Eddie Stobart Trucks and Trailers (Episode 2)

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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Rob K:

Stanley Mitchell:

Rob K:

Stanley Mitchell:

Coffeeholic:

robroy:
And as for William :unamused: :blush: :blush: (one half of the Chuckle brothers) he doesn,t do himself, or the company image any favours does he? :laughing: :laughing:

Why? Is it because he doesn’t look like any other nameless suit with a tidy haircut who you usually find in those sort of positions? I would rather work for someone who doesn’t conform just because it is expected than for someone who does. People have mentioned his haircut, his tie being undone when he climbed out the car and other aspects of his appearance but then he is the boss so can do what the [zb] he likes, that’s the beauty of being the boss.

Go into transport companies in other countries and a suit will be a very rare sight, with ties being even less evident. Jeans with a shirt, polo shirt or T-shirt being the norm and it doesn’t seem to prevent them doing their job.

I totally agree regarding the non suit culture abroad, but, TOSSCO have BANNED jeans + T-shirts @ Fradley as of tomorrow for drivers on agency :open_mouth: :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

According the B.S. sheet I have received, they [Fradley] are being earmarked [?] for D.C. of the year, and, the puddle supper who dreampt this up obviously wants this award sooooooooo much :unamused:

Funny that, as we approach the busiest time of the year, and, they are having enough problems filling shifts as it is, some flexy jerkoff comes up with an idea that will decimate the supply pool :blush:

Funny how £50 Levi 501s are not smart enough for Tossco :confused:

So what are you meant to wear instead then? Suit?

According to the speil ; Dark Blue Trousers AND Top, or similar work wear, NO JEANS, + CLEAN Hi-Viz.

ANY driver who reports for work inappropiately dressed will be sent home.

My answer to that would be “cya”.

Not far wrong, my reply was “they won`t be seeing me this year”.

Not bad for saying they need drivers, Ive been asked if im interested in working 100% for Tossco/ADR in the run up to Xmas, @ greatly enhanced rates to the norm, then somebody pulls this stunt.

This is going to be interesting, lets see how quickly they start allowing scruffy truckers back in :unamused:

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Stanley Mitchell:

Rob K:
So what are you meant to wear instead then? Suit?

According to the speil ; Dark Blue Trousers AND Top, or similar work wear, NO JEANS, + CLEAN Hi-Viz.

ANY driver who reports for work inappropiately dressed will be sent home.

You just gotta wait until they are really busy then stroll in wearing jeans.

Stanley Mitchell:
NO JEANS, + CLEAN Hi-Viz.

The other option would be that taken literally. Report for work wearing no jeans, just your boxers, or undergarments of choice, and a clean Hi-Viz

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Coffeeholic:

Rob K:

hammer:
I thought this episode was good, again much better than the majority of the cack thats on the idiot lantern these days.

It doesn’t matter what your opinions on Stobarts, you’ve got to say that the sheer scale of the operation is staggering.

Some of the stats that stood out for me this week;

  • $21,000 per month spent on curtain repairs alone

Does that include all the broken ones in the cabs? :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

:stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :sunglasses:

I like the way you picked up that baton and ran with it. :wink:

I thought I’d get that one in before you! :wink: :wink: :wink:

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Coffeeholic:

Stanley Mitchell:

Rob K:
So what are you meant to wear instead then? Suit?

According to the speil ; Dark Blue Trousers AND Top, or similar work wear, NO JEANS, + CLEAN Hi-Viz.

ANY driver who reports for work inappropiately dressed will be sent home.

You just gotta wait until they are really busy then stroll in wearing jeans.

Stanley Mitchell:
NO JEANS, + CLEAN Hi-Viz.

The other option would be that taken literally. Report for work wearing no jeans, just your boxers, or undergarments of choice, and a clean Hi-Viz

A bit like that Levi advert some years ago, with Nick Camen stripping off in the laundrette, I`ve often imagined stripping off with that Polish bird [Monica] who dishes out the work :stuck_out_tongue:

The only problem would be walking over the bridge in the depths of winter in my skidders :open_mouth:

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hammer:
I thought this episode was good, again much better than the majority of the cack thats on the idiot lantern these days.

It doesn’t matter what your opinions on Stobarts, you’ve got to say that the sheer scale of the operation is staggering.

Some of the stats that stood out for me this week;

  • $21,000 per month spent on curtain repairs alone
  • 7 new wagons put on the road every day
  • 2,000 people in the Spotters Premier Division :open_mouth: :laughing:

Right I’m going to venture into this! I wouldn’t say staggering, with, so I’m told, 1850 trucks on the road there are much much bigger operators out there. Just not as high profile. Very intresting company though, and I haven’t watched a minute of the programme.

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Fiona comes across as a gigly dippy tart, but she seems to be able to drive ok and gets the job done…

Really would like to see her pick up a fridge trailer instead of just pointin’ to the suzies!

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in my opinion it was every day stuff for a hgv driver blown well out of praportion by the narrator/editors.
people can slag them stobarts off all they want but their marketing team have seen a gap in the market and have capitalised big time,theyve taken eddie stobart from the motorway/rdcs and put them selves in alot of peoples front room,applications will go through the roof,customers will go through the roof as will the spotters club membership and naming of the truck waiting list…

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Coffeeholic:

Stanley Mitchell:

Rob K:
So what are you meant to wear instead then? Suit?

According to the speil ; Dark Blue Trousers AND Top, or similar work wear, NO JEANS, + CLEAN Hi-Viz.

ANY driver who reports for work inappropiately dressed will be sent home.

You just gotta wait until they are really busy then stroll in wearing jeans.

