“I’ll have you banned off this site”
I love that, open invitation to give the halfwit who said it a gargantuan raft of abuse, knowing full well it’s never going to happen.
Explain to your management once again why there’s no stock of a fast moving profit generating product on the shelves because you refused the delivery from a driver you arbitrarily “banned”?
Not happening is it
Drop and drive…
Is the way forward. But, despite doing quite a few drops, my place aren’t keen on it. They say that discrepancies take much longer to sort out.
robroy:
Rowley010:
Last Saturday morning I tipped at aldi, booked for 6am but got on a bay at 05:30am, tipped my self, out and home.Now sat at Argos, 14:30 booking, arrived at 13:53, been sat on a bay since 14:20 and it’s now 17:15 and the only thing goods in will tell me is that it will be a while yet. Mid week it wouldnt bother me as much but when your wanting to get home, I know which id rather do. Tip myself as quick as I can rather than wait over 3 hours for someone else to do it!
I agree with the ‘’ when you are wanting to get home’’ bit, but I do not get paid any extra for rushing about. In fact I get paid the same amount for sitting on my arse for the 3 hours you mention.
My particular firm do not go out of their way to overpay me or do anything for me that they do not have to do by any means.
I have no desire make an impression and be a hero to get a pat on the head or my tummy rubbed by the boss, so call me cynical, but the 3 hour thing is fine by me.If you start tipping yourself everywhere, after driving there for God knows how long, and for no extra money, it’s the thin end of the wedge to make the job even more crap to what it has become already.
Simple Rob. If you have driven say 8 hours, that leaves a maximum of 5 hours of wiating/other work, minus your 45, which can be stretched to 1 hour easy. 4 hours left, and some of that will consist of waiting, to get on a bay, paperwork, queue at the gate, filling up with fuel. So on average, you may only have an hour or two to actually load/unload yourself. You can play the ‘out of time soon’ card, because you can’t start unloading if you don’t have at least an hour or two working time left. Park up early doors then 
. And I don’t have to explain to you how ‘tricky’ the use of an unfamiliar pump truck is. And you are very careful anyway. Not slow, but careful.
On a side note, drivers have been loading and unloading since time immortal. Most of today’s drivers have become spoiled, and expect £20 per hour for sitting on their ■■■.
Driving a truck is not a skilled profession. A licence can be obtained in several hours, and the only other required ‘qualification’ can be obtained by merely showing up. My ex brother in law is studying to become an electrician. He laughs when I tell him about drivers complaints… 
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Evil8Beezle:
dozy:
Getting tipped quick just means more work for me .Yet last year you were regularly complaining about waiting to be tipped on construction sites all the time?
But I don’t do that type of work anymore , that was about 4 jobs ago , I now work for a small family firm doing basically general , and if I get tipped quick boss just puts another job on me
happysack:
Anyone at a lidl should really just get out of there as soon a possible. For safety sake leave in case the next man using an electric truck is dozy. A disaster is guaranteed.
Not today mate , everyone had gone by the time I’d got my truck too move , last time I went they gave you a key , I eventually found out the number on key fob is a code and you need to input it onto pad on electric truck , must pay more attention too what birds saying 
the maoster:
Got banned from Lidl Gravesend on Saturday morning. My heinous crime? I backed onto the bay before asking for permission to open the rear doors! The guy in there asked “why have you got your doors open?” To which I replied that I found it a tad easier to tip that way, he then started bleating on about temperature issues and how it could potentially cost a lot of money. I told him that as it was 22 pallets of Lidl stock there wouldn’t be much over £30 on the whole load.He then threatened to ban me to which I replied “fine, do it now to save me tipping your tat, and it’ll give me an early finish too”. Needless to say he “allowed” me to tip. I then went for my paperwork only to be informed that I’m banned from site!
I actually drove back to the freezer bays as I was genuinely going to thank the guy, he mistook my intentions and ran off when he saw me! Hey ho, next Lidl I go to I may just have to sign in under my real name as Jack Meoff is now banned.
Just make sure that £30 doesn’t include the driver at any point!
James the cat:
I had some fat manager bellend at Waitrose say to me I HAD to come an help split a pallet down and it’ll take less than an hour or it’ll be a 2 hour wait whilst they do it. Ha ha ha!Took them half an hour on their own. Less time in fact for me to stop laughing inside my cab.
Just to annoy them I them took a thirty min extra break across from the bay with my feet up eating my noodles watching television.
I have said once before on a thread about self tipping, I did not mind doing that, but under no circumstances would I split loads down. I was told by a ■■■■■■■■ at TESCO that they paid the company I was working for, COOLCHAIN at Paddock Wood, for us to do that, if they did■■? COOLCHAIN never passed it on.
