Yeah, yeah, that old chestnut, the very convenient puncture. Honest guv. But better late than never.
I’ve been out joyriding…cough…road testing this week. We seem to spend most of our time, as press testers, driving electric wagons of various shapes and sizes. This, however, was the antidote to all that…
No need to be late because of a puncture if you carry a spare its only a 30 minute job to change a wheel, yes i can do it in that time so you could? just anough time to book a break lol saves looking at the clock all the wile.
It was more a reference to the [zb] traffic planners generally feed to customers if their wagon is going to be late. “He had a puncture. Honest." 
Yes i do get it Lucy, but with the planners talking B/S to cover them because they are incompetent, they get away with it because knowone knows how long it should take to sort a puncture out,
but then againg how many of the Steerers out there could change a wheel nowadays? NONE.
Used get that a lot at company worked at years ago used get places late. People at other end said believe you broke down.
Or best one if driving way up to Aberdeen they used to tell them traffic around Carlisle was rubbish motorway was shut hence me getting there late.
Sometimes felt like telling them the truth they just put to much work on me
Changed numerous wheels on the hard shoulder in a previous life many times, including lying on my back trying to kick a stuck inner wheel off a trailer with both feet…..and all that type of sh.
Would I do it today?
Would I ‘‘F’’..even if I wanted to…..they don t pay me nearly enough to do so…and tbf they wouldnt expect me to.
Unless you are an owner driver, nobody should have to these days….
Sit on hard shoulder in bunk wait for Tyre services to rock up .
I actually have in the past,
‘‘Hear you’ve had a puncture driver’’
Me ‘‘Nah, who told ya that’‘.
■■■■ em, I ain’t lying for them, they reap what they sow.
(As you can maybe pick up, I’m on a slight downer with this sh industry.
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I think I’m a week in advance 
but never mind
12/11 Swindon , 2 in Bristol , Cmwbran , Hereford then maybe Coll from brum , not going well as some Lorry’s get priority
Swindon
Then when you get there, the yard man will say that the office rang and said that you (me) had a puncture. To which I replied “no buddy, our office lied to you, they actually screwed up and loaded the trailer wrong and had to unload it, and reload it again in the correct order”
The extent of my week has involved booking trips and gig tickets for next July to watch Iron Maiden in Lisbon at the Benfica stadium, followed by watching the Foo fighters 3 days later in the same city at the NOS Festival
3 1/2 hrs at Swindon for 6 palls then Bristol , Cwmbran, Hereford meant no Time for Coll so straight back to yard ( 13 1/2 hrs ) bit better than previous day
Thurs 13 , was one stop Wakefield , palls out of sains Sherburn , Manchester , Liverpool , Warrington then whatever , but got no 15,s left so changing job .
Was thinking of doing a diary , but don’t want to embarrass all the bone idle 40 hr a week types that seem to infest the job these days
