What do you do when this happens and has if happened to anyone first hand not a mate of a mate told me. But first hand, what is the procedure?
Do you have to let goods in know before your time runs out?
What if they insist on you moving or they say they’ll get one of their drivers to move it?
Wait for it
Not happened to me, but if I was close I’d let goods in know at least an hour before my time was up. if it isn’t off the bay in that time (tipped or not) then it will stay there for 11 hours. And once I pull my card NOBODY is moving my wagon, because now it’s my bedroom…
Phone the Police and they will come along, tell you to take your time off, draw a chalk line around your trailer and tell the RDC staff that anybody who crosses the chalk line will be arrested.
Oops, hang on a minute, nearly forgot this…
OR… you could phone the police and they will put chalk around your wagon and close down the bays either side of you
OK, they beat me to it
sammy:
What if they insist on you moving
The sign that is hanging from this young girl’s chest says “I am a goods-in clerk who made a driver move when he was out of hours”.
sammy:
What do you do when this happens and has if happened to anyone first hand not a mate of a mate told me. But first hand, what is the procedure?
Do you have to let goods in know before your time runs out?
What if they insist on you moving or they say they’ll get one of their drivers to move it?
Half sensible answer.
There isn’t any kind of set procedure.
This has happened to me once, at Tesco, Doncaster.
I arrived with a “special” with two hours left of a 15 hour shift, Tesco Doncaster is a 45 minute drive from our yard.
I told the goods in person that I only had two hours left and after an hour I reminded him.
I suppose that he had already heard all the stories ever told, paid me no attention and they still hadn’t tipped the load after
two hours, so I pointed out that I couldn’t leave.
He referred me to his supervisor who eventually apologised and had a space made for me to park opposite the goods in office.
I had a cheap meal in the staff canteen, went to sleep and collected my gate pass 11 hours later.
No police, no drama and I am not banned.
It was just a case of [zb] happens.
Regards,
Nick.
Nice to see that my plan (if I ever get stuck in the same situation) would seem to be correct
ncooper:
sammy:
What do you do when this happens and has if happened to anyone first hand not a mate of a mate told me. But first hand, what is the procedure?
Do you have to let goods in know before your time runs out?
What if they insist on you moving or they say they’ll get one of their drivers to move it?Half sensible answer.
There isn’t any kind of set procedure.
This has happened to me once, at Tesco, Doncaster.
I arrived with a “special” with two hours left of a 15 hour shift, Tesco Doncaster is a 45 minute drive from our yard.
I told the goods in person that I only had two hours left and after an hour I reminded him.
I suppose that he had already heard all the stories ever told, paid me no attention and they still hadn’t tipped the load after
two hours, so I pointed out that I couldn’t leave.
He referred me to his supervisor who eventually apologised and had a space made for me to park opposite the goods in office.
I had a cheap meal in the staff canteen, went to sleep and collected my gate pass 11 hours later.
No police, no drama and I am not banned.
It was just a case of sh*t happens.Regards,
Nick.
What - no chalk, no police crime scene tape■■? You’re extracting the urine
I’ve heard all about what happens - goes on all the time it does
what a complete load of tripe , they surely would have put at least ribbon around you and bought a family size bargain bucket ffs . and dont they usually get you a ■■■■■■ for the night ? im sure they do …
Given that you cant even move “off card” these days without being convicted and sent to the colonies (not why I’m in Canada, promise!) I’d let them know in advance and depending on the spot and how much hassle I thought I might get if I did stay put for 9 or 11 I’d either stay where I was or drop the trailer and bobtail out of their place and find somewhere to park nearby before my time ran out. Then when they want the trailer moving once it eventually gets tipped, they can do it themselves with their own trucks or yard shunter, not your problem.
Now I come to think of it, it has happened to me twice.
I arrived at Asda Lutterworth with a 40’ container full of alcopops, “must be there without fail, blah, blah” , last thing
on a Friday, with no hours left.
