Monday Back @ Work

The first time the alarm went off at 6 am I hit the snooze button. I have been spoiling myself with late nights and 7.30 am starts . 6 am felt like the middle of the night.
I had a 9 am drop at Argos at Magna Park today so I decided to get in early and sort the truck out , settle back in check the fuel etc and get to Argos nice and early. When I got to our yard I was a little early so I washed my own car , then looked for my Truck. I was blocked in by the 7.5 t Daf and had to search the office for the keys.
As I have had a week away from my own wagon I wanted to see if there was any defects or damage that I would maybe get the blame for. I had a look around and then moved my stuff my back , Sat nav, Maps and my box of stuff that I think I need but very rarely use but still lug around with me from vehicle to vehicle if I ever use a van or a smaller lorry. It like my comfort blanket , my just in case box ill call it. If I end up being here much longer ill end up itemising it..
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I have been here for an hour. I got here at 8am . I was told to go and sign in , So I went to the goods in office and stood at an open window and looked in at several people looking at computer screens, they must of been very busy because they didn't take any notice of me. I coughed , rustled my delivery notes, I even whistled to my self a little bit. 5 minutes later I was finally spotted. He took my paper work and allocated me to bay 11 , "when the bay becomes empty drop on to it" he said. that was at 8.10 am

I have to be honest and say its not just Argos , its every large distribution warehouse whatever company your visiting.
It seems to be part of the procedure,
Turn up on time or early and wait for untold hours in a sort of no mans land , not knowing what time your being unloaded - or loaded , not knowing who is in charge , where to go , who to see , who to ask , it is just a massive void of nothing .
I often have my boss ringing me asking me whats going on , why are you still there and the answer I have to give every time is " I don't Know" .

I got onto the bay at 9.30 am and I am now watching a red light in my mirror , I now no longer have any keys to my truck because Argos World have them. You have to hand in your keys to most distribution centres for health and Safety .


I am always waiting for Red light on the bay I am backed on to to go out and the Green light to come on , then I can go to find someone who wants to pretend they know whats happening.

As I sit here in Argos I am able to type this blog and look around their yard. They have a lot of signs in the facility marked profit protection !! They ask you to turn off lights, turn off screens, and turn of engines,on every sign is the words Profit Protection on the bottom left corner.. It is all to help save energy and money .
Then you go into the goods in office and you are told to take a pair of earplugs to wear due to health and safety..
All around the yard over the floor are hundreds of worn and discarded earplugs.



I have 4 more delivery's today around the Milton Keyes area and the last one is an AM !!! Its nearly ten now and I still just sitting here. Ill add to this post when I finish if I ever return from "The Argos Triangle"