I’ve been shunting for the last couple of days and dealt with goods in staff and frankly it’s opened my eyes.
Not a big concern but about 20 artics in and out within my shift. First problem was Artic driver mouthing wanting to be tipped at 05.45. He wasn’t booked at all, there are plenty of signs to say no booking, no tip, and nothing before 07.30. He pulled in the yard blocking the 20 odd rigids getting loaded thus bringing the yard to a standstill. Goods in staff were polite but firm and asked him to leave and they’d be able to tip him at 07.15. He drove off and came back at 08.00 when the yard was empty and he was tipped and out again in 25 minutes without any sort of apology.
Second issue at about 10.30. One stobarts artic being unloaded with 26 pallets, second stobarts tries to enter yard to be told to wait outside on road as per plenty of signage. He leaves and is waved back in when stobarts number one leaves. Then it kicks off!
Another driver waiting on the road unknown to goods in marches into yard demanding that he be tipped next as it’s his turn. goods in staff stand their ground and ask, “who are you?” If you’d brought your notes in or announced your presence goods in would have shouted you in next. Then another driver with same attitude, unannounced to any one in goods in.In my humble opinion you were out of order lads and the staff didn’t deserve your outburst. Anywhere else and you might have been on your arse.
It’s opened my eyes, some drivers try allsorts to push in. They’ve only got on pallet and can they jump in front of the guy with 26 and then amazingly there are 7 that all need breaking down before they’ll sign your notes.
Food for thought?
THICK ARROGANT WAYNE KERRS RACING FOR THE BOAT! 
In the limited amount of pallet work I did I found that simply joining the queue (after booking in and minding my own business), very often someone would tell me to come in as I’d only one pallet.
Some places if I was on a bay and forklifts were busy I’d offer to pumptruck the flour off if someone’d sign once it was off. Worked everytime.
The “only got one pallet” guys annoy me no end on building sites. This translates too “■■■■■■■■ to you, I’m going to sit here blocking the road until someone unloads me.”
I’ve done my fair share of shunting over the years and it certainly opens your eyes
regarding the operation of the whole system from goods in to despatch.
Stan
Oh there’s plenty of obnoxious drivers. I like the ones who go along the queue, questioning everyone, how much you got on, what time you booked in for? Just waiting to tell you something, they start of with the weather, or the traffic was busy on the way down. Tell 'em nothing. Don’t know…to everything they ask should be the order of the day !! 
Another amusing observation, goods in staff are trying to strip down the pallets you’ve just brought to do the counting and drivers are trying to strike up a conversation. I know you’re just being polite but every time you open your mouth the bloke has to start counting from scratch. Just shut the hell up and you’ll be away faster.
Some drivers don’t know the meaning of the words manners and patience.
Join the que , Hand your notes in to office say good morning and please and thank you and you would be surprised how smoothly you get tipped.
Huffing and puffing and saying I have to be out of here by this time or other normally doesn’t work.iv seen blokes go in with the attitude before and when they’ve gone goods in staff said that’s him waiting then…
Best ones I have seen are the Wayne Kerrs who turn up at Tesco 2 hours early for a booking and moan every 10 minutes saying they have to be finished in an hour.
No matter how nice you are to the goods in/out staff, shunters etc at a certain large crummy supermarkets RDCs you’ll always be treated like zb so I can understand why some drivers behave the way they do & I can’t blame them…
Against that you get the bird in the goods out t.o screeching over the intercom for about the 20th time ,will driver on bay 15 please come to the goods out office now 
Zb ignorant ,you’ve a driver eating his tea in the canteen and she can’t help but disturb him with her screeching,apx 20 times,I’m not bloody deaf I can here you ,once will do,I’m not going too get indigestion rushing my food,have some bloody patience 
dozy:
Against that you get the bird in the goods out t.o screeching over the intercom for about the 20th time ,will driver on bay 15 please come to the goods out office now
Zb ignorant ,you’ve a driver eating his tea in the canteen and she can’t help but disturb him with her screeching,apx 20 times,I’m not bloody deaf I can here you ,once will do,I’m not going too get indigestion rushing my food,have some bloody patience
Whilst waiting for you to finish your grub there is another driver waiting to use that said bay.
I was at a drop one day and handed my notes in. Lady told me to get on bay 2 when the other lorry pulls off as he has finished. I thought happy days, I wait. I jump in lorry and after 5 minutes I notice he had a green light. I jump out and tell the driver whilst he is cleaning his lorry inside that he has a green light. Yeah I know but the paperwork is not ready. whilst talking to him about sport and weather and his yard a driver walks up and tells him that there waiting for him to collect his paperwork and that there moaning because they waited a while. I jump in to my lorry and wait. he comes back jumps in to his lorry and spends another 5 minutes doing his paperwork on the bay rather then pulling off and allowing me to get on to it.
Sorry, that’s ■■■■■■■ of you to hold people up when you would be quick enough kick off a stink and type on TNUK of the moaning about being held up.