I dont limp but I drive agency sometimes.I was sent to a firm where I had been before I told the gaffer that they have 2 sites in town so which one?He didnt know and it was agreed that I would go to the main address and get instructions there The client was not happy they had made it clear where and when they wanted their stuff.This was the fault of the agency office bod but they tried to blame the driver as usual.
You know limpers they don’t mind telling you they’ve always got ‘other irons in the fire’…probably the fire in Wetherspoons.
Own Account Driver:
You know limpers they don’t mind telling you they’ve always got ‘other irons in the fire’…probably the fire in Wetherspoons.
Or an afternoon in with Kyle 
eagerbeaver:
[Zb] on a stick! What’s going on with the world? WTF are all these namby pamby excuses?This is how the deal goes down; Nobody forces you to approach an agency and ASK them for work.
The agency tells you the who the client is, gives you the postcode/address and tells you the amount of pay and your start time.
You then say " oui " or " non ". ( Thought I would go all European on you all). Assuming you agree to do the shift, you do the following.
- Reach down and check they are in place. If not, [zb]ing grow a pair.
- Have some intelligence and check on Google where you are going.
- Decide to utilise some basic manners, and carry out the task that is expected of you.
All that happens when limpers don’t turn up, is that apart from the company and/or their customer being inconvenienced and potentially out of pocket, they simply reinforce the accurate viewpoint of agency workers in the whole, being crap.
This is very true, but when said agency rings, who’s then doing the asking.
Naturally you have the choice to accept or decline.
Re; wrong addresses and the like, i need everything in writing or i dont move. Same as regard to, pay, hours, cancellation etc etc etc.
Own Account Driver:
You know limpers they don’t mind telling you they’ve always got ‘other irons in the fire’…probably the fire in Wetherspoons.
I’ll settle for an evening sat besides the fire at said Wetherspoons drinking a few beers
xichrisxi:
Benjie83:
Amazes me the hate for agency staff…I’ve had the misfortune to be agency…(non hgv)…yet I were in 30mins before full timer’s, normally an hour after and had their work done in 3hrs compared to their 9, 8 of which includes the obligatory ’ I’m union so booo hooooo winge whine moan speech, whilst stood next to tea machine frapping over the ‘boss they hate’ while frapping off too their facebook friendship with said ■■■■■■ of a boss…
It does of course work BOTH ways in this type of situation, where the agency limpet is about as much use as a bullet ridden Jonny and needs directions given to help him differentiate between his arse an elbow, but generally most I’ve worked with have been 99% of time more capable than the pie muncher they are filling in for…
It can work both ways, in the example from the op, my experience is that normally management at both ends couldn’t link a daisy chain together and I BET in this case he were given the info by two separate specials trying in vain to even find the daisy’s let alone make a chain.
Anyway Sincereapologies for my outburst, I shall try navigate back t’ nooob pit using me map bought from a Tesco ooop north, hence I’m in here, posting coz I’m lost…
Its tut maps fault…if I had reeeeeet map I’d be back ooop reeeeet section coz rections was proper when read from a saaaaarrrrfffff printed map Gov…
If you could do the job in half the time why did you need to be there 1.5hrs longer than everyone else everyday?
What’s that I smell…limp along there is nothing to see here!
Here he is my nemeses the web womble…let me guess they run out of goats to feed you trrolls today? 
local authority contract, have x to spend a year on agency staffing or they loose the funding for next year…amazingly this is fact, and apologies if outside of your knowledge base…which im surprised about being as its so extensive as usual…
So again i will confirm this is true of Government spending to those who do know.
Oh and regarding your ‘you smell’ comment…please except this YAAAAAAAAWWWWWWNNNNNNN.
I think we are going to be friends ultimately xichrisxi… Least I do hope so 
XxxX
mike68:
The problem is lots of the larger operators have procedures in place regarding health and safety and supporting people with medical issues, we have a name for them “sick lame and lazy” they moan and groan and those who have genuine issues and who deserve support look like layabouts
Every big company in every depot has these folk. We’ve only got 3. They are called the blue badge brigade at my depot.
If none of the cream runs are available then they get to sit in the canteen. I’d rather if there was no cream runs at least get them to drive a able bodied guy to the delivery let him do it save him driving for the day instead of paying someone to sit in a canteen.
Benjie83:
xichrisxi:
Benjie83:
Amazes me the hate for agency staff…I’ve had the misfortune to be agency…(non hgv)…yet I were in 30mins before full timer’s, normally an hour after and had their work done in 3hrs compared to their 9, 8 of which includes the obligatory ’ I’m union so booo hooooo winge whine moan speech, whilst stood next to tea machine frapping over the ‘boss they hate’ while frapping off too their facebook friendship with said ■■■■■■ of a boss…
It does of course work BOTH ways in this type of situation, where the agency limpet is about as much use as a bullet ridden Jonny and needs directions given to help him differentiate between his arse an elbow, but generally most I’ve worked with have been 99% of time more capable than the pie muncher they are filling in for…
It can work both ways, in the example from the op, my experience is that normally management at both ends couldn’t link a daisy chain together and I BET in this case he were given the info by two separate specials trying in vain to even find the daisy’s let alone make a chain.
