Very rare nowadays but more companies should use them. Went into IPL Westry yesterday to collect. Cheery chap had everyone stopped, started slotted away with no fuss or swearing. An absolute pleasure. He even said to me if I need to finish a break off on the bay that’s ok.
This job would be so much better with old ways.
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I wonder how your opinion would hold up after visiting some Amazon sites, a lot of them there are just a bloody nuisance (and a clueless untrained nuisance at that) who serve no other purpose than to impose H&S BS that’s been “Memo’d” down by managers and supervisors who also have no bloody clue what they’re doing and even less of a clue what goes on out in the yard…
Been spared that pleasure. So far…
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I wonder how your opinion would hold up after visiting some Amazon sites, a lot of them there are just a bloody nuisance (and a clueless untrained nuisance at that) who serve no other purpose than to impose H&S BS that’s been “Memo’d” down by managers and supervisors who also have no bloody clue what they’re doing and even less of a clue what goes on out in the yard…
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I wonder how your opinion would hold up after visiting some Amazon sites, a lot of them there are just a bloody nuisance (and a clueless untrained nuisance at that) who serve no other purpose than to impose H&S BS that’s been “Memo’d” down by managers and supervisors who also have no bloody clue what they’re doing and even less of a clue what goes on out in the yard…
^^^^^ defiantly Rugeley is a joke,snotty pointy shoes with a clipboard but Hemel is like a different company,on the bay chuck your keys in the warehouse back in the cab kettle to use and a loo,wander about the yard having a smoke lol.
Being honest I’ve not met a yard marshall yet that isn’t a complete bell end.
Last encounter was with one at Viamaster in Normanton. Had a right wobble on because I was moving without hazard lights on which is something you just know you have to do apparently.
Additionally it turns out they have to be on so they know the vehicle is moving. I suggested that the parked lorries that weren’t moving but had hazards on kinda went against the logic and maybe the fact he put his hand up to stop me moving shows that movement can be observed with eyeballs.
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The place where I am the moment I originally worked for them a few years back. They NEED a yard marshal & have always had one. A few years ago he was a cantankerous old git when/if he could be found.
Many of the customers we delivered to also had need to send their trucks & vans in to our yard to collect from us. I got sick of apologising for him.
Now, a few years later, I found they finally retired the fat bellied old knuckle dragger & replaced him with the sweetest, politest, short haired & baggy combats dressed woman you could possibly hope to find this side of the Great Dyke.
It is not possible to not follow her instructions, yet you do it 'cos she asks you in a way that instantly makes sense & not because she could not only beat you in a fight, she can also run faster.
Now, I turn up at a customers site & often the ‘banter’ revolves around her. She’s probably done more to raise the companies profile than any manager or sales rep could ever possibly hope to.