bullitt:
kr79:
I often think Toby may have been on the creosote before he gets on the keyboard
Its Friday, Toby usually gets let out on weekend release with a pocketfull of medication. The posts get better as the weekend wears on and the drugs wear off!!
Somehow this thread will get round to mentioning Portugal or all things Portugese
Coffee Stain.
Does exactly what it says on the tin!
I went into Travis Perkins, the bloke said Oy, you want decking?
It will be a long time before he gets up
bullitt:
kr79:
I often think Toby may have been on the creosote before he gets on the keyboardIts Friday, Toby usually gets let out on weekend release with a pocketfull of medication. The posts get better as the weekend wears on and the drugs wear off!!
Somehow this thread will get round to mentioning Portugal or all things Portugese
and a bloke pushing a bathroom suite home in a wheelbarrow! 
I mainly deliver to builders merchants and i never drive straight in…i always park outside and walk in to see where they want me…never get on the loader/unloader’s wrong side…i always comply with what they want…afterall,all i want to do is get tipped and on my way to the next delivery…theres a couple of merchants that i go to regular and i know i can drive straight into there yard…if your unsure ASK…saves a lot of hassle in the long run.
MADBAZ:
The jumped up t**t at Driffield once objected to me wheeling in a pallet from the road, 2 artics waiting with one in tipping. I drove off, but it causes no end of hassle.
The guy at Stoneferry Road Hull got a bit arsey with me on Thursday.
I drove into the gate, and he said, “Wrong gate driver, you should have come through the one off Clay Street.”
No signs to tell you, (And builders merchants like their signs.) and like I’m a frikkin mind reader, and the yard, and it is a big yard, was empty so what’s the problem. (Mind it was 4pm.) So now he proceeds to tell me that he will fork off the pallets in the yard I’m now in, and then the rest is to be craned off in the other yard.
Ah well, all brings pay day.
Ken.
Deepinvet:
And yes I always wear a hard hat with chin strap just incase I fall off and yes it has happend… (not me)…
I understand where your coming from, but it ain’t going to save the rest of your body if you fall from 13 foot.
Mind you, all top seat cranes are banned from 2013 anyway, and remote cranes will be the norm. Personally, I’m a top seat man, because at least you can see everything, and look at some top totty when you deliver to university/city centre sites. 
Ken.
A TP site again,you wait on the road opposite,but the foreman wont allow you to reverse back a few metres to drive in the entrance,so you go around the town again to get in.
tallyman:
Any professional driver knows that the last thing you should do is p*** off the person unloading/signing for deliveries. A driver who goes into a delivery with the wrong attitude deserves all they get, it doesn’t take much to be courteous, or else know how to play them at their own game - if you can’t do that then you’re in the wrong job.
maybe so,but sod all gets said the ignorant ■■■■■ we have to deal with & put with when we’re only trying to do our job.
i delivered a load of cement to a jewsons in malton when i was doing some work for turners 1 day.
i pulled up outside,walked in ^ saw a FLT driver loading there wagon,there was also a wagon getting tipped in the yard.
the FLT driver i spoke politely to muttered & mumbled something about pulling in when he’s gone,so i took it to mean the other artic tipping wood in the middle of the yard.
i waited outside,when he left i reversed in,it was a bit tight,had a couple shunts to get in right in the middle of yard so he could get to all the pallets & also so customers coming in could park up.
i got out,started to pull my curtains back & the same FLT driver shouted over to me,this was AFTER he’d sat & watched me shunting & manouvering around,that he didn’t want me there he wanted me somewhere else!!! 
i went mental,i told him in no uncertain terms what an ignorant ‘C’ he was & why the f**k didn’t he say something earlier instead of sitting on his arse watching me!!! i was ranting & raving at him when of their drivers came over & asked me to calm down,think he thought i was gonna to whack him lol he said he’s always been like this,i said he wants to sort himself or somewhile will ■■■■ him!!! lol
i sat in cab to cool down a bit,while he tipped.never spoke to him again,just got me notes & went
that’s 1 thing being an agency driver at times,i can say f**k you & not drive for that firm again,plenty of other stuff out there
Dont blame you mate,they are on some power trip with truckers,and we get treated like 5 year olds at a nursery school,like you said,why watch you,when he could have said something before hand.
All merchants are too small,they are built for small vehicles.One TP place,you have to park on the pavemnet for a Lidl car park,and half block the road,while waiting for Hitler and his half brother to let you in if you speak nice to them.
toby1234abc:
A TP site again,you wait on the road opposite,but the foreman wont allow you to reverse back a few metres to drive in the entrance,so you go around the town again to get in.
Public Highway - how you drive on it has sweet FA to do with him…
The neighbours dont like those nasty trucks,and report any offenders that dont drive the long way round to get back in,so you pull to walk in with your notes,there are other trucks waiting in the road,so you have to drive past the entrance gate to park up.
At a pet shop warehouse,there is a sign to say you must wear safety boots to walk the 5 metres to hand in the notes to the goods in monkey box,i cant see the danger or peril here,it not like you are tipping the stuff in the warehouse,as you have to sit in the porta cabin or tea room.
Reversing on the public highway is not, and never has been an offence. Reversing unecessarely (can’t spell the bloody word!) can be an offence though.
Better not tell anyone on here what my day job is when I’m not playing with old examples of Sandbach’s finest then! It’s not TP or any of the nationals though so does that make it better?
So how about the story from the other side (but with a bit of driver’s experience thrown in)?
I always try to make sure delivering vehicles are offloaded as soon as possible but if one of our wagons is waiting to be loaded he gets sorted out first, they earn us the money and it’s part of my job to make sure they make the maximum profit. Once he goes past 8 hours its time and a half and a gentle question from management as to why the overtime is so high.
It’s quite interesting how some drivers treat you as just another yard guy, rather than someone who is sympathetic to their cause. I always manage to refrain from shouting back at them “it’s only 15 minutes, I’ve spent four hours at Tesco Chepstow before.”
However turning up at lunchtime when your deliver note says “no deliveries between 12 & 2” then complaining about a forkie trying to offload you and serve customers doesn’t get much sympathy from me.
As regards to serving the customer first it’s logical really . Sadly the driver has no choice but to visit us, whereas the customer can get fed up of waiting and take his money somewhere else (and in Fengate, Peterborough there are about 5 more places!).
I just know that I am going to get a TNUK member turn up on Monday now, tin helmet is ready!
Well,Whats the Problem?
wait 2 hour,and when he’s ready say:“Im on Break now Mate!”
Lovlyperson:
Well,Whats the Problem?
wait 2 hour,and when he’s ready say:“Im on Break now Mate!”
Done it!
ERFMarc:
I always try to make sure delivering vehicles are offloaded as soon as possible but if one of our wagons is waiting to be loaded he gets sorted out first, they earn us the money and it’s part of my job to make sure they make the maximum profit.
And without your suppliers, he can’t earn the money which in turn is paid to you, so it’s a vicious circle really.
Ken.
topboy trucker:
I mainly deliver to builders merchants and i never drive straight in…i always park outside and walk in to see where they want me…never get on the loader/unloader’s wrong side…i always comply with what they want…afterall,all i want to do is get tipped and on my way to the next delivery…theres a couple of merchants that i go to regular and i know i can drive straight into there yard…if your unsure ASK…saves a lot of hassle in the long run.
Builder Centre (Witney) arent popular but I’ve never had problems; they like you to see a yardman before tipping. Despite the fact I know what goes in what bunker I do it their way, tip slowly to stack the sand/ballast so it doesnt drag out across the yard and on many occasions I’ve been allowed to jump a queue waiting to load/unload
When i was taught to be a lorryist i was coached by an old boy who being driving wagons for 50 yrs ish (this was back in the '94 ) who gave me a piece of advise that i’ve kept to ‘’ always be polite to shunters and clerks when you talk to them whatever attitude they have because they can ■■■■ up your day , you can eff and jeff about them in your cab ‘’
he also said ‘’ a proper driver can read signs , check out totty and stir their tea ‘’ he liked to catch you out by pointing out some bit of skirt and then ask what did that sign say
I’m never intentionally rude to a stranger, I always step out the cab at every deliver point with the attitude of politeness and patience - I’m paid by the hour anway. If I’m in a rush I’ll politely explain my situation but if I’m gonna have to wait then I’ll inform the boss of the situation and he’ll sort it if necessary.
But sometimes, I find myself being looked up an down like I’m a piece of turd for no good reason by some cocky little oik in a high vis who I’ve only just met. Then my attitude turns either one of two ways, depending on my mood, level of fatigue, hungry or not, whether or not they can keep me waiting/■■■■ me up etc. I either put on a veil of super niceness to wind them up, making them realise I’m above and not affected by their miserable little attitudes, or I retort with some (hopefully) constructive confrontation, picking them up on their attitudes, and if they want a stranger to do something a specific way then they need to put up a sign etc…
However, my last stint of work was on the continent, and 90% of places of the places I worked in and out of treated drivers nicely - or like human beings at least, significantly more so than in the UK generally. But when I’m at places where they are a bit snotty and I’m unable to speak their language, I’m unable to argue any valid points due to the lack of communication so I have to just take it like a mug if I want to get loaded/unloaded/tank cleaned etc! Any real problems in those situations and I call the office to deal with it.
i had more problems in the last job dropping at kfc and pizza huts etc they would make you wait till 2pm if you get there over the lunchtime rush some would be proper arsey with you shouting at you etc you just say whatever il be back at 2pm with the delivery then 10 mins later you get a knock on the door some spotty kid say my boss says he wants a box of popcorn u say no problem he can have it at 2pm like when im doing the drop kid comes back and says boss says you have to get the box for me i say tell your boss if he wants popcorn he has to take the lot 30 mins and 4 pallets later im done an on my way leaving them with piles fries all over the shop
The Sarge:
Reversing on the public highway is not, and never has been an offence. Reversing unecessarely (can’t spell the bloody word!) can be an offence though.
However a large amount of complaints from neighbours when it comes to O-licence renewal time could see conditions attached to the licence along the lines of no vehicles to enter or leave in reverse gear. Granted it’s not that likely, and the O-licence, I believe, should only apply to authorised vehicles at the site, but if the neighbours are complaining about noise of reversing trucks, or Ethel nearly got run over because she walked behind a reversing vehicle, then it’s only good sense for the merchants to adopt a “drive in” policy. Or they could just be roasters.
