an agency driver turned up at work today wearing shorts and a newcastle football top,the tm took one look and asked if he had just come from a match if not [zb] off back home and come back dressed ready for work lol
strongbowpeter:
an agency driver turned up at work today wearing shorts and a newcastle football top,the tm took one look and asked if he had just come from a match if not [zb] off back home and come back dressed ready for work lol
But did he have hi-viz, safety boots, hard hat, gloves and safety specs in his bag… 
I would dress for work at work, wear what I like on the way there…
Our mob sent one home last week for having some personal hygiene issues.
I am utterly amazed at the state of some drivers when they turn up for work at a client, some have these shell suit like bottoms on, scabby hoodies, unshaven, probably unwashed, and not just the East Europeans, I turn up for work in a smart black polo shirt with hi-viz, proper boots, always clean shaven, cannot believe that the customers are happy with this attitude, the worst thing is, that it gives us all a bad reputation, and when people ask what I do and I tell them, I sort of get the look of disgust sometimes as if they are thinking of the above, going to start telling them I’m an MP.
Sapper
sapper:
, going to start telling them I’m an MP.Sapper
Tell 'em that & they will spit on you, MP’s are lower than ameoba’s with all their Fiddling/Stealing & Speeding Ticket Fraud !
We had an agency driver turn up drunk one morning and he’d drove nearly an hour to get to our place. He was breathalyzed which was a dismal failure so he was told to sit in the canteen all day till he sobered up then he was left to go home obviously without pay.
We call a driver “the Stinks Effect”…
I don’t see the need off it doesn’t give a customer much confidence when you turn up scruffy smelly with a unit that’s beat to ■■■■ I don’t exactly wear a shirt and tie but what I wear is smart and clean and there’s always a can off lynx in my bag I’d be ■■■■■■ of if I ordered something from Argos for instance and some smelly scruffy dirty sod walked through my house.
In all my years working in the industry I regarded it as a matter of pride to ensure that myself and my vehicle were always clean and smart-looking. As with most small transport companies, the lorry and it’s driver were the only advertisement that the firm had. Since my retirement I now allow myself the luxury of shaving only on alternate days!