Well this time last week i was posting on here asking for information on container work,and in true trucknet style you lot gave me the warts and all.
A lot of the practical stuff was great and helped a lot due to my on the job training being about 10 mins long,it came in usefull.
I have carried everything from sheepskins to scrap metal and anything in between. Next week I hope to try and do a diary of sorts with a few pics.
Now my reason for this post is that I asked you lot about freightliner leeds.
Well usually I read and ingest and then spit out any info that might dodgy, BUT on this topic you lot were bang on…
Things I observerd were when they say…
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Follow the one way system…They mean not all the time and when we tell you to you can run in the opposite direction which totally freaks out the people they have not let into the secret. And you should know which way to go even though you have never been here before.
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Dont turn around with twist locks open…They mean “we don’t really mean it”
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When I say Felixstowe and use the far crane…They mean use the near crane.
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When they ask you to sign to say you have understood all the info in the site induction …they mean here is a map of the site with all the rules on please read and understand them all in the 60 seconds between this window and the crane.
5.When they say do not get out of your vehicle under any circumstances …they mean well just to change your twists from a 40 foot to 20 foot.
When they say failing to adhere to our saftey standards could lead you to be banned from the site they are talking ■■■■
Now the above are just a few small things that are bugging me, but the ultimate is the atitude of the reptile with the grey hair that has been on the window this week, On pulling up at the window and passing the paper work through the window,and asking for a site map due to not having been there before he sighs and says :
“Your not very good at writing your conatainer number on pal are you ?”
To which I reply " And your not very observant are you pal because it’s on the top left of the page"
Reptile then slams window shut for about 5 minutes and then opens it again and passes mi paperwork back out tells me mi crane etc etc .
The day after the above incident i am waiting to pull in to the yard but there is a truck at the window, so I wait and pull up when he has gone. Now reptile has recognised my truck and is sat behind the window just shaking his head for a couple of minutes…he opend the window and says “Don’t you know what the yellow hatched area is for pal”
Certainly do I say
“Well you were parked in it while you were waiting”
No I was not and if that camera is working we will be able see from your video pal won’t we ?"
anyway reptile lets me in and i do the business and later that afternoon return to drop another box etc . This time I am parked a few trucks away from the the gate and clearly watch every truck pull into the box.
Now when I get to the window I ask the reptile if the rules have changed in the last four hours because I have sat and watched him book in at least 8 trucks without mentioning the fact or coming out to say something.
Anyhow it goes without saying that what I was told about this place is true and that if I leave containers I will make a point of seeing the reptile outside of school hours. 
