Why do lorry drivers talk so much shit?

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I was actually trained by the SAS* in 1989, worked for a different branch of the SAS** and then returned to where I trained in 2000. I have the paperwork and photos to prove it.

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  • Surrey Ambulance Service.
    ** Sussex Ambulance Service.

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kr79:
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yep !! thats me alright the one thats pixelated out for security reasons ( i`m still on the reserve list) ā€¦honest! would i lie?? :slight_smile: :slight_smile:

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happysack:

dew:

happysack:

robroy:
It isnā€™t just the bullshippers that do my nut in, itā€™s the gob [zb] s in truckstop bars or caffs that have to shout so everybody can hear them, I went for a quiet :unamused: pint at Carnforth ts the other week, this guy was trying to impress the (embarassed) barmaid and had an opinion on everything, at the same time managed to slag off every minority you can think of, his younger mate who worked for the same firm just encouraged him by laughing at all his crap jokes, felt like decking the mouthy [zb] :imp: , Iā€™m a bit older and wiser now :unamused: , but Ive seen the day that I would have :laughing:

I donā€™t think I well ever step foot in that bar again. Went for a pint a few weeks back and all I could hear was this gobby wee pollock driver. There was about ten of them all hanging on his every (shouted) word. Complete [zb] pollock [zb].:confused:

I have a feeling I know the guy :laughing: know a few of the Pollocks drivers.

Small, loud, southern. Specs too I think.

The one I was on aboutā€¦ small Northern, not sure he was Pollocks, although he certainly talked a lot of Pollocks :laughing:

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I find it hard to sit in an RDC waiting room, it reminds me too much of my time with Brian and John. Terry said the same thing to me a few days ago!

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not had to do the RDC thing for a good few years! but drivers tall tales have always been part of the job, some can be entertaining, some are as transparent as glass! i think our world would be a poorer place without them, if a ā€˜driveā€™ starts telling me the ā€˜chalkā€™ story then i know the calibre of the person iā€™m talking to, but donā€™t make the mistake that ALL tales are tall! i used to work for Brian Gibbons, who WAS on the Herald, he made headline news at the time as he smashed his wristwatch banging it against the hull to make it known he was still down there! I have also worked with an ex SAS driver, one of the nicest people itā€™s been my privilege to know, but if i believed every driver who told the tale was ex SAS then thereā€™d be more SAS than regular squaddies. Similarly i know a driver who used to drive for Astrans to the ME, again if i believed every driver who told that tale Astrans would have had a bigger fleet than Eddie Stobart!

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Smile and just walk past the gobby ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā€¦
Everyone knows its the quiet ones you have to watch out for ā€¦ :smiley:

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Changing the subject is a lot of fun. See how many times they try to get back to their original waffle-fest.

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^^^ I have done just this and it is quite entertaining :laughing:

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we could tell him but then we would have to kill them :laughing:

chester:
If only you knew what I did for a living :wink:

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Ok I heard one from a ā€œknow everythingā€ driver ā€¦ if vosa catch you making an infringement within 10 miles of your base of operations they really hammer you cos you should know better ā€¦ eg you should know the roads in that area and know where all the stops are.

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Saaamon:
To be fair most drivers iā€™d say are ok, although i dont tend to stand around chatting. All the drivers where i work are sound, they all know the crack and dont chat ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– , but thats what you expect working for a proper haulage firm!

I didnt know you had left Rogers :wink:

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Muckaway:

albion1971:

Pimpdaddy:
Itā€™s the tesco ones that do it for me, wouldnā€™t even call them lorry drivers.

Can I ask why you categorise all Tesco drivers as non drivers?

Turned down at assessment stageā– ā– ?
They earn moreā– ā– ?
They donā€™t rushā– ā– ?
Tesco donā€™t glue tat onto their wagonsā– ā– ?

+1, Flunked the assessment I reckon :smiley: :smiley:

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Some drivers donā€™t just talk ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  they listen, take in, and repeat other drivers ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  Some even take the time to sit down and repeat the tripe they hear, on Facebook and trucknet. Having just read the yuile and dodds thread, I have witnessed tall tales that are many years old, still getting repeated. :neutral_face:

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I worked with a knavvy driver once that believed his own bs so much that he said my history teacher, and every local history book Iā€™d read etc were wrong. He claimed a place near the quarry had a station, that he dug gravel next to it and would watch the trains go by etc etc bs bs.
Thing was, the railway ran under a bridge nearby but there was no station there and no ballast pit during his time.
The ballast pit he waffled about was dug by Irish hands in the late 1850sā€¦Mind you, he was a cantankerous old sod so maybe he did remember it.
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Easter-Star:

Saaamon:
To be fair most drivers iā€™d say are ok, although i dont tend to stand around chatting. All the drivers where i work are sound, they all know the crack and dont chat ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– , but thats what you expect working for a proper haulage firm!

I didnt know you had left Rogers :wink:

I think i know what you mean :laughing:

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Im a nip it in the bud type,they get started and quickly i say ā€œWhat makes you think ive any intrest in thatā€ find it works fine

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Saaamon:

Easter-Star:

Saaamon:
To be fair most drivers iā€™d say are ok, although i dont tend to stand around chatting. All the drivers where i work are sound, they all know the crack and dont chat ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– , but thats what you expect working for a proper haulage firm!

I didnt know you had left Rogers :wink:

I think i know what you mean :laughing:

:laughing: :laughing: :wink: Thats a big 10-4 :wink:

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I know someone like this they chat so much crap itā€™s untrue. The stories I have to hear when I go and see them, each time I think along the way I wonder what bull I shell hear come out of there mouth today.

Tomorrow he might try make you believe he raced with Colin McRae or he might tell the story about the time he rode Valentino Rossiā€™s motorbike. Or if he has got loads of time he might say both.

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keebs26uk:
I know someone like this they chat so much crap itā€™s untrue. The stories I have to hear when I go and see them, each time I think along the way I wonder what bull I shell hear come out of there mouth today.

Tomorrow he might try make you believe he raced with Colin McRae or he might tell the story about the time he rode Valentino Rossiā€™s motorbike. Or if he has got loads of time he might say both.

I know him too. I gave him a lift home in Steve Hislops helicopter.

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:laughing: it must be his brother I know then or a cousin lol