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Going to the toilet
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Edinburgh_MC_HIBEE
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Going to the toilet
I kid you not, I was told off today for not asking permission to go to the bog. 
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Dee Plish
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Re: Going to the toilet
:cfo & :mfo said:
peees yr pants while you work, How the feck do you expect us to get our mahoosive bonuses??
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tailfly12
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Re: Going to the toilet
You are joking mate?
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baldrick
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Re: Going to the toilet
I doubt it - we are supposed to ask permission to leave the floor,tailfly12 wrote:You are joking mate?
and only allowed to go twice a day, for no longer than 10 minutes.
Though the better managers have more sense than to enforce that.
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*The Lone Postie*
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Re: Going to the toilet
Dang they'll be bringing in those Portaloo things in ur office next with a 10 min timer on locks lol
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FellChair
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- Location: East Midlands
Re: Going to the toilet
A bit disgusting but next time do it in your pants and see how your manager reacts. Say you felt so intimidated you couldn't go, reckon you could be off for months with stress and have a water-tight ('scuse the pun!) B&H case! 
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TrueBlueTerrier
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Re: Going to the toilet
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Postie911
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Re: Going to the toilet
I've been catheterised
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Sparrowhawk
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Re: Going to the toilet
" I kid you not, I was told off today for not asking permission to go to the bog.
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That's no surprise ! Happens all the time on back shift and 2 managers in particular are the worst offenders ! I know that people have even been FOLLOWED into the toilets
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I was once accused of going out for a smoke when I hadn't. My reply to that manager was that I had to use a particular set of toilets as the other ones nearby didn't have a vending machine for "certain" items that men don't use ! He swiftly changed the subject
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" s'cuse me Mr Manager , can I go change my T****X ?
( skips off singing "It's My Life " ) 
That's no surprise ! Happens all the time on back shift and 2 managers in particular are the worst offenders ! I know that people have even been FOLLOWED into the toilets
I was once accused of going out for a smoke when I hadn't. My reply to that manager was that I had to use a particular set of toilets as the other ones nearby didn't have a vending machine for "certain" items that men don't use ! He swiftly changed the subject
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farin
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Re: Going to the toilet
I can confirm this happened to someone earlier in the week also. Seems some managers are using the royal mails ( noise up the staff because of the forthcoming strike) a little too willingly,Scottishlass wrote: " I kid you not, I was told off today for not asking permission to go to the bog.
Some managers here seem to revel in it too as it gives them a real sense of self importance & a chance to settle old scores with staff whom they either dislike or have previously shown them up for the idiots that they are..
Be assured this is a small sign of what is to come & just what it will be like if they get their way & kill off the union, cue the posties in stripped uniforms & managers in jackboots with alsatians on the leash...
We simply MUST win this strike or the job won't be worth doing, the ramifications of the management given "carte blanch" to treat their staff & run their MC"s & DO"S as they please as long as they achieve their targets once they've killed off the union are dire for us..
Stand together & convince anyone thinking of crossing the picket line of just what is at stake here.. Educate both yourselfs & anyone thinking of scabbing as to what will happen if we fail... the royal mail aim to crush us, the union, freedom of speech
& our democratic right to withhold our labour (strike) if they get their way...
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norbert
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Re: Going to the toilet
gone from one extreme to another , probably from what I've seen in Distribution - looking in as too lax , then ridiculously draconian . It's amazing what they choose to ignore though especially with all the dim witted and over zealous political correctness .*The Lone Postie* wrote:Dang they'll be bringing in those Portaloo things in ur office next with a 10 min timer on locks lol
The brain dead machine that rolls along - just got much , much worse .
RM's always been that way , if you don't stand up to them , you get pushed around - end of .
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thehappyones
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Re: Going to the toilet
SORRY.......if this sounds sexist ,but in the good ship GMC if you've got a pair of TITS and a BAG of sweeties ...then your sorted !!!!
The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
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raider1
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Re: Going to the toilet
spot on happyonesthehappyones wrote:SORRY.......if this sounds sexist ,but in the good ship GMC if you've got a pair of TITS and a BAG of sweeties ...then your sorted !!!!
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postie75
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Re: Going to the toilet
thehappyones wrote:SORRY.......if this sounds sexist ,but in the good ship GMC if you've got a pair of TITS and a BAG of sweeties ...then your sorted !!!!
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Destroyer
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Re: Going to the toilet
There is 2 GMC's here, one is Glasgow the other is the baby Greenford !
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