Becoming a HGV driver (connor)
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From: Conor on 10 Dec 2006 18:23 In article <1hq4v1a.18fstut1qdjyfgN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH says... > You can't fail CBT for a start. > Yes you can. -- Conor The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
From: Brimstone on 10 Dec 2006 18:25 "SteveH" <steve(a)italiancar.co.uk> wrote in message news:1hq5kso.1mhdrtssm9zc5N%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk... > Conor <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> In article <1hq580r.1fvuiij1ulx9bbN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH >> says... >> >> > But you did that in an HGV, which means it's a less than enjoyable >> > experience. >> >> How exactly? > > It's work and you have a very slow and large vehicle with you. > > You're also fairly limited in where you can go and when you can go > there. > >> > Doing it in my car or on the bike would be fun. >> >> Paying to do it instead of being paid and hoping the hotel is >> habitable. > > Well, I don't exactly have many financial contstraints so I'm sure I > could manage to book hotels that were of a far superior standard than > sleeping in the cab of a truck. > >> > Doing in a >> > truck is just a job. A dull job at that. >> > >> Of course it is Steve. Many films made about your job were there? > > There's many dull films out there. Just because a film was made about > your job, it doesn't make it any less dull. > >> > Funnily enough, neither am I. Because that's nothing like life for me, >> > or most other middle managers. >> > >> You're the first to get fired as middle management is the dispensible >> layer of a company. > > Depends on the company, really. > > If they fired the field management team, we would no longer have a UK > business. In which case you're not "middle management". You're not even management, just a salesman labouring under a fancy title.
From: SteveH on 10 Dec 2006 18:27 NM <nik.morgan(a)mac.com> wrote: > I think you have been truly pegged as a shelf stacker. Deny it? Obviously, every company gives 'shelf stackers' company cars, expense accounts and what I consider to be a more than reasonable salary. -- SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
From: SteveH on 10 Dec 2006 18:28 Conor <conor.turton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > In article <1hq4v1a.18fstut1qdjyfgN%steve(a)italiancar.co.uk>, SteveH > says... > > > You can't fail CBT for a start. > > > Yes you can. The clue is in the name. But it requires more than one brain cell to work it out. -- SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC #
From: SteveH on 10 Dec 2006 18:29
Brimstone <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > If they fired the field management team, we would no longer have a UK > > business. > > In which case you're not "middle management". You're not even management, > just a salesman labouring under a fancy title. Bzzzt. Wrong again. Keep digging. I'm enjoying watching you dance for me. -- SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo' www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - Hongdou GY200 - Alfa 75 TSpark Alfa 156 TSpark - B6 Passat 2.0TDI SE - COSOC KOTL BOTAFOT #87 - BOTAFOF #18 - MRO # - UKRMSBC #7 - Apostle #2 - YTC # |