In the spanner game the fitter who knows it all hasn’t been born yet - and never will be.
Old Lenny was a Korean War veteran and ex POW in the North, where he had suffered, a lot - he struggled to walk some days as a result. I always used to torque his wheel nuts and U bolts for him since he found it difficult (and he wasn’t taking me for a ride). He didn’t know it all, but he was good at his job on the vehicles he knew, and he knew quite a few, but he freely admitted when he knew sweet f.a. about something. He did however have a very, very sharp tongue. Those who had a lot to say he took special note of, he kept schtum, bided his time and waited … until one day they slipped up and then, well, to say they never lived it down is an understatement; if he could, it would have been on News at Ten.
Nasty smell here…latestbuy.com.au/remote-cont … ector.html
jc69817:
Last Friday the cheeky mothers rang me telling me they had reconsiderd there position and now could offer me the job on a rate of 12 pounds an hour.Guess my reply Waitrose,. Go shove it where the sun dont shine.
Go get one of the ■■■■ in a suit to repair the trailer hub that fell off cos one of your collegues dont know how to repair a [zb] trailer.Bking:
Update !!! they tell me I got to go for a medical on Friday.Its actually inside the inner sanctum(the depot, my “interview” was at a local hotel)
Will keep you informed!
ooooh the excitement…
Ya never know I might have some pretty nurse hold my nuts and ask me to cough!
Thought you told em to shove it ■■
If so y the medical ■■
bald bloke:
Nasty smell here…latestbuy.com.au/remote-cont … ector.html
Your right but the difference is I dont just have an NVQ and a “mentor”
I know my job. Unlike others I take pride in what I do,aint no rocket science but at least I stuck with the job and didnt become some “desk mechanic” or get out the trade to become a bloody traffic warden or whatever.
Thats why I can tell “blue chip” companies to go swivel when they feed me crap and tell me I will work for peanuts.
Bking:
Last Friday the cheeky mothers rang me… Guess my reply Waitrose,. Go shove it where the sun dont shine.
Bking:
Update !!! they tell me I got to go for a medical on Friday.Will keep you informed!
What an idiot.
Bking:
Update !!! they tell me I got to go for a medical on Friday.Its actually inside the inner sanctum(the depot, my “interview” was at a local hotel)
Will keep you informed!
ooooh the excitement…
Will the medical be 25% shorter?
I was going to salute you,
They emailed me tellin me I didnt have the right “attitude” and my job application had failed .OK who gives a [zb],
Guess my reply Waitrose,. Go shove it where the sun dont shine.
Never forget to remind an Employer not to be anything but grateful that you for them, not expect you to be grateful for the job 
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Bking:
Update !!! they tell me I got to go for a medical on Friday…
But now I’m confused 
Most companies that have turned me down for employment have just sent a letter stating that they regret to say that I was unsuccessful and wishing me the best in my hunt for work
A letter, I’ve only had to reteat under a barrge off office sundries, whilst proclaiming that I’ve worked for better cowboys than you 
, not really but I’ve never had a letter 
. Though in fairness, I’m not quite as transient as you Bros
Contraflow:
Bking:
Last Friday the cheeky mothers rang me… Guess my reply Waitrose,. Go shove it where the sun dont shine.Bking:
Update !!! they tell me I got to go for a medical on Friday.Will keep you informed!
What an idiot.
I have thought that about him for a long time.
GBPub:
Contraflow:
Bking:
Last Friday the cheeky mothers rang me… Guess my reply Waitrose,. Go shove it where the sun dont shine.Bking:
Update !!! they tell me I got to go for a medical on Friday.Will keep you informed!
What an idiot.
I have thought that about him for a long time.
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Bking:
They emailed me tellin me I didnt have the right “attitude” and my job application had failed .OK who gives a [zb],I still work for there biggest competitor and I earn 16 quid an hour cos not braggin no [zb] I know my job.
Guess they were spot on about the attitude.
You’re a fleet mechanic which usually means you know ■■■■ all about anything else other than the one or two models you get to work with.
If anyone holds out for £16 and gets it though - they were right and you were wrong.
‘Attitude with Results’ is called “Success”.
Only ‘Attitude with being left on the shelf’ is known as “Arrogance” and “failure”.
Conor:
Bking:
They emailed me tellin me I didnt have the right “attitude” and my job application had failed .OK who gives a [zb],I still work for there biggest competitor and I earn 16 quid an hour cos not braggin no [zb] I know my job.Guess they were spot on about the attitude.
You’re a fleet mechanic which usually means you know [zb] all about anything else other than the one or two models you get to work with.
As a generalisation not absolutely true. It can be entirely the other way round.
It can be extremely embarrassing to be working for a main dealer when a new model comes out. In the months that follow, the fleet mechanics tend to know more about the vehicle than ones from a dealership. Other than new vehicle preparation and warranty work the dealer may well see little of the vehicles, because the day to day niggles get dealt with by the fleet guys. Dealers seem to react very slowly to new models; it may well be 2 years before an individual goes on a factory course. I well remember being at a dealership when the franchise changed from Leyland DAF to MAN. The service manager gathered us all together for a pep talk, telling us in typical management speak that: “We’re all on a steep learning curve here with these new MANs.” - wrong. More accurately we were blundering about in the dark. This was in spite of taking in a variety of other makes - just not MAN. There were similarities, but also many differences. The first set of kingpins deliberately sent in by one of our customers as a trial came as a surprise.
Trailers may not be complicated and may be seen as beneath contempt by some, but the fleet fitter sees far more of them and will, as a rule of thumb, certainly know far more about the system the running gear is carrying around.
Bking:
bald bloke:
Nasty smell here…latestbuy.com.au/remote-cont … ector.htmlYour right but the difference is I dont just have an NVQ and a “mentor”
I know my job. Unlike others I take pride in what I do,aint no rocket science but at least I stuck with the job and didnt become some “desk mechanic” or get out the trade to become a bloody traffic warden or whatever.
Thats why I can tell “blue chip” companies to go swivel when they feed me crap and tell me I will work for peanuts.
Your reference to peanuts is very telling , I bet you couldn’t put a nut in a monkeys mouth you clown.
No didnt make the medical babysat for my grandkids,washed my bike then got ■■■■■■■
Looks like Im back to the same old ■■■■■ on sunday night but do I give a monkeys.
Nah life is to bloody short.
What the hell contraflow
See the difference is any monkey can do your job but can you do mine?
Doubt it!Thats why I can tell them to swivel I learnt to read and write at school unlike yourself.I have a trade not just a licence,
switchlogic:
Not the right attitude? Who’d have thought it eh…
You beat me to it
muckles:
I find it very unusual that a large company would give a reason for not giving you a job?
If not worded very carefully could lead to all sorts of problems.Most companies that have turned me down for employment have just sent a letter stating that they regret to say that I was unsuccessful and wishing me the best in my hunt for work, no more than that. thats the ones that bother to inform you at all.
This^^^
Bking:
About time all these “companies” started to realise you can hire any useless prick in a suit but can he keep your truck on the road? Pay me or go out of business .
How big is your head son
I really like that he has a good attitude. People like him are definitely impressive. I really don’t see too many who at least reassemble with that guy. Great job!