Driver Jatt
First job of the day? Delivering £65,000 worth of parts to an engineer.
No pressure. Just the sort of job where you double-check the straps, triple-check the paperwork, and suddenly become very aware of every pothole on the motorway.
I’ve met this engineer before. Last time we crossed paths, it was -5°C, and we were both stuck outside a building, slowly freezing away while waiting for access. With nothing better to do, we started placing bets on who’d get frostbite first and how many toes we’d lose.
Ever tried engaging in small talk with a shattering jaw? Not fun.
Thankfully, today was much warmer which immediately made the job feel easier. Always good to catch up with someone you’ve previously suffered mild hypothermia with. Builds character, that sort of thing.
High-value, time-critical deliveries like this are a reminder of why same day courier work isn’t just “driving from A to B.” It’s about responsibility. When you’re carrying tens of thousands of pounds’ worth of parts, there’s no room for shortcuts, missed calls, or vague ETAs.
After that delivery was signed off and safely handed over, I headed east and ended up just past Norwich.
Now, there’s a courier outfit I occasionally sub for. They are, in many ways, a constant source of inspiration.
Not in a motivational way.
More in a “let’s never, ever be like them” kind of way.
Every single time I work with them, something gets spectacularly messed up. And not in a subtle way either. It’s almost as if chaos is their business model.
Every issue I’ve ever raised has apparently been “passed on to management.” And yet, absolutely nothing changes. Instead, they just get a new manager.
Then another.
Then another.
At this point, they go through managers faster than I go through tankfuls of diesel and cheap coffee.
I genuinely have no idea who’s in charge at this point. I’m fairly convinced the current “manager” doesn’t even know they’re the manager. Not until they get sacked and replaced, anyway.
And the incompetence? Something to behold.
They’ll manage to get the simplest courier tasks wrong. Not small errors! I’m talking full-blown, jaw-dropping failures. The kind that leave you questioning how the company is still trading.
They’ll upset their most high-profile clients, and somehow I’ll end up being the one repairing the damage. Apologising. Reassuring. Explaining what went wrong without throwing anyone completely under the bus.
At this point, it feels less like subcontracting and more like charity work 😁
A goodwill mission to stop them from completely imploding.
I’ll even try to see things from their perspective. I assume there must be some hidden logic behind their decisions. Then they mess things up so badly that I end up gaslighting myself.
I scratch my head.
Scratch someone else’s head.
Tilt my head.
Look at it from five different angles.
Nope. Still just another simple job cocked up.
And this, right here, is exactly why reliable same day courier services matter.
Thankfully, the drive through Norfolk made up for all of it.
The weather was spot-on, and the views? Properly stunning.
Wide open roads. Fields full of flowers. The kind of scenery that makes you want to pull over for five minutes and just take it all in. It turns the job from “work” into something that feels a bit like a road trip.
Because technically… it is.
The only difference is the consignment riding shotgun.
I haven’t really had the chance to properly explore this part of the country before, but today made me realise I should. Norfolk has this quiet, understated beauty about it. Rolling fields, open skies, and villages dotted around that probably have pubs older than some countries.
So it’s officially been added to the “must revisit” list for later this year. Ideally in summer. Preferably with:
Because apparently, that’s a thing now.
If you need something delivered whether it’s:
…then you’re in the right place.
This is exactly why Frigate Express exists.
No fuss.
No drama.
No excuses.
And absolutely no unnecessary frostbite.
So yes do you need a courier who’s learned exactly what not to do by watching other people’s cock-ups?
You probably do ☹
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