When I did R.M. they would not tell me where I was going ,it was always follow him. Him would be a Kamikaze,I would be left behind at the traffic lights then there would be discussions about what was wrong with my van because every one else could keep up the pace.Most of them are good blokes with a large dose of mad barstewards thrown in.The work is well paid and easy apart from the above.
woodlands:
So it wasn’t true about being On Her Majesty’s Secret (Royal Mail) Service either then?Thought not
i do work with people at RM with delusional problems and split peronalities, maybe they thought thet were james bond or something!!
gogzy:
i got caught speeding while working with rm in november, same thing, 30 quid and 3 points.only thing i will say is they probably will wanna speak to you about it, they just tried to do it at the wrong time with me (the day after my grandad had died) and they kept telling me how its important and that they need to do some sort of paperwork or some crap even though i just told them what had happened, needless to say i havnt been back and wont ever go back there.
30 quid? in what year was you nicked speeding gogzy lol
scotstrucker:
gogzy:
i got caught speeding while working with rm in november, same thing, 30 quid and 3 points.only thing i will say is they probably will wanna speak to you about it, they just tried to do it at the wrong time with me (the day after my grandad had died) and they kept telling me how its important and that they need to do some sort of paperwork or some crap even though i just told them what had happened, needless to say i havnt been back and wont ever go back there.
30 quid? in what year was you nicked speeding gogzy lol
haha i mean 60 quid, i didnt even notice that
Well Mike-C,guess I`m going to hell then,I drove for an Irish International tipper firm.
Airfreight:
Well Mike-C,guess I`m going to hell then,I drove for an Irish International tipper firm.
who carried letters for royal mail… 
gogzy:
ive had the misfortune of driving for parcelforce, the vans are in such a bad state its unreal,
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So are the parcels they deliver , should change their name to Parcel [zb’d]
Trev_H:
gogzy:
ive had the misfortune of driving for parcelforce, the vans are in such a bad state its unreal,So are the parcels they deliver
there just as bad as any other delivery company tbh,
Airfreight:
Well Mike-C,guess I`m going to hell then,I drove for an Irish International tipper firm.
Oh i don’t know about that. The good lord doesn’t extend his list of sins to falling foul of EU regulations,or at least i don’t think he does.
And if you where on for Tinne…erm an Irish International Tipper firm i dare say you’ll be SAFED trained, limited to 80 kph (to save the environment and maximise MPG), attend regular training seminars , and all the other EU compliances etc… Oh, and your arse never twitched when you passed one of them blue and yellow chequered things on the hard shoulder !!! 
The reason that Royal Mail driving standards are so bad are:-
1.They will hire anyone with a licence,there are no driving tests or training of any kind.
2.Once working there you will find nobody gives a monkey about anything.there
are no checks whatsover ,nobody at the agency or in the company holds a HGV licence,1 transport manager was heard to brag “he had never sat in a lorry”
therefore you can get away with murder.
Airfreight:
Well Mike-C,guess I`m going to hell then,I drove for an Irish International tipper firm.
would that be a now famous irish firm that had some money troubles or is it the other famous irish firm that are named after a certain part scotland
mikeallington:
The reason that Royal Mail driving standards are so bad are:-
1.They will hire anyone with a licence,there are no driving tests or training of any kind.
2.Once working there you will find nobody gives a monkey about anything.there
are no checks whatsover ,nobody at the agency or in the company holds a HGV licence,1 transport manager was heard to brag “he had never sat in a lorry”
therefore you can get away with murder.
where did u get that info from■■? my dads the TM at carlisle, he holds his class 1 and operators CPC and he does give a monkeys whos driving the trucks (agency or own drivers)! theres no way he laets the lads get away with murder including me!!
where do u work mikeallington?
mikeallington:
The reason that Royal Mail driving standards are so bad are:-
1.They will hire anyone with a licence,there are no driving tests or training of any kind.
2.Once working there you will find nobody gives a monkey about anything.there
are no checks whatsover ,nobody at the agency or in the company holds a HGV licence,1 transport manager was heard to brag “he had never sat in a lorry”
therefore you can get away with murder.
id say that for perth, they dont have any class 1 drivers based there, they are based in wishaw,
i have been used to move the artics if im there on vans only because im the only one there at that point who can legally drive it,
though i have seen folk move them who really shouldnt. there is an ex class 1 driver there but he refuses to move them due to his age, hes close to retiring