My Good deed for Christmas

[Boggert]

I was sent to a RTA the other day, only a minor one where a truck had caught a soft verge and then fallen into a ditch.
The driver was fine and the truck undamaged, however when talking to me the driver said for this he was going to get the chop... A bit harsh I thought as the road was covered in mud from the farmers lifting beet and the verge was a soft as... well mud! So I said get the boss to give me a bell and I have a chat with him and gave him my job mobile.

I really genuinely felt this was not the drivers fault, his taco only showed a speed of 37, it was just one of them things.

Well got a call from the boss... apparently its company policy to sack any driver who is at fault if they have a bump. Well I had a chat with the boss explained the circumstances, mud, ice etc and guess what! The chap gets to keep his job!

Hope he has a Happy Christmas.

[diggerdog36]

 :clap: :clap: :clap:

Mine was to talk a sales rep through a deep ford near us, as his sat nav took him that way and he didnt have a clue how to ford the water, so I talked him through it, convincing him his Isuzu Pick Up was more than capable of getting through.

But, well done Boggert, you probably made the guys wife and kids very happy!!

[davidlandy]

well done - in the current climate thats the last thing he would had needed to be out of work

[crazymac]

Always knew not all bobbies had their "nice person" gene removed in training


Must admit though that the only not so nice one i've met was in North Wales over 20 years ago, all others are just like us doing a job often under the crapiest of circumstances, well done that man :clap: :clap:

[carbore]

Well done, award yourself a warm feeling inside. You have done more to tackle unemployment than Mr Brown and his little Darling.

[Gordo]

Done similar things myself, and it does give you a nice warm feeling to have done someone a good deed.

I've always tried to do as I would be done by - sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind, but no good deed goes unpunished  :?

[lee celtic]

As I've said in other posts like this what goes around comes around .....

Well done , and good on ya ,,, you will be rewarded .. maybe not now but it will come ... thats the way I have lived my life and so far touch wood it's worked out fine.... :clap: :clap: :clap:

[marjan]

Did my good deed the other day. I service gas appliances for the local Housing Association and found that one old biddys cooker was leaking. Company policy is just to dissconnect the appliance because the cooker belongs to the tenant not us. This means that they have to pay for a gas fitter to come out and repair it.

I didn't have the heart to leave the old gal with no cooker and a possible 60 t0 80 quid bill for repair so I went back and fixed it in my dinner hour, felt really great to help her out and all it cost me was about 30 mins of my time.

 

[diggerdog36]

For Marjan    :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: You obviously have a a very kind heart!

[piggysteve]

Well done Marjan it's nice being able to help people

[Boggert]

Nice one Marjan,

[Bush Tucker Man]

I was sent to a RTA the other day, only a minor one where a truck had caught a soft verge and then fallen into a ditch.

 So I said get the boss to give me a bell and I have a chat with him and gave him my job mobile.

Well got a call from the boss... apparently its company policy to sack any driver who is at fault if they have a bump. Well I had a chat with the boss explained the circumstances, mud, ice etc and guess what! The chap gets to keep his job!

Hope he has a Happy Christmas.

well done Boggert :clap: :clap:

You sound like the kind of Officer we tend to see in our A&E, & haven't had all the humanity knocked out of them by senior Officers only interested in 'targets' & 'detections'

[Bishops Finger]

Good one chaps..