The Middlesbrough College student sat behind me on the X66 this evening who said "mong" about a million times in the 45 minute journey and the 10 minutes waiting for another bus.

Seeing this same job posted day after day on the former Jobcentre Plus (now DirectGov) website.

Driver Wanted

Job description

We are currently looking to fill our vacant Driver positions.

Must have attributes are:
Good Communication Skills
Responsible
Able To Work Within A Team
Capable To Meet Deadlines Set By The Employer


Key Responsibilitys:
You will be responsible for the deployment of a team of marketing agents in and around your local area. A fully expensed company car will be provided after your completion of training and following the probation period.

You will receive a great rate of pay with added bonus's. This will be paid weekly to the successful candidates.

I swear this job has been advertised constantly for the last six-to-eight months.

The old Jobcentre Plus site was a lot more useful when it was not plagued by employment agencies posting job vacancies of dubious existence.

(18 Sep 2014, 6:22 pm)Jimmi wrote The Middlesbrough College student sat behind me on the X66 this evening who said "mong" about a million times in the 45 minute journey and the 10 minutes waiting for another bus.

What was that all about?

(18 Sep 2014, 7:47 pm)AdamY wrote Seeing this same job posted day after day on the former Jobcentre Plus (now DirectGov) website.


I swear this job has been advertised constantly for the last six-to-eight months.

The old Jobcentre Plus site was a lot more useful when it was not plagued by employment agencies posting job vacancies of dubious existence.

I had a quick glance at it, when trying to help a friend out, and I found it pretty useless like. I tend to just upload my CVs to a few these days, and I get a good few calls per week as a result of it.

(18 Sep 2014, 7:53 pm)aureolin wrote I had a quick glance at it, when trying to help a friend out, and I found it pretty useless like. I tend to just upload my CVs to a few these days, and I get a good few calls per week as a result of it.

Out of interest, to which websites do you upload your CV?

I've looked at a few (Reed, CV Library etc.) but they all seem pretty generic.

(18 Sep 2014, 8:04 pm)AdamY wrote Out of interest, to which websites do you upload your CV?

I've looked at a few (Reed, CV Library etc.) but they all seem pretty generic.

CW Jobs, Reed, Jobsite and Monster. Tend to keep an eye on Sector1 too, but they haven't got my CV. A number of people I work with also use LinkedIn, but I've avoided it like the plague personally.

(18 Sep 2014, 6:18 pm)marxistafozzski wrote Like me, Baz seems to have a story for almost everything I can relate a story to almost anything lmao

its a story everywhere i go either if its a celeb lookalike or something today i saw a Paul Chuckle lookalike driving a bus and the bass player lookalike from System Of A Down driving a bus 

i was on flickr and this user named Davies Transport Photos quoted this "The number looks weird on the left" it was on this photo i took today https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/15094183079/ on X25 i no longer have this person on my flickr contacts after being a prick on one of Daniel Graham's Photos the other day of the Cobalt Connect on 307  https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielgrah...Lq8-geRZvF and also upsetting Thomas Anderson in the comment box gosh wish Davies Transport Photos would am not gonna say it cause its a swear word but it begins with F thats all am saying now i feel like that Scene from Who Shot Mr Burns Part 1 episode of The Simpsons where Homer Swears dead loud or in other words it is edited and then Ned Flanders says "Dear Lord that's the loudest Profanity I ever heard"

The people who took time out of their school day today to get the new iPhone. 

(19 Sep 2014, 3:23 pm)Dan wrote The people who took time out of their school day today to get the new iPhone. 

Is that why your speechless?

(19 Sep 2014, 3:24 pm)Tom wrote Is that why your speechless?

That was about Scotland choosing to stay a part of the UK!

(18 Sep 2014, 9:50 pm)Racer_Experience wrote i was on flickr and this user named Davies Transport Photos quoted this "The number looks weird on the left" it was on this photo i took today https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/15094183079/ on X25 i no longer have this person on my flickr contacts after being a prick on one of Daniel Graham's Photos the other day of the Cobalt Connect on 307 https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielgrah...Lq8-geRZvF and also upsetting Thomas Anderson in the comment box gosh wish Davies Transport Photos would am not gonna say it cause its a swear word but it begins with F thats all am saying now i feel like that Scene from Who Shot Mr Burns Part 1 episode of The Simpsons where Homer Swears dead loud or in other words it is edited and then Ned Flanders says "Dear Lord that's the loudest Profanity I ever heard"

I've not been on Flickr a week, and I've had 'Davie's Transport Photos' and 'northeastransport' start following me. I must have only been on for 10 minutes before he began following me!

