The "How was your day" thread.

DirtyHarry · Post by **DirtyHarry** » 15 May 2016, 11:35

Should really have said........
One question. Am I wrong?

WOBBLY · Post by **WOBBLY** » 16 May 2016, 17:25

Sh*t again

Made to double lapse with the excuse "its light today" Booked half hour, first one to have the balls to book OT! So many finished the same time as me but did't book, just what the DIMs want!!

Post by **rambo1** » 16 May 2016, 21:38

DirtyHarry wrote:
rambo1 wrote:
DirtyHarry wrote:I believe Royal Mail will kill someone with these workloads. In fact, I suspect they already probably have.
There's hard graft, we all know that, but what Royal Mail bosses put us through day in, day out, relentlessly pushing, never satisfied, no let up whatsoever, isn't conducive to good health, not by a long chalk it's not.
One question, do you do overtime or work your hrs? Not running, using a trolley, doing the job right?
I don't do overtime, I use a HCT, I don't cut corners. Still makes for a long, hard, tiring day, every day, never making any significant recovery time, doesn't it?
It's the people with no backbone to stand up for themselves, they're the ones in danger of becoming victims to corporate manslaughter.

Yeah I think we all agree it Bloomin tiring now, this posting lark, but don't flog yourself to death for it. Work to live is my motto not the other way around. Remember there's life (hopefully) after royal mail. Slow your pace a bit maybe, as long as you're working at minimum standard speed that's the compromise you have to take to survive till retirement and have a healthy retirement, then so be it. It should be a relatively stress free job if you just work your hrs steadily.

Sir Henry · Post by **Sir Henry** » 16 May 2016, 21:44

Is there still a standard speed?

DirtyHarry · Post by **DirtyHarry** » 17 May 2016, 07:42

Doing this job properly is rarely anything but stress free. Worst company I've ever worked for, and worst job I've ever had. Would be away from Royal Mail tomorrow if I could get another job paying more than minimum wage, or wasn't on a s**t zero hours contract.
Being well on the wrong side of 50 doesn't help, either.

Shaders · Post by **Shaders** » 17 May 2016, 14:42

Quietest Tuesday for a long long time.
Delivered to about 30-40% DP's at a guess.
Didnt use trolley once, carried all the bags, wore my trainers so i could run faster, jumped over walls, run accros grass, had both my earphones in, and went home 3 hours early.

Well ok, not really but its nice to remember the old days.

lavmir · Post by **lavmir** » 17 May 2016, 17:38

Went to physio for treatment, had another phone consultation with OHAssist (the person I've spoken to before has a differing opinion to my GP as to my fitness for work. Weird - the GP was seen me 3 times, the first OHA person has talked to me on the phone & made some errors on facts/dates etc in their report - who do you think has more credibility?)
The new OHA person takes my comments on board. To be fair, she seemed a lot more clued up than the 'tick box' attitude displayed previously.
Log on to here, to find I have a 'new personal message'. No trace. Cannot be found. Hmm. What's that all about?

Post by **IloveMYredTROLLEY!** » 17 May 2016, 18:20

Another Tuesday where the duty 318 is a country mile away from what is possible within the contracted "short" hours, even with a brief 5mins work time learning. Only having 7 D2Ds once again which are supposed to be prepped for 8 boxes helped!

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 17 May 2016, 18:22

lavmir wrote: Log on to here, to find I have a 'new personal message'. No trace. Cannot be found. Hmm. What's that all about?

it was a con attempt
http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... =7&t=74672" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Post by **IloveMYredTROLLEY!** » 24 May 2016, 15:55

Another Tuesday with contract start/finish times that bare no resemblance to the indoor/outdoor workload, even without a single second of the scheduled work time learning and doing less general indoor work than the 318. I swear the "short" start/finish time was fudged to be silly early to try and make the "long" days look achievable in making up a 39 hour week if my day off does not fall on a Tuesday!

ewancurze · Post by **ewancurze** » 26 May 2016, 20:47

They have now added Thursday to the days we absorb(now Mon,Tue,Thur,Fri and double on a Sat).So much sorting to do today that we were told to leave it....just so the absorb gets done!....what happens Friday and Saturday then?....It can't be left forever.

Daniel-san · Post by **Daniel-san** » 27 May 2016, 17:52

Today I delivered about 20 or so Christmas cards! WTF! Not sure why but they were in a SORRY bag with a note from royal mail.
Other than that just a normal day for me, went an hour over as the round is STILL s**t and hasn't been sorted, not only that came back from my day off, No D2D's were done and loads of parcels left for me!
Nice!.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 27 May 2016, 17:59

Daniel-san wrote:Today I delivered about 20 or so Christmas cards! WTF! Not sure why but they were in a SORRY bag with a note from royal mail.
Other than that just a normal day for me, went an hour over as the round is STILL s**t and hasn't been sorted, not only that came back from my day off, No D2D's were done and loads of parcels left for me!
Nice!.

any colleagues disappeared out of the office recently, probably between 2 burly blokes.

Post by **windermeredave** » 27 May 2016, 18:38

Heavy day. loads of packets, most guys are struugggling to get back before the finish time. then our DOM comes out with the classic that we will be absorbing next week. the revision as only been in 6 months when they told us that absorbing would be over if we accepted it. As they say. the bosses only lie when their lips move.

Barbel · Post by **Barbel** » 27 May 2016, 19:09

Another busy day, loads of packets and yet more erection material..I thought it was meant to be getting quieter?