Stanley Mitchell:
NO JEANS, + CLEAN Hi-Viz.

The other option would be that taken literally. Report for work wearing no jeans, just your boxers, or undergarments of choice, and a clean Hi-Viz

If they have a dress code, let them supply the dress, they must have stacks of Florence and Fred strides in Fradley :stuck_out_tongue:

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Well I think this episode was much better than last weeks but the planner ‘Gary’ came across as a real knob but maybe that was just down to the post production editing thing :question: :question: :wink:

Mark did a good job of putting things across as an everyday bloke doing a ‘difficult’ job, with a numpty planner pushing things :astonished: :open_mouth: :wink:

I also thought it was really brilliant that Mark got another truck with his youngest daughter’s name on the front of it, these kind of things do seem to make a difference to you when you have to spend your working week away from home. Not sure about the side curtains or all the other things but gotta say I did tend to collect things and display them in the cab, especially if they where little pressy’s from my children, when I was doing 2 wks away at a time.

Fiona is a bit too ‘girly girly’ for me :laughing: too much of the giggling for my tastes but she has shown she can do the job safely and for me that’s all that matter’s :exclamation: I’ve double manned (personned :wink: ) with quite a few female drivers in the past and usually I’ve been on the bunk catching some zzz’s within the first 30 mins.

Also I think it has helped to show how the industry has become more inclusive but maybe only because the vehicles have become much easier to drive, load and unload, and because shifts can be worked out to fit in with the home life/family agenda :astonished: And that can only be a good thing for our industry and for everyone in it, male or female :exclamation: :exclamation:

Unsure as to why at the moment :question: :question: but the only empleee of colour was shown as a person who was a cheat as he ‘jumped the queue’ in front of the delivering fuel tanker :question: :question:

I’m sure there are quite a few people employed by ESL from a diverse ethnic background and I really hope that they also have been given the opportunity, along with the others, to become ESL TV celeb’s;

Also thought this episode really helped in promoting a positive image of the transport industry and what we do to keep Joe & Jane public supplied with their fresh goods but as we all know that is not the end of the story :astonished: :open_mouth: a lot of us deliver all the other commodities that people need to survive and then there’s the fella’s that take away the waste. :smiley:

The technology used to keep the fleet moving was absoluty awesome :exclamation: :exclamation: Wished it was available in the 70’s when I started my career in the transport game :grimacing: :grimacing:

Just had my sister call round, retired Social Worker, and she was saying how much this prog; had made her and some of her friends look at lorries and lorry drivers’ in a very different (positive) light. so as far as I’m concerned that can only be good for us fella’s still in the game :smiley: :smiley:

Regards
Dave Penn;

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Got to get me some of them Pink boot laces, they would get you noticed, and a seat on your own in the waiting room :smiley:
And i recon that Mark has got shares in Magic Tree.

As for Big Barry the Harry Potter, get your own numbers you cheating git.

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Watch harry hills tv burp on saturday, hes gonna be ripping the ■■■■ out of this programme.

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did any one noticed when the girly was
doing her blind side reverse
matey was at the front watching her back

good to see the job being done right

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hitch:
did any one noticed when the girly was
doing her blind side reverse
matey was at the front watching her back

good to see the job being done right

I don’t see that as a problem, if there is someone to guide it in and it is not easy to spin it round to your good side.

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bringbakbiffa:
I am envious of Eddie Stobart they have such nice spotters we have spotters too but ours spot us then throw stuff and abuse at us instead of getting the truck number !!!

really ? thats a bit harsh . we have spotters for our trucks as well , although they do get a bit enthusiastic , soon as they see us they start flashing their lights to pull us over to actually chat to us …smart chaps , got a nice uniform & a hat as well , got funny luminous go faster stripe /squares on their cars …i find that a bit tacky

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MolePower:

bringbakbiffa:
I am envious of Eddie Stobart they have such nice spotters we have spotters too but ours spot us then throw stuff and abuse at us instead of getting the truck number !!!

really ? thats a bit harsh . we have spotters for our trucks as well , although they do get a bit enthusiastic , soon as they see us they start flashing their lights to pull us over to actually chat to us …smart chaps , got a nice uniform & a hat as well , got funny luminous go faster stripe /squares on their cars …i find that a bit tacky

and i bet they give you a bit of paper and say “just pay £60 pound mate for my troubles”

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A few pointers to note…

Fi didn’t like the farm that she was at because it was dark, but then she forgot that the camera crew was sat next to her, so hardly a problem on this occasion. Maybe she was highlighting to the hierachy that as a woman she shouldn’t be going there on her own, but if that’s the case, then she’s asking for special treatment.

The narrator quoted that Mark was eating out at Donny services, when he was doing his Ken Hom impression on the fuel tank. Since when did Donny services have a building that you park next to? :confused:

And finally…

Got talking to one of Eddies finest today at the Co-Op Leicester, and according to him, some of the drivers have been in touch with channel 5 to put THEIR side of the story together with real truths, not just the ESL publicity blurb to make ESL look good. :confused:

Oh, and I won’t repeat what he said about Mo. :laughing:

Handbags at dawn anyone?

Ken.

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bubsy06:
Watch harry hills tv burp on saturday, hes gonna be ripping the ■■■■ out of this programme.

yeah i heard him on the radio the other day it was hilarious… :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: he was saying" bob had to take cream cakes to doncaster would he get there in time and not tip them over"(in harry’s voice)…FIGHT!!!.. :laughing: :laughing: :grimacing:

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bruno:

Coffeeholic:
I like the way you picked up that baton and ran with it. :wink:

How he picked up the baton? I wanna know…

Quality bit of advertising there :laughing: