following up on the cross-post of earlier
from news:uk.media.tv.misc and with
previous posts here in mind, I just found
something else to do that is constructive
and contributes to the economy rather
than be either a parasite or risk my
license and lives complying with the
insane expectations of employers who
want drivers.

I've had the lot, including a SatNav with
the entire speed camera database on it
and a nudge and a wink, being expected
to get from Toddington (j13) to Wakefield
(j40)  in an hour on the basis "well, you're
on the M1" and so forth.

I took it seriously and gave it my best
shot and concluded that the way forward
for the transport and logistics sector is
teleportation as per Star Trek/Dr WHO as
I've not yet found an employer who even
considers fuel economy, despite over and
over and over putting 3-4 times more in the
tank than I got top line for the day.

I made a point of asking at every booking
if they minded me driving economically
and was, without exception, basically told
"yes, actually, we mind a lot as we'll only
conclude you're a lazy slacker who's taking
the piss and having breaks every hour"; I
wasn't FWIW.

But, yes, as I've opted instead for making
things rather than a mug of myself, and it's
already paying significantly more, you can
stick your fuel protests up your collective
arses. You ought to be protesting the insane
demands made of drivers not the price of
fuel, to my mind.

But, as I've basically concluded the entire
transportation and logistics sector can go
fuck its hypocritical self, this will be my
last post here--it's not looking like there'll
be more driving work on the horizon ever.
I just can't be arsed with the personal abuse
and the mindless waste of perfectly good fuel
to fulfill some meaningless token requirement
pegged to an anachronistic work ethic that
prizes 100mph far far more than 100 mpg.

The sector deserves to collapse as I see no
evidence at all that there's anyone with a
brain in the office side of it, otherwise they'd
say "look, use your speed limiter to get up
there then bring it back down and cruise at
50" rather than enacting sad public school
humiliation fantasies based on the fact that
by not doing that extra 5mph you've proved
you're a degenerate lazy slacker with no real
commitment to the company.

I know there are other drivers who will agree
with me, but frankly, it's an unworkable sector
because blinkered uneducated tosspots in
offices with cuckoo land whims bring the
same never-never approach to fuel as they've
just sunk the economy with with credit.

So, please, feel free to kiss my economical
ass.

I had such high hopes I'd find somewhere
that prized safe, steady, economical driving,
somewhere, just one place, was all it needed.

But no. Not in the event. Your loss, not mine.
I'm now making more for more making more.

G DAEB
COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SIPSTON
--

On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 05:10:24 -0700 (PDT), FCS put finger to keyboard
and typed:
>
>I've had the lot, including a SatNav with
>the entire speed camera database on it
>and a nudge and a wink, being expected
>to get from Toddington (j13) to Wakefield
>(j40)  in an hour on the basis "well, you're
>on the M1" and so forth.

Apart from the fact that Toddington is J12, not J13 (which I'll assume
is a typo on your part), the distance from J13 to J40 is, according to
Google, 138 miles. I do not believe, therefore, that anyone has ever
seriously expected you to do it in an hour. You appear to be
exaggerating in order to attempt to strengthen your case, but, by
making such an impossible claim you are, in fact, weakening it.

Mark 
-- 
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"Sometimes everything is wrong"

In article <eb5be7ae-9e5a-45e8-8121-74e4a96fae89@
79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com>, FCS says...
> following up on the cross-post of earlier
> from news:uk.media.tv.misc and with
>
<snipped a load of rubbish>

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU ON ABOUT?


-- 
Conor

I only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow isn't 
looking good either. - Scott Adams

Mark Goodge wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 05:10:24 -0700 (PDT), FCS put finger to keyboard
> and typed:
>>
>> I've had the lot, including a SatNav with
>> the entire speed camera database on it
>> and a nudge and a wink, being expected
>> to get from Toddington (j13) to Wakefield
>> (j40)  in an hour on the basis "well, you're
>> on the M1" and so forth.
>
> Apart from the fact that Toddington is J12, not J13 (which I'll assume
> is a typo on your part), the distance from J13 to J40 is, according to
> Google, 138 miles. I do not believe, therefore, that anyone has ever
> seriously expected you to do it in an hour. You appear to be
> exaggerating in order to attempt to strengthen your case, but, by
> making such an impossible claim you are, in fact, weakening it.
>
However, you're assuming that the person doing the nudging and winking 
actually has a clue as to how far apart the two junctions are.

As an illustration, I spent a couple of years as a trade plate driver with a 
company that had three offices up and down the country, one of which was in 
the Midlands and another down south. The person "managing" the midlands 
office phoned and asked the southern office if there were any drivers near 
Bicester only to be told that the nearest was at Southampton. The response 
to that was "Well, that's not far!". After a further exchange the next 
question from the midlands was "So how far is it (from Southampton to 
Bicester)?"

Whilst this was in the early days of route planning software a quick glance 
at the wall map would have revealed that they are not in close proximity.

She was utterly clueless.

Conor  wrote:

> WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU ON ABOUT?

Ah, glad it's not just me that thought that. In fact ICBA to read more
than a few lines of it, since scanning down a narrow column of print
hacks me off. I suspect the prats who do this think they are giving
their drooling twaddle the gravitas of a broadsheet newspaper opinion
column.

FCS  wrote:

> this will be my last post here

Thank fuck for that.

Door, arse, no contact as you exit.

On 7 Jun, 13:10, FCS  wrote:
> But, as I've basically concluded the entire
> transportation and logistics sector can go
> fuck its hypocritical self, this will be my
> last post here

I wasn't even aware of your first.  Bye bye.

BrianW  wrote:

> I wasn't even aware of your first.  Bye bye.

It appears to be a one-eyed tattoo fetishist on drugs and in need of
psychiatric help.

I had no idea that someone who is clearly permanently dope-addled was 
driving lorries for a living, and find it rather worrying.