Truckbling:
The problem with a lot of full time drivers is that they think they actually own the vehicle. They can’t comprehend that they drive their own car to WORK where they then drive a company vehicle.
Why does the lorry always have to be the property of either a day man or a night man? I’ve worked at many companies where one of the two think it is their lorry and they adorn it accordingly. They then bollock anybody else who dare to move offending obstructing articles, even if its a regular driver on opposite shift.
As Robroy says, its a 2 way thing so may I suggest that if you do have any personal items in your cab that you take them home with you at the end of the shift. The lorry is there to make the company a profit and it’s hard to do so when its parked up because " we don’t like agency drivers " or “I don’t like anyone else using my lorry”.
I accept that my motor gets used by folk on my days off, it’s not earning if it’s parked up. But it’s mine for 5 days and 4 nights a week. I leave things like air fresheners and polish in for folk to keep it nice, and to mask smells of their BO, ■■■■■ cooking etc.
Just because I don’t actually have my name on the V5, it doesn’t mean that I am expected to clean up after other dirty b’stards.
And back to the original post, won’t the workshop get you a new armrest? Our place would, if they didn’t, I’d just obtain one from another motor (obviously after checking that the fella who runs that one never uses it [emoji6])
Carl Usher: I may have been the last driver on “your” truck on some occasions then. Air fresheners do indeed get chucked in a cupboard or have the battery removed if they are those stupid electronic ones which have been set to gas me at 30 second intervals with the most rancid “fragrance” imaginable.
When the driver moans at me about it I suggest to him that if he got a bath more than once a week then he wouldn’t need them to mask the smell; doesn’t go down too well.
Ahhh the old Agency driver/nightman ‘your truck/firm’s truck’ chestnut.
Just a suggestion mate,…To avoid unnecessary confrontation, (and to display good manners) why not do as you think fit with his air freshner, fair enough no probs, but then when finished, take all of two minutes, put it all back and leave the cab as the guy left it. everybodys happy…job sorted.
Just for the record I have a battery air freshener dispenser, but I do shower 3 or 4 times a week, as well as a morning wash every day…not all trampers are TRAMPers…just saying like.
Good manners is a two way street. How about YOU turn off your stupid air freshener from ‘on steroids’ mode when you finish your shift and either set it to the 30 min setting like any normal person would or turn it off altogether to stop gassing the driver who drives it on the opposite shifts to you? Unless you have some B.O. problem there is absolutely no need to have an electric air freshener set on the 2 min interval in such a confined space. If it’s your truck (ie. you own it outright) then you can do whatever the hell you like, but as you are just a driver of someone else’s truck then when you’re not driving it please remove all your tat including electric air fresheners, frilly curtains, dream catchers and windscreen junk so that the night men don’t have to spend 10 mins doing it before they can even set off. The fact that you may be the regular driver of it is no excuse and it’s pure selfishness on the highest level.
I don’t have a nightman on my…sorry the co motor I drive as I am away all week.
However if I do I will try and remember your manners lesson and do as you have pointed out to me and be a better person in future.
The only experience of other drivers on my (■■■■, there I go again) motor I drive that belongs to the co… is on holiday relief.
After one or two bad experiences of them leaving my…the co’s vehicle that I drive. I will send them to you to educate them.
Btw I don’t have B.O. either (as far as I know )
Carl Usher: I may have been the last driver on “your” truck on some occasions then. Air fresheners do indeed get chucked in a cupboard or have the battery removed if they are those stupid electronic ones which have been set to gas me at 30 second intervals with the most rancid “fragrance” imaginable.
When the driver moans at me about it I suggest to him that if he got a bath more than once a week then he wouldn’t need them to mask the smell; doesn’t go down too well.
Ahhh the old Agency driver/nightman ‘your truck/firm’s truck’ chestnut.
Just a suggestion mate,…To avoid unnecessary confrontation, (and to display good manners) why not do as you think fit with his air freshner, fair enough no probs, but then when finished, take all of two minutes, put it all back and leave the cab as the guy left it. everybodys happy…job sorted.
Just for the record I have a battery air freshener dispenser, but I do shower 3 or 4 times a week, as well as a morning wash every day…not all trampers are TRAMPers…just saying like.
