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On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:50:23 +0100, Brad Rogers <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >I find it quite hard to have any sympathy for those drivers, TBH. Not >for reasons of xenophobia, or somesuch, but because anybody that skimps >on the tools of their trade doesn't deserve much in the way of >sympathy. > I don't want to defend some of the worst drivers on the planet but people's expectations of cheap/free delivery these days means these guys are often earning piss poor money. There is a delivery entrance for a warehouse next door to me and most of the drivers don't even have handsfree calling let alone specialised satnavs. You often see guys backing-up in a very busy street with a phone glued to their ears. As the old saying goes, "pay peanuts, get monkeys." Kevin -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq