newmercman:
Harry Monk:
Well, it’s true that you are liberated from things like this…
waynedl:
So, I booked next week off to have a hols with my missus, no probs there, but 1 of the dogs is very old and was getting pretty ill, so got her booked into the vets for yesterday.
Anyway, asked boss if there was any chance of the Friday off too, he says no chance. Took dog to vets, she was put to sleep, told boss he’s going to have to cover it, not in best state of mind for driving an artic on a Friday afternoon etc. He said he couldn’t cover it, so I turned my phone off…
Now, we don’t have any kids, our pets are our family, and the old girl had been with us for 13yrs and was fully grown when we got her (rescue dog).
What you reckon? Job hunt or just a bollocking?
Are you for real 
You go around bleating that you’re being victimised and you make a post like that about someone losing a pet that they cared a great deal about, the poor bloke said the pooch was like one of his kids and you mock him ffs
Sorry NMM, but I’m not seeing any mocking, so could you point it out please?
newmercman:
I reckon you need to forget all about rulers and other promotional material, with a gob like yours you’d be much better off keeping a low profile, oh and I’d up your BUPA coverage too, the way you’re going it won’t be long before someone drags you from the cab of your lorry and gives you a good hiding
Wouldn’t “someone” also have to have misread Harry’s post first?
newmercman:
On behalf of the more decent members on trucknet, I’d like to apologise to Waynedl for the disgusting remarks made by Harry Monk and say thatwe all hope that the remarks didn’t cause you too much distress at this very sad time 
Is it that Harry has simply pointed out that being your own boss frees you from bad or insensitive bosses, such as Wayne seems to have?
To cover the O/D scenario, we’d have to substitute factory owner or freight forwarder for ‘boss,’ but if that’s the case, I think you’d just get “that load had better be there on time” instead of “no, you can’t have Friday off.” IMHO, this would still leave Wayne in the position of being compelled to go to work.
An O/D might have access to somebody that he can call as emergency temporary cover and has the power to make that decision, but an employed driver unfortunately doesn’t have much choice once his boss has made up his mind.
For the record, I must say that IMHO Wayne’s boss could have been a bit more sensitive in the circumstances. 
. take it to PM or e-mail, or ignore each other, which ever way I dont care but stop this petty squabbling.
The old saying the show must go on is so true, personal circumstances do not come into it, the truck must arrive at the venue on time, it’s not open to debate, it’s a must do 
