So last week I parked up in a services in England and some of the fine taliban brigade were parked up for the weekend on breaks. I got there about 9pm and immediately the flipflop beside me asks me to move cause he needed a nights sleep and he was starting very early. Now by this stage the services was nearly full. I told him as a one off if he asked nicely I’d move since he told me he was starting early the next day so I thought fair enough. So I moved across from him and a decent distance from him so he couldn’t give off. He comes over again and says I must park round the back cause “thats where the fridges park” I told him to [zb] off cause it didn’t say anywhere thats the case!
Best part of the whole thing is the next morning I leave at 10am and that flipflop still sitting parked with curtains closed so his idea and my own of an early start are greatly misconstrued. Anyway, moral of the story the biggest majority of those flip flops are a complete dose and think they can dictate to other drivers. If I get talked to again by one of them I will be telling him anymore jip and he’ll be getting lifted out of it. I told that fella am I meant to just drive all night and not bother with a daily rest and I said to him I hope he never eats refrigerated food
Anyway what do you tell people who ask you to move your frigo?
Did you not give his door a knock as his alarm seems to have not worked? He may have missed his delivery, got sacked, booted out the truck and abandoned with no money. How will you live with your conscience?
I have had a similar experience, ■■■■■■ me off when they complained about my fridge running, yet they were all drinking and shouting, dancing in the bloody park till late. One thing they do seem to do though is socialise with each other better than we do. I used to watch gypsy fights in MSAs at one time but even these are becoming rarer now. I would like to see more integration between drivers of all nationalities who are parked for the night. Organised tug of war or wrestling matches usually is a good ice breaker.
UKtramp:
I have had a similar experience, ■■■■■■ me off when they complained about my fridge running, yet they were all drinking and shouting, dancing in the bloody park till late. One thing they do seem to do though is socialise with each other better than we do. I used to watch gypsy fights in MSAs at one time but even these are becoming rarer now. I would like to see more integration between drivers of all nationalities who are parked for the night. Organised tug of war or wrestling matches usually is a good ice breaker.
True UKTramp, they do socialise a lot more than us lot do no doubt about it. Even in my companies depot in Dublin the flipflop all socialise well together and have a good bit of banter, local ones do too but not to the same extent. You see them outside cooking food together quite often too, think they carry the drink and cooking apparatus in their pallet carriers haha. Can’t see the tug of war battles and wrestling every night in the services throughout the nation though
You will maybe see this rumour that Stobart drivers don’t talk to each other lol, will be interesting for you to shed some light on this in due course
Its always get the table out, have a few drinks and share the pot of gunge someones cooked up, makes for a more friendly atmosphere.
Dont think it really goes on in the UK as such , banter and p1sstaking in various broken languages can be a real laugh
Ref the reefer, if it moved i’d have to move with it, a fridge at full tilt actually sends me to sleep…
UKtramp:
I have had a similar experience, ■■■■■■ me off when they complained about my fridge running, yet they were all drinking and shouting, dancing in the bloody park till late. One thing they do seem to do though is socialise with each other better than we do. I used to watch gypsy fights in MSAs at one time but even these are becoming rarer now. I would like to see more integration between drivers of all nationalities who are parked for the night. Organised tug of war or wrestling matches usually is a good ice breaker.
I can steer you to a few gypsy friends dozy 2, you sound a bit hard up with not having a human to talk to
eagerbeaver:
Bet you felt great fella. Just imagine if it was an OD too, could have damaged his livelihood for the week and affected his family.
The exact same applies to turning the fridge off.
Not really. If he had such a problem with it being turned off, a simple knock on the cab of the chap who did it was in order.
Unless he didn’t know who did it, and picked a truck at random to vandalise ■■■■■■■ way of doing things.
If the fridge tamperer was an employed driver, he wouldn’t give a toss if someone had slashed his curtain’s anyway because it’s not his kit, so what was the purpose of it in the first place?
eagerbeaver:
Bet you felt great fella. Just imagine if it was an OD too, could have damaged his livelihood for the week and affected his family.
The exact same applies to turning the fridge off.
Not really. If he had such a problem with it being turned off, a simple knock on the cab of the chap who did it was in order.
Unless he didn’t know who did it, and picked a truck at random to vandalise ■■■■■■■ way of doing things.
If the fridge tamperer was an employed driver, he wouldn’t give a toss if someone had slashed his curtain’s anyway because it’s not his kit, so what was the purpose of it in the first place?
Then again, it’s probably story time…
So people should just go around turning fridges off and anyone who doesn’t like it should politely ask them why they did it?
I wish he had been an OD and it had cost him time, money and lost loads.
I heard the fridge go off and his door slam shut, it was the only truck parked near me, he was actually parked nose up to me when most reverse up the road like I had. So I got out, turned it back on and walked up his trailer with the knife in the side of it.
He never had anything to say when he was out doing his checks in the morning, I watched him.
Who is he to ruin a few hundred grands worth of what I was carrying?
I fully expect a useless clown with an attitude problem like yourself to struggle understanding why it isn’t up to some halfwit of a steering wheel attendant to go around turning fridges off.
hammertothefloor:
You will maybe see this rumour that Stobart drivers don’t talk to each other lol, will be interesting for you to shed some light on this in due course
Well as I am a naturally jolly guy, handsome, well to do, I just speak to people anyway whether they want to or not. I have found it a little odd how Stobart drivers tend to ignore each other. I was used to flashing and waving at my fellow drivers from other firms, now as you pass other Stobart drivers they look away. It is a bit strange but I don’t take any offence. I am a real people person so I like to involve myself with the spotters too. I have had my photo taken with loads of them now as I don’t think anyone else bothers.
