once got a job because the guy interviewing had a vw beetle model on his desk so when we got to the bit about what hobbies I’d got i told about how me and my mate had rebuilt his 66 reg 6 volt ( didn’t have the heart to tell him it could have took a lot less if he also didn’t store his most excellent home-brew in the garage)
Funny thing was he told me that if got the job all that would be a thing of the past and i’d better get a photo of the wife so i’d remember her
the git WAS NOT joking
Dav1d:
Same (apparently) goes for MOTs.
Keep it clean. Clip all belts bar the drivers in.
All helps.
clean car yes, belt’s plugged in, no, I hate it with a passion, as for the mot test, I pull the seat belt all the way out, plug it in and then in plug it to unsure it work’s ok, and the let it reel it’s self back in. and on some newer car’s it can put the airbag light on, as it has sensors to detect that the belt is plugged in but can’t feel any weight on the seat. so It think’s it has a fault so disable’s the air bag’s and puts the light on.
I went for an interview at Norman Lewis in a J Reg Marina van, with no MOT or Tax, in the back it had the remainder of a DAF 2800 engine that I had blown up in Romania. Did that clinch the deal for me?
Just for you Malcolm. Many here will not know what a Marina van was. This one is the same age as a red one I drove for several years for an Agricultural Engineering co. Some might say Agricultural engineering & Leyland Marina vans went hand in hand 
A few years ago halfway through an interview at Stobarts Appleton. Interviewer had a call from someone to tell me to move my car out of the visitors car park. Mine was the only one there and it made the building look untidy. Apparently nobrot Stobart was there for the day. Car want dirty etc they just wanted the from of building to look nice for him.
Was offered the job I accepted then 2 hours later I rang back and declined. 
Best idea for me then is go on the bus.
I had a bloke cone for a job with me, he had a reversing beeper on his car!
Against my better judgement I gave him a job, he was a good worker, punctual, did a good day’s work , looked after the lorry and all that, but jeez could he moan, drove me up the bloody wall he did.
He retired after a couple of years thank ■■■■
newmercman:
I had a bloke cone for a job with me, he had a reversing beeper on his car!Against my better judgement I gave him a job, he was a good worker, punctual, did a good day’s work , looked after the lorry and all that, but jeez could he moan, drove me up the bloody wall he did.
He retired after a couple of years thank [zb]
Think he regularly posts on here bemoaning driving standards.
Always made sure that the interior was clean but since reading on hear i’ll certainly be making sure my car is looking shiny for the next interview i go to.
Yeah BS eaton was mad for checking your car before offering you a job, to fair his wagons are totally & I do mean totally immaculate.
I also heard one of his wagons was involved in a collision so he got out of bed at some ungodly hour drove however far to the crash scene & spray painted his nam off the wagon so no one would know it was one of his, obv people in the know would click the colours, but always makes me chuckle that, the very definition of Pride.
the maoster:
newmercman:
I had a bloke cone for a job with me, he had a reversing beeper on his car!Against my better judgement I gave him a job, he was a good worker, punctual, did a good day’s work , looked after the lorry and all that, but jeez could he moan, drove me up the bloody wall he did.
He retired after a couple of years thank [zb]
Think he regularly posts on here bemoaning driving standards.
Chas:
When I was a captain of industry & a very senior manager in a footsie 100…
What happened?
Contraflow:
Chas:
When I was a captain of industry & a very senior manager in a footsie 100…
What happened?
He worked at the Sock Shop
Wheel Nut:
Contraflow:
Chas:
When I was a captain of industry & a very senior manager in a footsie 100…
What happened?
He worked at the Sock Shop
It does strike me as odd that somebody who captained a FTSE 100 firm (other indices are available) would spell it phonetically. It’s a bit like saying “man” not M.A.N.
Chas:
When I was a captain of industry & a very senior manager in a footsie 100
Really now… strokes chin
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a good friend of mine (sadly now departed) built up a successful window blind manufacturing business in the midlands .he told me if he was interviewing a rep he always looked to see the car they arrived in. if it was a) a banger, the guy couldn’t have been much of a salesman if that’s all he could afford . or b) dirty /grubby and generally not looked after ,if he wont look after his own car what chance is there of him looking after mine ?. I bought a couple of his ex rep mobiles (Toyota ) they were mega milers but ran like brand new ,people wouldn’t believe the odometer reading on them.
Or maybe the guy with the banger had the thought process of, this is just a tool of my trade and I don’t need a big flashy car to impress anyone. An old car will do the same job and cost me less so I’ll make do with a cheapo and I’ll spend the cash I save on something important.
A flashy car doesn’t impress me, if an interview success was based on just having a shiny car I’d be less inclined to work for said company.