Becoming a HGV driver (connor)
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From: Brimstone on 6 Dec 2006 12:11 Conor wrote: > In article <28qdnYlEEeT0lOvYRVnysA(a)bt.com>, Matty says... >> Even though I'm only been driving for a year. I have been thinking >> about a career as a HGV driver. I love driving and could do it all >> day long. :) >> > If you like driving, forget doing your HGV. After a few years, you'll > be sick to death of it. I used to love driving and would do 100 miles > per day bombing around local roads in my car. Now I can barely bring > myself to do anything other than work and back. > <snip tale of woe> And then people wonder why no one wants to be a lorry driver.
From: Conor on 6 Dec 2006 12:18 In article <PO6dnSSTZOcoZOvYRVnyig(a)bt.com>, Brimstone says... > Conor wrote: > > In article <28qdnYlEEeT0lOvYRVnysA(a)bt.com>, Matty says... > >> Even though I'm only been driving for a year. I have been thinking > >> about a career as a HGV driver. I love driving and could do it all > >> day long. :) > >> > > If you like driving, forget doing your HGV. After a few years, you'll > > be sick to death of it. I used to love driving and would do 100 miles > > per day bombing around local roads in my car. Now I can barely bring > > myself to do anything other than work and back. > > > > <snip tale of woe> > > And then people wonder why no one wants to be a lorry driver. > It has it's good days and they do outweigh the bad. The problem is that when it's bad, it's always something out of your control and unlike a regular job, you can't just clock off at 5pm and go home. I can't see why the hell anyone would subject themselves to the regimented prison sentence that is office based work. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: cupra on 6 Dec 2006 12:26 Conor wrote: > In article <PO6dnSSTZOcoZOvYRVnyig(a)bt.com>, Brimstone says... >> Conor wrote: >>> In article <28qdnYlEEeT0lOvYRVnysA(a)bt.com>, Matty says... >>>> Even though I'm only been driving for a year. I have been thinking >>>> about a career as a HGV driver. I love driving and could do it all >>>> day long. :) >>>> >>> If you like driving, forget doing your HGV. After a few years, >>> you'll be sick to death of it. I used to love driving and would do >>> 100 miles per day bombing around local roads in my car. Now I can >>> barely bring myself to do anything other than work and back. >>> >> >> <snip tale of woe> >> >> And then people wonder why no one wants to be a lorry driver. >> > It has it's good days and they do outweigh the bad. The problem is > that when it's bad, it's always something out of your control and > unlike a regular job, you can't just clock off at 5pm and go home. > Rather like my job; customers don't tend to think of the 4hr drive home when you finish.....
From: Brimstone on 6 Dec 2006 12:30 Conor wrote: > In article <PO6dnSSTZOcoZOvYRVnyig(a)bt.com>, Brimstone says... >> Conor wrote: >>> In article <28qdnYlEEeT0lOvYRVnysA(a)bt.com>, Matty says... >>>> Even though I'm only been driving for a year. I have been thinking >>>> about a career as a HGV driver. I love driving and could do it all >>>> day long. :) >>>> >>> If you like driving, forget doing your HGV. After a few years, >>> you'll be sick to death of it. I used to love driving and would do >>> 100 miles per day bombing around local roads in my car. Now I can >>> barely bring myself to do anything other than work and back. >>> >> >> <snip tale of woe> >> >> And then people wonder why no one wants to be a lorry driver. >> > It has it's good days and they do outweigh the bad. The problem is > that when it's bad, it's always something out of your control and > unlike a regular job, you can't just clock off at 5pm and go home. > > I can't see why the hell anyone would subject themselves to the > regimented prison sentence that is office based work. I agree, but some strange people like to know what time they'll be home.
From: John Laird on 6 Dec 2006 13:12
Conor wrote: > In article <PO6dnSSTZOcoZOvYRVnyig(a)bt.com>, Brimstone says... > > > > And then people wonder why no one wants to be a lorry driver. > > > It has it's good days and they do outweigh the bad. The problem is that > when it's bad, it's always something out of your control and unlike a > regular job, you can't just clock off at 5pm and go home. > > I can't see why the hell anyone would subject themselves to the > regimented prison sentence that is office based work. Cos you can clock off at 5pm and go home :-) [Of course, depending on the "office", bad things can there happen as well, also out of your control, but when you're salaried you stay until they're fixed.] And you used to be so positive about trucking too... -- "Life is a sexually transmitted disease" |