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Time locks/Controlled entry

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Time locks/Controlled entry

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You guys got any of this s**t with your flats?
It's a nightmare down here,a lot of places have had new entry doors put on where you need a key fob(gold dust)to get in.
The council are setting the trade button time limits to cut off at 7-8ish in the morning.
Bearing in mind we're usually out no earlier than 9,it's like pissing in the wind.
And instead of having say a buzzer for each flat so you can buzz em quickly,they're set so they ring for about 10-15 seconds.
So then you wait then buzz again and then you wait............
Council won't change it for security reasons,and getting the key fobs is near on impossible,well so the manager has said,
might be summin to do with they're bout a tenner each :roll: and we need s**t loads.
It's such a pain :mad
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None on my walk, but if I do docket and I have to press a bell to get in, I ring once wait for answer. If I don't get an answer then I mark the bundle as "Rung no answer" and send it back. So far no come back.
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We're told we have to ring every flat that has a letter,fair enough i suppose.
After 3 attempts,ie 3 days,we send the work back to sender.
It's happend quite a lot,still nothing done about it.
There's a big block of flats i've got to do over the weekend,i don't even bother,it get's done bout 2-3 times a week if they're lucky.
How they haven't complained is beyond me.
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ive got at least half a walk thats all on time locks, all old people who conveniently cant answer the door bells, most days i can get in up to 10 o'clock but after that its a nightmare. i had started sending bundles back but got pulled up and told it was willfull delay, not my bloody fault!!!! now all they can do is ring the council and try to change the lock times, its a pain.
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pinky wrote:ive got at least half a walk thats all on time locks, all old people who conveniently cant answer the door bells, most days i can get in up to 10 o'clock but after that its a nightmare. i had started sending bundles back but got pulled up and told it was willfull delay, not my bloody fault!!!! now all they can do is ring the council and try to change the lock times, its a pain.
They don't like you down your office do they :crazy:
Bollox to willfull delay,if you can't get in,you can't get in.
Errrr have you got a rep?
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:chuckle its not all doom n gloom, think they love me really, my workmates are a great laugh down the pub :Very Happy just a shame about the management x
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pinky wrote::chuckle its not all doom n gloom, think they love me really, my workmates are a great laugh down the pub :Very Happy just a shame about the management x
Glad to hear it Pinks also don't let me of hear you buying your guvnor a bevvy :no no :Very Happy
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:chuckle WOULD NEVER HAPPEN!!! NOT IN A MILLION YEARS :chuckle
and sadly on my wages i couldnt afford one anyway :sad:
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Nightmare-end off,more work should be done with the councils,but that's too easy :roll: