Well that's was painless, the first blog done and dusted. Now where did I put that map? Oh of course don't need it this week I have got the GPS updated at last. At least Mavis will know where we are, except when she gets lost. My colleagues swear by their units me I just stick it in the dash and let it tick away, the punters love it they love to know where they are, LOST I always say whether I am or not.
I am getting the hang of this its like talking to yourself without people thinking your well you know. Well thoughts for today, will the luggage break the back? People are fickle beings they must carry all their worldlies with them the poor driver he just has to load it and of course its got weigh the limit have you seen the size of the large Samsonite's the Americans carry - well they have porters but they pay for the privilege but not to the person who is after all ONLY THE DRIVER!
Now lets look at ONLY THE DRIVER! He is a person who maybe has trained for years at the following skills - Man management, Geographical and History Expert, Comedian, First Aider, Mechanic,Tea Maker, Valeter, Ecological Disposal operative, Window cleaner, Diplomat, Hotel Services Management, Legal Expert in Road Traffic law, Legal Expert in Vehicle Operating Standards,
and oh, by the way he is not a bad driver either and his company gets all that for £5:05 per hour when he is on tour, for which he is on call 24/7 and only gets paid for 10 of those hours per day! By the way the Statutory Legal Wage in Great Britain is £5:35 per hour but his superiors think that as he gets "ALLOWANCES" which are untaxed he meets the S.L.W , these so called ALLOWANCES are for things like food and an allowance for being away from home. Mind you when did you last get a breakfast for £2:50 and an evening meal for £5:00 boy do you have like Kant Find the Chicken or Burglar King! He may also get Gratuities or Tips which of course have to be declared for tax purposes, but these days even they are disappearing as the public feel the squeeze of the financial markets biteing ever deeper. By the way did you know a TIP is something that originated in the early 20th century when the Hanson cab arrived and TIP was a payment TO INSURE PUNCTUALITY or TIP for short!
Oh dear here we go again - hey ho off we go...
Thursday 31 July 2008
Wednesday 30 July 2008
Welcome to the World of Blogging
Welcome to the World of Blogging - its easy, you should do it, nothing to it, and so on and so on so my mentor (sueblimely of australian fame tells me) and she should know! Shes been doing this sort of thing for ages.
Well here goes, I love my job well I did 40 years ago but I am still doing It so that tells you something. I must be a glutton for punishment or I dont know any better, by the way, It is carrying members of the general public around all day long to fulfill their travel or wanderlust, what makes them sit in a metal box for hours watching the countryside fly by?
Over the last few months we have travelled loadsa miles or even kilometres, and all for £5:05 an hour, I wish I was a Petrol Tanker driver getting the big bucks - £41,000 now is whispered in hallowed tones,all right they could get themselves blown to the middle of next week if they are careless but they are in their own beds every night!
We purveyors of long distance travel are in somebody else's bed most nights, sometimes shared with a bed bug or two or the odd flea. Depends on the standard of the accommodation cos after all you're only the driver! words often said scathingly! Yes but this only the Driver has brought 49 folks with pockets full of cash to spend in the establishment that has the group bedded down and this driver wants a good nights rest instead what does he get a night listening to humming of kitchen extractor fans or the whirring of the Lift motors as the drunken revellers crash their way to their accommodation, en suite and tv waiting.
I often wonder how much our bosses get for sending us to all these outlandish places and how do they find them. Hey Ho off we go....
Well here goes, I love my job well I did 40 years ago but I am still doing It so that tells you something. I must be a glutton for punishment or I dont know any better, by the way, It is carrying members of the general public around all day long to fulfill their travel or wanderlust, what makes them sit in a metal box for hours watching the countryside fly by?
Over the last few months we have travelled loadsa miles or even kilometres, and all for £5:05 an hour, I wish I was a Petrol Tanker driver getting the big bucks - £41,000 now is whispered in hallowed tones,all right they could get themselves blown to the middle of next week if they are careless but they are in their own beds every night!
We purveyors of long distance travel are in somebody else's bed most nights, sometimes shared with a bed bug or two or the odd flea. Depends on the standard of the accommodation cos after all you're only the driver! words often said scathingly! Yes but this only the Driver has brought 49 folks with pockets full of cash to spend in the establishment that has the group bedded down and this driver wants a good nights rest instead what does he get a night listening to humming of kitchen extractor fans or the whirring of the Lift motors as the drunken revellers crash their way to their accommodation, en suite and tv waiting.
I often wonder how much our bosses get for sending us to all these outlandish places and how do they find them. Hey Ho off we go....
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