Contraflow:
… you just add water…
So THAT’S why I’ve got a ■■■■■■■! 
Muckaway:
Pimpdaddy:
truckman020:
wether you like it or not we are all as bad as each other+1
Except the agency man is more conspicuous by having his hi viz and handsfree ear piece permanently attached to himself.
now now a man who changes jobs more than an agency driver is in no position to pass comment.
Well I’ve been driving lorries of varying shapes and sizes for a little over 10 years now (so still just a newbe) Probably about a 50/50 split between full time and agency and the only time I’ve done any major damage to a lorry was when I was working as a full timer. Yes there are some bad agency drivers out there but equally there are some good ones that have a lot of experience and take pride in their work.
Agency: Drive various vehicles, do various shift patterns, earn various wages, all of which are more than ‘regulars’ (Ouch!)
Regulars: Moan about everything, “my vehicle isn’t back”, “it hasn’t been left the same”, “My seat’s been moved”, “My cupboards have been rummaged through”, “my radio stations have been changed”, they’re on more money than us," I’ve heard the lot. Nothin but moaning **nts!
war1974:
Muckaway:
Pimpdaddy:
truckman020:
wether you like it or not we are all as bad as each other+1
Except the agency man is more conspicuous by having his hi viz and handsfree ear piece permanently attached to himself.
now now a man who changes jobs more than an agency driver is in no position to pass comment.
Yes but I have no trouble finding full time jobs, unlike agency drivers. Anyhow, two more days and I’ve been here 6 months.
Contraflow:
robbo99:
As someone posted on here a bit back…The Agency driver, the whipping boy for the incompetent full timer… thought that was a good quote.I heard someone describe agency drivers the other day as “those instant drivers… you just add water… a bit like custard”.
I think that quote is better.
I wish we truckers could get “instant birds” out of it as easily… 
I’m pleased to say I’ve just witnessed three stereotypes all rolled into one agency driver, who I followed into a layby (ooh err missus);
- Hanging the job out. (40 mph when the maximum speed was perfectly safe.)
- Hi viz on to walk to the tea van, complete with Driver Hire logo.
- Handsfree ear piece in use whilst walking.
mrginge:
The TV budget would have to be pretty big as well to cover the damage caused, the massive hourly rates the drivers expect as they don’t need the money and the time to get enough footage as they don’t work 5 days a week.
No point,agency driver would only ■■■■ it up anyway.
Honestscott76:
Agency: Drive various vehicles, do various shift patterns, earn various wages, all of which are more than ‘regulars’ (Ouch!)
Regulars: Moan about everything, “my vehicle isn’t back”, “it hasn’t been left the same”, “My seat’s been moved”, “My cupboards have been rummaged through”, “my radio stations have been changed”, they’re on more money than us," I’ve heard the lot. Nothin but moaning **nts!
Win’s Sins as an agency driver:
I’ll put my hands up to all of these…
(1) Using the bunk when told specifically not to. That instruction goes in one ear and out the other. I work nights so often over the past 25 years that no one tells me I cannot assume the horizontal position when I feel like it… Not when I’m driving you fools - when I’m on official break/poa.
(2) Changing the radio stations. I want Radio 4 on ‘4’, LBC on ‘3’ and Classic FM on ‘1’ at very least. I keep ‘5’ for my own transmissions, usually around 102.1 mark. (Yes, that means it might well have been me driving this tractor last with the radio thus set!)
(3) I’ll rummage through the cupboards - when looking for fault sheets, spare bulbs, paper towels, and of course jazz mags. The latter can occasionally be found under the bunk I’ve found… Always worth a look in a tractor one’s not had before… 
(4) I’ll pump up the seat all the way. I don’t like driving like this guy…
(5) I’m not on job & knock. This means I’ll get back at the proper time instead of “earlier”, derv the truck, fill the belly tank, park it up nice, wash if if there’s squashed flies everywhere, and have a ■■■■■■■■■ my hands before handing my keys in. Obviously not good for someone snorting away for the last half hour thinking when I drove back in the gate - that it’ll “only be five minutes now”… 
(6) Moan - There’s not much for an agency to moan about most of the time. When I do, it’ll be about being asked to do something illegal, or I might merely be in a heated conversation about politics or religion - as you know from my essay rants on here…
(7) Get better wages… This one’s a bit more complicated… I often find myself earning a lower gross pay - but taking home more of it. Am I paid more therefore? - If the bottom line says so, then I guess the answer has to be “Yes”.
