Pink chalk,free meals+police escorts

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tachograph:
it goes well with the blue lights which someone once started a rumour about :smiley: :wink:

Who would do something like that?

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As with most urban myths they have to originate somewhere. And iā€™d reckon that this has actually happened at an RDC at one time (maybe except for the chalk!), then the stories been spun on and on so its happening regular.
If you did stay on a bay and refuse to move, all they could do is call the police. Police aint gonna send you out on the highway.

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If you run out of time in the Avonmouth Rdc you can drop the trl on the bay and park outside and the shunter will pull it off and you just go in and get it when your break is over.

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ady1:

Coffeeholic:

ady1:

Coffeeholic:
Youā€™re joking, right? :unamused: :unamused:

no this was last thurs night,about 7 p.m at tesco peteborough

I didnā€™t mean you were joking about it happening. I meant you are surely joking with these questions. :unamused:

But just in case your not.

ady1:
1.why do coppers use PINK chalk to mark round your wheels,whats wrong with white,blue,green etc,it happened at 2 different rdc so there must be a reason :question:

It didnā€™t

ady1:
2.can coppers demand free meals for drivers[driver said he had a right slap up,made a pig of himself] :question:

No. He didnā€™t, the driver is a total zoomer/bulb/trumpet/roaster.

ady1:
3.is it legal to ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  you when youve run out of hours,what happens in the event of a accident,isnt Ā£750 a bit steep as i dont think the way he said it the sevices was far away[fool if you ask me as he could of stayed for free on bay and had a slap up meal in morning courtesy of coppers

Ā£750 was just a figure he plucked from his ā– ā– ā–  along with the rest of his story. No he couldnā€™t.

Ady, this is a long running driverā€™s myth and has so many holes in it you could drive an artic through it, well as long as you werenā€™t out of hours and stuck on a chalked off bay. :wink: They missed a couple of bits out of the usual version. 2/3/4/5/6 bays were coned off either side of them. The shunters and office staff were warned if they woke the driver up they would be arrested. They did add a bit of colour (no pun intended) to this version by specifying pink chalk, thatā€™s a bit of a new twist.

Something else to note, unconnected but it may interest you, they have removed the word gullible from The Chambers Dictionary.

i may be gullible but they seemed genuine enough chaps to me, as ive said unless youve run out on a bay[i havent], you can only believe/listen to driver who have.

are you saying coppers would ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  him to services for nothing :question: im sure theyd of charged something i cant see them doing it for nothing,Ā£750 granted sounds alot, but who knows

You certainly are Ady! There was a point where you could have recovered the situation but you spurned the chance! :laughing:

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I was running out of time at Heinz near Preston. I went in and explained the situation and they kindly allowed me to drop my empty in their yard over night. When I returned 9 hours later the shunter had moved it, got it loaded and parked it back up for me.

Another time I was quickly running out of time at Tesco Livi. I explained the situation, the burd on the desk made a phone call and 5 minutes later I had my gate pass.

No police, no chalk, no ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– , no free mealā€¦

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Just wondering, were these drivers ex middle east and ex sas drivers? If they were Iā€™ve met them before, in every rdc Iā€™ve ever been in!!! And they are usually in green shirts. :laughing:

I think my record is hearing this very story 3 times from 3 different green shirted drivers in the same rdc on the same day and within the space of 4 hours.

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Its a regular @ Iceland - Enfield to have time off on bay as they dont tip meat until 12/1pm so if your there 8am due to having an earlier drop and youve poss started 10pm the night before then needs must. They dont usually bother as its a regular occurence. No cops, no meals, there is a toilet and also fold mirrors inā€¦ lol

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Didnā€™t they cone off the area this time?? :laughing:
Sorry.

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i once ran out of time at tesco runcorn they let me drop trailer and park behind recycling the police refused to attend because they was busy playing hops scotch with their pink chalk.

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Mr B:
i once ran out of time at tesco runcorn they let me drop trailer and park behind recycling the police refused to attend because they was busy playing hops scotch with their pink chalk.

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PMSL.
Absolutely brilliant! i love it.

