Expensive Mistakescoopsweb asks "What's the most expensive mistake you've ever made? Should I mention a certain employee who caused 4 hours worth of delays in Central London and got his company fined £500k?"
No points for stories about the time you had a few and thought it'd be a good idea to wrap your car around a bollard. Or replies consisting of "my wife".
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chthonic, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 11:26)
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Truck driversYears ago I used to assist with the management of a haulage firm. Anyhoo, we had a contract to shuttle car parts from a depot Crewe to Purfleet docks, with five trucks on the job double manned and running as often as driving regs would allow.
To allieviate the boredom of running the same route, twice a day, five days a week, there was some occasional (and understandable) tomfoolery. Two of our esteemed chauffers used to try and beat each other out of the depot on a Monday morning.
One particular morning, neither chap was prepared to heave to in a combined 76 tonne charge toward the depot gates...
*smack, kerrrunch!*
Our heroes were a tad sheepish while they furtively surveyed the £78,425 of damage to two brand new Scania trucks and their cargo.
Neither driver was still employed the following day.
(, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 13:55, Reply)
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