Does anyone know if any kind individuals cooked Christmas lunch for all the EE drivers stranded at Manston and Dover ? According to the BBC red button a day or so ago , only four drivers were still at Manston due to mechanical problems .
But then again it would difficult to get hot food transported to everyone, it’s a shame the local residents didn’t pick drivers up and invite them in their houses for a hot bath and hot meal, but hold on , this is Kent who hate lorries in their garden of England, so much for Christianity and good will to all men .
The wheel clamping and transit tax is border line what Hitler would do if he was still alive.
Tarmaceater:
Does anyone know if any kind individuals cooked Christmas lunch for all the EE drivers stranded at Manston and Dover ? According to the BBC red button a day or so ago , only four drivers were still at Manston due to mechanical problems .
But then again it would difficult to get hot food transported to everyone, it’s a shame the local residents didn’t pick drivers up and invite them in their houses for a hot bath and hot meal, but hold on , this is Kent who hate lorries in their garden of England, so much for Christianity and good will to all men .
The wheel clamping and transit tax is border line what Hitler would do if he was still alive.
Ther are always decent people around .
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This is how ignorant and stupid the media are to international road haulage, on Christmas Eve they reported that drivers will make it home for Christmas, will they heck , what utter Betty Bollax , how can you get to Turkey, Romania , Ukraine, Spain or Italy departing from Calais ? Only the lucky ones who made the ferry , the only drivers that made it would be residents within a few hours from Calais.
And why do the daft media report drivers as hauliers? I know certain countries have relaxed night truck bans and weekend driving bans so they can get home but a one hit from Calais to Ankara is impossible and what happens to the loads they had on before the problem started ?
Take it back to base for redelivery in the New Year as all the factories will be on a closedown for two weeks and who pays to redeliver it ?
Or do you camp out at the delivery address in Europe until they reopen again?
Tarmaceater:
But then again it would difficult to get hot food transported to everyone, it’s a shame the local residents didn’t pick drivers up and invite them in their houses for a hot bath and hot meal, but hold on , this is Kent who hate lorries in their garden of England, so much for Christianity and good will to all men.
Yeah but to be brutally honest the last thing I’d do is invite totally random lorry drivers into my house. There are many lorry drivers I know that I wouldn’t! They can collect a Tupperware box of left overs at the front door 
switchlogic:
Tarmaceater:
But then again it would difficult to get hot food transported to everyone, it’s a shame the local residents didn’t pick drivers up and invite them in their houses for a hot bath and hot meal, but hold on , this is Kent who hate lorries in their garden of England, so much for Christianity and good will to all men.Yeah but to be brutally honest the last thing I’d do is invite totally random lorry drivers into my house.
They’d nick the shower head for a start unless you made them hand over their truck keys as a deposit. 
Had txts asking if want shifts there available , if borders closed there are shifts available ( I guess aimed at poles etc who may not of travelled due to french border closed ) & £50 bonus for I think 27/28 for working a shift , but happy enough at home
And a Christmas log in the bog .
Harry Monk:
I have worked Christmas Day in the past, a long time ago now, but this was through choice and I was salaried at the time so I didn’t get any extra. I drove from Novgorod to Moscow and it was just a normal working day in Russia, a Tuesday I seem to recall. It did feel a bit strange writing 25/12 on the tachograph card.
They do celebrate Christmas Day on 25 Dec in Russia, but it’s 25 Dec on the Julian calendar, which is currently 07 Jan on the Gregorian.
It’s the same reason the “October Revolution” took place in November as we know it.
Rjan:
Harry Monk:
I have worked Christmas Day in the past, a long time ago now, but this was through choice and I was salaried at the time so I didn’t get any extra. I drove from Novgorod to Moscow and it was just a normal working day in Russia, a Tuesday I seem to recall. It did feel a bit strange writing 25/12 on the tachograph card.They do celebrate Christmas Day on 25 Dec in Russia, but it’s 25 Dec on the Julian calendar, which is currently 07 Jan on the Gregorian.
It’s the same reason the “October Revolution” took place in November as we know it.
That’s a really interesting fact I didn’t know, thank you
Rjan:
Harry Monk:
I have worked Christmas Day in the past, a long time ago now, but this was through choice and I was salaried at the time so I didn’t get any extra. I drove from Novgorod to Moscow and it was just a normal working day in Russia, a Tuesday I seem to recall. It did feel a bit strange writing 25/12 on the tachograph card.They do celebrate Christmas Day on 25 Dec in Russia, but it’s 25 Dec on the Julian calendar, which is currently 07 Jan on the Gregorian.
It’s the same reason the “October Revolution” took place in November as we know it.
This isn’t entirely accurate. Russia uses the Gregorian calendar and if you flew from Heathrow to Sheremetyevo today and asked a Russian what the date was he would say “30th December”. Only the Russian Orthodox church makes any use of the Julian calendar and this is only to calculate religious holidays. So to say that Russians celebrate Christmas Day on 25th December is simply wrong. Russians will celebrate Christmas in just over a week’s time.
switchlogic:
Tarmaceater:
But then again it would difficult to get hot food transported to everyone, it’s a shame the local residents didn’t pick drivers up and invite them in their houses for a hot bath and hot meal, but hold on , this is Kent who hate lorries in their garden of England, so much for Christianity and good will to all men.Yeah but to be brutally honest the last thing I’d do is invite totally random lorry drivers into my house. There are many lorry drivers I know that I wouldn’t! They can collect a Tupperware box of left overs at the front door
That’s a poor reflection on you as a human being.
