KarlM:
Harry Monk:
I did an agency job last week, and on a day run from Coventry I was expected to do…Bury St Edmunds.
Ipswich x 2.
Lowestoft.
Norwich.
Hunstanton.
Kings Lynn.And then back to Coventry.
I got Bury St Edmunds and the two in Ipswich off and then I turned around and went back to the yard, when I got there I was on 9:05 hours driving.
Whoever planned that wants shooting. Just out of curiosity I put them into Google maps. Even if they had used Google maps, based on a car, to work out the distances, 9hr14m, in this case, should be obvious to anyone in that office there is no hope of completing that in a shift. In fact you’d be doing well if you did it in less than 10hrs in a car!
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I laughed at that one myself, but the point is someone somewhere will give it a try. Speeding, cutting off breaks and as soon as it’s done that’s proof that it can be done. After all, if the driver attempts it and gets caught by the police or VOSA he’s the one who’ll be paying hundreds in fines. If it’s not done you don’t get work with that company again and are viewed as someone who can’t do the job. I’m glad to hear though that I’m not alone in wondering what happened to the job we were all so used to doing years ago and which has now turned into a nightmare.