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Well I once ran out of time at safeways heathrow depot, on a Friday, needed a full 45, I had no night out gear so a copper chalked off the whole depot, safeway put me up in a hotel all weekend, and they issued a no fly zone over the airport all weekend. Itā€™s true I tell ya :stuck_out_tongue:

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I once told the M&S Thatcham RDC that I might run out of time if they didnā€™t unload me within 10 hoursā€¦needless to say they chalked off the whole of Thatcham for me and gave me a meal voucher for one of Gordon Ramsayā€™s restaurants for a free 18 course meal. Because of this I missed the Herald Of Free Something Or Other and was unable to deliver my backload to Africaā€¦needless to say I wrote a strong letter of complaint and then received a 5% share of M&S.

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People really should read their posts before they hit the Submit button . 15 years of deliveries all over the UK to just about every s/markek RDC and have never seen this . Then again I sit in my truck while itā€™s being tipped - itā€™s a ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  free zone - unlike a lot of RDC driver waiting rooms.

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I once had a delivery for Tesco in Muddlewich and arrived early, they let me in immediately and tipped me within 15 minutes and even brought me my papers back to the lorry.

Now that is an urban myth :laughing:

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beefy4605:
People really should read their posts before they hit the Submit button . 15 years of deliveries all over the UK to just about every s/markek RDC and have never seen this . Then again I sit in my truck while itā€™s being tipped - itā€™s a [zb] free zone - unlike a lot of RDC driver waiting rooms.

I know some RDCā€™s refuse to allow drivers to sit in their cabs. I think it was Waltham Point or one of the other Sainsburyā€™s depots in that sort of area dont like it at allā€¦I remember making a delivery into one of these RDCā€™s and the driver in front of me was fat, dirty, smelly and very very rude to the ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  the window and then decided to go and sit in his cabā€¦needless to say they refused to tip his truck, and left him sitting on the bay for the hour and a half I was thereā€¦god knows how long he was there for after I left just sat in his cab waiting to be tipped.

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Wheel Nut:
I once had a delivery for Tesco in Muddlewich and arrived early, they let me in immediately and tipped me within 15 minutes and even brought me my papers back to the lorry.

Now that is an urban myth :laughing:

Heres something that shocked meā€¦first time delivering to Allington RDC, for those who know they give you these little vibrating things that go off when your truck is tippedā€¦my arse didnā€™t even touch the canteen seat before this thing started buzzing (about 3 minutes after handing over my keys). I thought it was faulty so I sat down anyway and ate an appleā€¦went back after to be asked ā€œDoes your buzzer not work drive?..we pinged it about 10 minutes ago to say you were doneā€. A full 26 pallets tipped in about 3 minutes? :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

Needless to say I didnā€™t get it so speedy any other time I went in there :frowning:

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Adam_Mc:

beefy4605:
People really should read their posts before they hit the Submit button . 15 years of deliveries all over the UK to just about every s/markek RDC and have never seen this . Then again I sit in my truck while itā€™s being tipped - itā€™s a [zb] free zone - unlike a lot of RDC driver waiting rooms.

I know some RDCā€™s refuse to allow drivers to sit in their cabs. I think it was Waltham Point or one of the other Sainsburyā€™s depots in that sort of area dont like it at allā€¦I remember making a delivery into one of these RDCā€™s and the driver in front of me was fat, dirty, smelly and very very rude to the ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  the window and then decided to go and sit in his cabā€¦needless to say they refused to tip his truck, and left him sitting on the bay for the hour and a half I was thereā€¦god knows how long he was there for after I left just sat in his cab waiting to be tipped.

And good enough for him - RDC staff may not be the most helpfull but if you decide to antagonise them then you take your chances .I always try to be civilised with them and say hello , by the looks I get they donā€™t seem to expect it .

Taking your keys / not letting you sit in the cab is just them being lazy - Iā€™ll put on the trailer brake , disconect the red line and stand at the side of the loading bay while my trailer is being tipped . Any one of which is enough to satisfy any health and saftey policy. You may have to play by their rules the first few times you are there but once they get to know you they become a lot easier to work with.
The smoke hut is a better option than most drivers rooms - even if they donā€™t have one :unamused:

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I had 16 pallets on a 6 legger for a 2am drop in Tesco Thurrock. Arrived about midnight expecting a wait but got put straight on a bay. Walked to the office and they just signed my sheets and gave then back to me. I stood scratching my head wondering what was going on and the girl said, ā€œoff you go driver - youā€™re tipped.ā€

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tescos magor, 18 hours early, 40 foot container, tipped within 15 mins :sunglasses:

no urban myth, that actually happened :sunglasses:

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