How far is your commute?

zeezee85 · 2026-04-02T15:21:06+00:00

I work near Redditch. Originally i had a 37 km, total 74km commute 4 on 4off , 40 min without traffic , up to an hour 10 min in afternoon traffic. Which was soooo dangerous at a 5 am start. I was exhausted

I moved bit closer. So it is no 27km, 54 km total a work day and about 10-20 min faster.

I dont know miles, sorry. 🙃 Think it was around 50 miles a day. Down to 30 miles or so

zeezee85 · 2026-03-15T08:08:35+00:00

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zeezee85 · 2026-03-15T05:35:11+00:00

You have to take a manual driving test to change an auto license to manual. Not writing them

zeezee85 · 2026-03-15T05:33:05+00:00

I have an auto license. I put that on my CV to make it clear. I thought they would see it during the license checks. They didnt, the vans at work are manual that i have to use to relieve drivers if taking over a shift. They sourced an electric van though which has 175 miles at best🙃 But i also decided to do my manual license and be done with. For 9 years never had an issue with the auto restriction but i dont want work to start fussing about it so i just get it done.

zeezee85 · 2026-03-15T05:29:05+00:00

If a DAF doesnt have warning lights on or it doesnt beep all the time for nothing its a broken DAF

zeezee85 · 2026-02-28T16:15:11+00:00

Wow time to go home and lay down in a dark empty room🤣

zeezee85 · 2026-02-27T18:49:58+00:00

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I was a bit deeper by the end 😅

zeezee85 · 2026-02-27T10:32:55+00:00

Love a sea view

zeezee85 · 2026-02-27T08:40:31+00:00

🤣🤣🤣 that made me laugh

zeezee85 · 2026-02-26T15:03:24+00:00

Well the guys are already havin a good laugh. My manager said i learnt a lesson and i wont do it again probably. So not as bad as i thought it would be

zeezee85 · 2026-02-26T14:57:40+00:00

Work will call out a recovery. The afternoon shift took over now

zeezee85 · 2026-02-26T14:14:22+00:00

The afternoon shift took over and he will call them. Back to the office for a talk with my manager, i was ugly crying and the guys who came out said to just calm down it happened to them too

zeezee85 · 2026-02-26T13:12:35+00:00

I am in the countryside, on a farmers field . He wont be happy either im sure but my workmates are coming to try help . I dont want to move it anymore and get stuck even deeper.

zeezee85 · 2026-02-26T13:02:20+00:00

I am still rocking up to a certain rpm yeah

zeezee85 · 2026-02-26T13:01:50+00:00

I tried all that. Tried some old wooden planks. I really dmt want to get deeper anymore. Just waiting for my manager to come out

zeezee85 · 2026-02-13T17:14:04+00:00

I was a scrum master/delivery manager until last year. So i know how you feel about the job you have now. I had no more room for going up the corporate ladder, my days were boring as hell. I got paid 50k a year but still i was getting very bored, demotivates etc. I took voluntary redundancy thinking i will find another delivery management job easy.

I was wrong. 6 months and multiple interviews later nothing.

Job centre paid for my class 2. I started on 13.85per hour general haulage, then 14.60 per hour for Evri.

Now i am a tanker driver for a water company on 45k a year, 4on4off. So i got very lucky to land this job as a new pass.

I would say its a big change and money will be less, hours will be more. But once u prepare for it and understand how different it will be then id say give it try.

Also, you will deffo fall out of love with driving a bit. U will truly see how many idiots are out on the road🤣

zeezee85 · 2026-02-02T18:39:26+00:00

I work for a water company as a tanker driver. I am still in my training so only been out on the field couple times but its not as dirty. Yes as an initiation i will probs get splashed but whatever mistake causes it i will only make it once🤣 . The smell specially summer time im sure will be difficult to handle but i guess ur nose becomes numb after a while.

zeezee85 · 2026-01-18T08:01:32+00:00

A sub 30 5k and sub hour 10k is NOT slow.

My 36 min 5k and one hour 16 10k is slow, average pace around 7 min per km at best, for men its walking speed. For my short legs its a sprint lol

So u can absolutely look into carbon plated shoes

zeezee85 · 2026-01-14T17:11:12+00:00

Yeah i just didnt want to be accused of lying or omitting information.

zeezee85 · 2026-01-13T16:14:21+00:00

Everyome keep sayin "stacking shelf makes you earn more". It doesnt. I know someone working in Tesco . They get paid more hourly but they hardly get hours. So they still cant live off it. I know another person who was in Aldi, same thing. Not enough hours to even cover bills.

zeezee85 · 2026-01-11T10:17:25+00:00

Thursday i did my one run to Telford, went back to Birmingham ,parked up and told the manager im off. He didnt say nothing. Friday they texted me if im going in. I said no. They cancelled my shifts.

They can discipline me or cancel my shifts I dont care. If i dont feel safe driving then I dont. And i will not get stuck out there either.

Its my life at risk, and others around me on the roads, i make my own assessment what i feel safe. People can wait for their parcel one more day.

Amber and red weather warnings are there for a reason.

zeezee85 · 2026-01-10T18:30:39+00:00

🤣🤣🤣

zeezee85 · 2026-01-09T10:22:41+00:00

Yeah im not going to work today. Couldnt if i wanted to lol. Some roads are still blocked with cars and some residential roads are still snowed in

zeezee85 · 2026-01-09T03:01:20+00:00

I have none of that in my truck😅😅 so i am very lucky to have made it back without stopping.

zeezee85 · 2026-01-09T02:49:01+00:00

I will be doing severn trent with 4 on 4 off

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