Wheel Nut:
Take this trailer to XYZ please, it should have been there yesterday, tell them you have had a breakdown or puncture.
OK!
Hello Drive, you are late, should have been here yesterday! You can reply, why what happened?
If they say you have had a breakdown, just say Not me! My boss told me to say that, or was it a puncture? Dunno. I just picked it up in the yard a couple of hours ago!
That was the excuse line my old TM like using when they phoned the delivery to say it would be late but always failed to tell us [emoji49][emoji23][emoji23]
I’ve had mixed responses over the years when I usually answer their…
‘‘You should have been here at 8’ o.’ clock’‘.
With.the old .
…’‘Why what happened, did I miss something funny’.
Some have had a sense of humour, and laughingly tell me to ■■■■ off, but others can not compute that somebody actually ain’t taking them seriously in their self important crappy little world.
Like Maoster says, I get paid the same for taking it back.
Aye your late says the monkey on the gate , I’m where does it say booking required on paperwork. Monkey-Your late !! Me -Ok then stamp it refused and I’ll be on my way , monkey - I can’t do that! , load refused( verbal) me- well open the barrier and I go in turn and come out and I’ll be away as I can’t reverse due to line of vehicles behind! Monkey - stupid look on face I’m not allowed to open barrier . Me - back in truck for 10 mins nothing going in lineup getting longer , watching as wee golf cart type thing arrives at gate , new guy shouts at me door @@ , I’m unloaded and away 30mins later with a smile and a wave at the monkey , 2009 st Joseph Missouri.
Where I used to work they would receive half a dozen containers each week. They usually took around three hours to unload and agency staff would come in to do it.
All containers were booked in - one in the morning and one in the afternoon, so, as often happened, when two arrived in convoy, one would have to wait.
We also had a lot of deliveries from over the channel. They too were booked in to keep them spaced out and away from the yard at peak times. One Friday afternoon , I was in the yard when an Italian arrived. The yard man looked at his paperwork and told him “You’re not booked in 'till Monday.” He went off on one - shouting and kicking his truck, before climbing into his cab and roaring off at high speed.
Now, Our guys were not jobsworths and had he not reacted like an idiot, he would most likely have been tipped. Okay, he may have had to wait a bit, but not until Monday. I wasn’t there when (if?) he came back.
Whenever I phone the unplanning office to say I’ve been refused, they tell me i need to be more assertive. “okay, if you say so” I say airy fairily. They just tut then tell me to bring it back. Lol
LazyDriver:
Whenever I phone the unplanning office to say I’ve been refused, they tell me i need to be more assertive. “okay, if you say so” I say airy fairily. They just tut then tell me to bring it back. Lol
So they try and pin it on you, the driver, to make themselves feel better about their own ■■■■ ups and incompetence…sounds about right.
LazyDriver:
Whenever I phone the unplanning office to say I’ve been refused, they tell me i need to be more assertive. “okay, if you say so” I say airy fairily. They just tut then tell me to bring it back. Lol
So they try and pin it on you, the driver, to make themselves feel better about their own [zb] ups and incompetence…sounds about right.
It shouldnt be the driver that carries the can for an office ■■■■-up. Ill definitely agree with that.
But if a driver really is more than just a steering wheel attendant, with no initiative or nounce, shouldn`t they try to get tipped rather than just accept a knock back?
“If you’d brought that in on-time this morning, you’d still be here anyways, so let’s get you on bay wun, and tip you whilst the early driver is still taking his 9 hours minimum rest…”
LazyDriver:
Whenever I phone the unplanning office to say I’ve been refused, they tell me i need to be more assertive. “okay, if you say so” I say airy fairily. They just tut then tell me to bring it back. Lol
So they try and pin it on you, the driver, to make themselves feel better about their own [zb] ups and incompetence…sounds about right.
It shouldnt be the driver that carries the can for an office ■■■■-up. Ill definitely agree with that.
But if a driver really is more than just a steering wheel attendant, with no initiative or nounce, shouldn`t they try to get tipped rather than just accept a knock back?
I just readily assumed he would have tried all that before being knocked back…as we all would.
LazyDriver:
Whenever I phone the unplanning office to say I’ve been refused, they tell me i need to be more assertive. “okay, if you say so” I say airy fairily. They just tut then tell me to bring it back. Lol
So they try and pin it on you, the driver, to make themselves feel better about their own [zb] ups and incompetence…sounds about right.
It shouldnt be the driver that carries the can for an office ■■■■-up. Ill definitely agree with that.
But if a driver really is more than just a steering wheel attendant, with no initiative or nounce, shouldn`t they try to get tipped rather than just accept a knock back?
I just readily assumed he would have tried all that before being knocked back…as we all would.
I daresay you would give it a try, but does everyone?
Arent there enough we hear saying: "Not my problem", "I dont care", etc?
OK, some of it is trying to be Joe Cool but some will listen to this and behave like that.
If I am knocked back, I will try to make the most of it, (annoying you on TNUK maybe) and I won`t be crying, but I do try to get tipped first.
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I just readily assumed he would have tried all that before being knocked back…as we all would.
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I daresay you would give it a try, but does everyone?
Arent there enough we hear saying: "Not my problem", "I dont care", etc?
OK, some of it is trying to be Joe Cool but some will listen to this and behave like that.
If I am knocked back, I will try to make the most of it, (annoying you on TNUK maybe) and I won`t be crying, but I do try to get tipped first.
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I do my job, not anybody else’s. I ask the question and accept the answer. I don’t go to work to argue with people. As stated earlier on this thread, we have timeslots for a reason. If you knowingly arrive late, why would you expect to get tipped? You know you’re already being speculative, as does your office. So ask, get told no, report back and move on. That’s how I roll.
This thread is not relating to ‘just missed’ timeslots where you’d obviously delve into the box of excuses to get tipped, it’s about setting out after the load should have been delivered, and who takes responsibility for that. (at least i think it is, happy to be corrected, (my 'no argument nature again…))
