seth 70:
should have asked the bloke to do you a map,some drivers love to draw a nice map for you,
Then after heās drawn the map, look at it carefully, then in a mooted tone say Mmmmmmmm. Then throw the paper in the rubbish bin next to him
How to these know it allā s,got the tee shirt drivers , expect somebody to remember so many instructions such as
āTurn left at the village green, second left by Aunty Doreenās house with the blue door.
After ten minutes driving by the 12 th Oak tree go right there.
At the farm with the gate with no post,go straight on.
By Cousin Johns cottage ,stop and buy some eggs.ā
Have you got all that?
I usually tell them that I am going to hurt them if they ask another question, I leave the āHurtā aspect to their imagination, but I am usually very weird 
Everyone leaves me alone after this, because these types usually have exceptionally loose mouths 
It was like a gauntlet this morning at our yard. One driver standing in the yard looking for someone to talk to, I sat in my car and waited for another driver to arrive then made a dash for my wagon. Then while clock watching, ahem āpre start checksā another driverās trying to make eye contactā¦Iād got 10 miles or so before I had a phone call. 
Got one in our place. Slightly different situation. Runs about all day doing everything and anything requested of him. Given free reign to wash his motor as and when. Always picks (begs for) the best runs. Comes in half hour before everyone else. Leaves after everyone else for very little O/T. Tries to belittle the new driver at any chance, giving duff directions and confusing him. Even tried to tell a fitter how to do his job. The words f and off were heard loudly after that one.
New driver and myself just sit back and happily pick up the scraps. Usually the hard jobs that keep you out till late at night (fully paid O/T) ā ā ā ā life is hard lol. I usually get hit with the distance work. The office and the driving god think I hate itā¦ Mmm can easily be 6 hrs + O/T per week. Itās horrible lol. Sometimes it pays to just shut your mouth and do as your asked rather than trying to prove how good you are.
toby1234abc:
How to these know it allā s,got the tee shirt drivers , expect somebody to remember so many instructions such as
āTurn left at the village green, second left by Aunty Doreenās house with the blue door.
After ten minutes driving by the 12 th Oak tree go right there.
At the farm with the gate with no post,go straight on.
By Cousin Johns cottage ,stop and buy some eggs.ā
Have you got all that?
Same way they do, by listening and remembering. Same as stopping at the services nearest to your delivery then looking up the address in an A-Z. Put the map back and off you go to the delivery using your memory, good EH . Comes from not having sat navs or printed out maps when we started. Also a good idea not to clean the side of your cab till youāve finished your deliveries just in case you donāt have pen and paper for someone to draw you a map.
I slabber mine onto the window,then breath on it when I forget againā¦
I dont speak to many of my co workers. Nainly due to they dont speak english and i dont speak romanian
A friend of mine is a very experienced and competent driver, with 10 years plus experience doing multidrop fridge work to Italy and Spain.
He recently got married and started a family, so changed jobs.
I was talking to his new employer recently and he described him as ok but not really with it. Turns out heās playing dumb and as a result gets Germany on a Monday morning with one drop and 1 collection because ābless him, heās not able for much moreā
Heās more than able but heās getting it handy by keeping his mouth shut. Sometimes saying less is more!
Worked with loads at ASDA never seen so many bell ends in a single place!
war1974:
Worked with loads at ASDA never seen so many bell ends in a single place!
Pretty much spot on lol.
and by far and away the lazyist ZBās
I heard a good oneā¦
new driver starts at a place.
cocky driver greets him with " Hi, Iām the main driver here "
new driver replies , " You were ".
Firm I sub for has one of these knob jockeys, he gets in early then checks round other drivers vehicles then tells all&sundry "so&soās got a smashed mirror/broken lamp lens"etc (these are tippers,skips,ro-roās so itās pretty much par for the course) but there is a god after all! he smashed off N/S step on the weighbridge, hid his motor up, phoned the mechanic at home ācan you come in early and replace my step pleaseā(must have been a pretty please as the fitter turned up at 05.30) anyway he hates me I nick named him āWonder Womanā and it stuck even customers call him that now
kr79:
I dont speak to many of my co workers. Nainly due to they dont speak english and i dont speak romanian
Hey, itās the only language spoken/understood on building sites in London(and most likely elsewhere as well)these days,check out Google translate can be useful to help throw a few ****'s into them
splitshift:
Firm I sub for has one of these knob jockeys, he gets in early then checks round other drivers vehicles then tells all&sundry "so&soās got a smashed mirror/broken lamp lens"etc (these are tippers,skips,ro-roās so itās pretty much par for the course) but there is a god after all!
Splendid.
George@ASDA driver:
war1974:
Worked with loads at ASDA never seen so many bell ends in a single place!Pretty much spot on lol.
least they know where the cream liesā¦
Trukkertone:
I heard a good oneā¦
new driver starts at a place.
cocky driver greets him with " Hi, Iām the main driver here "
new driver replies , " You were ".
Gold, Iām a bit slow though so I usually think of them gems two minutes later & kick myself for the rest of the day.
Anyway thatās my 2 hours of clock watching out the way, thanks tnuk, know Iām after burner for home, yeah!
Silver_Surfer:
George@ASDA driver:
war1974:
Worked with loads at ASDA never seen so many bell ends in a single place!Pretty much spot on lol.
Usually over a trampers wife, from what Iāve been told
So let me get this right, we donāt like the driver in the yard that tries to help by giving you directions or drawing you a map, but when somebody comes on here asking directions you all fall over yourselves to help! 