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Food supplies down in some areas due to the Tory B****t disaster.
bear:
EU needs 400 000 drivers, nobody want to as it is sh*t conditions and sh*t salary.
bear:
http://68k.news today , EU offers concessions.......
knighty:
I've been thinking a lot about this lately, everyone keeps going on about pay and working conditions, but it doesen't look so bad to me
ignoring really good lorry drivers, just stick with the run of the mill ones.... I meet quite a few and a lot of them are total morons, not a clue about anything, for the level of training they need (naff all really, I have my HGV licence it was a piece of cake) - for that level of training they earn good money
it's not some special skill only a few can manage, anyone can do it with a week of training/driving with L plates on (then 5 hours a year paperwork recap)
(there's plenty of jobs I could never do, no matter how much training I get I'm either not smart enough to do or don't have the memory needed for it)
I think it's really down to equality, the super rich and the rich are so far ahead of everyone else (and not being taxed properly) that it pisses everyone else off - social media doesn't help with everyone showing off and pretending to be flash
too many people think they deserve everything without earning it, they expect a flash new car every year, expect to go to Disney land every year, expect to have a load of flash cloths etc. etc. etc.
Serious:
--- Quote from: knighty on October 14, 2021, 18:09:24 PM ---it's not some special skill only a few can manage, anyone can do it with a week of training/driving with L plates on (then 5 hours a year paperwork recap)
--- End quote ---
This bit goes a little too far, there are some people who will never be able to do it, and some you never want to be able to do it.
My fibromyalgia can cause narcolepsy, instant sleep. Not something you want with a lorry going up to a class of school kids on a crossing.
knighty:
my point is it's not some special skill, most people could do it
if there was a shortage of brain surgeons due to pay/conditions I could understand it, there's a limited number of people smart enough to do it, who have the hand eye coordination to do it, and who are willing to go through all the training etc. to do it... you need very smart/coordinated/determined people
if you're someone who could be a brain surgeon you have a lot of options open to you, a lot of ways you could make a good living and live a good life
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