minor one - delivery driver oil slick
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Tonight I came home to about a litre of black sludgy engine oil on the road right at the end of my driveway. I tried to clean it first with washing up liquid, then apc, then citrus degreaser.
A lot has come off but its still badly stained and still slippery. I dont fancy riding my motorbike over it, but I am working very early until very late all week so realistically its there until the weekend and I dont really fancy wasting what little family time i have this week wasting fuel going out and buying expensive cleaners and spending ages scrubbing for someone elses f
kup. My cctv very clearly shows it was a courier in a ratty unliveried curtainside sprinter, got the reg clearly too, no doubt whatsoever 4k UHD WDR cameras are fking awesome.
I have emailed the company supplying the goods he dropped off very politely asking either for the couriers details or for them to contact the courier on my behalf about this, but I have a bad feeling about thier willingness to help, as it was a 1 off purchase and they haven't been stellar so far, the package is already late and still at this moment showing as order processing before dispatch on their system.
Having never been through something like this before what is the chances of them sending someone out to clean up their mess, and if I get nowhere what is my recourse?
yes its minor, but very irratating. I have to do daily vehicle checks for a reason, these guys arent exempt, they are supposed to be professional drivers.
A lot has come off but its still badly stained and still slippery. I dont fancy riding my motorbike over it, but I am working very early until very late all week so realistically its there until the weekend and I dont really fancy wasting what little family time i have this week wasting fuel going out and buying expensive cleaners and spending ages scrubbing for someone elses f
kup. My cctv very clearly shows it was a courier in a ratty unliveried curtainside sprinter, got the reg clearly too, no doubt whatsoever 4k UHD WDR cameras are fking awesome.I have emailed the company supplying the goods he dropped off very politely asking either for the couriers details or for them to contact the courier on my behalf about this, but I have a bad feeling about thier willingness to help, as it was a 1 off purchase and they haven't been stellar so far, the package is already late and still at this moment showing as order processing before dispatch on their system.
Having never been through something like this before what is the chances of them sending someone out to clean up their mess, and if I get nowhere what is my recourse?
yes its minor, but very irratating. I have to do daily vehicle checks for a reason, these guys arent exempt, they are supposed to be professional drivers.
When one of our Van's sump went the customer who's road it went on cleaned it up then billed us. Just claimed against our insurance. (But not our vehicle insurance.) I suspect your problem will be proving it was the said vehicle, unless your CCTV is that good it actually saw the oil drop. (Just because the vehicle stopped there, doesn't actually prove it was that vehicle)
The van pulls up on a clean dry piece of monoblock, you can see the drips happening in glorious ultra hd then pulls away after shrek's simple cousin struggles to unload a lightweight parcel leaving a fresh large puddle.
tried uploading, but everwhere compresses the image quite badly its nowhere near as clear once its uploaded.
tried uploading, but everwhere compresses the image quite badly its nowhere near as clear once its uploaded.
Edited by OldGermanHeaps on Tuesday 22 October 01:37
it was an independant subcontractor to the courier company, the courier company are going to tell them to ceither come out and clean it, or they will pay someone to come out and clean it and charge the subcontractor for it, thats a relief, got a lot on this weekend. its stained the blocks quite badly so they will need to use something pretty strong.
OldGermanHeaps said:
i can easily and happily spend time on the phone making a nuisance of myself while driving between jobs.
What I dont want to do is waste a few hours of weekend on it. Is that difficult to understand?
Yes, in many respects. What I dont want to do is waste a few hours of weekend on it. Is that difficult to understand?
Can’t believe that anyone would ‘happily spend time on the phone making a nuisance of myself while driving’. Really??
Secondly, it’s a few minutes work. Throw sand on it. Leave it a few days and brush it off. Or just leave it.
REALIST123 said:
OldGermanHeaps said:
i can easily and happily spend time on the phone making a nuisance of myself while driving between jobs.
What I dont want to do is waste a few hours of weekend on it. Is that difficult to understand?
Yes, in many respects. What I dont want to do is waste a few hours of weekend on it. Is that difficult to understand?
Can’t believe that anyone would ‘happily spend time on the phone making a nuisance of myself while driving’. Really??
Secondly, it’s a few minutes work. Throw sand on it. Leave it a few days and brush it off. Or just leave it.
Don't understand some of the resentment to the OP here. A couple of spots of oil is the sort of thing you get a bit annoyed about, give a spray with some light degreaser and wash down and get on with your life. If it was genuinely pissing oil then I'd be wanting them to fix it too; and I get on with my neighbours just fine. I know what the OP means about being a nuisance on the phone, a lot of people whose job involves a degree of travel get a lot of time to complain and argue tedious points with people in the car that is otherwise unproductive; a prospect that is very different to being at home, with your family and sat on the drive on your own scrubbing someone else's filth up.
OldGermanHeaps said:
...the courier company are going to tell them to ceither come out and clean it, or they will pay someone to come out and clean it and charge the subcontractor for it...
I wouldn't hedge your bets on it. I hope that their promise is fulfilled for you, but rarely life is that plain sailing.The OP here has fallen foul of the 1st rule of PH GG -
The OP is always at fault.
He has also contravened the 2nd rule of PH GG -
OP should be giving all of his money away because he doesn't deserve it and did not earn it fairly. Having a normal job and paying tax does not count. He also owes his neighbours reparations for just existing.
The OP is always at fault.
He has also contravened the 2nd rule of PH GG -
OP should be giving all of his money away because he doesn't deserve it and did not earn it fairly. Having a normal job and paying tax does not count. He also owes his neighbours reparations for just existing.
I get on perfectly well with all but 1 of my neighbours, and thats because their spoiled wee ste of a 10 year old son keeps punching my 7 year old daughter, until I had to have a proper word with the dad. Getting on with my neighbours is why I dont want a dirty big black oil stain on an otherwise clean and tidy street.
I will clean it myself if I have to, but its beyond cat litter it has soaked in and is really black.
brake cleaner shifted a bit, but I ran out, and brake cleaner is expensive, the size of the puddle and how much it took to clean half a block I reckon it would need 3 cans.
The courier depot is near one of my customers I am visiting next week if it isnt fixed by then I'll pop in and annoy some people.
te of a 10 year old son keeps punching my 7 year old daughter, until I had to have a proper word with the dad. Getting on with my neighbours is why I dont want a dirty big black oil stain on an otherwise clean and tidy street.I will clean it myself if I have to, but its beyond cat litter it has soaked in and is really black.
brake cleaner shifted a bit, but I ran out, and brake cleaner is expensive, the size of the puddle and how much it took to clean half a block I reckon it would need 3 cans.
The courier depot is near one of my customers I am visiting next week if it isnt fixed by then I'll pop in and annoy some people.
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