"Your ASDA driver Kevin is on his way"

[MahMahMahMahCorona]

I'm distraught. I think it's just generic. I thought it was actually the name of the delivery driver, but today it wasn't Kevin from a few weeks back. It was a different chap. And he wasn't called Kevin.

So now I don't think "Your ASDA driver John / Gareth / Stephen / Richard is on the way" were actually called any of those names.

I'm really disappointed! Is it just a generic text generated from the depot?!

I had a John from parcelforce and I’m pretty sure he was a John because my parcel didn’t arrive when they said it would be, then I spotted the parcelforce van in the next village, stopped and asked if he was John - he was a bit taken aback but gave me my parcel...

Also, my dpd guy is always grumpy Najaf, definitely always the same person. And now I’ve got Jesus in a camper van stuck in my head 😂

I'm still waiting for Keith in Lemon van to deliver...

I just read through the thread in classics, and thought fondly of days of yore. And then I read this and thought even more fondly those days.

I'm into the "when I were a lass" age. I hit the workplace just as these changes were coming in. Employees had much more rights and more buying power 20 years ago.

I've just checked back through my texts from Asda. I've had Jason, Dale, Timi, & Martin and a Henry & a Bradley twice. Bradley was in The Hot Dog van! I did pull him on it if I remember rightly. I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be looking out for a green van or a van with a giant hot dog on top of it!

I have no idea whether their names are real or fake, but I did ask today's driver, if he'd managed to get his black cab back on the road, as he told me about 3 weeks ago, he'd taken the Asda driving job to get him out of the house and away from the kids!

@whataboutbob Abdul isn't actually a name in it's own right. It means "servant of the" and is then followed by one of the 99 names of god in Islam or a description of the prophet eg Abdul Aziz (servant of the Almighty), Abdullah (servant of Allah), Abdul Latif (servant of the Gentle), Abdul Razul (servant of the Prophet). So Abdul is a shortened version of a lot of different names! Hence there are a lot of Abduls.

jesus in the cabbage van would be a bit embarrassing around Easter time if you had a pile of easter eggs and hot cross buns.
Loaves, fish and wine could be a good deal though.

My Asda drivers have had far more exotic names than Kevin! My latest one was Raed,the one before that was Lulian and the one before that,Ionel.

at the previous poster who said 'Who the hell would choose Kevin?'.

Could it be, @MahMahMahMahCorona, that YOU are actually called Kevin? And that actually all that’s missing are a couple of commas?

Perhaps it should actually read; Your delivery driver, Kevin, is on his way.

Mine said Sian last week and a man arrived. I actually wondered for a minute if Sian could be a man’s name...

@LyndaSnellsSniff

Could it be, *@MahMahMahMahCorona*, that YOU are actually called Kevin? And that actually all that’s missing are a couple of commas?

Perhaps it should actually read; Your delivery driver, Kevin, is on his way.

Haha!

@Chuly lol at Tanveer being a miserable git.
I miss deliveries. Before lockdown my mum and the delivery driver (no name provided unfortunately, but he looked like an Ian) both bent down to get something at the same time and banged heads

Jesus in the cabbage van is a blast from the past! 🤣

I loved the Jesus in the cabbage van thread. Can’t see an Ocado van without thinking of it!
I once had Norman in the Sicilian lemon van

If Ocado are faking names, then fair play to them for their level of commitment. In recent weeks, I've had Vladislav, Arkadiusz, Jayeshkumar and Dragos-Ionut.

Well ‘Michael in the raspberry van’ can bugger off if he is lying about his name and we also had a pork pie missing out the pack this week - get a bit hungry did you Michael or whoever you really are!

I’ve had Will, Wayne, Paul and Nigel.

Delivering my shopping that is. I don’t get a text every time though, perhaps it depends on whether the system is playing ball that day? Or maybe sometimes they swap out at the last minute. I especially like it when they show up early because they’re short staffed, makes me feel like I’ve got a free slot because it should have been £2 more than the one I actually booked!

definitely always the same person. And now I’ve got Jesus in a camper van stuck in my head 😂

Me too, glad I'm not the only one

Apparently the DPD driver profiles are made up!

Outa definitely isn't. Her name is Holly and she lives in our local town. There are often posts from people on the Facebook group of the town about their missed deliveries. Holly responds with any information she can give.

The names are correct, but my DH is a DPD driver, and he has never been asked his favourite tune 😂

I love that it might not be generic (although they do look at us strangely when we hold up scrawled thank you letters to the window). Yes I know two people might be called Kevin. In fact once when Kevin was supposed to deliver he put petrol in the tank and broke down, so Mikey took over. That was confusing - and he only delivered half the shopping... not that it mattered though - I got the essentials (boxes of wine).

I want a Laurence in a Lemon Truck or a Bob in a Broccoli Truck.

Right that's it I'm selling up and moving to an Ocado delivery area. Just read the Jesus in a cabbage van thread and I'm crying real tears of joy

Our asda delivery people use their real names. I had one called Paul a while ago that went above and beyond. I called his manager to praise him. The next time I saw Paul he told me he got a shoutout in the huddle (apparently this is a good thing) and a £10 voucher.
We get Peter, Dale, Pauline and Calum quite regularly too and it’s always the person I’m expecting with that name.

@Xanadu58

My DH is an Asda delivery driver and he says that the text that gets sent has the actual drivers name (or should do) !

I love this. I feel a sense of normality resuming.

@FatherBrownsBicycle

We sometimes get a lady called Sue and the text about her is correct so I assume that Andy, Dave and Rob are all actual names too. I hope so because DH always shouts ‘thanks Dave’ (or whoever’) out of the window when they have finished putting it on the doorstep. Maybe it is made up and they just think he’s a loon!

This is how I feel when I thank them using the texted name...