clean but battered
polish my boots too keep them waterproof
robroy:
Yeh it was Conor, he’s been to PrimarkDon’t go off on one Cons, only joking
Can’t be me, no Burburry innit bruv?
seth 70:
I spotted a [english]driver the other day wearing a full old school shell suit , camouflage baseball cap,riggers ,and to complete the look,A BUM BAG
Yes but how did you really know he was agency??
Did he come over and tell you he didn’t really need to work because he has a fortune stashed away 
One of the supermarket’s dress policy for agency drivers amuses me. " No combat trousers allowed". Now it doesn’t say camouflage which I would agree is not really acceptable.
So what is the standard company issue uniform for drivers? … Combat trousers!
I never shined my boots but did polish them to keep em waterproof. The agency I worked for gave me a uniform jacket and trousers and so did the haulier I worked for later. They also gave us a nice warm jacket for the winter and I still wear the shirts around the house.
I entirely agree about the whole appearance thing, and way back when I was a TM, I insisted that the drivers looked clean and tidy, and gave them the uniform etc…
I always wear a three-piece suit for work. Sometimes, if I’m going somewhere frequented by agency types, I’ll lose the jacket and just go with the waistcoat and rolled up shirt sleeves for a more casual look.
Santa:
, I insisted that the drivers looked clean and tidy, and gave them the uniform etc…
Must have been bloody cold in the winter with just a red noes then 
taxi 
waynedl:
If you think I’m buying a new pair of jeans everyday to earn 65 - 100 quid, you’ve got another thing coming.
No need to but 'em Wayne. Asda do perfectly good work jeans for less than a fiver, the beauty being that at that price they’re not security tagged, so you can take a pair into the changing rooms and do a service exchange! Result for Asda too as the next punter who picks up your dirty jeans from the rack thinks “Hell, stressed denim for less than a fiver! Thank you Asda, I’ll have some of that”
Allegedly.
waynedl:
If you think I’m buying a new pair of jeans everyday to earn 65 - 100 quid, you’ve got another thing coming…
I thought you agency boys were all earning megabucks?
Good to see we’ve finally got an honest agency driver onboard.
war1974:
it always amazes me that drivers for the sake of a quid cant take a bottle of air freshener to spray at the end of a shift so the truck don’t smell rank for the next guy.
Some of us are allergic to it, spray that in a cab I’m in or about to get into, and it’s about 50:50 you’ll be making a phone call and I’ll be being visited by paramedics, or leaving it with the doors open for 45 mins before I can get in.
Mattwoodtransport:
I’ve always thought it odd how the goods in drivers window is as substantial as any bullet proof set up in the most security conscious bank, but if I was on the other side ,I might be grateful of it
Boots in Nottingham even have a cardboard flap for covering up the gap in the window when it’s not in use to keep the stench and diseases we carry about us at bay.
when I first started where I am, i’d wear my nice everyday clothes. within a month or so most had holes, stains and looked well worn so now I’ll wear whatevers comfortable, and have spare clean in the cab if I get really bad. The customers I drop at don’t care as long as I don’t stink of sweat or whatever, and infact are quite happy to see me as they know i’m prepared to actually do a bit of hard graft, not just a glorified steering wheel attendant.
in these days of sat nav drivers and automatic gear box class 2 wallys, they come into the driving industry with very high expectations, and a very easy industry it is these days
in my day anyone who went into driving had to be as rough as a bears arse, now a days its pink fluffy slippers types of people coming into the game.
the trampers smell like tramps as they live in a box 15 hours a day trying to cram in a days work with trying to live some sort of life
no doubt you must be a class 2 wally who goes home every night after you hard 8 hour ■■■■
desypete:
in these days of sat nav drivers and automatic gear box class 2 wallys, they come into the driving industry with very high expectations, and a very easy industry it is these daysin my day anyone who went into driving had to be as rough as a bears arse, now a days its pink fluffy slippers types of people coming into the game.
the trampers smell like tramps as they live in a box 15 hours a day trying to cram in a days work with trying to live some sort of life
no doubt you must be a class 2 wally who goes home every night after you hard 8 hour [zb]
I’m not a ‘class 2 wally’. But I do a lot of, admittedly, extremely easy clean work in nice automatic wagons whilst going home everynight & can’t understand why so many doing the same manage to look such a state.
Must admit i’m interested by your notion that a rigid driver who goes home every night after 8 hours is a wally, as apposed to the bloke who smells like a tramp living in his cab for 15 hour days with no life. 
Are they not ‘real’ drivers? 
BeardedBlunder:
war1974:
it always amazes me that drivers for the sake of a quid cant take a bottle of air freshener to spray at the end of a shift so the truck don’t smell rank for the next guy.Some of us are allergic to it, spray that in a cab I’m in or about to get into, and it’s about 50:50 you’ll be making a phone call and I’ll be being visited by paramedics, or leaving it with the doors open for 45 mins before I can get in.
snap and breathe 
I love these comparisons about ‘back in the day’, whilst not that far back in the day I used to rope and sheet/strip tilts down etc. yes I was sweaty by the end but a quick rinse in the loo or from a water bottle in the cab and a bit of spray until I found a shower stopped me stinking.
but then I guess real drivers don’t wash?
yorkshire terrier:
seth 70:
I spotted a [english]driver the other day wearing a full old school shell suit , camouflage baseball cap,riggers ,and to complete the look,A BUM BAGYes but how did you really know he was agency??
Did he come over and tell you he didn’t really need to work because he has a fortune stashed away
Yea ,and telling me working every garbage shift [[mainly weekends and the month before xmas]] and sat staring at his phone hoping it will ring suited his way of life ,that was between tingtong ringing him from his house to see when he was coming home so the bloke from down the road could nip round and knock the back out of her for a fiver 
seth 70:
…working every garbage shift [[mainly weekends and the month before xmas]] and sat staring at his phone hoping it will ring suited his way of life
Whatever the job, from apprentice fitter to when I finished as TM I have always used the “sh----” system: Sh*t, shower, shave, shiny shoes, and clean shirt. Still do, even though I’ve been retired 12 years.
seth 70:
I spotted a [english]driver the other day wearing a full old school shell suit , camouflage baseball cap,riggers ,and to complete the look,A BUM BAG
That’s Drifty lol