They tend to be complete jobsworths as well, i was working at a place been there for over a year on off with an agency.
Appear one night Sunday night to do the Warrington trunk, no one in the place apart from security guard, who is African.
Me: hi hows it going
Security Guard: i require some photographic identification before i can let you in
Me: i don’t have any, ive been working here for over a year, i take it your new
Security Guard: if you don’t have any photographic identification i can’t let you in
Me: look ive been ask to do this trunk tonight they have no other drivers, the motor is BX56 blah blah blah, and the trailer number is 021, the boss John asked me to come in called me last minute, i’m doing the Warrington trunk.
Security Guard: yes however without any photographic identification you can’t come in, have you got a bank card or credit card i can see
Me: yes i do but its not photographic and even if it was i wouldnt be giving it to you
Security Guard: unfortunatly i can’t let you in
Me: fair enough i get paid 8 hours since i am here anyways, so i’ll just go to the pub now or go do a shift for another company, guess this will be your last day here since john will go mental since he called me up last minute desperate for me to cover this shift since the other driver is ill, it was meant to leave at 6pm, he won’t be happy when he finds the truck still sitting in the yard and the guy from Bristol has had a wasted trip to Warrington.
Security guard: oh maybe i can call john up, check you are who you say you are.
Me: yeah you do that but i’m leaving in the next 5mins
Security guard looks desperatly for a number to call, eventually gets John.
John basically tells security guard who i am, and to let me in. Security guard tells John the transport manager he still doesent think he should let me in because i have no ID, John basically tells security guard if he has to call a taxi leave the pub come down here to verify who i am he really isn’t going to be happy and guareentee’s him he will never be working with this company ever again. Security guard still not sure, John tells him to put me on the phone so he can verify its me.
John basically tells me, the security guard must be retarded or something, basically if he starts anymore crap just go get the truck and drive it through the bloody barrier if he refuses to open it. He will be calling up the security guard company and making sure this guy never works for us again.
After that security guard reluntantly lets me in, to add insult to injury he clocks me in at 8.15pm in the book, which i score out change to 8pm when i arrive, we start to argue with him saying no you are starting work at 8.15pm you have only just entered the premises, i leave it think deal with it later and go do my trunk.
The security guard should be on a 12 hour shift 6pm till 6am when i get back from Warrington about 5am security guard is gone has been replaced with someone with common sense, and i change my clock in time back to 8pm !
