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[MaxP01]

Hi!

Upon return to depot yesterday I noted the hire vans being readied for return, confirmed by being asked to fuel mine up and remove all 739s, stickers, tape, old manifests and any remains of attempts to eat a BLT triple on the North Wales expressway. Quite how one of my colleagues is going to remove the stigma of his van being a fly-by-wire Ford with more scrapes and scuffs than a ten-year-old pair of Doc Martens (showing my age?) is another matter but ho hum...

When and how are we agency wallahs going to find out we're cut adrift and up the proverbial without a paddle, let alone a Sprinter? My debrief after an almost perfect and very enjoyable day of largely rural drops with just one residential 739 where all the neighbours three doors either side were out included the words "phone call on Thursday" which could mean me ringing them or vice versa.

For the avoidance of doubt, I found my depot relaxed and easy-going, the work largely enjoyable for the most part and certainly wouldn't object to a few on-going days as a relief driver. There are the usual lack of communication issues but better that than being micro-managed to the point of feeling stifled.