dozy:
Other drivers,they always seem more interested in what you’ve done[hours,jobs!how much you’ve earn last week) than talking about important things like football,women ,social life etc
Well of course I’m more interested in what you’ve done and how much you earn.
I’m not remotely interested in football and women, and I have no social life.
So what else am I supposed to talk about ■■
cab rats that park up and close their curtains so they don’t have to socialise …
Drivers with a diesel allergy. Or is there another reason they won’t go anywhere near the diesel pumps?
another one is when you get a delivery address,i was given the name of a company once and it said petersfield,that was it,i had to phone directory enquiries to get the customers phone number and call them,the woman on the end of the line laughed when i explained what address i was given and that she and i both know petersfield is quite a big place
rob22888:
The fact our industry puts up with the thousands of hours trucks & their drivers spend sat idle in RDC’s every week.
+1
I hate being called ‘Drive(r)’. I always have. I know its better than some things they could say but its bugged me for years
Lonewolf Yorks:
rob22888:
The fact our industry puts up with the thousands of hours trucks & their drivers spend sat idle in RDC’s every week.+1
I hate being called ‘Drive(r)’. I always have. I know its better than some things they could say but its bugged me for years
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It could be solved by a name plate- but that causes other issues! Lol 
truckman20:
another one is when you get a delivery address,i was given the name of a company once and it said petersfield,that was it,i had to phone directory enquiries to get the customers phone number and call them,the woman on the end of the line laughed when i explained what address i was given and that she and i both know petersfield is quite a big place
Should have done what my mate did when we were M/cycle couriers.
He had a parcel simply marked ‘London’.
So he rode to Soho, stopped & asked the nearest person
“Excuse me Mate ? Is this London ?”
“Yes” was the reply.
"Where do you want this parcel then ? "
Just one of the pieces of B/S that we have to put up with every day ! Lol.
When you park up for the evening (having dropped your trailer off), and another wagon decides he can fit, only to smash into your rear lights. I’d left as very much space as I could. Even more annoyingly, his fridge is running at full blast, and I don’t even have a trailers length to dumb down some of the noise.
Amazingly, I can’t sort out the rear lights, or the noise of the fridge due to the guy not knowing a word of English. Nice. Brilliant.
4aaaa4dd:
cab rats that park up and close their curtains so they don’t have to socialise …
I close my curtains straight away because the only bloke that wants to socialise with me is the bloke that talks total bs all night 
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Just can’t be doing with the drivers that think I want to hear about their bad day and what they have done and how they told the planner to get f***** and want to tell you their life story
yorkshire terrier:
4aaaa4dd:
cab rats that park up and close their curtains so they don’t have to socialise …
I close my curtains straight away because the only bloke that wants to socialise with me is the bloke that talks total bs all night .
Just can’t be doing with the drivers that think I want to hear about their bad day and what they have done and how they told the planner to get f***** and want to tell you their life
philberg182:
yorkshire terrier:
4aaaa4dd:
cab rats that park up and close their curtains so they don’t have to socialise …I close my curtains straight away because the only bloke that wants to socialise with me is the bloke that talks total bs all night
Just can’t be doing with the drivers that think I want to hear about their bad day and what they have done and how they told the planner to get f***** and want to tell you their life
- 1 I couldn’t agree with you more. I doesn’t matter if your reading a book or pretending to be on the phone they will hang around your door until you acknowledge them
Nice one thought it was just me who attracted all the cranks .
I love hearing BS from other drivers, it makes my night go quicker and gives me something to laugh about. On the other hand your making a person feel all hard and good 
The type of pompous arse that you encounter every day, mostly in UK, while carrying out all aspects of your job, from managers to flt drivers, that as a matter of course, consider you to be about 10 stages below them in the social scale… just because your job is driving a truck. 
never been able to figure that one out.
robroy:
The type of pompous arse that you encounter every day, mostly in UK, while carrying out all aspects of your job, from managers to flt drivers, that as a matter of course, consider you to be about 10 stages below them in the social scale… just because your job is driving a truck.
It’ll be something to do with their parents I spect.
I have to admit I have no tolerance for pompous arsewipes, if I’ve had a bad one I always smile and ask nice and quietly “Are you this important at home?” Never had one know what to say and it makes me feel all warm inside 
The fact that when it all goes ■■■■ up and you hit a bridge,are caught speeding etc. the courts regard you as a “professional driver”. When you cant do a drop for whatever reason your TM will ask you “why not you are a professional”? When it comes to wages however… 
One thing that annoys me is other drivers that dont do proper daily checks or defect faults,its very annoying when you pick up a trailer or do a changeover and find defects that a previous driver should have noticed and told the company,very annoying when its a safety related defect such as air leaks,faulty lights bad tyre etc that you then have to get sorted straight away when you are already pushed for time or heading for a ferry!
Another pet hate is the general moaning and negativity you sometimes get from drivers in this industry,we all have a moan from time to time but some drivers complain and moan constantly!
CALUM:
One thing that annoys me is other drivers that dont do proper daily checks or defect faults,its very annoying when you pick up a trailer or do a changeover and find defects that a previous driver should have noticed and told the company,very annoying when its a safety related defect such as air leaks,faulty lights bad tyre etc that you then have to get sorted straight away when you are already pushed for time or heading for a ferry!
Another pet hate is the general moaning and negativity you sometimes get from drivers in this industry,we all have a moan from time to time but some drivers complain and moan constantly!
not you though