Sorry but what has this got to do with socks 
remy:
Sorry but what has this got to do with socks
I kept them in the fridge so my feet didn’t sweat…
They’ve had to do this cos they employed idiots, and to save face they come up with all this ■■■■■■■■ to fail safe said idiots.
Half of it wouldn’t have been needed if they just put their hands up and pleaded guilty to employing a growing minority of plankton, and set about righting that wrong, instead they double down on the initial mistake which leads to ever expanding management layers for the aforesaid blame pass the parcel, and each one of those managers has to come up with yet more ■■■■■■■■ to justify job.
Much like the present (once again) totally incompetent govt who made a right pigs ear of the present fake flu scam and instead of admitting the mistake instead double down.
And another bus went past.
Trucking sideways:
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maga:
same pointless crap in every working class industry/jobit’s almost as if “they” think we are all idiots [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji38]
That’s the issue, we do have a high proportion of idiots in this industry, so the Management factor that in,.
The hardest thing is trying to prove to Mr X and Y that you aren’t one of them idiots…As I think Robroy regularly says, they work to the lowest common denomination, and that is pretty low in some places. It’s Down to pure laziness, if you get to know your blokes (and ladies and other genders) then you get to figure out who are the switched ones and who are the mongs. Leave the switched on ones to get on with the job and focus on managing the idiots. Easy way to increase morale
This would be called discrimination, all equal and all this…
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robroy:
Does anybody else agree that this job is mostly all about keeping up appearances/seen to be doing the right thing, but with no real substance.A few examples, DCPC,.so now we are all seen to be professionally competent (don’t make me [zb] laugh,… when you see some of em
) but the certificate is a complete joke for all the reasons we all know.
The ridiculous [zb] hours we are expected to work compared to other jobs, …Oh no we don’t, we have WTD and POA, so on paper we work normal hours we do.
Load security, the old strapping down cardboard to within an inch of it’s life chestnut…looks good but totally [zb] unnecessary.
H&S…how long have you got.
All this modern management style ‘Compliance’ dog [zb]
) but if an occasion arises wher it suits ‘them’ it all goes out the window.
Couple of examples…it’s suitably and totally ignored if you work through your break to achieve their instructions (I don’t btw)
Just last night,… parked up at 1845 got a call 30 mins later, which I would normally ignore, but I’m thinking Fri night, got my instructions, so I was curious,.(and tbf the change of plan did save me [zb] ing about this morning, and lt was an easier option) but I was sat about to 2030 waiting for him to call back, we all know they are not meant to contact you on your daily or weekly rest, as they do…through the week I would have just ignored it, and have done in the past.I’m sure there are other types of examples, but you get my point, all keeping up appearance and seen to be doing things correctly on the surface, but basically all pure ■■■■■■■■ with no real substance.
What makes the whole thing worse is the simple fact that we constantly get given rules (“You can’t do that…!”) and strictures which are being laid down by cretins who don’t know the job — couldn’t do the job and, half the time, wouldn’t know one end of the lorry from another!
The bit that annoys me is having to fill in a report about the slightest thing , I bet the useless ■■■■ who sent the load 150 miles a day early & then is running it back 150 miles to then send it 150 miles back on the right day won’t be filling in a report ,
WIth so many beady eyes watching one’s every move these days, the only appearances that seem to matter are whatever it takes to look good on spycam I guess…
Stick to the yards that use hired trucks that don’t have driver-facing cameras in them, but DO have outside facing cameras…
I’m guessinging, somebody wasn’t parked near a suitable place to eat, had counted his socks and just finished his last Ginsters,. So I best vent myself before I get home…
You are correct with your statement…
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Not far wrong mate. 
Chipps t/stop, managed to get a shower but cafe shut (one lad I talked to told me I had a lucky escape on that front.) still had a couple of home made currys in fridge, and dare I say it…a couple of Budweisers.
On the sock front …still doing my Miami vice revival with a pair of Lacoste canvas shoes, so still looking as cool as ever. 
Not reduced to the dozy/Ginsters theme as yet.
