Got an issue…here’s a tissue…
I used to go to a Hub in the Midlands, most of them on the gate were ok, but you would occasionally get a jobsworth,
One night I got there & the comment was - “You’re 20mins late”
- “Yeah”. I retorted, “and I 've done bloody well, because I left an hour late, and that was because I got called in when your own driver wimped out when it started snowing”
Another night - “You’re 5 mins late”
- “Of course I am - I joined this queue 15 minutes ago, and whilst you are fannying around making jibes it’s getting longer”
You have to feel sorry for them really - spend your life in a box, feeling all jumped up & important because they have a Hi-Vis & a clipboard
The thing that amazes me about these muppets is the way they go on at you implying you’ve been sat in a laybys somewhere, not chasing your arse for 8 hours getting ever more delayed by poxy places like theirs! They then keep you hanging around for no reason, making you even later and so the whole ■■■■■■■■ roundabout keeps on turning 
the maoster:
It never gets as far as a discussion between them and me. My response is usually “you ordered it, I don’t care whether you take it or not, I get paid either way”.Life is too short to ■■■■ about with emotionally stunted goods in clerks.
That’s my tactic. If they even slightly umm and ahh about taking a delivery I say ‘no problem, ring the company to arrange redelivery’ and make to leave. Magically they always then find time/space
Until…
I’m transporting human organs or blood for transplant, nothing is that important.
I have a list of responses to MrIthinkI’mimportantbecauseIhaveatelephoneinfrontofme.
1; I suggest you phone someone who actually has the authority to reject it.
2; No seriously, I really really really don’t care.
3; You’re only here because you’re cheaper than a padlock.
4; And your point is?
5; Do you want it or don’t you?
I’m going to get one of these and they can pick their own ready made reason.
Rowley010:
So I was 45 mins late due to me having to take a break by law, not my choice, I’d have rather tipped first then chilled out.Starts talking to me like “is somebody a bit late”. Blah blah blah.
Who are you referring to?
Ken.
Or.look behind you…then turn back and say Are you talking to me…there are so many puns to give them…but tbh i always rang our office to keep them informed if i was running late…that way they have no need to moan, except their own people for not telling goods in…which often happened.