martin had been tempted to feign sleep on several occasions earlier , generally when geoffs seemingly inexhaustible capacity for remembering useless facts and his annoying habit of recalling and recounting top ten lists became too oppressive , but he had forced himself to remain alert after geoff had informed him that he was glad to have some company because he often dozed off at the wheel during long journeys - it was how i came to lose my job as a long distance lorry driver .