Anyway Sincereapologies for my outburst, I shall try navigate back t’ nooob pit using me map bought from a Tesco ooop north, hence I’m in here, posting coz I’m lost…
Its tut maps fault…if I had reeeeeet map I’d be back ooop reeeeet section coz rections was proper when read from a saaaaarrrrfffff printed map Gov…
If you could do the job in half the time why did you need to be there 1.5hrs longer than everyone else everyday?
What’s that I smell…limp along there is nothing to see here!Here he is my nemeses the web womble…let me guess they run out of goats to feed you trrolls today?
local authority contract, have x to spend a year on agency staffing or they loose the funding for next year…amazingly this is fact, and apologies if outside of your knowledge base…which im surprised about being as its so extensive as usual…
So again i will confirm this is true of Government spending to those who do know.Oh and regarding your ‘you smell’ comment…please except this YAAAAAAAAWWWWWWNNNNNNN.
I think we are going to be friends ultimately xichrisxi… Least I do hope so
I’ll be your best friend if you promise never to send me kisses again 
Well folks the icing on the cake is that he couldn’t reverse into our place (it’s tighter than a boss’s wallet) so had to get another Driver to do it.
Let’s see if he shows up tomorrow. …
eagerbeaver:
[Zb] on a stick! What’s going on with the world? WTF are all these namby pamby excuses?This is how the deal goes down; Nobody forces you to approach an agency and ASK them for work.
What if you have a mortgage to pay, and need the money to pay it? Or if you’re on JSA? What about when the rent man calls?
The agency tells you the who the client is, gives you the postcode/address and tells you the amount of pay and your start time.
You then say " oui " or " non ". ( Thought I would go all European on you all). Assuming you agree to do the shift, you do the following.
- Reach down and check they are in place. If not, [zb]ing grow a pair.
- Have some intelligence and check on Google where you are going.
- Decide to utilise some basic manners, and carry out the task that is expected of you.
All that happens when limpers don’t turn up, is that apart from the company and/or their customer being inconvenienced and potentially out of pocket, they simply reinforce the accurate viewpoint of agency workers in the whole, being crap.
The problem is that most agency drivers have no real stake in the whole thing, and agencies are typically scraping the bottom of the barrel for the cheapest drivers possible.
I must admit I’ve driven into places in the past and thought “oh God”, when you see the junkyard premises, the clapped-out old wagons, trailers with raggedy curtains, and so on. You know you’re finally in for it when you get inside and, after the planner spends 5 minutes pretending you aren’t there, you’re dealt with through a 1970s-style serving hatch, a desk higher than the back garden fence, or glass thicker than the post office - clearly then there is trustlessness, and the tensions are so unpleasant as to risk open violence.
If you have a mortgage to pay, or the rent man calls, best practice is to ■■■■ well turn up at the shift you agreed to, and earn a few quid.
eagerbeaver:
If you have a mortgage to pay, or the rent man calls, best practice is to ■■■■ well turn up at the shift you agreed to, and earn a few quid.
is the voice of common sense from someone who doesn’t think the world owes him a free living…
You give your attitude to Agency Drivers away by referring to them in derogatory terms as “Lazy Limpers”, I have no doubt you treat them with contempt when they are there in front of you as well, I have been there and met people like you, I never went back after the first time and ALWAYS made sure other drivers were aware of people like you, and I did limp due to osteo athiritis in my knee, had you called me that to my face I would have took your truck and left it as far away as possible.
Doubt it. Your limp would have slowed you down.
Do you cycle as well mate? Honked loves cyclist’s too…
eagerbeaver:
If you have a mortgage to pay, or the rent man calls, best practice is to ■■■■ well turn up at the shift you agreed to, and earn a few quid.
Agreed, but maybe when he got to the gate the horror struck him and he finally decided he’d rather sleep on the street than work for your gaff!
Blunder Man:
You give your attitude to Agency Drivers away by referring to them in derogatory terms as “Lazy Limpers”, I have no doubt you treat them with contempt when they are there in front of you as well, I have been there and met people like you, I never went back after the first time and ALWAYS made sure other drivers were aware of people like you, and I did limp due to osteo athiritis in my knee, had you called me that to my face I would have took your truck and left it as far away as possible.
Listen here my dear fellow, I call one of my fellow brethren an ■■■ licking waste of skin, but we still wave if we pass each other on the tarmac. I refer to this Lazy Limper as such because he was too lazy to make sure he turned up to the right place at the right time to do a days work.