Wherever I’ve been in the world… Human kindness has shone through. That includes places I’ve been sent to in the armed forces in a place where I’m not wanted. And includes poor places like Cambodia where I’ve been so sick I couldn’t help myself and the locals have given me assistance.
If you consider offering a shower and a bed to someone such a big problem… You are a ■■■■ IMO.
Especially as you are someone who is willing to hand out the begging bowl when you have your own issues.
Shame an on you.
There was a young lady who had a flat in Gibraltar and offered a shower for drivers to use with the rumour of getting more than a back rub .
Maybe Luke was referring to some bad apple drivers, possibly some that have done some porridge , I have shared a four berth cabin on ferries and slept with my wallet under my pillow as they seemed a bit dodgy .
But the question remains, if you lived in the Dover area, would you let stranded drivers stay in your house, I would ?
worldsbestdriver:
switchlogic:
Tarmaceater:
But then again it would difficult to get hot food transported to everyone, it’s a shame the local residents didn’t pick drivers up and invite them in their houses for a hot bath and hot meal, but hold on , this is Kent who hate lorries in their garden of England, so much for Christianity and good will to all men.Yeah but to be brutally honest the last thing I’d do is invite totally random lorry drivers into my house. There are many lorry drivers I know that I wouldn’t! They can collect a Tupperware box of left overs at the front door
That’s a poor reflection on you as a human being.
Wherever I’ve been in the world… Human kindness has shone through. That includes places I’ve been sent to in the armed forces in a place where I’m not wanted. And includes poor places like Cambodia where I’ve been so sick I couldn’t help myself and the locals have given me assistance.
If you consider offering a shower and a bed to someone such a big problem… You are a ■■■■ IMO.
Especially as you are someone who is willing to hand out the begging bowl when you have your own issues.
Shame an on you.
Shame on me indeed. I’m now going to go and find a lorry driver to force into my shower after you’ve made me see the light. You clearly do much of this yourself so I’ll take your lead
Tarmaceater:
There was a young lady who had a flat in Gibraltar and offered a shower for drivers to use with the rumour of getting more than a back rub .
Maybe Luke was referring to some bad apple drivers, possibly some that have done some porridge , I have shared a four berth cabin on ferries and slept with my wallet under my pillow as they seemed a bit dodgy .
But the question remains, if you lived in the Dover area, would you let stranded drivers stay in your house, I would ?
Now come on, I draw the line at offering a shag with the shower! I know I know, not offering ■■■ is a poor reflection on me as a person…
Tarmaceater:
There was a young lady who had a flat in Gibraltar and offered a shower for drivers to use with the rumour of getting more than a back rub .
Maybe Luke was referring to some bad apple drivers, possibly some that have done some porridge , I have shared a four berth cabin on ferries and slept with my wallet under my pillow as they seemed a bit dodgy .
But the question remains, if you lived in the Dover area, would you let stranded drivers stay in your house, I would ?
C’mon on Tobes,.don’t get carried away, …would you REALLY?
I certainly would not.
I’d take a driver a meal,.but let him into my home, a shower,.a bed ?..No chance,.I’m a driver myself,.and I’ll.help any driver, but I ain’t ■■■■ stupid. 
…driver or not it’s letting a stranger of whom you know nothing about, in your home with your wife and family.
Now if it was a mate who was staying in my home town who had broken down say,.absolutely, of course I would.
Lol.Is that a new video release called Shag in the shower , directed by Ron Jeremy and Harvey Weinstein ?
switchlogic:
Tarmaceater:
There was a young lady who had a flat in Gibraltar and offered a shower for drivers to use with the rumour of getting more than a back rub .
Maybe Luke was referring to some bad apple drivers, possibly some that have done some porridge , I have shared a four berth cabin on ferries and slept with my wallet under my pillow as they seemed a bit dodgy .
But the question remains, if you lived in the Dover area, would you let stranded drivers stay in your house, I would ?Now come on, I draw the line at offering a shag with the shower! I know I know, not offering ■■■ is a poor reflection on me as a person…
If you put them under the floorboards afterwards…who would know? 
Fair point there Robroy, imagine washing their Brookside style shell suits and white socks all day for the drivers.
Being serious briefly Mr Angry brought offering a bed into conversation and it made me think about how when I’m tramping and in my lorry the last thing I’d want to do is give up my own bed, in the lorry, for one in a strangers house.
Thing is from many comments I’ve seen many of these ‘save the truckers’ heroes are the type who will ■■■■■ and moan about foreign lorry drivers the rest of the year. I prefer to just treat people with respect all year round, that generally has a bigger impact, a bit of respect. We all want it, some deserve it, few seem to give it. Don’t go moaning and ■■■■■■■■ about foreigners all year then think offering some left overs and a shower makes up for it, it doesn’t.
I’ve never had to work Xmas day, but for a decade, Boxing Day work was a definite reality; the job was 7 day a week recycling collections on a 4on-4off rota. Xmas/New Year is the worst time to be doing that job, people just dump all their non-recyclable rubbish as if it was a council tip.
If the rota fell in your direction it was mandatory to be at work, and for just the standard (less than £10 per hour) rate with no extra time off in lieu, and this as an experienced Hiab driver.
When I look back now I can’t understand why I stayed so long 
As for all this milk-of-human-kindness talk, it’s been my experience that a sizable majority of truck drivers work on an I’m-all-right-jack basis, and plenty who don’t even pull their own weight, choosing instead to stab you in the back when they can.
Of the half-a-dozen or so drivers I used to work with regularly, there’s not one of them that I would have invited into my house with my family, regardless of the time of year.