Winseer:
I have been trying to get away from C2 days for years now. I put up with it in the 90’s, because I was younger and still learning then.
I don’t want to have to be an old dog learning new tricks now though. Night time artic driving is what I’m most experienced at, good at, and actually find rewarding doing.
“Getting upset with everyone else around you” is too stressful for me to ever consider taking a “Day job” again, but with C2 work - you’re expected to be in urban areas all the time, having to avoid daft members of the public as well - which just pumps up the stress even more. Some find “Motorway Driving at Night” boring or “not for them”. It’s all about one’s personal comfort zone. Find out what works for you - by trying on as many hats as you can find to GIVE that try - and work your way into that niche that suits you best.
“Quality of Life” at work is more important than "earning a few pence per hour more for this job than that job.
As someone who has done night trucking class 1 for the last 4 years I couldn’t do nights anymore going from Man to LHR with a stop in at BHX on the way back, Just tied of it. Luckly tho landed this day job class2 same pay. No brainer really
Fair dues… I didn’t like the night trunk to BHX either. Never actually did one to LHR, despite that one being a lot closer to me.
The BHX run was with S&S Tonbridge btw. Palletliner work - which I hate anyways. It wouldn’t have made any difference to me if I were running to Castle Anthrax for some “Serious Peril” - just it being a palletliner job made it “gotta get out of this place” at the earliest opportunity. No disrespect to S&S, who were great as a firm - I just didn’t like the whole pallethub thing.
peter s:
I don’t care…the job is not how he described. If I pulled over because I was feeling tired I’d have a sore [zb] arse when I got back to the yard…
Sounds like you’re in the wrong job mate if they punish you for stopping instead of driving while tired.
If I’m tired I stop for a short nap end of, the world will not end if your load of bog rolls or whatever is 10 minutes late despite what they may say., but yours might if you carry on as you do.
peter s:
I don’t care…the job is not how he described. If I pulled over because I was feeling tired I’d have a sore [zb] arse when I got back to the yard…
Sounds like you’re in the wrong job mate if they punish you for stopping instead of driving while tired.
If I’m tired I stop for a short nap end of, the world will not end if your load of bog rolls or whatever is 10 minutes late despite what they may say., but yours might if you carry on as you do.
To right I’d rather get there late than kill some sod because I fell asleep at the wheel !
peter s:
I don’t care…the job is not how he described. If I pulled over because I was feeling tired I’d have a sore [zb] arse when I got back to the yard…
Sounds like you’re in the wrong job mate if they punish you for stopping instead of driving while tired.
If I’m tired I stop for a short nap end of, the world will not end if your load of bog rolls or whatever is 10 minutes late despite what they may say., but yours might if you carry on as you do.
I’m a Euro tramper and I deliver fresh produce, veg, fruit, fish, live mussels, chicken and meat, through out Europe. Mainly to Spain, France, Benelux, Italy and Sweden. I like my job and work for a great company. I don’t do bog rolls nor will I ever do bog roll… period.
peter s:
I don’t care…the job is not how he described. If I pulled over because I was feeling tired I’d have a sore [zb] arse when I got back to the yard…
Sounds like you’re in the wrong job mate if they punish you for stopping instead of driving while tired.
If I’m tired I stop for a short nap end of, the world will not end if your load of bog rolls or whatever is 10 minutes late despite what they may say., but yours might if you carry on as you do.
I’m a Euro tramper and I deliver fresh produce, veg, fruit, fish, live mussels, chicken and meat, through out Europe. Mainly to Spain, France, Benelux, Italy and Sweden. I like my job and work for a great company. I don’t do bog rolls nor will I ever do bog roll… period.
peter s:
I don’t care…the job is not how he described. If I pulled over because I was feeling tired I’d have a sore [zb] arse when I got back to the yard…
You bloody wouldn’t where i work, so long as the job gets done, the customer is happy and we come back in one piece with no incidents, they’re happy.
If you made a habit of it every day, they’d probably get you to see the company doctor because they take duty of care seriously, but a one off not a word would be said.
Could you imagine postman Pat giving up a ■■■■ easy job to drive a truck pmsl. The hardest thing with being a postman is getting your hand out of the letter box after its grab by a little teeny-weeny dog.
I remember sitting in the canteen in Greenford listening to two big girl drivers moaning about their jobs. One was complaining about driving all the way to Birmingham and back, that was all he had to do that day ffs. Then one said, “sure we get it easy don’t we”
peter s:
Could you imagine postman Pat giving up a ■■■■ easy job to drive a truck pmsl. The hardest thing with being a postman is getting your hand out of the letter box after its grab by a little teeny-weeny dog.
I remember sitting in the canteen in Greenford listening to two big girl drivers moaning about their jobs. One was complaining about driving all the way to Birmingham and back, that was all he had to do that day ffs. Then one said, “sure we get it easy don’t we”
Peter s you seem to be a very disgruntled individual who likes to believe everything he thinks.
peter s:
Could you imagine postman Pat giving up a ■■■■ easy job to drive a truck pmsl. The hardest thing with being a postman is getting your hand out of the letter box after its grab by a little teeny-weeny dog.
I remember sitting in the canteen in Greenford listening to two big girl drivers moaning about their jobs. One was complaining about driving all the way to Birmingham and back, that was all he had to do that day ffs. Then one said, “sure we get it easy don’t we”
Peter s you seem to be a very disgruntled individual who likes to believe everything he thinks.
I would like to see him walk 5 miles a day in the pouring rain with a heavy bag on his shoulder also don’t forget they have to sort the round first
peter s:
Could you imagine postman Pat giving up a ■■■■ easy job to drive a truck pmsl. The hardest thing with being a postman is getting your hand out of the letter box after its grab by a little teeny-weeny dog.
I remember sitting in the canteen in Greenford listening to two big girl drivers moaning about their jobs. One was complaining about driving all the way to Birmingham and back, that was all he had to do that day ffs. Then one said, “sure we get it easy don’t we”
Peter s you seem to be a very disgruntled individual who likes to believe everything he thinks.
I would like to see him walk 5 miles a day in the pouring rain with a heavy bag on his shoulder also don’t forget they have to sort the round first
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It’s not that heavy they’d be out on strike if it was,
peter s:
I don’t care…the job is not how he described. If I pulled over because I was feeling tired I’d have a sore [zb] arse when I got back to the yard…
Sounds like you’re in the wrong job mate if they punish you for stopping instead of driving while tired.
If I’m tired I stop for a short nap end of, the world will not end if your load of bog rolls or whatever is 10 minutes late despite what they may say., but yours might if you carry on as you do.
I’m a Euro tramper and I deliver fresh produce, veg, fruit, fish, live mussels, chicken and meat, through out Europe. Mainly to Spain, France, Benelux, Italy and Sweden. I like my job and work for a great company. I don’t do bog rolls nor will I ever do bog roll… period.
Wow! pardon me for underestimating your prowess mate.
A Euro tramper like yourself doing bog rolls what was I thinking.
(Incidentally I’ve done a little bit of Euro tramping in my time, but we never had the privelige of being able to choose what loads we collected and/or delivered,… but hey ho. )
Anyway the point I was making was it maybe does not come across quite well for criticicising a guy who pulls in when tired.
There is a guy on another thread about ‘Being pushed by traffic’’ I sure as hell bet his Mrs wishes he had stopped for a quick nap instead of him trying to get his bog rolls, (or his veg fruit mussels and chicken for that matter) there on time as a main priority above everything else, that was what I meant.
I hope he rests in peace and acts as a dererrent to others from ending up like this poor bloke.
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