Back door men

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What is it with some of these guy who think they have right to treat to you like you’re some piece of ■■■…have to say that considering I’m Mr laid back…these blokes really do ■■■■ me off :smiling_imp:

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Hiya i was the best back door man at Tesco in Broughton… i was only on a 15 week replacement.
when i was leaving all the drivers asked if i could stay and replace the…should we say normal back door GOD
i treated them as i liked to be treated when i was driving. get in get tipped have a brew and sod off.
all the cardboard was ready cages lined up and most of all the key was …let me say handy for regulars.
one night i had 17 trailers in and out with no queue.
John

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I have to say, or should have said, there are some right decent back door men around. Sadly though, as in all walks of life, it’s the a hole ones which tarnish it. Man do they have attitude :unamused:

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You’re not the only one op, I find my own little way of getting the bar stewards back, make life a bit difficult for them…:laughing:

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Pimpdaddy:
You’re not the only one op, I find my own little way of getting the bar stewards back, make life a bit difficult for them…:laughing:

Spill then lol…I’ll do the same later on :grimacing:

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Lusk:
Spill then lol…I’ll do the same later on :grimacing:

Stand back watching them sweat their nuts off with heavy stuff, refusing to collect returns, parking awkwardly, damaging stock, taking a break on the bay, pressing the buzzer or bell continuously etc… All depends where you are obviously:lol:

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Yep cant understand why some back door blokes are like that, get 1 come out and said"got to walk round tbe front of the retail park sign in the shop as a visitor then walk back and I will tip you".
15 min walk to the shop then back dont think so lol.he went away came back said he had got special permission to tip me ooh wasnt I lucky lol.
Next time I went got a sticker and wrote visitor on it :smiley:

Jeff.

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When I get a stroppy back door man, I’ll only push the cages to the edge of the loading ramp and no further and then I’ll only take the returned empties when they are on the loading ramp, they soon get the message and cut out their ■■■■■■■■

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There was this one place (which I had best not mention :grimacing: ), that everytime I went there, this bloke was really unpleasant to me. Anyway, after a couple of times I gathered that he was just a grade 1 ahole and for the next few times I went, I deliberatley played the helpless individual who was unable to defend himself which of course he relished. The next time I went he was of course as unpleasant as per normal but this time I managed to lure him into the back of my trailer :wink: . Now, I dont actually recall what went on in there but oddly enough, every time I go back there now he bends over backwards to help me out. Rest assured, my opinion has not changed of him though!!

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Pimpdaddy:

Lusk:
Spill then lol…I’ll do the same later on :grimacing:

Stand back watching them sweat their nuts off with heavy stuff, refusing to collect returns, parking awkwardly, damaging stock, taking a break on the bay, pressing the buzzer or bell continuously etc… All depends where you are obviously:lol:

I know one store where it would screw things up by taking a break on the bay… :wink:
At another one I had a big argument with one before I even got on the bay and funnily enough they keep me away from that one :stuck_out_tongue:

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its great when you are carrying stock that you know that they are desperate for…payback time , …sorry mate I am on break :unamused:

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selby newcomer:
When I get a stroppy back door man, I’ll only push the cages to the edge of the loading ramp and no further and then I’ll only take the returned empties when they are on the loading ramp, they soon get the message and cut out their [zb]

Re the cages … I use to sort out the broken / damaged ones and push em back off saying can’t take it its gotta be marked and in its own stack for repair…

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When I 1st saw the title of the thread, I did wonder what it was about.
Especially after the recent cross dressing driver thread

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tamarman:
its great when you are carrying stock that you know that they are desperate for…payback time , …sorry mate I am on break :unamused:

Would they be the same stores that keep phoning the DC up to find out where you are because they absolutely need the 45 cages of bog roll then keep you waiting outside for 3/4 hours 'cause they “have no room for it yet” :unamused: :unamused:

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Anyone come across a fella called Joe at the Tesco store in Carlisle (not the superstore) where you’d blindside onto the door with a brick wall close to the drivers side. He could tell the wildest stories about himself, all complete BS and so far fetched… :laughing: Nice fella though !!!

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Lusk:
There was this one place (which I had best not mention :grimacing: ), that everytime I went there, this bloke was really unpleasant to me. Anyway, after a couple of times I gathered that he was just a grade 1 ahole and for the next few times I went, I deliberatley played the helpless individual who was unable to defend himself which of course he relished. The next time I went he was of course as unpleasant as per normal but this time I managed to lure him into the back of my trailer :wink: . Now, I dont actually recall what went on in there but oddly enough, every time I go back there now he bends over backwards to help me out. Rest assured, my opinion has not changed of him though!!

that is sometimes the only option,they do get the message in the end

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i find one of the options if i get that kind of person is to either call the manager and ask him/her to sort it out,or failing that if it carried on i would ask him what his problem is,i for one do not like people that are like that and sooner or later i will let rip verbally and if they wish to take it further i am happy to oblige,

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nick2008:

selby newcomer:
When I get a stroppy back door man, I’ll only push the cages to the edge of the loading ramp and no further and then I’ll only take the returned empties when they are on the loading ramp, they soon get the message and cut out their [zb]

Re the cages … I use to sort out the broken / damaged ones and push em back off saying can’t take it its gotta be marked and in its own stack for repair…

Bit of a faff though? The Tesco fresh drivers have the best opportunities for being awkward and annoying the staff when collecting the rubbish. I saw one of there’s refuse an entire load of recyclables once because there was plastic mixed with cardboard in some of the cages, only a smallish store and they couldn’t move in their warehouse for the rest of the day :laughing:

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truckman20:
i find one of the options if i get that kind of person is to either call the manager and ask him/her to sort it out,or failing that if it carried on i would ask him what his problem is,i for one do not like people that are like that and sooner or later i will let rip verbally and if they wish to take it further i am happy to oblige,

Sounds like you have quite a lot of energy & patience to put up with people…:laughing:

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For the first time ever the other night I got a brew off the back door man and the manager. Was really nice to have a fresh cuppa, even told me to have me brew while he took a few of the cages off. As it happens the back door man was an ex driver (old bloke). Told me a few tales of when he was driving the manager was nice and polite too. It’s little things like that which give you a little boost halfway through your shift.

Some places the back door man struggles to exchange pleasantries.

I went to a new place about a month ago, got in the yard and got ready for the bloke to come out. I said “hi mate how’s it going?” In return all I got “can you put your hi-vis on driver”. No eye contact or nothing. It’s times like that when you struggle to not let it affect you.