And it wasn’t in a good way, some moany old security guy referred to me as ‘drive’, and it felt just as bad as I imagined it would, I actually died a little inside I think.
I’m not the tarmac where you put you car outside your house when you get home, henceforth i am not a ■■■■■■■ drive and please refraining from calling me it…is what I’m planning as my next tattoo
I dont mind being called drive at all, after 4 years working in pubs and managing for wetherspoons it is very much “up there” if I was to write a list of names I have been called at work over the years ![:grimacing: :grimacing:](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/grimacing.png?v=12)
Stop being mardy, wasnt long ago you were desperate for a job you could be called drive ![:stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue:](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/stuck_out_tongue.png?v=12)
If the name Drive upsets you then you should go back to the pub, you go to France as a Chauffer you will get called Cheff, as in most countries, but here it is common to be called Driver / Driver, once youve met him a few times he`ll probably call you mate.
OllieNotts:
Stop being mardy, wasnt long ago you were desperate for a job you could be called drive ![:stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue:](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/stuck_out_tongue.png?v=12)
It’s far from being mardy mate, its just that slowly I realise I’m becoming a trucklorryistdrivesattendant, and I can do nothing to stop the spiralling transformation, I bet i’ll be stocking u[ on yorkies by the weekend ![:open_mouth: :open_mouth:](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/open_mouth.png?v=12)
Driver, no problems with that
Drive, I’m NOT A STRIP OF ■■■■’ING TARMAC
![:laughing: :laughing:](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/laughing.png?v=12)
Just call him ‘Secure’. That’s what I do and they tend to stop calling you ‘Drive’ after that, mainly because they think you are some kind of nutter and don’t want to set you off. ![:stuck_out_tongue: :stuck_out_tongue:](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/stuck_out_tongue.png?v=12)
in scotland i get “big yin” a lot,makes i larf,but i do detest “drive”,and refer to anyone who calls me it as their chosen proffesion!,ie" how many cars have you got for me drive?“,i respond with " 11 car salesman”.
childish however very satisfying!!
lothian and borders police once referred to me as "squadron leader"and enquired if i needed more runway to take off.?
Any pub manager who calls me “drive” gets called “barkeep” although I prefer “drive” to the ones who read my name off the paperwork and call me by it. For some reason it creeps me out. If I’ve delivered a few times when they’ve been on duty it’s fair enough because I know them then.
garnerlives:
some moany old security guy referred to me as ‘drive’, and it felt just as bad as I imagined it would, I actually died a little inside I think.
No offence intended but after reading that sentence I know exactly how you felt mate ![:frowning: :frowning:](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/frowning.png?v=12)
Is it temperament or an exaggerated view of your own importance as a professional driver ?
Sorry but it has to be said that some of you are just tooooo temperamental for your own good, it’s just an abbreviation of “driver” and isn’t meant as a derogatory name, ffs drive ![:unamused: :unamused:](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/unamused.png?v=12)
tachograph:
Is it temperament or an exaggerated view of your own importance as a professional driver ?
Having met Jon (and his family) I would say definitely not
![:slight_smile: :slight_smile:](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=12)
Can’t see the problem with being called Drive, its never worried me, As said its a friendly name to give you as you, I assume, are the driver (of a large machine) and you could have instead - oiii you - or worse.
far better to be called drive than hey you when someone says hey you i reply do i look kin chinese
i’ve never bothered with being called drive i see it as more personal than ‘mate’
It really freaks me out though when people i’ve never met before read my name plate and call me Dave.
Mr B:
i’ve never bothered with being called drive i see it as more personal than ‘mate’
It really freaks me out though when people i’ve never met before read my name plate and call me Dave.
I have to ask, why do you have a name plate displayed then ?