mickyblue:
I am going to say next time that i only take £50 a day lol
Why’s that funny I’d be chuffed with that
Seriously mate, have some [zb]ing dignity will you, or GTFO of this business.
Go and be a rent boy or something; you could make £50 in five minutes in some city centre public toilets… if that’s how much you value yourself.
Mr Angry i think he was having a laugh? anyway i value myself to be a £50.99 a day man myself more then what Karl86 values himself at £50.00 i wouldn’t even get out of bed for that
mickyblue:
In my short time in driving i have come across a few drivers and had a good old chin wag with them, but why do they always have to mention how much there getting?
Reason why i have started this topic is because i had come across a driver today who told me he get’s £800 to £900 a week on class 1. I just played a long with him as you do, and got on with the job, but why do they have to mention how much is in the bank at the end of the week
The reason lorry drivers like to mention their (normally exaggerated) wages in conversations like the one you had Micky is because they are social inadequates.
Essentially, how else are you are you going to establish how clever and experienced you are? Especially, while talking to a driver from another firm who is doing a similar job.
Only a moron would tell you commercially sensitive details about their job (company wages being a chuffing big detail).
I recommend that you grit your teeth while you listen to the fantasies of the un~brained and in the unlikely event that he asks you what your wages are, just tap your nose in a conspiratorial manner and say
Our wages ain’t that great probably better than average in our area but our mob get there pound of flesh for it (as they are entitled to do)
Our bonus push it up a bit (assuming you make them) like this month I missed out on my fuel bonus missed it by 0.2% not happy but at the same time if I made it by 0.2% I wouldn’t be moaning !
My wages is between me,Mrs,boss & the tax man !
2 questions i get asked whats job like and whats money like repliy with its there on time every week no messing and i get left alone as for how much best of asking her indoors
it aint how much you earn,it’s how much is left when you’ve paid everything out for the week,i would sooner be on £200 a week with no mortgage than on £700 a week with a £500 mortgage.
stobarttrucker:
it aint how much you earn,it’s how much is left when you’ve paid everything out for the week,i would sooner be on £200 a week with no mortgage than on £700 a week with a £500 mortgage.
£500÷4=£125. 700-125= £575 v £200■■? I’d take the £700!!!
Good post, I get the same, but I just simply tell the truth, “I’m not the best paid nor the worst but it’s what I happily shook hands on”. What gets me is when they start bragging about the take home, I then ask does that include your night out allowance & parking? more often than not things go quiet or the weather becomes interesting, or the guy reversing like a noob becomes the centre of attention.
missed it by 0.2% not happy but at the same time if I made it by 0.2% I wouldn’t be moaning !