(8) Stinking the cab out… I did this when I got a takeaway one night, and got moaned at. After that, I rarely have a takeaway, and if I do it’ll be on a friday evening when the truck is going to sit and air out the next day, not being used on the saturday. This can be facillitated by leaving the sunroof/skylight/porthole open in the summertime for example…
(9) Leaving the driver’s windows open and giving the next driver a wet arse because it rained… Yep, I’ve done this a handfull of times over the years - always in the warm summer weather, when rain was not forecast… 
A bit of “taking it for granted” there on my part that it wouldn’t rain of course…
(10) Cleaning someone else’s rubbish out, but dropping a bit that I then missed, and getting blamed for causing that bit of mess. 
Usually happens with loose ■■■ butts and chewing gum that falls out of the ashtray assembly when I detach it for removal… I put up with cabs that smell like ashtrays all the time, since it’s more often full timers who disregard the “no smoking” rules than an agency who might only be using that tractor as a “one off”…
only things that annoyed me as an agency driver is :
getting in a complete ■■■■■■■■ of a cab which full timer thinks is fine.
getting in cab like the on above full of cigs and smoke despite this being illegal.
full timers who despite having less experience and idea start informing me ‘how to do the job’
as above but being told oh it takes this time - standard answer it takes as long as i decide it takes (normally less as don’t see any point hanging the job out).
Winseer, little tip mate, please stop typing in ever decreasing sized lettering! We’re not all spring chickens like you and having to enlarge the screen is a PITA so I probably miss lots of your (usually informative) posts.
Just saying like. 
Hmm… If I edit the number of the text size, can I get some size of “small” that isn’t microscopic all the time?
This is too small.
This is small, but the small I was after needed to be smaller.
Let’s try the middle ground with a manually entered number…/size]
Nope, size 65 is clearly considered “off piste” (or taking the piste!) when it comes to what can be done with these text sizes… Sorry bud. 
war1974:
only things that annoyed me as an agency driver is :getting in a complete [zb] of a cab which full timer thinks is fine…
I’ve got to drive such a wagon tomorrow. It used to be “my” wagon but I was promoted from 6wheeler to 8wheeler. There’s so much dust in it I don’t need to make notes on the notepad I can use the dust instead. The normal driver isn’t bothered with polishing up what he sees as a machine for doing a job, I can’t argue as it’s my boss.
Winseer:
Hmm… If I edit the number of the text size, can I get some size of “small” that isn’t microscopic all the time?This is too small.
This is small, but the small I was after needed to be smaller.Let’s try the middle ground with a manually entered number…
Nope, size 65 is clearly considered “off piste” (or taking the piste!) when it comes to what can be done with these text sizes… Sorry bud.
FTFY!.. Agency drivers not able to use phpBB Code… jeesh 
TV companys run tight schedules. Very risky arranging a camera crew for filming agency,as its hit and miss if they will turn up or not.
Also it depends on which channel it would be aired. Certain channels would demand the agency helmet be stripped of his/her Netto carrier bag.
Plus there is the H&S issue. A plaster IS NOT a suitable repair method for NHS glasses.
hated agency drivers until i became one… lol
James the cat:
I’m trying to work out how I became included in the “anti agency saddo” club. I’ve only made one comment to my memory re agency which was actually a joke comment. Can be one of 2 reasons. Mmm, allow me to expand my thoughts:-1/ I’ve taken issue with the agency high priest, Conor. It maybe like Scientology. Insult their high priest, be threatened with alien abduction.
2/ I was included in the “anti agency saddo” club because of my comment on the “it came off in my hand” thread, in which I actually was joking, playing on the slating of agency drivers on here.
Now I’ve been included in this club I might get to like it now I’ve been vilified.
ok,i stand corrected and apologise,as the others pointed out I did bite,but having said that contraflow does seem to have a proper obsession with agency drivers,i bet he goes to bed at night thinking of new things he can say about them
Wow, I’ve really rustled your jimmies haven’t I.
I wonder why? Could it be that you perfectly fit the agency stereotype that myself and others on this site like to poke fun at? I think so.
Like the Earth on which you limp, TruckNet is a cyclical beast; it has seasons. The current season is agency bashing season. Let’s call it winter as winter (or more specifically just before Christmas) is the only time you’ve got half a chance of any decent work.
It’s been a long winter this time, I’ll give you that, but don’t give up hope. The cycle will continue and a new season will come. Maybe it’ll be Stobart bashing season or foreigner bashing season. Who knows.
Stay strong and you’ll make it through.
" Like the Earth on which you limp ".
Beautiful and poetic description of a temporary workers movements in a vain effort to obtain regular funds.
PMSL.