Hello from across the pond

Cheers DS Mrs Buckaneer isnt a Diesel Dolly but Im sure shell nose here to check things out

 

Sure do its where they have half sized lamp posts because of the runway is so close to the road.

Its no surprise so many people are wanting to leave, its not just the economic recession thats a worry. Im more concerned about the social recession. What we are turning into in this once green and pleasant land scares the hell out of me. I dont want to leave, honestly I love this god forsaken place. I know I'll miss her like mad but enough is enough. Even ten year old kids are starting to try and kill each other.

The last one to leave will hopefully turn the lights off.

 

I'm self employed and work for several firms like an agency driver. Sadly the fact is I now have to go through temp agencies to keep on working in these firms. They now pay these agencies far more than they ever paid me. !!!!

I used to run a few trucks employing people but those days are well over after being carved up by cowboys and bent hauliers. Heck I even turned game keeper and got a job behind a desk running a 150 driver operation for one of THE major high street names for my sins.

Our roads are filling up with Turkish, Polish, Hungarian et al when years ago you only saw the Dutch, French, Italian and German boys on a regular basis. The latest crop of drivers are causing increasing numbers of accidents by their careless driving by driving beyond their hours, drinking and basically not knowing our rules of the road. How many of them turn right at a roundabout but stay on the left hand lane and dont indicate ?

 

You'll probably remember in the middle of the night. When you do let me know. It may help to know where theyve worked

 

It doesn't surprise me to hear that at all.

I cant believe you were asked to put a sign up on the gate. Next thing dhl will be charging extra to have your delivery made by an english speaking employee.

How the hell can they employ non english reading employees ?? How the hell do they know where to take the parcels if they cant read ?? Not to mention things like warning signs road closed signs etc !!!

I thought things were bad a few years ago when the Polish drivers turned up, work dropped because they were cheaper to hire. Peak times meant you got work and theyd started employing Polish office staff to deal with things.

It was great standing in dispatch at 2am waiting for a load being spoken too like i was a piece of dirt and then the phone goes on the desk and is thrust into my hand as Im told "driver lost you tell him way to go !" Unfortunately for him he was looking for Newport and he was in Shropshire when, you guessed it he wanted the one in South Wales.