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digitalangel · Post by **digitalangel** » 23 May 2007, 21:58

I think the customer service has taken a beating since the one post was introduced. Before I would be out 7:30-9:30am but there was no sense is rushing round as you'd go back for your meal break and then second post.

Now everyone gets in early, skips their break and rushes about to get home quicker and I've heard stories about the way customers are treated by post-people. I know i skip breaks and get in ealry but pee rpressure is quite a strong thing.

I have a unique view in a way as I worked on deliveries 1998-2001 and have recently returned in the last 7months.

johnnyp · Post by **johnnyp** » 24 May 2007, 17:09

Royal mail says Quality of service is at its best ever,is this true,only they know,but what i do know is that we will never go back to 2 deliverys,why? cost and if my office is anything to go by the posties would not like it,We done ourselves no favours when we used to do 2 deliverys,all the work out on the g.p. as we called it ,work like a nutter come back for the irish(2nd delivery)fingers crossed it would be light,biff the lot and straight home.Even then you would sacrfice your meal break in the hope of an early finish,unless you were a senior man and had a walk that took 45 mins an hour at the most.Iknow it might sound crazy but job and finish is the worst thing that has happened to us,it makes people come in early,not take there break and run round like a nutter e.t.c. i know the pays crap and its the only incentive weve got,but if we want a full time job ,maybe we might have to change the way we work,and take it a bit easy in future.

dinho1 · Post by **dinho1** » 24 May 2007, 17:48

not so much coming in early but me personally i like to get my head down and steam round my round. BUT........ i still have time for a chat if any one stops me and i still dish out dodgy directions to anyone who asks.to me the real work is all done inside from ip to prepping to tying up. the delivery bit is something i do on the way home!!! (cycle duty). thats my philosophy and as soon as i am out of the office im on my way home. be it in 3 1./2 hrs or 2hrs.

im still young and to me stepping it up on the round saves on subscriptons to the gym!

johnnyp · Post by **johnnyp** » 24 May 2007, 17:59

Lucky you dinho 1 im getting to old to rush about now im nearly 50 mate(42 next birthday)

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 25 May 2007, 14:33

Cheers Johnny I've just turned 43 earlier this month does that mean Im for the knackers yard.

Post by **POSTMAN** » 25 May 2007, 16:07

I rem in them days when everyone was told not to take so much on the 1st del,and to leave some for the second to protect jobs.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 25 May 2007, 16:43

Talking about the good old days my sister is a bit of a history buff and has just found out that one of our ancestors was a "letter carrier" in the 1880 somewhere in London we think. I wonder what he would make of todays posties and bosses.

Guyzongo · Post by **Guyzongo** » 14 Jun 2007, 16:35

I used to be able to get my overtime done, before the end of my shift time, when we had two deliveries. I can`t do a whole walk on overtime now coz it`s so bloody knackering!! ( and i`m getting older!!) But I do miss the days when I`d be delivering when it was still dark in the mornings and no-one was around. 2 or 3 full bags a day was considered a heavy walk then!! I took out a 7 bag delivery today!!

overworked · Post by **overworked** » 16 Jun 2007, 19:47

A few years ago I used to do a late shift one week out of three that involved doing the second delivery in three small villages west of Cambridge. We used to zoom round in about an hour, then have to wait another 2 hours before we could empty boxes on the way back. It used to be great to see my colleague on the early shift getting 3 or 4 hours overtime to finish off the first delivery while I sat there doing nothing. Of course I had cut off the previous week when I was on earlies and had got the overtime as well! I don't think we'd get away with this nowadays!!

cockney rebel · Post by **cockney rebel** » 16 Jun 2007, 21:02

Guyzongo wrote:
I used to be able to get my overtime done, before the end of my shift time, when we had two deliveries. I can`t do a whole walk on overtime now coz it`s so bloody knackering!! ( and i`m getting older!!) But I do miss the days when I`d be delivering when it was still dark in the mornings and no-one was around. 2 or 3 full bags a day was considered a heavy walk then!! I took out a 7 bag delivery today!!

should speak to a spurs fan who recently transfered mate not so easy down here either

majeed · Post by **majeed** » 29 Aug 2008, 19:11

Guyzongo wrote:
I used to be able to get my overtime done, before the end of my shift time, when we had two deliveries. I can`t do a whole walk on overtime now coz it`s so bloody knackering!! ( and i`m getting older!!) But I do miss the days when I`d be delivering when it was still dark in the mornings and no-one was around. 2 or 3 full bags a day was considered a heavy walk then!! I took out a 7 bag delivery today!!

yes: mail volumes are falling year-on-year, aren't they? http://tinyurl.com/lotsless

When you see the original "old villages" on the walks of today, you can almost imagine how sedentary it must have been for a postman of 200 years ago, perhaps with only one bag of mail to whisk around with, before a cup of tea at Mrs. Miggins'... they must have been laughing their heads off and rolling in money!

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 29 Aug 2008, 22:16

I am nearly forty i have worked for royalmail for half my life nearly i was one of those young run about fools!. Care free impetuous and very fast and STUPID how now i wished i did not do it all and more every day too finish early!. My knees ache and also i blame myself for this mess even though i went on strike and voted against the way forward agreement and every agreement since!. If there is one thing i have learnt is youth is no substitute for one's work experience but who will listen to an OLD FOOL SUCH AS I .

majeed · Post by **majeed** » 29 Aug 2008, 22:41

k979aaa wrote:I am nearly forty i have worked for royalmail for half my life nearly i was one of those young run about fools!. Care free impetuous and very fast and STUPID how now i wished i did not do it all and more every day too finish early!. My knees ache and also i blame myself for this mess even though i went on strike and voted against the way forward agreement and every agreement since!. If there is one thing i have learnt is youth is no substitute for one's work experience but who will listen to an OLD FOOL SUCH AS I .

We're listening. You're not an old fool: I have yet to meet a British postal worker who isn't smart. All it is, we're all doing what we think is best and we all listen to each other: that's how you learn the job, over the years. We're all in it together. Rest on us.

i love mail sort · Post by **i love mail sort** » 31 Aug 2008, 19:59

People sometimes ask me what time will the second post be delivered at

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 31 Aug 2008, 20:03

i love mail sort wrote:People sometimes ask me what time will the second post be delivered at

Just tell them this is it!.

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