Here’s some aspects of Supermarket deliveries that ain’t much fun…
(1)Daytime crossing of the customer car park, where customers seem to have a different understanding of physics to most people…
They’ll just cut across right in front of you, even though a zebra crossing is just over there… People pushing trollies towards their car, flop their iphone out, and the trolly starts trundling under the wheels of your blindside reversing artic combination…
(2) Ditto for (1) but this time with a buggy with an actual live kid in it, that won’t be alive much longer if you don’t anticipate people losing their grip on their pushchairs just as they go out of eyeshot…
(3) Being stuck in rush hour traffic, or in London - 6am-6pm - needing a WTD break, but as much chance of finding an empty layby as Zara Phillips working for a driving agency any time soon…
(4) Yummy Mummy distractions, especially in the summertime… They must have all made good catches already, as they seem to always drive a 4x4/SUV…
(5) Younger staff that tend to work the daytime, so they can go out and socialize at night… Lazy lot, that seem to scarper at those stores where it is a steep uphill dock “leveller”.
(6) Having work left for you by full timers, as they know the agency bod will carry them, and it is Friday tea time after all… OK if you’re pair by the hour, - not so good if you’re a full timer on Job & Knock Friday - and got lumbered as usual…
(6) 5-6 day weeks - compulsory if you’re a full timer these days…
(7) There is no Seven.
All the above can be mitigated by “insisting on nights & weekends” I’ve found…
Work with people your own age, everyone does their bit, more relaxed atmosphere, Quiet Traffic/Easier Drives and of course HIGHER HOURLY RATE!