From: Mike G on 6 Dec 2006 13:28 "Conor" <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1fe10bb6d0f10a06989f60(a)news.individual.net... > 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. One mans fish is another mans poisson. :-) I can't see why anyone would choose to drive a HGV on our congested roads. Or someone else, spending maybe hours on getting to and from work. Not to mention the costs involved.. AFAIC my working day starts when I leave home until I get back, so the less time spent travelling the better. ATM it takes me 5mins to get to and from work. Still 10 minutes unpaid though.:-) Mike.
From: Conor on 6 Dec 2006 13:41 In article <1165428767.292321.199430(a)l12g2000cwl.googlegroups.com>, John Laird says... > 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... > > Time of year TBH -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: Matty on 6 Dec 2006 17:01 "Conor" <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1fe10bb6d0f10a06989f60(a)news.individual.net... > 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. > > The mundanity of office life doesn't appeal to me. I've been there tried that, never again. I like to idea of driving for a living and blissfully shutting off from the naaaaaging wife and screaming kids! sounds like an escape plan Batman! lol
From: David Taylor on 6 Dec 2006 17:29 On 2006-12-06, Brimstone <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > 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. I doubt that. Since no one wants to be a lorry driver, everyone already knows why they don't want to be a lorry driver. -- David Taylor
From: Conor on 6 Dec 2006 17:49
In article <roudnVAH-7l6oerYnZ2dnUVZ8s-dnZ2d(a)bt.com>, Matty says... > Love the sick of it part! excellent and brutally honest, gives you a real > insight there. > > I'm going to give it a lot of hard thought over xmas and see if I'll make a > go of the idea. > > Thanks for your help here. > No problem. Just ignore the wonderful picture places like this sell you: http://www.pathwaylgv.co.uk/welcome2.htm We ripped it to bits a bit in Trucknet and a few people phoned them up. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us. |