my point is, are you sure its the driving not the relocation etc? different way of life/pace/way of doing things?
i struggled for 2 years when i mved from newcastle to nottigham for various reasons, after 2 years it all seemed to click into place and has turned both home and work life around.
bazstan009:
Sidevalve:
bazstan009:
Oh yea just a thought, I get well fed up this time of year November - December, the deminishing daylight and the cold. Would be happy to hibernate till spring. Few years back taught myself to avoid important decisions in November and December.have you considered that you may be suffering from this?
Yea mate but I just take it out on other people till spring comes around.
I’m lucky; our busy period is winter so it passes quickly. Know what you mean though, no fun is it?
I know how the OP feels. I left my job a few weeks ago. I felt frustrated that because drivers are at the end of the delivery line we pay the price for everyone else’s incompetence. If my truck wasn’t ready in the mornings I would be late for deliveries, not my fault but I’d get the rollocking off the customer, if the route planner fupped up the run I’d get more grief from customers, again not my fault. I got so angry that I couldn’t do anything about these things because supposedly more qualified people were there to sort them out.
I’ll still do a spot of driving now and again but will try not to be at the mercy of idiots whose mistakes can ruin my day but don’t seem to affect their own days.
i just explain politely at first why i am late if they are still being ignorant tell them exactly that, maybe that is why i have always (other than when an OD) preferred agency (can move from one firm toanother if they are crap).
Go for a log old walk in the country and have an honest truthful hard chat with you and yourself. Maybe your irritation and frustration is really your inward discontent outside of work projecting itself, especially as you say you used to enjoy your work.
Come work for the company I’m doing agency work for, you drive a Tonka toy, the work is a doddle and you get to go all over the country. Plus you are pretty much left to your own devices, need an extra day to get the drops done? Sure! No problem!
mutley:
A week off usually puts me right again when I get ■■■■■■ off, have a look around for something else and makes me realise my job is one of the better ones about for my circumstances
+1 ,off for 2 weeks,it’s taken me a few days too settle down but feeling a lot more relaxed,slept for 8 hrs last night 
dieseldog999:
your working for the wrong company whoever they may be.if you like driving,then work for a company that does the work you like…if its by the book/jobsworth stuff,then agency and Tosco for you…if its not,work for a cowboy outfit flatout on trip money,or just some other aspect of driving. take a load to spain and back if you’ve never been abroad,and open up a different aspect whilst kakking yourself as you go.( remember you can get approx. 40 cases of wine in each bunk on the way back,so you get an extra weeks wages there).drive a bin lorry/great fun to be had with that,or try some low loader plant work etc. if you like the driving but hate the job,keep driving in the proper job.( you don’t get the same buzz murdering hitch hikers,squashing lycra clad cyclists,and strangling prozzies when your driving a minicab on the dole)…
Set this in stone then post it on the new driver forum.
Ian58:
I had a heart attack three years ago and was out of driving trucks for eight months (more down to the DVLA than my health but that’s another story).It gave me a whole new take on the job I was doing. Now I look on the positive sides of the job and I truly do not care where I’m sent or what I do.
Sent on an extra run - great more money.
Sent to a difficult drop - no problem, it’s a challenge and a test of my skills.
London - bring it on.
M1 closed - OK, nothing I can do about it, rubbish happens. A chance to listen to something good on the radio.
Another night out! - I’ll find a good place to park up and go for a walk or just watch the world go past my window.
Difficult security guards - no problem. They hate their job but I love mine.4am driving over Woodhead in the summer. Just me and my truck. Best job I’ve ever had.
Great post ian, I’ve known a few lads who have sailed too close to the grim reaper and it completely changed there outlooks on life,they didn’t take anything too seriously anymore and realised that there problems weren’t that big after all.
Im the same so I know where ur comin from I deliver plant on low loader for a hire firm. Phone ringing all the time, problems collecting machines and changing my work around e.t.c really stressfull ■■■■■ job so iv recently gone for an interview with Blakemores delivering nationwide for better money and today I got the job so here goes…
Ian58:
I had a heart attack three years ago and was out of driving trucks for eight months (more down to the DVLA than my health but that’s another story).It gave me a whole new take on the job I was doing. Now I look on the positive sides of the job and I truly do not care where I’m sent or what I do.
Sent on an extra run - great more money.
Sent to a difficult drop - no problem, it’s a challenge and a test of my skills.
London - bring it on.
M1 closed - OK, nothing I can do about it, rubbish happens. A chance to listen to something good on the radio.
Another night out! - I’ll find a good place to park up and go for a walk or just watch the world go past my window.
Difficult security guards - no problem. They hate their job but I love mine.4am driving over Woodhead in the summer. Just me and my truck. Best job I’ve ever had.
I like this post… [THUMBS UP SIGN] Sometimes I find when things are getting on top of me, I just take a breath and think, it’s actually not that bad at all, but then that’s just me. I work for myself and usually only do 1 or 2 long distance jobs per day. I also have the luxury of sometimes refusing a load I don’t like the sound of. If I had an ■■■■■■■■ boss and I was multi dropping most days I don’t think I would feel the same.
corij:
they say that you should do something different ,a total change of direction ,at least once in your life, to get peace of mind. it happened to me , i did, and am glad i did too
I did that 15 years ago and hated it so came back to driving