We don’t hassle the drivers, the tackle is good (oldest is 4 years old - mine) the work is easy and local. We are not blue chip and prefer the age old method of getting the job done and doing it right (mostly). We have a very low turnover of drivers, and the ones we do have all come with a sense of humour and even a splash of old school camaraderie. We take the pish and we help each other.
We have had a few good limpers (even took one of the blighters on full time) and we have had many bad ones too. In my vast experience of the bad ones, they are lazy. They want to do as little as possible for maximum hours they can book. They have poor driver and driving skills and never seem to want to improve themselves.
You won’t need to point me out, you will know I am there. I smile a lot and actually enjoy my chosen profession and yes I will laugh at your faults and also buy you (well maybe not you personally) a brew!
And if one of these limpers turns up wearing lycra then he may just have bought a ticket to hell. I hate cyclists more than bus drivers, and bus drivers should have one foot nailed to the floor.
Anything I have missed, just let me know.
Reality is the haulage industry is run by cheap ■■■■■■■ who expect 70 hour weeks for peanuts, worst mistake I ever made getting into this game.
I was a limper for the whole of January when I subbed via agency for a well known supermarket and smashed my ankles in due to dodgy unloading conditions, funnily enough the full timers at this firm refuse to do the supermarket subbie work for some reason!!! When I got back to depot and told them I had had an accident they asked “which reg?” I am still waiting for them to address the personal accident 
As for what this poster says I went to a company a few days ago for an induction which involved 3 signatures to cover their arses and then no actual instruction (for what was a very hazardous job) yet the moment anything goes wrong you can guarantee you will hear “agency”…
I was sent a text with the full details for a job on the weekend reg trailer no. contacts, and location, only for my unit to be in another yard, the reg no. wrong and the location for delivery wrong, but hey that’s the limpers fault how■■?
I have worked agency for 15 years now and in all that time there is only one person that I would have taken a full time job from, the majority of the people that we work for are ok but the industry is full of back stabbing, money grabbing liars. And most of the drivers full time and agency act like pubescent ■■■■■■■. So I would prefer my berth in Wetherspoons rather than the majority of ■■■■■■ work and attitudes I have to put up with on a daily basis. It was lovely the other day at the end of a shift to hear “thank you for your help today” a rarity but the small things are the ones you remember…
xichrisxi:
Benjie83:
xichrisxi:
Benjie83:
Amazes me the hate for agency staff…I’ve had the misfortune to be agency…(non hgv)…yet I were in 30mins before full timer’s, normally an hour after and had their work done in 3hrs compared to their 9, 8 of which includes the obligatory ’ I’m union so booo hooooo winge whine moan speech, whilst stood next to tea machine frapping over the ‘boss they hate’ while frapping off too their facebook friendship with said ■■■■■■ of a boss…
It does of course work BOTH ways in this type of situation, where the agency limpet is about as much use as a bullet ridden Jonny and needs directions given to help him differentiate between his arse an elbow, but generally most I’ve worked with have been 99% of time more capable than the pie muncher they are filling in for…
It can work both ways, in the example from the op, my experience is that normally management at both ends couldn’t link a daisy chain together and I BET in this case he were given the info by two separate specials trying in vain to even find the daisy’s let alone make a chain.
Anyway Sincereapologies for my outburst, I shall try navigate back t’ nooob pit using me map bought from a Tesco ooop north, hence I’m in here, posting coz I’m lost…
Its tut maps fault…if I had reeeeeet map I’d be back ooop reeeeet section coz rections was proper when read from a saaaaarrrrfffff printed map Gov…
If you could do the job in half the time why did you need to be there 1.5hrs longer than everyone else everyday?
What’s that I smell…limp along there is nothing to see here!Here he is my nemeses the web womble…let me guess they run out of goats to feed you trrolls today?
local authority contract, have x to spend a year on agency staffing or they loose the funding for next year…amazingly this is fact, and apologies if outside of your knowledge base…which im surprised about being as its so extensive as usual…
So again i will confirm this is true of Government spending to those who do know.Oh and regarding your ‘you smell’ comment…please except this YAAAAAAAAWWWWWWNNNNNNN.
I think we are going to be friends ultimately xichrisxi… Least I do hope so
I’ll be your best friend if you promise never to send me kisses again
Count yaself lucky with the kisses…
I had to buy a cushion coz albion…the non digit one)…has promised me a job, so I’m ■■■■■■■ it furiously in hope of that elusive job with her, if you keep flirting with me I be sending you more than kisses…it be a rather ropey cushion full of love and kisses 
Honestly Chris there is no dislike here towards you, I live for banter
Soooooo…
Ok driver, your first job is booked for 8am (1 hour away) so come in around 6.30am.
I get a call at just after 8, driver has just turned up.
Tell me that I’m in a time warp?
Honked.
You are in a time warp.