Exactly ^
The reason kids today don’t go garden hopping, building tree dens, knock a door run, hanging around bus stops smoking embassy number 1’s.
To busy in their bedrooms snap chatting, twittering, facebooking ect.
Look595:
Exactly ^
The reason kids today don’t go garden hopping, building tree dens, knock a door run, hanging around bus stops smoking embassy number 1’s.
To busy in their bedrooms snap chatting, twittering, facebooking ect.
too much pocket money …players no 6 for us poor kids 
Guilty as charged. I’m afraid I am one of these ‘anti social’ drivers that doesn’t really speak much to other drivers outside of the company I am working for at the time and even then it is only to get information to enable me to do that job.
I am mercenary in the fact that work for me is just about money nowadays and I have little interest in the people there. I am always polite and courteous, but that is as far as it goes. Unless someone shares similar interest to me outside of work, then in essence we have nothing in common. I don’t deliver to RDC’s, but those drivers rooms would be my idea of absolute hell. 
Brutal but honest.!!
I will talk to other drivers of they seem normal. If not I just blank them.
robroy:
I shipped back over from Belfast a few years ago.
Me and a German lad I met on the boat, a driver btw, ended up in the pub in Stranraer, I speak zero German, and his English was limited, but we both liked beer and football, looking at women…and fish and chips after, so it was a decent night out.
Most Dutch drivers I know or have met, speak better English than a lot of the many neandrathal type Brit drivers that we all unfortunately have to put up with.
stranraer…women■■?..how strong was the beer? 
I will talk to anyone but usually I get the village idiot after 2 minutes know half of his family were he lives, how many dogs he has got etc,
Or I usually get the ■■■ passing comment on me cleaning my wheels or truck “do mine if Ya want” or “■■■■ knows why Ya doing that” while the clamber into a 64plate truck that’s better beyond belief, so sometimes I keep myself to myself but you do get the 1’s who r spot on, share the same interests, pass nice comments about the truck etc, we’re all in the same boat, why make it already harder than it already is at times 
I will talk to anyone unless they spit when they speak, or have unbearable BO or breath.
Met a few good sorts in waiting rooms and the occasional pub, I don’t mind my own company, but don’t mind passing the time of day with anyone. Occasionally you’ll get stitched up at a drop or forgotten or whatever, that chap next to you might just know a really handy or nice place to park, just around the corner. Or he might be in that position, and you might be able to help.
I’d rather waffle nonsense to an EE guy, to pass the time, than be kept awake by his sodding laptop.
PaulNowak:
I will talk to anyone unless they spit when they speak, or have unbearable BO.
So you wont speak to anyone from Pertemps then?
Thetaff2:
robroy:
commonrail:
Might actually make the “old sods” day…by listening to him waffle for 5 minutes.If an old boy, ex driver comes over to talk to me, which they have done from time to time, I try and make time for him.
,I was glad of those guys guidance when I first started off.I made one old boy’s day when I let him have a look in my cab, the last ‘modern’ truck he had driven was a 111 Scania, he was both interested and amazed at my Actros, and we had a good conversation, some of the places he had overnighted at I had myself in the past.
They were the REAL drivers that suffered more hardship than a seagull [zb] ing on your polished tank.
So maybe better not to write them off as old gits eh?Had an old chap come up to me in Croydon on a walking stick saying how good these motors are now and in his day they were totally different when he was a driver.
Had a great chat and a made him a cuppa then helped him up into the cab to show him how things have changed since he retired,the smile on the old chaps face when we said our goodbyes will live with me forever.
Lovely old boy
Was there not an lovely old boy who allegedly tried to ■■■■■ a driver in the layby?
I’ll talk to anyone ,but ( I go into rugby a lot ) by the time I get to rugby I’ve done nigh on 15 hrs ,truck to wash ,diesel up ,check load ,paper work ,ticket to sort to get out ,shower,quick cuppa whilst moving ,family to ring to check alls ok ,it doesn’t leave much time for a chat or if I do I’m down to 5/6 hrs kip .
I started this job as I was struggling on days on that amount of sleep so I try to get everything done asap then get a decent amount of kip .
But I’ll always say hello ,morning ,you alright ,and if they want to chat I just explain the reason I need to shoot off ,never had a issue with anyone ,as most know the score
I run away from other stobart drivers in case it’s dozy
They can’t speak English if they are full-time.
dozy:
I’ll talk to anyone
Oh 7uck as if the job isn’t bad enough already.
