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Nidge2
 Post subject: Re: who got the job?
PostPosted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 10:18 am 
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416 mi, 6 hours 57 mins No traffic information A90
436 mi, 7 hours 10 mins In current traffic: 7 hours 10 mins M6

£1.00 return mile rout 1, £832 plus meals and coffee, plus over night in Premier inn

Less your usual 25% discount and you've overcharged them Mr Skippy41!!



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Nidge2
 Post subject: Re: who got the job?
PostPosted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 10:19 am 
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Thats more than I make in a week so if that had been me I would have considered it as long as it was money up front


That was one of the problems. The students would not have had any money to pay the fare and the college were going to pay. However the college is in Nottingham and the people with access to the college funds were not available because it was a Saturday. The woman that was travelling with me was trying to organise a payment by card to the company and it ended up being paid by one of the other staff members on her personal card. Normally work for these colleges is on account and even though there were other students on the same flight to Aberdeen who were going to Glasgow university, which is part of the same group, each university has a separate account and there was no one available to make the decision to put the job on the Glasgow account and then Nottingham would reimburse Glasgow. What a cock up.



I'm sorry but I wouldn't have turned a wheel unless there were cleared funds like "CASH" in the bag.
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skippy41
 Post subject: Re: who got the job?
PostPosted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 2:01 pm 
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My Google map makes it 817 miles round trip, £650 Divide by 817 miles = 79.5 ppm...

Fuel would cost around £110....so £540 for 15 hours work plus a wee Sleep in lay by included.

Works out at £36 per hour Driving time...I could live with that.


You should be able to get there and back on a tank in the Skoda Blood, Im getting just over 600 miles just general running, fuel light comes on with 10 litres to go plus whats in the filler tube
So a long run like that should see well over 800 miles
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grandad
 Post subject: Re: who got the job?
PostPosted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 2:36 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:
grandad wrote:
edders23 wrote:

Thats more than I make in a week so if that had been me I would have considered it as long as it was money up front


That was one of the problems. The students would not have had any money to pay the fare and the college were going to pay. However the college is in Nottingham and the people with access to the college funds were not available because it was a Saturday. The woman that was travelling with me was trying to organise a payment by card to the company and it ended up being paid by one of the other staff members on her personal card. Normally work for these colleges is on account and even though there were other students on the same flight to Aberdeen who were going to Glasgow university, which is part of the same group, each university has a separate account and there was no one available to make the decision to put the job on the Glasgow account and then Nottingham would reimburse Glasgow. What a cock up.



I'm sorry but I wouldn't have turned a wheel unless there were cleared funds like "CASH" in the bag.

No one was expected to do the job without a payment up front. It just created a logistical nightmare for the girl trying to sort it out on a Saturday. I would like to think that a new system will be put in place by the college in case a similar problem happens again.

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Sussex
 Post subject: Re: who got the job?
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Well I'm as tight as a***holes, but I would have done it for that.

£650 less £150 for fuel, £500 for 12 hours work. I could live with that.

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blackpool
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All i can say is is your all earning to much to refuse work like that ! Id have snapped there hand of even if it took me 2 days in my cab :D
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gusmac
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Thought you didn't do out of town hires? :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: who got the job?
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Well I'm as tight as a***holes, but I would have done it for that.

£650 less £150 for fuel, £500 for 12 hours work. I could live with that.


14 hours, but you must have a very uneconomical car Sussex, I could have done the run on £80 of fuel, starting on a full tank and refilling it when I got back
It would be daft to drive for 7 hours then not take a break, thats why i always stipulate a premier inn for a sleep over
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It would be daft to drive for 7 hours then not take a break,

I would have a break, p*** and burger in some northern service station.

Might even consider washing my hands in-between.

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Just wondering what those Nigerians were going to do, while you drove up from Brighton for them :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: who got the job?
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Just wondering what those Nigerians were going to do, while you drove up from Brighton for them :lol:

Quite possibly on their laptops offering folks their dad's millions if we give them our banking details. :roll: :roll: :roll:

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Just wondering what those Nigerians were going to do, while you drove up from Brighton for them :lol:

Quite possibly on their laptops offering folks their dad's millions if we give them our banking details. :roll: :roll: :roll:


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gusmac wrote:
Thought you didn't do out of town hires? :lol:

Im selectve,but can be pushed if i see pound signs :D
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grandad
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blackpool wrote:
All i can say is is your all earning to much to refuse work like that ! Id have snapped there hand of even if it took me 2 days in my cab :D

2 days??? Is that 1 day to find Aberdeen and another to find Nottingham? :lol: :lol: :lol:

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All i can say is is your all earning to much to refuse work like that ! Id have snapped there hand of even if it took me 2 days in my cab :D

2 days??? Is that 1 day to find Aberdeen and another to find Nottingham? :lol: :lol: :lol:

I would of had a cat nap in a 5 star hotel for that :wink:
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