Kerbdog:
12 - If they say “It’s gonna be a couple of hours mate cos I’ve got a move 1 pallet before I can do you” (despite the fact you have arrived bang on your booking time for which ‘their’ company specified they would like you to arrive at so they are ready for you) then you should just say “No probs, I’m paid by the hour and on overtime rate now so wake me up when you’re ready”, this has a magical effect that see’s them somehow find the time to unload you quickly.
Done it many a time, and the look on their faces is priceless.
It must just be me but I get unloaded when I get unloaded, fast or slow its just part of the job and not worth stressing about.
I turn up on time or as close to it as road conditions have allowed and I book in with a good morning or good afternoon as appropriate. Sometimes the staff are grumpy but I have no way of knowing why, maybe the last two drivers have been complete arses with them?
Either way, no point me adding to their troubles so I do what needs doing, rear doors, pull curtains or whatever then I patiently wait where their safe system of work dictates. Get the flask out if I can, catch up on other stuff on the iPad and just wait to be called.
It took me many years in another occupation to realise that getting stressed because of other people’s moods or traits only drags one person down. You! So relax, let others stress about things and live longer into the bargain.
merc0447:
Just put it on break 5 minutes into your break when you’re starting to getsettled and eating your sandwiches the pricks shout you, guaranteed soon as you change mode… its like they can hear it.
That wee fanny at edwards aberdeen loves tormenting drivers, someone is going to kick his head in one day.
lol yes or better still let them know you are sticking it on a 15 minute break whilst you wait. Guaranteed they will call you to a bay within 12 minutes.
jacko22:
Many years ago had to tip in Milan a full load of leather jackets. The factory was the usual type in Italy with huge electric gates to gain entry for security. After leaving the customs at 2.30pm & being guaranteed a tip for 3.30 they told me tomorrow morning on arrival, so pulled outside the gates & dropped the tilt. Before pulling away they came running out explaining how dangerous the area is & cannot leave leather jackets unattended they would all go missing by morning. Tough was my response before bouncing off solo! Stopped around the corner & walked back to watch them from a distance unload the whole trailer from the street into their warehouse! Once finished i drove back round-hooked up & buggered off!
Hope they signed the cmr
That was the only thing that held me up that day! The boss was having none of it-refused to sign it whilst throwing his arms all over the place & said he would be ringing Zust Ambrossetti to complain so got a forklift driver to sign it eventually (amazing what a pack of Marlboro can do!). I think i may still have a couple of them jackets in the loft!
i was on tipping duty at brown brothers chemicals and the driver put his trailer on the bay and went walkies cos it ususally took 2hours to flt a 20ft box all pallets — 2 hours for 8 lifts - takes the [zb]. i goes in and 25minutes later i’ve finished and had to sit around with the rest of the drivers wondering where the [zb] he’d gone - there really isn’t much in the backend of widnes. all others had 40ft boxes and i like to give the anoying drivers a really rough ride so i’ll scream the forks into the box and lock up pick up the pallet and rattle out - 16 pallets later and one very sick driver later i’d finished - i do apologise sometimes but hell if you’re gunna give me grief then i’ll make you puke for it…
I have allways done it, normally 10 chaps acting hard when i turn up and i turn invisible, when i speak to them i give a rock and roll shout and ask where the nearest ■■■■■■■■■■ is, so i can go there for a hour.
Said it a few weeks back,they allways change the attitude when you make you are not bothered.
Get there at 11.40 this morning, wonder why someones undoing the buckles on one curtain while your doing the other and then the forklifts are racing around chucking your load anywhere as long as its off your trailer, at 11.55 watch the woman get a big cardbox out the boot of her car and then be told " its fish and chip Thursday , we want you gone so the chips dont go cold"
Went to a place last week which i knew would take ages to load at, when i spoke to the dispatch guy I asked him if he could take his time loadin and if someone comes in after me to load them first, he was really taken back and asked why i wanted to take so long.
I said that the guy who was supposed to be here called in sick and the boss had rung me on my holiday, and i had negotiated a rate of £25 an hour for the day so wanted to make as much as i could.
Never seen a truck get loaded so quick, two forkies were put on it and i was loaded in less then ten mins.
I always find the I couldn’t give a crap routine best. Say no worries I’m off for a power nap or the cafe Even in waiting rooms just sit there reading a book or whatever. No pacing round or moaning.
im paid by the hour so i genuinely dont mind how long it takes to collect a backload. i can do up to 15 hours although there have been times when i know i have to be leaving at a certain time to make it back and it has got a little close for comfort
This is a genuine story as its been confirmed to me by a couple of drivers on the firm who have no reason to lie and said word for word the same thing.
A mate of mine was sent to reload somewhere around manchester on a friday evening, as hewas expecting to be home that night he was abit ■■■■■■ off , so he turned up and the guy said “its gonna be a few hours before we can start loading”, he said “thats to long and if you dont start within the next ten minutes im dumping the trailer”, the guy then said, “ive heard it all before from you drivers, your all full of ■■■■”, my mate then said, “you’ve got 5mins now”, so he went in after about 5-10mins and they said there not going to start loading yet, so he pulled the trailer across the staff car park blocking it, disconneted his lines pulled the pin dropping the trailer on its nose then bounced all the way back to cambridge… Suffice to say he didnt have a job when he got back lol.
