It is common in many industries to have key members of staff sleep on the premises in “On-Call” or “SleepOver” rooms which are basic and just equipped with a bed and washbasin, just the same as a prison cell! I did it for many years where a process operating 24/7 required a qualified person to be on the premises, but not necessarily on duty, at all times.
Almost every hospital has “On-Call” rooms where doctors can sleep but still be available if required.
I cannot see a problem if the room is comfortable and facilities are available.
Wheel Nut:
An alternative would be to sleep in another lorry cab which is what many companies do, again not ideal but not illegal
That’s what I had to do when I was on UPS Logistics; lorry (CF 65) was in for overnight service at Wakefield, so I got to kip in a spare CF95. Made a change to be able to stand up in the cab!
My two-pennorth; assuming the bedroom satisfies safety regulations, I’d approach the boss and try to find some middle ground, i.e. if you’ve really got to do it this way how about the room getting a lick of paint and a decent bed etc? Then of course it’s up to your fellow drivers to keep it decent.
Why should they book you in a hotel etc they dont have to supply you with a hotel , Book yourself in the hotel and pay for it out of you n/out money if it worries you that much, does your contract state you will be away o/night for so many nites etc■■? if not they can just tell you to go home and come back in the morning your truck is in for service
HIya undisturbed rest!!! now i remember a few nights on toddington years ago with fidge vans running
at night i’d have loved been in a warehouse. i think you just need someone to talk to… or live nearer
to the job i don’t see any problem… infact in the 70’s a few of us from the same firm used to go to the
pub every wednesday sleep in the canteen/garage and run out thursday no problem. OH i forgot to say
i only lived 4 miles away on a bus route but we had the crack every wednesday…they call it team building
nowadays.
John
I re-call that in 1973 the Bowater Scott warehouse in Barrow caught fire and tragically one of Colin Ashbys motors was parked in one of the bay’s with the driver sleeping in the cab,they found him lying behind one of the roller doors suffocated by the smoke.How they ever allowed him to kip in his cab in their warehouse,when they were always paranoid about safety I’ll never understand,but things were sure tightened up after this tradgedy.Cheers Bewick.
Had to do same thing sometimes weekended their too, but if there was no truck available to sleep in, the only other available option was across the seats in a sprinter van with no night heater , but at least the warehouse was only small and rarely had any thing in it,
I would be getting a taxi to a Premier Inn or some such just hand in the receipt at the office.Having a doss down some where is OK when you are young and counting YOUR pennies.
Without knowing all the exact details (H&S, T&C of employment etc) I would say that you should have a massive kick up your own backside and just crack on and have your kip where asked and then get back on with your work.
Wouldnt it be wonderful if we could afford B&B’s and Hotels etc, but can you not figure out that the hand that is feeding you may be struggling to do so. Your employer has asked for you to get your head down somewhere on an occasion that is not that regular (a wagon service interval and not every week!) I could only imagine that it was all very much beneath you to kip in a place of such squaller!!!
But like I said I dont know the full extent of the issue and can therefore only pass opinion.
Hay1908:
Without knowing all the exact details (H&S, T&C of employment etc) I would say that you should have a massive kick up your own backside and just crack on and have your kip where asked and then get back on with your work.
Wouldnt it be wonderful if we could afford B&B’s and Hotels etc, but can you not figure out that the hand that is feeding you may be struggling to do so. Your employer has asked for you to get your head down somewhere on an occasion that is not that regular (a wagon service interval and not every week!) I could only imagine that it was all very much beneath you to kip in a place of such squaller!!!
But like I said I dont know the full extent of the issue and can therefore only pass opinion.
I doubt they are even servicing the vehicle that often, a six weekly inspection should only take a couple of hours at the outside, VOSA are doing an Annual MOT in about 40 minutes.
markybhoy76:
having drivers sleep overnight in a warehouse whilst their truck is serviced overnight.
100% agrre with you wheelnut, not sure why a service would take all night (9hrs or more) but was only carrying on with the convorsation of the “having to kip in a room that is not upto the standards and requirements of todays modern MAN” (And the uppercase is not the heavy goods vehicle manafacturer)
[zb]ing idiot drivers.
what is wrong with them?
here’s some options:
hiya boss, when’s my lorry due for service/test?
two weeks on wednesday.
right then, move it forward to the friday, or bring it back to the monday, and i’ll have a long weekend at home.
hiya boss, can you get me the number of a local B&B?
why?
you forgot to move the service date, and i’m not sleeping in the warehouse.
are you expecting the firm to pay?
just get me the number, i’ll take it off my income tax, and if you also want it off your corporation tax, then you best put the kettle on.
hiya boss, daya like dags?
dags?
yer dags, me marr says she she’s arranging for me brothers, and me cousins to put a caravan in ya warehouse for me.
but,but, er, [zb], i was booking you into the hilton.
oh ta boss, yara good man. do they like dags?
hiya,
Although the warehouse which if the description is correct is more fitting of a dosshouse, if was this available in the days of the day cab when drivers used to fabricate a bed of sorts to save on night out money I would say that most drivers (not me) would have jumped at the chance of having a proper bed for the night, some of the concoctions I’ve seen rigged up cannot have possibly been comfortable therefore not affording a proper sleep, times have changed and some of the present day sleeping arrangements in modern trucks are equivelant to at least to a small caravan which I have slept in for fun on many occasions, and I suppose modern day drivers find the offered “digs” not comparable to their own little home from home, so why not do as I would do, say thanks but no thanks and even if it means putting a few bob to the cost out of your own pocket find a nice little hostelry where you can get fed and p"“”"d and just roll into a decent bed for the night, not even the “guvnor” could pick bones out of that, or do you not get your allowances for that particular time ie’ serviceing and repairs ■■.
thanks harry long retired.