In rugby tonight tobe if you fancy a chinwag , in Heidi may , went in resteraunt , had a natter with mate about good old days , if I don’t see you tonight keep your eyes peeled for Heidi were often about
ROB, thanks for mentioning me, im the old boy you always have time for..ha ha ..here we go .. back in the day we had no choice ( in a way ) cos we always liked to help others, and often needed help ourselves, like picking soaking wet sheets up off the floor to put on the trailer, thats after we had dragged them through wet puddles etc or snow and ice in the first place to roll them up, we welcomed other drivers, we helped load/unload each other, and not only drivers from the same company.. When we had a night out or two, we collected our night out money before we went, and with no sleeper cabs, we slept across the engine, or went to a transport cafe or a b & B..we met other drivers, we said hello as did they, we had beers together, we had fish and chips after, then went o sleep 3/4/5/ to a room with ex army blankets for warmth..yes my friends we roughed it, but enjoyed every bloody minute..then sadly the sleeper cab came..boses thought it was a grteat idea, we could actually park outside of where we were tipping/loading...WRONG...it took away that cameraderie we had..we never had mobile phones it was a telex..we never had night heaters, we left the engine running..we never had a duvet..it was a sleeping bag..we never took pillows..we had cushions..never had a mobile tv..we had a radio ( if we were lucky ) anyway..drivers stopped helping, talking once they got the luxury of a home sweet home, cant blame them really in some sense..i parked once and asked the driver next to me if he fancied a beer,,to which he replied No thanks, im watching corrie FFS…the nearest i ever came to those days was when i did middle east work…we really did have a family atmosphere…we helped each other…we changed wheels together, we helped repair each others trucks, we cooked for each other, drank together, and showed any newbie how to work the borders with paperwork etc…nowadays even on international work, drivers are loathe to talk to each other, unless we happen to share a cabin with a fellow brit, and even then they dont wanna talk…just sleep…no excuse there really…and the fact that there are many non english on board, that make me spit sometimes, when i see them stealing sugar,. sauces, butters etc and filling their flasks with free coffee/tea…all in all i am a friendly ( cheeky chappie ) i will always talk to others no matter where they are from, and the fact i drive a bulgarian registered truck, attracts more people to talk to me ( well they think i`m one of them ) but luckily i can speak bulgarian ( just ) so it does help…
truckyboy:
…with no sleeper cabs, we slept across the engine, or went to a transport cafe or a b & B…we met other drivers, we said hello as did they, we had beers together, we had fish and chips after, then went o sleep 3/4/5/ to a room with ex army blankets for warmth…yes my friends we roughed it, but enjoyed every bloody minute…we never had mobile phones it was a telex…we never had night heaters, we left the engine running…we never had a duvet…it was a sleeping bag…we never took pillows…we had cushions…never had a mobile…when i did middle east work
danalex84:
As I am a new driver, I always try and talk to everybody, and I have found that a lot of drivers will offer me advice as well. Often giving me tips and advice, as well as asking where Im off to next and letting me know a good route, and if they have been there before telling me how to find a site or how things work somewhere.
Your a vital commodity to our industry danalex but sadly give yourself 2/3 years and you to will be hiding behind closed curtains.
If I’m ever parked at a motorway services I’ll always make the effort to at least give a nod and a wave to my new neighbours, if the windows open I’ll say a quick hello. Sometimes people will start chatting about where they’ve been, the traffic, where they’re going or what they’re hauling. So,etimes it’s nice to just to chat about what’s going on in the world.
I’m quite happy with my own company. A book or newspaper and some music will do me fine for the vending but if someone looks up for chat I’ll make the effort. I’ve had drivers, usually foreign, offer to make me a tea or coffee and when I let them know I’ve got some proper coffee and a cafetière it’s usually just hot water made for me in exchange for some nice coffee.
There are too many anti social drivers out there. Is it really so hard to chat to fellow drivers? I’m only 25 and might be considered a youth, but I seem to have much better social skills than many older drivers.
I think the long haul drivers make more of an effort than those on locals like tipper drivers. Long haul drivers might not speak to anyone for hours yet I can speak to several people at a site, talk to people en route via the cb and then you speak to people you know at the quarry or tip. Come breaktime I want to sit on my own but often you will get drivers of the same run or company all park up in one place. There are drivers around here I go out of my way to avoid contact, with, normally those chewing carrots and driving flat out everywhere because they have a new Scania P cab to sleep in all week. 
I parked up in Habay (B) a few weeks ago with a few British drivers & work was not discussed at all (other than ‘who are you on for?’)…
We chewed-the-fat about a whole range of topics…
At least I got chance to ‘Speak’ English instead of just writing it (on here mainly)…