Been tipping at one Aldi recently this week and tbh I don’t mind it with the electric pallet truck. It gets me out the truck and moving and I get to socialise a little bit seeing as I’m normally sat in a canteen with no English speaking people around me bar the office staff haha
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happysack:
Evil8Beezle:
dozy:
Getting tipped quick just means more work for me .Yet last year you were regularly complaining about waiting to be tipped on construction sites all the time?
He is quite contrary is our dozy.
Dozy, Dozy, quite contrary,
How do your smash ups grow?
With ringing bells, and waste laid shells,
And fire extinguishers all in a row.
Not paid enough to self tip.
I remember doing the Aldi’ RDC’s for a local company. Paid £115 a day to go from Goldthorpe to Swindon. Wait hours on end to get in, self tip and get back. Most of the time it was an easy 14 hour shift sometimes a night out. Worked out at £8.20 an hour which was less than those checking the goods. According to an employee at Swindon my company got £30 for the driver to self tip. Didnt see a penny of that and I soon walked.
If im expected to tip the wagon I aint doing it for under £10 an hour. Ive taken non-driving jobs paying more sat at a till for a month than accept peanut wages.
Job I have now I love tipping the wagon knowing im paid £10.56 for one hour of pushing bread o the edge of my trailer and waiting for paper work.
i always felt that fridges were like containers …which is how i treated it till one day.i got a load to be delivered to LIDL erith…got booked in, drove half a mile to where the loading bays were, opened the doors, and backed on…feet up, paper out…and there i sat for an hour…till the driver came out for the truck next door… he said…your gonna have a long wait, its a self tip…ha ha …so i re booked in once again, told them what bay, and then was told to wait by my trailer doors…some geek came after 10 minutes…big guy, tattoos, earings all that jazz, and offered me an electric truck…cant work them mat, havnt had training i said cockily…oh just a minute then…brought me over a pump up…sorry mate…its not my job, i was employed as a driver…not a warehouse worker…then take it away was his reply…so off i go to the truck…phoned the boss…explained everything…he said oh sorry mate…its a self tip…not for me it isnt…ill give you 320..NO..ill give you £30…ok…i`ll do it…so tail between my legs, went back inside…and unloaded…but i wouldnt do it again…and never have,sorry guys, but i work on principles…if i went for a job, and they said its handball sometimes, or self tip most places, its my choice whether to accept the job…which i wouldnt…if its a one off, or a once in a blue moon, and the boss was fair, i would do it, rather than cause inconvenience, but in general, its not the work i need to do, or would want to do.
truckyboy:
i always felt that fridges were likecontainers…which is how i treated it till one day.i got a load to be delivered to LIDL erith…got booked in, drove half a mile to where the loading bays were, opened the doors, and backed on…feet up, paper out…and there i sat for an hour…till the driver came out for the truck next door… he said…your gonna have a long wait, its a self tip…ha ha …so i re booked in once again, told them what bay, and then was told to wait by my trailer doors…some geek came after 10 minutes…big guy, tattoos, earings all that jazz, and offered me an electric truck…cant work them mat, havnt had training i said cockily…oh just a minute then…brought me over a pump up…sorry mate…its not my job, i was employed as a driver…not a warehouse worker…then take it away was his reply…so off i go to the truck…phoned the boss…explained everything…he said oh sorry mate…its a self tip…not for me it isnt…ill give you 320..NO..ill give you £30…ok…i`ll do it…so tail between my legs, went back inside…and unloaded…but i wouldnt do it again…and never have,sorry guys, but i work on principles…if i went for a job, and they said its handball sometimes, or self tip most places, its my choice whether to accept the job…which i wouldnt…if its a one off, or a once in a blue moon, and the boss was fair, i would do it, rather than cause inconvenience, but in general, its not the work i need to do, or would want to do.