Good manners is a two way street. How about YOU turn off your stupid air freshener from ‘on steroids’ mode when you finish your shift and either set it to the 30 min setting like any normal person would or turn it off altogether to stop gassing the driver who drives it on the opposite shifts to you? Unless you have some B.O. problem there is absolutely no need to have an electric air freshener set on the 2 min interval in such a confined space. If it’s your truck (ie. you own it outright) then you can do whatever the hell you like, but as you are just a driver of someone else’s truck then when you’re not driving it please remove all your tat including electric air fresheners, frilly curtains, dream catchers and windscreen junk so that the night men don’t have to spend 10 mins doing it before they can even set off. The fact that you may be the regular driver of it is no excuse and it’s pure selfishness on the highest level.
Are you ponces actually arguing about air fresheners? Who says manliness is dead?
Catch yourselves chaps. You sound like a disgrace to manhood. ■■■■ it up and go and chop some wood.
You’re right mate.
Slipped there a bit
Let’s all man up stand at the bar swearing, talking about football and women, drink beer and light our ■■■■■
James the cat:
Are you ponces actually arguing about air fresheners? Who says manliness is dead?
Catch yourselves chaps. You sound like a disgrace to manhood. ■■■■ it up and go and chop some wood.
You’re right mate.
Slipped there a bit
Let’s all man up stand at the bar swearing, talking about football and women, drink beer and light our ■■■■■
May I suggest a small Itinary of items to be practiced as part of reconstituting yourself back to manliness?
Basic man skills
1/ chop a log
2/ defuse a WW2 bomb
3/ skin a rabbit
4/ change a tyre
5/ fix a petrol mower
6/ put up a shelf
7/ build a real fire without firefighters
8/ know what the difference between a Phillips and posidrive is
9/ know how to ride a horse
10/ ability to put together a Hornby train set
11/ ability to unload and make safe a bolt action rifle if discovered on a Sunday walk
12/ know how to smoke a pipe, even if you didn’t smoke.
13/ have no understanding of “colognes or decorative fabrics”
See James May’s man lab series of small screen “talkies” for cinematic guidance. Good luck
James the cat:
Are you ponces actually arguing about air fresheners? Who says manliness is dead?
Catch yourselves chaps. You sound like a disgrace to manhood. ■■■■ it up and go and chop some wood.
You’re right mate.
Slipped there a bit
Let’s all man up stand at the bar swearing, talking about football and women, drink beer and light our ■■■■■
May I suggest a small Itinary of items to be practiced as part of reconstituting yourself back to manliness?
Basic man skills
1/ chop a log
2/ defuse a WW2 bomb
3/ skin a rabbit
4/ change a tyre
5/ fix a petrol mower
6/ put up a shelf
7/ build a real fire without firefighters
8/ know what the difference between a Phillips and posidrive is
9/ know how to ride a horse
10/ ability to put together a Hornby train set
11/ ability to unload and make safe a bolt action rifle if discovered on a Sunday walk
12/ know how to smoke a pipe, even if you didn’t smoke.
13/ have no understanding of “colognes or decorative fabrics”
See James May’s man lab series of small screen “talkies” for cinematic guidance. Good luck
7 out of 13, I’m gutted I thought I was sooo butch
Going to have to shave the head a bit closer, and get my tatts re.coloured to regain some man credibility. I may even bin my frilly curtains or is that a step too far.
May I also remind all men that as far as colours go there are only primary colours. You can get away with light or dark shades even using the word Navy in relation to blue but all other variances are banned from male comprehension.
If the wife says can you get me some turquoise paint it’s better to ignore and just go down the pub as the level of bollocking is the same as returning home with the wrong colour.
Other things to watch for are women using man words to describe female objects.
Like last year when the wife asked for a nice clutch. Opening her card to find a gift voucher for Halfords got me the cold arse treatment all over crimbo.
Also trying to play it safe can backfire, like the year she asked for a Rabbit.
Poor Snowy is still going strong but one can’t help notice the look of disappointment on the wife’s face when she has to clean out his hutch.
When the driver moans at me about it I suggest to him that if he got a bath more than once a week then he wouldn’t need them to mask the smell; doesn’t go down too well.
everybodys happy…job sorted.
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