter whether you remember to lock it or not.
2. From your location, join M6 northbound.
3. Keep going until you reach J23 turn left onto A580 OR if you like m/way driving you could take J21A onto M62 westbound. Either way you’ll end up in the taxman’s domain…
ADVICE: if you require further assistance with navigational issues: http://maps.google.co.uk/
4. Park up, then don’t worry about anything. The taxman will take a load off your mind.
5. No need to bring butties or a flask.
ADVICE: This is one of the quickest offload points anywhere in the whole UK, so you’ll soon be on your way back home.
LIKE THEY SAY ON TELLY: “TAX DOESN’T HAVE TO BE TAXING.”
Sorry Bear but seeking any recompence for this incident would surely be viewed by most as a case of “Sour Grapes” 
OK it happened. Now can we stop “wining” on about it