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Lost collection keys
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k979aaa
- Posts: 12578
- Joined: 03 Sep 2007, 19:14
- Gender: Male
- Location: THE NORTH
Re: Lost collection keys
Yet a few keys go missing and the whole RM is f****d by lack of staff well if they get rid of you who the f**k else is going to do it?
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Roddy Scott
- MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
- Posts: 14
- Joined: 20 Jul 2017, 18:07
- Gender: Male
Re: Lost collection keys
Unfortunately I lost my keys last year, well I say lost they were actually stolen!
I had emptied the box but left the keys in the lock, realised what I had done minutes later but they were gone when I got back to the box.
Immediately called my manager, who said not to worry as they've probably been put in the box and would be picked up on the next collection.
Sadly that didn't happen and then the s**t hit the fan !
I was interviewed by my manager, and told to report it to the police as it was a security risk to RM.
Fortunately the box concerned is situated outside the post office, so the following day I asked if anyone had handed in the keys but no joy.
I noticed that they had a ATM outside the shop, and on checking his cctv cameras he noticed that a woman walking past just moments after I drove off took the keys and put them in her bag and walked away.
She never handed them in and all the locks on my route had to be changed, I received a years serious for a moments lack of concentration.
Hopefully yours will turn up mate.
I had emptied the box but left the keys in the lock, realised what I had done minutes later but they were gone when I got back to the box.
Immediately called my manager, who said not to worry as they've probably been put in the box and would be picked up on the next collection.
Sadly that didn't happen and then the s**t hit the fan !
I was interviewed by my manager, and told to report it to the police as it was a security risk to RM.
Fortunately the box concerned is situated outside the post office, so the following day I asked if anyone had handed in the keys but no joy.
I noticed that they had a ATM outside the shop, and on checking his cctv cameras he noticed that a woman walking past just moments after I drove off took the keys and put them in her bag and walked away.
She never handed them in and all the locks on my route had to be changed, I received a years serious for a moments lack of concentration.
Hopefully yours will turn up mate.
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wallan
- Posts: 498
- Joined: 09 Apr 2012, 08:12
- Gender: Male
Re: Lost collection keys
In the 60,s i left a Key in the Lock , the Keys had a Tab Attacked which read , If Found Please Hand In At A Local Post Office for a 2 6 ( Half Acrown ) Reward , by the time i got back to the office it had been, I Had To Pay
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guardianangel
- Posts: 1833
- Joined: 21 Feb 2020, 19:40
- Gender: Male
Re: Lost collection keys
Come to our office ,you can miss collections in our office and the bosses just shrug their shoulders ,i literally think they have given up now,8 people day off yesterday and 8 walks never went out and no one done the collections they just done the specials, i went in today had 2 days worth and just done half a frame told the boss and he just laughed and said don't worry it will get done sometime,went back not even the tracked went,i really think Royal Mail are fu----ed once you start losing the management you have serious problems.
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John james
- Posts: 83
- Joined: 21 Mar 2023, 18:16
- Gender: Male
Re: Lost collection keys
Can retrace ur steps. Where u left the keys.
The keys will show up mate. Don’t worry
Every posties lost keys/pda and they always show up in the end
The keys will show up mate. Don’t worry
Every posties lost keys/pda and they always show up in the end
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no1postie
- EX ROYAL MAIL
- Posts: 129
- Joined: 16 Jan 2011, 14:48
- Gender: Male
Re: Lost collection keys
prob gone to mail center with mail, they'll find their way back !
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Beanyjazz
- Posts: 213
- Joined: 12 Dec 2014, 19:59
- Gender: Male
Re: Lost collection keys
You should have told them straight away. That really is dereliction of duty and I hate managers. Somebody could have found those keys and could open any box.
3 people have lost them at our place in the last 8 years (since I've been there), 1 was put on 12 month serious the other 2 nothing.
I asked a guy at Romec once how much to change box locks and it was averaged at £300 per box.
I cannot believe you didn't tell them straight away.
3 people have lost them at our place in the last 8 years (since I've been there), 1 was put on 12 month serious the other 2 nothing.
I asked a guy at Romec once how much to change box locks and it was averaged at £300 per box.
I cannot believe you didn't tell them straight away.
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Boltonian-White
- Posts: 138
- Joined: 22 Sep 2010, 16:20
- Gender: Male
Re: Lost collection keys
He did tell them eventually so give it a rest. Mistakes happen and he feels s**t already so you're not helping.Beanyjazz wrote: ↑02 Jul 2023, 11:38You should have told them straight away. That really is dereliction of duty and I hate managers. Somebody could have found those keys and could open any box.
3 people have lost them at our place in the last 8 years (since I've been there), 1 was put on 12 month serious the other 2 nothing.
I asked a guy at Romec once how much to change box locks and it was averaged at £300 per box.
I cannot believe you didn't tell them straight away.
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woody38
- EX ROYAL MAIL
- Posts: 273
- Joined: 19 Apr 2016, 08:38
- Gender: Male
Re: Lost collection keys
We have to hand our keys back to manager & sign to say we have given him keys back
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NWpostie
- Posts: 3614
- Joined: 04 Aug 2007, 17:32
- Gender: Male
- Location: Sector 001 Borg Collective, 6 o f 9
Re: Lost collection keys
Usually in such an incident, you should search your van first as it can happen to roll into any the recess inside the vans, once a similar thing happened to me in an old Ford van it rolled into the rear light recess, it was full crap as well !
Six of Nine loves Seven of Nine, together in Electric Dreams.
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supershots
- Posts: 13
- Joined: 13 Oct 2011, 18:59
- Gender: Male
Re: Lost collection keys
I did that and kind customer took them out and put them in the box, pm collection driver recovered them.
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TopperGas
- Posts: 3463
- Joined: 13 Feb 2021, 22:46
- Gender: Male
Re: Lost collection keys
If your on the last collections in a small or medium sized DO how does that work, as our manager's have long left the office for the day? In our DO it's down to individual OPG's making sure they return the keys to the locker.
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woody38
- EX ROYAL MAIL
- Posts: 273
- Joined: 19 Apr 2016, 08:38
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Re: Lost collection keys
TopperGas wrote: ↑02 Jul 2023, 19:28If your on the last collections in a small or medium sized DO how does that work, as our manager's have long left the office for the day? In our DO it's down to individual OPG's making sure they return the keys to the locker.
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We have a collections manager who stays till 8.00pm
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Foxel
- EX ROYAL MAIL
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