I've not been on Flickr a week, and I've had 'Davie's Transport Photos' and 'northeastransport' start following me. I must have only been on for 10 minutes before he began following me!

I wanted to claw my eyes out after Ryan favourited 37 out of 47 photos in a row the other night.

(19 Sep 2014, 4:39 pm)Jimmi wrote I wanted to claw my eyes out after Ryan favourited 37 out of 47 photos in a row the other night.

Is there no option in flickr to stop people favouriting your pictures

I love people watching on train journeys. They can be amusing or annoying. The young posh lad sitting next to me, falls into the latter.
Apart from buying blackberries (who buys blackberries? Walk 200yds and at this time of year, you find bushes full of them and ready to pick for free!) he is annoying the hell out of me.

Ticket inspector comes and asks to see the tickets.
Normally passengers have them to hand - not this young lad (who happens to have the window seat). They're in his bag! Queue me having to shift everything, to let him get his bag and stand like a lemon whilst he undoes his zip, by dig out his e ticket and give it to the guard to scan.
Just to show how anal he is, he then proceeds to square the paper off and attach the smallest paper clip in the world to it, before placing his bag above.
He is now munching on Percy Pig sweets...

(19 Sep 2014, 6:31 pm)Andreos1 wrote I love people watching on train journeys. They can be amusing or annoying. The young posh lad sitting next to me, falls into the latter.
Apart from buying blackberries (who buys blackberries? Walk 200yds and at this time of year, you find bushes full of them and ready to pick for free!) he is annoying the hell out of me.

Ticket inspector comes and asks to see the tickets.
Normally passengers have them to hand - not this young lad (who happens to have the window seat). They're in his bag! Queue me having to shift everything, to let him get his bag and stand like a lemon whilst he undoes his zip, by dig out his e ticket and give it to the guard to scan.
Just to show how anal he is, he then proceeds to square the paper off and attach the smallest paper clip in the world to it, before placing his bag above.
He is now munching on Percy Pig sweets...

Bellends. I would have jabbed him in the eye about 30 minutes into the journey.

People watching on trains has to be done. I usually book the priority seats at the back of the coach now for an optimal view. The 0703 off Newcastle for Kings Cross is usually loaded with smart young business lasses too - result. 

Ever noticed how many folk sit faffing on with Excel throughout their journey? It's like the world would stop if Excel didn't exist!

(19 Sep 2014, 6:31 pm)Andreos1 wrote I love people watching on train journeys. They can be amusing or annoying. The young posh lad sitting next to me, falls into the latter.
Apart from buying blackberries (who buys blackberries? Walk 200yds and at this time of year, you find bushes full of them and ready to pick for free!) he is annoying the hell out of me.

Ticket inspector comes and asks to see the tickets.
Normally passengers have them to hand - not this young lad (who happens to have the window seat). They're in his bag! Queue me having to shift everything, to let him get his bag and stand like a lemon whilst he undoes his zip, by dig out his e ticket and give it to the guard to scan.
Just to show how anal he is, he then proceeds to square the paper off and attach the smallest paper clip in the world to it, before placing his bag above.
He is now munching on Percy Pig sweets...

Hate people like that. An English Teacher at my school was brought up in Cambridgeshire (you must say 'Shire' on the end, ) and always talks down to people using words we can't understand. For example;

'Don't you dare challenge me in that rude manner, young lady!'

