about 13
silly for a non issue! lol
Just another thread highlighting how many on here don’t have a clue about a days work. Lazy gits.
A couple of years ago I did a trunk for a company in worksop , drive to tesco Barlborough pick up loaded trl the non stop to heysham or holyhead , this job was done through Maxi Haulage , there was always 2 trunks so we used to run together, 1 night after picking up from tosco we both pulled into woodall services to fuel up , we were seen fueling up and next day sacked . Despite the fact that is nearest place we could fuel and previous driver not refuelling our boss would not back us up .
eurogrant:
Why do so many drivers think they know better than office planners■■?!
Possibly because of threads like this
Daytrunker:
I did ask about what if I felt ill amazon said Cant stop only emergency reasons, they said its the same with all our depots no stopping no services or lay bys.
Asked the office bod wheres the smoking hut he said “staff only your not allowed your a driver” charming snotty [zb] .
I would have told him and have, to go do one
Daytrunker:
I did ask about what if I felt ill amazon said Cant stop only emergency reasons, they said its the same with all our depots no stopping no services or lay bys.
Asked the office bod wheres the smoking hut he said “staff only your not allowed your a driver” charming snotty [zb] .
I would consider going to the toilet and emergency.
DrivingMissDaisy:
Because I can! I’m not having some road rat telling me what to do!Your turn…
Oh dear, someone can’t handle their drink. I wasn’t telling you what to do, I was asking a question, a question is indicated thusly ? Just for future reference.
Sincerely,
Luke Road Rat Vernon
Top tip, I know you were clearly drunk, but name calling makes you look childish. I’m not telling you what to do, I’m giving you friendly advice. Have a lovely day. Hope the hangover isn’t too bad 
SteveBarnsleytrucker:
I hate Amazon like the plague. Swansea, Doncaster and Dunfermline treat drivers like [zb] when delivering, so I wouldn’t listen to what they have to say of I was doing one of their loads.
Doncaster were very nice to me once after one of their idiots told someone to drop a trailer on the wrong bay and they wanted me to move it.
Not that it made any difference to my reply 
The Law won`t take any notice of Amazons rules if you have a fatality nor will they make exceptions if you run over your time to get to your destination.
All they will say is you should have parked up earlier.
Its your Licence not Amazons
nsmith1180:
Man puts a gun to my head in that situation he gets offered the keys and i sit my fat arse down. Its all yours mate, fill your boots.My life is worth more than a full load of PS4s.
+1
The stuff in the back, be it PS4’s or bog roll, is all insured anyway. If any dodgy character wants it…they can have it! The office and the monkeys working in it, can get tae ■■■■!
lolipop:
Its your Licence not Amazons
correct 
how many drivers like sitting in amazings waiting room 
with all mod cons 
for eight hours at a time 
then do as YOU’RE TOLD don’t stop en route!
gettin-on:
Way it is now company’s arnt earning 000’s
So keep tossing it off everyday then miss your backload
Load the following day by end of week you down 2/3 loads company makes a loss
Cant afford it anymore so pAcks in and your on the dole as with the influx next year of foreign workers you will be to expensive to employIn general now not including specialist work
I guarantee you most drivers earn more in wages than the employer does
Out the truck every week
And be a few operaters on here that back that up
Bless 'em eh? All these lovely haulage company owners/shareholders making nothing and all us drivers earning big time from their profitless businesses! A driver has the cheek to want a wee now and again - how dare they treat the lovely company so badly…?
Never mind matey, in your world that nice man with a long white beard and a red suit will be coming down the chimney soon to leave you lots of lovely presents… 
Being fair, I have to speak up in support of the poor operators argument.
We all know how tight the margins are in this business, a missed drop on one day could kill the profit for the week. Especially if the business is using agency drivers like my boss is. You know that it costs my guv an extra £180 a week to the agency to employ me compared to a directly employed driver? No wonder they have offered me a permanent job!
I am not saying stopping for a jimmy is going to put the company into administration but it is incumbent upon us to do all we can to avoid costs for the company. Thats just self preservation really, because I hate the thought of being back down the dole office.
If we had bigger todgers we could tie a knot in them
But the general feeling from this thread seems to be the way the driver was “told” not to stop, personally I would take this as no sly lay-by snoozes aand if you do get caught short and we are all human (apparently) this can and will happen but its not expected on every run you do so chances are you will not need to pee or ■■■ and can run 4.5 hours happily.
But if needed a quick ■■■■■ in a secure’ish services aint going to cause major issues if its not over regular.
We do high value loads and are not allowed to stop. If we have to then we text the office to say we are stopping and then text the office to say we are on the move again.
bristolron:
We do high value loads and are not allowed to stop. If we have to then we text the office to say we are stopping and then text the office to say we are on the move again.
Nothing wrong with that at all, I’ve done it myself.
The issue is with the ‘you cannot stop driver,not for any reason, not even the toilet’. This is unacceptable and I would never honour such a request if I needed to stop for any (genuine) reason. If the load is so sensitive that to stop for a Jimmy will be seriously risky, I don’t want to take the load ta very much!
Boots in Nottingham do a weekly run to Cambridge with Londons bulk supply of Morphine + a few other high value drugs.
The driver & mate combination are never the same in the same year & they are given a short briefing before they leave Beeston.
This might come as a shock to the many drivers who work on the Beeston site, don’t worry, you are totally out of the loop.
The short briefing involves telling you that you should not stop for any reason before you reach the drop. The mate is given an info pack & told to read it en-route, the info pack goes into detail of exactly why you shouldn’t stop. It also tells you what to do if you do stop & what will happen if you stop & don’t follow the info.
I did the run once & asked not to be expected to do it again.
at amazon rugely drivers waiting room there is a toilet for the drivers to use
they can stand up for a widdle or sit down for a ■■■
if they do that before setting off
surely its not too unreasonable for your boss or someone at amazon to say
please dont stop unless you have to during your 2 hour journey
I have nothing to ad to this fine thread other than if any Ps4’s happen to fall off the back of your lorry i’ll take one