They tipped the load then, realising that it was the same load they had rejected on the Monday because the date was too short, they re-loaded it and rejected it again.
After a short lecture on why I shouldn’t have arrived with no hours left… gate pass issued there and then, cheap meal in the staff canteen, went to sleep in the waiting area and very kindly woken by the night security man an hour before I said I was going to leave.
Obviously I have learnt nothing in the last 37 years, as I have not yet seen the police, chalk marks or KFC meals inside an RDC, let alone a ■■■■■■
Regards,
Nick.
happened a few times for me when working at stobbies, always the same place tesco middlewhich and always on my last day. normal procedure was for the night man taking over my truck to turn up in the old mercedes van we had. i would then empty my gear out of cab (i was tramping) put in said van drive back up to warrington and pick up car and home. bad planning and me being young a eager, but hey at least that van could shift on the motorway…
ncooper:
Half sensible answer.
There isn’t any kind of set procedure.
This has happened to me once, at Tesco, Doncaster.
I arrived with a “special” with two hours left of a 15 hour shift, Tesco Doncaster is a 45 minute drive from our yard.
I told the goods in person that I only had two hours left and after an hour I reminded him.
I suppose that he had already heard all the stories ever told, paid me no attention and they still hadn’t tipped the load after
two hours, so I pointed out that I couldn’t leave.
He referred me to his supervisor who eventually apologised and had a space made for me to park opposite the goods in office.
I had a cheap meal in the staff canteen, went to sleep and collected my gate pass 11 hours later.
No police, no drama and I am not banned.
It was just a case of sh*t happens.Regards,
Nick.
^^^^^^ Drivers Myth Alert
I t happened to me once a ■■■■■■ arrived with kfc and drew chalk marks all over me then she called the police who ate the kfc and parked next to me while me and the ■■■■■■ sucked the bones the dc staff then cordoned off the bay 3 doors down and got another 2 hookers to eat some more kfc provided by the police again this wnet on for several hours and then i relaised i had 6 hours shift time left so just drove off.
robinhood_1984:
Given that you cant even move “off card” these days without being convicted and sent to the colonies (not why I’m in Canada, promise!) I’d let them know in advance and depending on the spot and how much hassle I thought I might get if I did stay put for 9 or 11 I’d either stay where I was or drop the trailer and bobtail out of their place and find somewhere to park nearby before my time ran out. Then when they want the trailer moving once it eventually gets tipped, they can do it themselves with their own trucks or yard shunter, not your problem.
Havent you heard about magnets then
jammymutt:
I t happened to me once a ■■■■■■ arrived with kfc and drew chalk marks all over me then she called the police who ate the kfc and parked next to me while me and the ■■■■■■ sucked the bones the dc staff then cordoned off the bay 3 doors down and got another 2 hookers to eat some more kfc provided by the police again this wnet on for several hours and then i relaised i had 6 hours shift time left so just drove off.
It’s important to note that there is a big difference between a portion of KFC and a woman because with a portion of KFC, once you’ve finished with the breast and the leg, all that’s left is a greasy box to stick your bone in, whereas with a woman…
…errr
I may not quite be remembering this joke properly, I’ll be back when I’ve had a think about it
Harry Monk:
jammymutt:
I t happened to me once a ■■■■■■ arrived with kfc and drew chalk marks all over me then she called the police who ate the kfc and parked next to me while me and the ■■■■■■ sucked the bones the dc staff then cordoned off the bay 3 doors down and got another 2 hookers to eat some more kfc provided by the police again this wnet on for several hours and then i relaised i had 6 hours shift time left so just drove off.It’s important to note that there is a big difference between a portion of KFC and a woman because with a portion of KFC, once you’ve finished with the breast and the leg, all that’s left is a greasy box to stick your bone in, whereas with a woman…
…errr
I may not quite be remembering this joke properly, I’ll be back when I’ve had a think about it
its old age harry and the thing that worries me is that i know what you meen …