CraigM:
I always thought the hi-viz, Bluetooth wearing limping agency driver was one of those myths. Until I encountered one yesterday.
I’ve driven upto a building site to collect some kit. Had to stop short of the turning area to be loaded by the digger. Just as I started strapping down a 7.5t drives up behind me. Out stumbles… A hiviz(driver hire) Bluetooth wearing midget with the worse limp I’ve seen in years. I literally fell over laughing. Once I dusted myself down I said “if you wait a minute I’ll pull upto turning area and let you in”. He wasn’t interested. Off up site he hobbles clutching a crumpled delivery note and bookies pen. By time he comes back I’m turned around patiently waiting for him. He drops his tail lift and brings out a pallet of some sort. Struggles past his truck, up past my truck onto rough ground and spills half the pallet. At this point I’m past caring about getting out of site and just enjoying the show. No way was I helping sort his muck up. I was perfectly happy to get out the way and let him reverse right upto where his drop off was. He knew better and was in far too much of a hurry to wait for me. Just to top it all off he starts reversing off site and proceeds to dislodge five kerb stones as his front drivers side tyre is tight up against it the whole way.
Litterly made my week.
I now believe in the agency driver legends.
such driver camaraderie,also a very ignorant person you are mr CraigM,i sincerely hope you lose something off the back of your lorry one day and others stand around laughing
i heard this in a rdc so it must be true…
teacher asks kids,what does your dad do for a living…usual answers,brickie,plumber,mechanic etc…johnny gets his turn and says…my dads a lapdancer in a gay club,and if the dosh is right,he joins the punters in the bogs etc…out to the corridor with the teacher who asks,are you telling the truth?..no says johnny,hes actually doing hgv work for an agency,but i wasnt telling that lot in there!!! 
truckman020:
CraigM:
I always thought the hi-viz, Bluetooth wearing limping agency driver was one of those myths. Until I encountered one yesterday.
I’ve driven upto a building site to collect some kit. Had to stop short of the turning area to be loaded by the digger. Just as I started strapping down a 7.5t drives up behind me. Out stumbles… A hiviz(driver hire) Bluetooth wearing midget with the worse limp I’ve seen in years. I literally fell over laughing. Once I dusted myself down I said “if you wait a minute I’ll pull upto turning area and let you in”. He wasn’t interested. Off up site he hobbles clutching a crumpled delivery note and bookies pen. By time he comes back I’m turned around patiently waiting for him. He drops his tail lift and brings out a pallet of some sort. Struggles past his truck, up past my truck onto rough ground and spills half the pallet. At this point I’m past caring about getting out of site and just enjoying the show. No way was I helping sort his muck up. I was perfectly happy to get out the way and let him reverse right upto where his drop off was. He knew better and was in far too much of a hurry to wait for me. Just to top it all off he starts reversing off site and proceeds to dislodge five kerb stones as his front drivers side tyre is tight up against it the whole way.
Litterly made my week.
I now believe in the agency driver legends.
such driver camaraderie,also a very ignorant person you are mr CraigM,i sincerely hope you lose something off the back of your lorry one day and others stand around laughing
Did you actually read the content of my post?
I’ll point out the important part… I had offered to move out his way to allow him direct access to his drop off point and to allow me to get on my way. I’d say that was more than enough “driver camaraderie” on my part. If the stupid muppet had accepted this offer we would all have been on our way 10 minutes sooner. Hardly any of your “driver camaraderie” on display from him yet you choose to wish ill upon me?? Kettle pot■■?
htmldude:
As an agency driver this offends me.
I’ll have you know I’m a tall ripped and dirty hi-viz and boots, limping idiot. And I don’t have a bluetooth ear thing either. :L
Do you want 1? I might have one in my dumping box.
ORC:
I’m intrigued as to why the bluetooth earpiece is the preserve of agency drivers alone. Do company drivers not need them?
Is there some sort of mechanical hands-free implant newly employed drivers get that makes the agency bluetooth earpiece obsolete? Or perhaps once employed a driver no longer has to communicate with anyone whilst driving.
We have no need to talk to anyone because we’re not waiting for that all important call that says “can you work tomorrow”?
commonrail:
we had one a couple of weeks ago who was supposed to to 2 trunks to the pallet force hub at burton.
brought the first one back,then fell asleep in the yard for 5 hours.tm woke him about 6…ripped his time sheet up and told him to [zb] off 
right ,so nobody thought to wake him up,your TM obviously knew he was back,instead chose to leave him to sleep,imcompetent or not on your TMs part
CraigM:
truckman020:
CraigM:
I always thought the hi-viz, Bluetooth wearing limping agency driver was one of those myths. Until I encountered one yesterday.
I’ve driven upto a building site to collect some kit. Had to stop short of the turning area to be loaded by the digger. Just as I started strapping down a 7.5t drives up behind me. Out stumbles… A hiviz(driver hire) Bluetooth wearing midget with the worse limp I’ve seen in years. I literally fell over laughing. Once I dusted myself down I said “if you wait a minute I’ll pull upto turning area and let you in”. He wasn’t interested. Off up site he hobbles clutching a crumpled delivery note and bookies pen. By time he comes back I’m turned around patiently waiting for him. He drops his tail lift and brings out a pallet of some sort. Struggles past his truck, up past my truck onto rough ground and spills half the pallet. At this point I’m past caring about getting out of site and just enjoying the show. No way was I helping sort his muck up. I was perfectly happy to get out the way and let him reverse right upto where his drop off was. He knew better and was in far too much of a hurry to wait for me. Just to top it all off he starts reversing off site and proceeds to dislodge five kerb stones as his front drivers side tyre is tight up against it the whole way.
Litterly made my week.
I now believe in the agency driver legends.
such driver camaraderie,also a very ignorant person you are mr CraigM,i sincerely hope you lose something off the back of your lorry one day and others stand around laughing
Did you actually read the content of my post?
I’ll point out the important part… I had offered to move out his way to allow him direct access to his drop off point and to allow me to get on my way. I’d say that was more than enough “driver camaraderie” on my part. If the stupid muppet had accepted this offer we would all have been on our way 10 minutes sooner. Hardly any of your “driver camaraderie” on display from him yet you choose to wish ill upon me?? Kettle pot■■?
fair enough about the driver camaraderie,i stand corrected,but I would never laugh at other peoples misfortune in life,did you or did you not say a hi viz blue tooth wearing midget with the worse limp I have ever seen,thats the ignorant part,never occurred to you to wonder how he got the limp,and he cannot help being short,like I said ignorant,i certainly would not laugh at his disability
There you go again. Your assuming the guy had a disability and I was laughing at that, do you know him? I didn’t think he had a disability, just a limp. I was laughing at him stumbling from his cab. I’m a sick puppy eh?
Put your moral high horse away because it’s a donkey you’re riding.
there seems to be a huge increase in drivers who have a limp around these days, must be the 4th or 5th thread i have seen limps being mentioned
I have seen loads of limpers or the ones that look like the hips are glued together, and they wobble when walking like an old farmer
with a worn out body.
toby1234abc:
I have seen loads of limpers or the ones that look like the hips are glued together, and they wobble when walking like an old farmer
with a worn out body.
has the drivers belly gone out of fashion these days ? or are they still as fat as ever ?
i havent seen a fat driver with a limp yet ? but if i did i bet they would be class 2 or worse the dreaded 7.5t
either way its good to know that hgv driving as a profession, does not discriminate, you can be fat and bloody ugly, have a limp or wear thick specs and a flasher mack, but you can still be an hgv driver.