Tris:
It’s a pet hate of mine too, although nothing winds me up more than being told to pick up a trailer that’s ready to go only to find it’s loaded up (sometimes two pallets high) and the internal straps are buried, and it always seems to be on a crap old trailer where the straps are in sections with one pole down the middle so they have to be alternated side to side. What should be a 10 minute couple up turns into over an hour sorting it out. 
This is why I always stay and load my own wagon. I hate Mondays as our trucks are loaded by the warehouse lot over the weekend and none of it is strapped.
Truck I had on Saturday night had defect notes from the previous four drivers (all Polish), “offside fuel tank cap broken”. Boss said I would only be using smaller nearside tank so may need to fill up a couple of times. I checked it out and tank cap would only spin round and not undo just like they do when they’re locked, looked through cab and found keys in cubby hole unlocked cap and all sorted, bloody flip-flops haven’t got a clue 
carryfast-yeti:
would anyone defect a unit with the radio not working?
Some years ago, when I was working as a planner at Meachers, had a young driver come into the office complaining about this. He was on that particular unit (a spare one, but apart from the duff radio which I didn’t know about, perfectly clean and serviceable) for one day, booked to do one hit Derby to Manchester whilst his own unit was in for service. Guaranteed back that afternoon so that he could go off in his own motor early doors the following day.
He wasn’t going to take that unit; how could I expect him to go all the way up to Manchester and back with no radio?
I politely (and later, more firmly) pointed out;
a) The total lack of other units in the yard
b) The total lack of a radio in my office
and
c) The fact that when I was his age we used to fight over a unit which had the added extra of power steering never mind a bloody radio.
Job got done. 
But I did get the radio fixed too next time the spare motor got serviced.
A broken radio wouldn’t worry me, I had my current motor a month before I realised only one speaker worked.
If it came down to a new radio or £50 in my wages I’d take the cash.
Bald tyres on trailers and loads not strapped were my pet hate. Management never seemed to talk to culprits, normally had the hump because I was late leaving the yard.
That is why I still have a clean licence, if my own vehicles can pass an MOT first time then why should I drive someone else’s that won’t.
Anyone ever heard of drivers getting a bonus for not defecting stuff?
Defects are pointless .do it or get fired
There’s always a migrant.I got fired for defects .now I don’t bother I just leave and maintain my search for a company that drives legit and doesn’t worship bonuses
P.s when you were his age vehicular manslaughter didn’t exist .if its on it works
Most drivers don’t defect because they know nothing gets done.
I always record all defects-just to cover my arse.
F-reds:
Drivers who don’t defect things… Should be shot. Immediately… Regardless of any excuse they have.
Do you get allowed to punch your boss as well btw? 
Fincham:
Bald tyres on trailers and loads not strapped were my pet hate. Management never seemed to talk to culprits, normally had the hump because I was late leaving the yard.
That is why I still have a clean licence, if my own vehicles can pass an MOT first time then why should I drive someone else’s that won’t.
Top man. I couldn’t agree more.
Don’t it annoy when yards pre-load trailers with defects in the first place though? Don’t loaders ever check the damned things for obvious crap like bald tyres and busted-through floors & walls before effectively committing the entire yard to using that trailer that’ll more like have Scotland yard around you like flies around a turd?
Winseer:
F-reds:
Drivers who don’t defect things… Should be shot. Immediately… Regardless of any excuse they have.
Do you get allowed to punch your boss as well btw?
Why is he so special? Shoot him/her too!