So rather than getting a bit of exercise, and turn yourself round in an hour, you waddle yourself into a drivers waiting room for a few hours, and boor everybody by loudly proclaiming how you never touch the load, take your daily rest on the bay if they don’t tip you in time, just missed the ferry…
the nodding donkey:
truckyboy:
i always felt that fridges were likecontainers…which is how i treated it till one day.i got a load to be delivered to LIDL erith…got booked in, drove half a mile to where the loading bays were, opened the doors, and backed on…feet up, paper out…and there i sat for an hour…till the driver came out for the truck next door… he said…your gonna have a long wait, its a self tip…ha ha …so i re booked in once again, told them what bay, and then was told to wait by my trailer doors…some geek came after 10 minutes…big guy, tattoos, earings all that jazz, and offered me an electric truck…cant work them mat, havnt had training i said cockily…oh just a minute then…brought me over a pump up…sorry mate…its not my job, i was employed as a driver…not a warehouse worker…then take it away was his reply…so off i go to the truck…phoned the boss…explained everything…he said oh sorry mate…its a self tip…not for me it isnt…ill give you 320..NO..ill give you £30…ok…i`ll do it…so tail between my legs, went back inside…and unloaded…but i wouldnt do it again…and never have,sorry guys, but i work on principles…if i went for a job, and they said its handball sometimes, or self tip most places, its my choice whether to accept the job…which i wouldnt…if its a one off, or a once in a blue moon, and the boss was fair, i would do it, rather than cause inconvenience, but in general, its not the work i need to do, or would want to do.So rather than getting a bit of exercise, and turn yourself round in an hour, you waddle yourself into a drivers waiting room for a few hours, and boor everybody by loudly proclaiming how you never touch the load, take your daily rest on the bay if they don’t tip you in time, just missed the ferry…
What if you go to the gym on your days off? What if you dont have any interest in conversation outside of ‘hello’? I very rarely come across these loud drivers you describe… most engage in pleasant courtesy and acknowledgement and thats it.
Andrew.simmons:
I very rarely come across these loud drivers you describe… most engage in pleasant courtesy and acknowledgement and thats it.
You, my friend must frequent the more upmarket RDC’s such as Waitrose. If you hit the Tesco/Lidl/Aldi lot you run the full gamut of socially inept drivers. I usually get the one for whom actually being in the SAS isn’t enough, oh no, he was an unarmed combat instructor for them, or he told the traffic cop to ■■■■ off and threatened to knock him out, or he beat the crap out of the TM who was taking the ■■■■.
You are correct in one respect though; most drivers are without a doubt very pleasant and great to talk to. It’s just that I must have a flashing “loony light” on my head as I seem to attract the worst of them.
the maoster:
Andrew.simmons:
I very rarely come across these loud drivers you describe… most engage in pleasant courtesy and acknowledgement and thats it.You, my friend must frequent the more upmarket RDC’s such as Waitrose. If you hit the Tesco/Lidl/Aldi lot you run the full gamut of socially inept drivers. I usually get the one for whom actually being in the SAS isn’t enough, oh no, he was an unarmed combat instructor for them, or he told the traffic cop to ■■■■ off and threatened to knock him out, or he beat the crap out of the TM who was taking the ■■■■.
You are correct in one respect though; most drivers are without a doubt very pleasant and great to talk to. It’s just that I must have a flashing “loony light” on my head as I seem to attract the worst of them.
Evening Maoster.
sainsbury frozen at stone…the 1st bay is adjacent to the gatehouse as you enter,when your on the bay,your cab is in the middle of where the staff congregate when the fire alarm goes off…it goes off more than regular when the forkies whack the wall where the alarm buttons are fitted…im in my bed,alarm goes off,within 2 mins theres 50 folk hanging around the front of my cab leaning on the unit everywhere…im now thinking,i wonder how long itl be before some h&s ■■■■■■■ realises im lying in my bed and not having to stand 1 yard away outside with the rest of them aiting on the fire bigade…5 mins later,the magic onrd…you will have to exit your cab and stand like a frozen penguin with the rest of us…trumpton appear.enter the building,come back 5 mils later to confirm its yet nother ■■■■■■ forkie tht set the bell off,and everybody goes back in…after im loaded i find the ■■■■ and asks him,without using the words health and safety as they will be meaningless in any form or specific reason,can he elabourate on why i had to get out and stand within 2 feet of where i was happily lying in my bed,other than him just being a road commander jobsworth rdc type fanny…for 30 seconds he blinks,swallows,looks all round him and finally comes up with the answer befre scurrying away back into the office…HEALTH AND SAFETY!!!
the maoster:
Andrew.simmons:
I very rarely come across these loud drivers you describe… most engage in pleasant courtesy and acknowledgement and thats it.You, my friend must frequent the more upmarket RDC’s such as Waitrose. If you hit the Tesco/Lidl/Aldi lot you run the full gamut of socially inept drivers. I usually get the one for whom actually being in the SAS isn’t enough, oh no, he was an unarmed combat instructor for them, or he told the traffic cop to ■■■■ off and threatened to knock him out, or he beat the crap out of the TM who was taking the ■■■■.
You are correct in one respect though; most drivers are without a doubt very pleasant and great to talk to. It’s just that I must have a flashing “loony light” on my head as I seem to attract the worst of them.
Morrisons, where the non-agency drivers are on £13 an hour, nom-agency warehouse staff are on 11.37 an hour and the ones moaning are on pittance.
Its ridiculous how high the retainment rate is for drivers. 2 years ive tried to get permanent but nobody leaves. Far too good a job.
Self tip? 12 tons of aggregate at the first drop (polished stone) in 10kg bags keeps you fit and strong… 