Aldi Swindon what a pile of crap

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
61

Oh I should’ve made it clear. I work for Aldi until I get my HGV licence.

62

shytalk:

discoman:
I delievered 12 pallets today at Prestons NSW and michinbury, both Aldi’s like back home in UK they self tip, I found it easy sorry but the electric pallet trucks are exactly hard to use, simple twist forward to go forward and back to go back lift and lower press horn etc … I have a Fork Lift licence over here and I was not trained on it nor shown how to use it however it was simple to us and felt comfortable in 5 mins of being on it didnt even have to walk had a platform on it for me to stand on!!!

as others have said report it or shut up moaning and get on with the job your paid to do …

The point your missing is …your not licenced to use the forktruck …try asking Aldi for a job tipping trucks, first thing they will ask is do you have x amount of experience ? is it reach…counter balance…blah …blah ! have you got a ticket to drive one ? no sorry, why are you applying for it then ? ooh i thought anyone could do it…ffs get a life man ! you wouldnt be applying to drive a class one on a car licence would you ■■? :unamused:

Funnily enough , i dont Aldi have many vacancies for fork lift drivers in the goods in dept.

63

aldis and lidls workers are bunch of lazy so and so,s ive been in to the depots in livingston and it disgusting it doesnt hurt anyone to be treated with some respect , im not work shy and i pull more than tonne pallets on a pallet trucks , but if these peolpe work in a warehouse it should be up to them to do there job and by the look on there faces dont bring your outside life in to your working life rant over lol :smiley:

64

shytalk:

discoman:
I delievered 12 pallets today at Prestons NSW and michinbury, both Aldi’s like back home in UK they self tip, I found it easy sorry but the electric pallet trucks are exactly hard to use, simple twist forward to go forward and back to go back lift and lower press horn etc … I have a Fork Lift licence over here and I was not trained on it nor shown how to use it however it was simple to us and felt comfortable in 5 mins of being on it didnt even have to walk had a platform on it for me to stand on!!!

as others have said report it or shut up moaning and get on with the job your paid to do …

The point your missing is …your not licenced to use the forktruck …try asking Aldi for a job tipping trucks, first thing they will ask is do you have x amount of experience ? is it reach…counter balance…blah …blah ! have you got a ticket to drive one ? no sorry, why are you applying for it then ? ooh i thought anyone could do it…ffs get a life man ! you wouldnt be applying to drive a class one on a car licence would you ■■? :unamused:

Erm, read it correctly, I have my licence over here the Fork lift is covered by LF the Licence I have, so I am covered to use it and insured, I also have a class one … so I think you need to re read the post you dumb [zb] … no wonder britain is in such a poor state with drivers just wanting to put on the calories and do nothing then moan cause eastern europeans take the jobs because the actually know how to work … also should it not be an issue for your employer to train you for relevant licence if he is sending you there. but as said if you do nto like ti dont do it.

also not sure of England but over here Aldi, all drivers have to have a forklift licence and if they do not Aldi pay for them to get it (if they are working for Aldi)

65

wildfire:
what i don’t understand with you lot is you manage to drive a 44 tonne truck all over the country, but you can’t manage to work out how to use an electric pallet truck

It seems your assumption is based on having four limbs in complete working order. :unamused:
As a raspberry ripple from an industrial accident a few years ago, it would be nigh-on impossible to work an electric pallet truck whilst hobbling about with a walking stick in my right hand.

So Aldi & Lidl and any other self-tipping place, can just take a running jump off a loading bay.

66

One cell in NSW has missed the point, i sugest you get a book on the english langauge.

67

I don’t understand.

We are always complaining about health and safety madness, always. It’s a common topic on here every day.

Yet, someone gives you a piece of equipment, a short brief with no red tape, and then “away you go”, and you are all complaining it’s too dangerous?

I don’t mind, honestly, but pick a side for goodness sake.

I am far more in the “take your chances” sort of camp. I’d sooner be trusted to drive forklifts, and electric pallet trucks than have to wait around for hours for someone “qualified” to get round to me. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near most ‘qualified’ forklift drivers. They are slow and unproductive or downright dangerous. One person I can trust however, is me.

This equipment is ‘designed’ for the industrial sector, you don’t need a PHD to operate one (clearly), just take a bit of care, familiarise yourself with the controls, and use that uncommon sense thing.

The amount of hours I have lost when i’ve had to wait around for someone, when there is a perfectly serviceable bit of mechanical handling equipment sat there with the keys in it. Or worse still, having to unload something dangerously by hand… Like a ton pallet of gravel or whatever, on a tail lift with a pump truck, because the designated person is off sick.

68

shytalk:
One cell in NSW has missed the point, i sugest you get a book on the english langauge.

:confused: :confused: :blush: :blush:

69

bald bloke:

shytalk:
One cell in NSW has missed the point, i sugest you get a book on the english langauge.

:confused: :confused: :blush: :blush:

Pull me on my spelling …ooh dear…and still missing the point at Aldi !!! :blush: :blush: :laughing:

70

shytalk:

bald bloke:

shytalk:
One cell in NSW has missed the point, i sugest you get a book on the english langauge.

:confused: :confused: :blush: :blush:

Pull me on my spelling …ooh dear…and still missing the point at Aldi !!! :blush: :blush: :laughing:

I’m not missing the point I’ve been trained on these electric trucks by my company and we definitely are insured I’ve asked the question before.

71

WildGoose:
I don’t understand.

We are always complaining about health and safety madness, always. It’s a common topic on here every day.

Yet, someone gives you a piece of equipment, a short brief with no red tape, and then “away you go”, and you are all complaining it’s too dangerous?

I don’t mind, honestly, but pick a side for goodness sake.