(19 Sep 2014, 4:29 pm)Marcus wrote I've not been on Flickr a week, and I've had 'Davie's Transport Photos' and 'northeastransport' start following me. I must have only been on for 10 minutes before he began following me!

i was on there tonight and he commented one Steven Hodgsons photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/nebp2/14054013114/ this one to be precised of my best mates uncle driving 60 bus but me and Tom thought ages ago that northeasttransport and Davies Transport Photos are the same and then he sends me this flickr mail saying this  "All I wanted to say was thanks for joining the group I administrate, " transport in the north east of England""  

(19 Sep 2014, 4:39 pm)Jimmi wrote I wanted to claw my eyes out after Ryan favourited 37 out of 47 photos in a row the other night.

i've blocked Ryan the bus spotter ages back as he stole 3 of my photos a Key Mobile Dart and a South Tyne Cadet gosh wish Davies Transport Photos and Ryan the bus spotter would leave me and others in peace i'm gonna block them for several reasons 1. Davies Transport Photos is a Liah 2. Annoys People 3. thinks he has seen an off working when he hasn't i could beat his record for photos in a day 4. attention seeking  as for ryan the bus spotter he annoys people steals photos (i don't trust photo thieves) but if he dares comments on my photos (Davies Transport Photos) the block button on flickr will be an option

I just crunched my crisps loudly and slurped my beer like a working class oaf. It will have p!ssed him off beyond belief.

Ah, and his farts stunk!

(19 Sep 2014, 7:59 pm)Marcus wrote Hate people like that. An English Teacher at my school was brought up in Cambridgeshire (you must say 'Shire' on the end, ) and always talks down to people using words we can't understand. For example;

'Don't you dare challenge me in that rude manner, young lady!'

People like that get on my nerves...

Far as I am concerned I pronounce words the way I speak, -shire is -sher i.e Yorksher, Lincolnsher...I used to know a posh woman who pronounced the word sausage as sor-sage and garage as ga-rarj lol

The pot calling the kettle black.

Sitting in my work-van with the handbrake on and it starts gradually rolling down the hill.

It's not the first time it's happened either.

The thing is, I'm now sitting here convinced that the van is moving even though it isn't.

I hate how my neighbours think its okay to park outside my house and blocking the drive in the process.

(21 Sep 2014, 10:17 am)Jimmi wrote I hate how my neighbours think its okay to park outside my house and blocking the drive in the process.

Don't get me started on that one. I can't understand the thought process involved in it, thinking that it's acceptable to park over the dropped kerb in front of someone's driveway. 

Don't get me started on that one. I can't understand the thought process involved in it, thinking that it's acceptable to park over the dropped kerb in front of someone's driveway.

We came home one night to find a massive lorry parked outside our house and said prick also had two caravans parked in the street for a week which meant there was nowhere to park for that week with some having to park at the opposite end of the street and then there is the ignorant people who live across the road who thought it was okay to just stop in the middle of the road and we were sat there for 10 minutes whilst they stared at us to give a look to say "we'll park where the f**k we want"

then there is the ignorant people who live across the road who thought it was okay to just stop in the middle of the road and we were sat there for 10 minutes whilst they stared at us to give a look to say "we'll park where the f**k we want"

They've just proved my point by parking outside their neighbours house (like they always do!)

Tonight's the last night of freshers. The whole week has been absolutely fantastic.

(21 Sep 2014, 10:17 am)Jimmi wrote I hate how my neighbours think its okay to park outside my house and blocking the drive in the process.

I empathise, Jimmy. I would like to say I live in a nice area, but in our cul-dee-sac we've got this really rough family a few houses up from ours. Basically, the parents used to own a pub, and their two children (both total bitches, even the boy), and when they 'couldn't afford it anymore', the mother became an airline stewardess, and only works about 3 days a month, and the father started repairing vans for people. Not only does it make the area look bad, it makes our area in particular look bad.

He has a lot of 'buddies' who come over to the estate and work with him, on the drive of all places. One day, while my parents and sister were out, I saw a convoy of vans (5 in total) come down the close. He was the leader, and he and the second van took his drive. The third and fourth continued down, and as our drive (which happens to be the biggest in the close) was totally free, they drove on and sprawled themselves across our property. I was infuriated when the fifth then parked like your's did, and blocked the only possible exit by parking across.

I watched from my parents bedroom window for at least half an hour while they exchanged car engines and hammered on with toolboxes, most of which took place on our property. Scruffy bastards!

Monday morning...

I'm stood outside John Lewis in Eldon Square and I'm stood in front of the window and next to a wall to stop people walking into me and a woman made me move as she was along in front of the window, yet when she got past me she stopped walking in front of the shop