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OMG you sat in your Vehicle and drank alcoholic beverages, Let’s just hope our latest do-gooder on here doesn’t read this post and lambaste your good self, but keep up the Miami vice look, I’m doing the flopski look, crocks and shorts, and my worldly goods in a Aldi bag for life…
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Nah you’re well behind the times mate, I was rocking the crocks and shorts look 12 yrs ago while on Belgian plates, and calling everybody Monsieur and shrugging my shoulders…an excellent way of getting out of something I had done wrong.
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I’m a bit behind with fashion, but then isn’t Miami vice look even older, or is that classed as vintage/retro stylee… Bang on trend.
Was this you waiting for shower at Chippingham
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Now invite this guy out for a sit-down spag bol…“It’s a tenner off”, but I doubt the dry cleaning will be… 
Do people still drink Budweiser 
Punchy Dan:
Do people still drink Budweiser
Only as a last resort.
Juddian:
They’ve had to do this cos they employed idiots, and to save face they come up with all this ■■■■■■■■ to fail safe said idiots.Half of it wouldn’t have been needed if they just put their hands up and pleaded guilty to employing a growing minority of plankton, and set about righting that wrong, instead they double down on the initial mistake which leads to ever expanding management layers for the aforesaid blame pass the parcel, and each one of those managers has to come up with yet more ■■■■■■■■ to justify job.
Much like the present (once again) totally incompetent govt who made a right pigs ear of the present fake flu scam and instead of admitting the mistake instead double down.And another bus went past.
I’ve sat both sides of the fence and as you say idiots spoil it. In many industries the rules get bought in because a minority try and cut corners especially on a Friday afternoon to finish early, make mistakes that cost money to sort week after, profit drops as time is spent sorting said mistakes and putting in rules, then they wonder why payraises don’t follow.
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robroy:
…still doing my Miami vice revival with a pair of Lacoste canvas shoes, so still looking as cool as ever.
I have vague memories of a white flannel suit, a heavy night on the beer, a bad takeaway curry, and a desperate need to find find a toilet…
You can guess the rest 
peirre:
robroy:
…still doing my Miami vice revival with a pair of Lacoste canvas shoes, so still looking as cool as ever.I have vague memories of a white flannel suit, a heavy night on the beer, a bad takeaway curry, and a desperate need to find find a toilet…
You can guess the rest
Good night last night then
the maoster:
Box ticking exercises mate, nothing more, nothing less. I very much doubt that it’s peculiar to this industry though and I imagine that similar discussions are going on in plumber.net or brickie.net even now.As a whole we (or rather our superiors) have created layers of middle managers probably to insulate themselves from any fallout from incompetence or mismanagement. Said middle managers are invariably graduates rich in theory and poor in experience. What they are however is smart. Smart enough to realise that they need to be seen to actually be doing something to justify their wages. Thus we get endless ■■■■■■■■ saddled upon us. It wasn’t always so, but I guarantee it will always be so in future.
Auditors need to “find” something to improve every year, if not why employ auditors!
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Punchy Dan:
Do people still drink BudweiserOnly as a last resort.
Heathens! The pair of you. I shall disassociate myself from anything either of you say in future!
the maoster:
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Punchy Dan:
Do people still drink BudweiserOnly as a last resort.
Heathens! The pair of you. I shall disassociate myself from anything either of you say in future!
Seriously I can’t believe folk drink bud when there is such a wide choice of real ales now ,
My all time favourites are amber Fischer from France ,Yorkshire blonde by ossett brewery plus the Belgian white blue moon
Punchy Dan:
Do people still drink Budweiser
Only the '‘COOL’ people Dan, so nothing to concern yourself about.
Punchy Dan:
the maoster:
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Punchy Dan:
Do people still drink BudweiserOnly as a last resort.
Heathens! The pair of you. I shall disassociate myself from anything either of you say in future!
Seriously I can’t believe folk drink bud when there is such a wide choice of real ales now ,
My all time favourites are amber Fischer from France ,Yorkshire blonde by ossett brewery plus the Belgian white blue moon
Do you wear a thick Harris tweed suit and a polo neck when you drink that stuff…while listening to Jethro Tull on the juke box.
Had a couple of pints of this tonight Dan.
You’d love it.
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robroy:
0Had a couple of pints of this tonight Dan.
You’d love it.(Transferred from Stobart thread after being embarrassed by Maoster
Looking better already