Worste job ever

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Sutty111:
Boxes don’t moan at you. At least on hgv you don’t have 53+ back seat drivers criticising your driving when half of them don’t even hold a car license. 9 years on service bus and hated it after a while. Tried my hand at coaches slightly better until you got the wembley jobs or the like.

I’m on agency (hides) I get the [zb] o’clock starts and a lot of [zb] and being [zb] about. I’m at a permanent workplace everyday though delivering for maccies. Lugging cages about sweating my arse off.

But…
I’ve had a serious crash course in reversing (not literally)…
I’ve lost 3+ stone in just over 3 months.
Any stress I’m under on the deliveries goes the minute I get back in the cab.
And I can earn more money doing 40 hours than I did doing 60.

Every job I’ve done I’ve not liked for the first week or more. Now I’ve found my feet I wouldn’t change it.
Maybe swap and change when I’ve a bit of experience under my belt but for now I’m happy as a pig in [zb]…

Fair play Sutty !

I could only do the crazy o’ clock starts for 6 months (years ago) but saved up a few quid in rag time,till the being kn@ckered all the time caught up with me.
Had to knock it on the head before I became a danger to other road users.

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mike68:
I may be wrong but it sounds like the O/P has has gone and done No1 on Mike 68’s all time list of things to be avoided in transport, never involve yourself in for profit transport.

Probably why my tipper driving job is so easy as we do all our own work, regular customers who use us without ringing around getting rates cut. I know it’s not quite “own account” but probably the closest thing on tippers.

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I think a lot depends on who you work for. I spent the last couple of years before I retired doing multidrops in a rigid for a Palletforce company. I actually enjoyed it most of the time.

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boredwivdrivin:
come on pal tell us more

is it the lorry , the boss , the handballin , the rules , the finding places , the collegues

dont give up tho …

the first 25 years are always the worst

+1,ref the first 25 years