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grandad
 Post subject: Re: Some people!
PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 12:01 pm 
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My wife decided to drive the run with this driver escorting today. Now my wife is not known for driving fast, in fact I would say that she is a slow driver. The are some long term roadworks on the route which means that the shortest route is closed. The driver knows this, I know this and i thought that my wife knew this as well. Apparently not. Anyway, 1 of the students did not go today so this morning when the job was done by this driver it took 1 hr 24 minutes. My wife drove straight into the road closure, the escort (usual driver) said nothing. The total time for this unexpected diversion (cock up) was 18 minutes to get back to the original point where she made the mistake. So how long did the job take including this 18 minutes diversion................................1 hr 23 minutes. According to the tracker, at no time did my wife exceed any speed limits.
I think someone is taking my pants down and giving me a severe shagging!



Take him to one side and say, "you know how much I think about you and I'd hate you to get hurt but, I think someone is having a go on your wife while you are doing the school run."

He gets his foot down and does it in record time trying to catch her at it. Happy days, problem solved. :D :D :D

Hmmm. Now do I have the bottle to try that one? :shock:

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 Post subject: Re: Some people!
PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 12:15 pm 
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grandad wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
grandad wrote:
My wife decided to drive the run with this driver escorting today. Now my wife is not known for driving fast, in fact I would say that she is a slow driver. The are some long term roadworks on the route which means that the shortest route is closed. The driver knows this, I know this and i thought that my wife knew this as well. Apparently not. Anyway, 1 of the students did not go today so this morning when the job was done by this driver it took 1 hr 24 minutes. My wife drove straight into the road closure, the escort (usual driver) said nothing. The total time for this unexpected diversion (cock up) was 18 minutes to get back to the original point where she made the mistake. So how long did the job take including this 18 minutes diversion................................1 hr 23 minutes. According to the tracker, at no time did my wife exceed any speed limits.
I think someone is taking my pants down and giving me a severe shagging!



Take him to one side and say, "you know how much I think about you and I'd hate you to get hurt but, I think someone is having a go on your wife while you are doing the school run."

He gets his foot down and does it in record time trying to catch her at it. Happy days, problem solved. :D :D :D

Hmmm. Now do I have the bottle to try that one? :shock:



Of course you do. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 6:09 pm 
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silvercab wrote:
Go to the Licensing, the school, the police and the press, tell them you have a taxi driver who drives too slow, tell them your main grievance is that he drives too slow on a school contract.

I think after doing so your problem will be solved.


Till he gets police hassle hes done nothing wrong, going to the press could backfire

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grandad
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 8:48 am 
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captain cab wrote:
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I think someone is taking my pants down and giving me a severe shagging!


maybe that's the problem with the driver and escort? :lol:

That could be interesting. The escort is male and weighs around 30 stone.

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That could be interesting. The escort is male and weighs around 30 stone.


so fat people cant be gay? :D

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grandad
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captain cab wrote:
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That could be interesting. The escort is male and weighs around 30 stone.


so fat people cant be gay? :D

I don't think either of them are gay.

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grandad wrote:
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I think someone is taking my pants down and giving me a severe shagging!


maybe that's the problem with the driver and escort? :lol:

That could be interesting. The escort is male and weighs around 30 stone.


no wonder the drivers slow

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 Post subject: Re: Some people!
PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 2:49 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
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Go to the Licensing, the school, the police and the press, tell them you have a taxi driver who drives too slow, tell them your main grievance is that he drives too slow on a school contract.

I think after doing so your problem will be solved.


Till he gets police hassle hes done nothing wrong, going to the press could backfire


His problem would be solved because he would lose all his school contracts
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grandad
 Post subject: Re: Some people!
PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 4:32 am 
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silvercab wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
silvercab wrote:
Go to the Licensing, the school, the police and the press, tell them you have a taxi driver who drives too slow, tell them your main grievance is that he drives too slow on a school contract.

I think after doing so your problem will be solved.


Till he gets police hassle hes done nothing wrong, going to the press could backfire


His problem would be solved because he would lose all his school contracts

Whose problem would be solved

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 Post subject: Re: Some people!
PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:58 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:

no wonder the drivers slow


:lol:

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:00 am 
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Am I reading this right, you have a school run that takes x length of time to do but you pay a driver y time to do it? Did you not check how long it would take to do it before you gave him the job or for that matter before you tendered for the contract? Just tell him it takes x time to do it and pay him accordingly.

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Am I reading this right, you have a school run that takes x length of time to do but you pay a driver y time to do it? Did you not check how long it would take to do it before you gave him the job or for that matter before you tendered for the contract? Just tell him it takes x time to do it and pay him accordingly.

Yes we did check how long the job would take on the computer
and by actually driving the job. The problem with just telling him that the job should take X time and that is what we will pay for is the fact that he is an employee. How would I stand legally if I told him that for instance, 3 members of staff have all driven the job and it took all of them the same time within 5 minutes, so regardless of the time it actually takes him, that is all we will pay him. For instance what if there is a traffic hold up or one of the students is late out of the house?

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:42 am 
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grandad wrote:
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Am I reading this right, you have a school run that takes x length of time to do but you pay a driver y time to do it? Did you not check how long it would take to do it before you gave him the job or for that matter before you tendered for the contract? Just tell him it takes x time to do it and pay him accordingly.

Yes we did check how long the job would take on the computer
and by actually driving the job. The problem with just telling him that the job should take X time and that is what we will pay for is the fact that he is an employee. How would I stand legally if I told him that for instance, 3 members of staff have all driven the job and it took all of them the same time within 5 minutes, so regardless of the time it actually takes him, that is all we will pay him. For instance what if there is a traffic hold up or one of the students is late out of the house?


Without knowing how many hours you actually pay him and many hours it actually takes to do the job it's difficult to answer, but, surely some days it won't take as long and other days you may get a small delay. Obviously big long delays are not a regular occurrence and can be dealt with ad hoc. You could simply give him 2 weeks notice and then find somebody else, unless you've signed a contract stating otherwise.

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grandad
 Post subject: Re: Some people!
PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:16 pm 
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toots wrote:
You could simply give him 2 weeks notice and then find somebody else, unless you've signed a contract stating otherwise.

Our contract with the drivers is 4 weeks notice by us. But you have to have a legal reason for terminating someones employment. You can't just sack someone. He has been employed by us for 6 1/2 years and has rights. We also can't make him redundant because it has to be the job that has ended before you can do that.

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roythebus
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 3:24 pm 
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Redundancy doesn't count for the over 65's. Anyway, you couldn't make him redundant if he was under 65 a the job is continuing.

There should be no problem saying the job takes x time and that is what you will pay. If there's lengthy delays then pay additional amount accordingly. But what you are doing at the moment makes no sense. The man seems to be taking the P155.

After all, if it was a registered bus route he was driving, he would be expected to be able to drive to keep within the parameters of the registered timetable and get paid accordingly, not take 20 minutes more just because he felt like it.
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