I am far more in the “take your chances” sort of camp. I’d sooner be trusted to drive forklifts, and electric pallet trucks than have to wait around for hours for someone “qualified” to get round to me. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near most ‘qualified’ forklift drivers. They are slow and unproductive or downright dangerous. One person I can trust however, is me.

This equipment is ‘designed’ for the industrial sector, you don’t need a PHD to operate one (clearly), just take a bit of care, familiarise yourself with the controls, and use that uncommon sense thing.

The amount of hours I have lost when i’ve had to wait around for someone, when there is a perfectly serviceable bit of mechanical handling equipment sat there with the keys in it. Or worse still, having to unload something dangerously by hand… Like a ton pallet of gravel or whatever, on a tail lift with a pump truck, because the designated person is off sick.

You’re wasting your time talking reason to people who wouldn’t know what an electric pallet truck was if they ran themselves over with one…

W

72

ThrustMaster:

wildfire:
what i don’t understand with you lot is you manage to drive a 44 tonne truck all over the country, but you can’t manage to work out how to use an electric pallet truck

It seems your assumption is based on having four limbs in complete working order. :unamused:
As a raspberry ripple from an industrial accident a few years ago, it would be nigh-on impossible to work an electric pallet truck whilst hobbling about with a walking stick in my right hand.

So Aldi & Lidl and any other self-tipping place, can just take a running jump off a loading bay.

my assumption was that people said that they couldn’t do the job because they had not had X hours training, i expect that your good self could work out how to use it without being given training, now wether you could physically use it because of an injury is a totally different thing,and the op was not to that vain. :frowning: :frowning: :frowning:

73

All im saying is…ok if you have a forklift licence fair enough, but there are older drivers who dont know how they work…so a five minute coarse with one of there arrogant staff isnt going to justify him being an expert, BUT! while ever you keep doing it for aldi they will let you…whether your a top forklift driver or not…the only people benefit from you doing there work is them…does your boss say to you theres an extra fiver in your wages for tipping 26 …1 tonne pallets does he bollox… carry on doing what you do those that dont tip it them selves its upto them. :unamused:

74

My two pennorth.

Anyone who can’t work out how to use an Aldi pallet trolley within 30 seconds definitely shouldn’t be in charge of anything as complicated as a 44 tonne articulated lorry.

Whether we should or shouldn’t have to do it is a different matter, but when even drivers play the “I haven’t been trained” card then it’s no wonder that stuffed shirts dream up ever more training programmes.

Man up you ■■■■■■■. :wink:

75

shytalk:
All im saying is…ok if you have a forklift licence fair enough, but there are older drivers who dont know how they work…so a five minute coarse with one of there arrogant staff isnt going to justify him being an expert, BUT! while ever you keep doing it for aldi they will let you…whether your a top forklift driver or not…the only people benefit from you doing there work is them…does your boss say to you theres an extra fiver in your wages for tipping 26 …1 tonne pallets does he bollox… carry on doing what you do those that dont tip it them selves its upto them. :unamused:

and what do you class as older drivers dare i ask :question: :question: :blush: :blush:

because the way i see it the older drivers seem to have more common sense than a lot of the younger drivers on here :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

76

wildfire:
and what do you class as older drivers dare i ask :question: :question: :blush: :blush:

because the way i see it the older drivers seem to have more common sense than a lot of the younger drivers on here :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

You can’t imagine one of the “new breed” setting off for Milan without even a map or a mobile phone, as we used to.

Qualifications seem to have replaced common sense and an ability to work out how to get the job done. The modern driver won’t even drive under a 16’ bridge with a 13’ trailer without asking here for advice as to whether it would be safe.

77

shytalk:
All im saying is…ok if you have a forklift licence fair enough, but there are older drivers who dont know how they work…so a five minute coarse with one of there arrogant staff isnt going to justify him being an expert, BUT! while ever you keep doing it for aldi they will let you…whether your a top forklift driver or not…the only people benefit from you doing there work is them…does your boss say to you theres an extra fiver in your wages for tipping 26 …1 tonne pallets does he bollox… carry on doing what you do those that dont tip it them selves its upto them. :unamused:

Fair enough Shytalk, a five minute explantion about a pallet truck will not make you an expert but like Harry said, if you managed to drive your artic to get there a pallet truck can’t be too much hassle can it?

We have an older driver at our place, old enough to have spent his first twenty years as a driver handballing every solitary load he ever tipped or picked up and securing the lot with sheets and ropes.

I would love for you to ask him if would rather do that than guide an electric pallet truck at ALDI…

W

78

Harry Monk:

wildfire:
and what do you class as older drivers dare i ask :question: :question: :blush: :blush:

because the way i see it the older drivers seem to have more common sense than a lot of the younger drivers on here :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

You can’t imagine one of the “new breed” setting off for Milan without even a map or a mobile phone, as we used to.

Qualifications seem to have replaced common sense and an ability to work out how to get the job done. The modern driver won’t even drive under a 16’ bridge with a 13’ trailer without asking here for advice as to whether it would be safe.

you just keep tipping them trailers buddy, i know what your saying… Harry…the old quote been there done it still got the old t-shirt…ditto.

79

franklin:
So how many times have you accidentally pressed the HORN when lowering the pallets?.. :blush:

At least twice per load - and I used to be a warehouseman using the ■■■■ things all day every day :blush:

80

The Sarge:

franklin:
So how many times have you accidentally pressed the HORN when lowering the pallets?.. :blush:

At least twice per load - and I used to be a warehouseman using the ■■■■ things all day every day :blush:

I do that too, but let’s face it, it isn’t going to kill somebody if you sound the horn instead of pressing the “up” button. An Aldi pallet trolley is about as complicated to use as a Hornby train set.