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Offices 'officially' in trouble?
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POSTMAN
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:
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Cleckheaton DO (BD11 and BD19)
Wallington DO (SM5 and SM6)
Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)
The four-color theorem states that a planar graph (or, equivalently, a flat map of two-dimensional regions such as countries) can be colored using four colors, so that adjacent vertices (or regions) are always different colors.
USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
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Cleckheaton DO (BD11 and BD19)
Wallington DO (SM5 and SM6)
Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)
The four-color theorem states that a planar graph (or, equivalently, a flat map of two-dimensional regions such as countries) can be colored using four colors, so that adjacent vertices (or regions) are always different colors.
USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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scoobymunster
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
Are trial offices exempt from this list? A trial office near me is failing that miserably very senior Royal Mail Managers have been sent to try help them but it's yet to appear.
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SkiSunday
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
Yes it seems they are. Not entirely sure why thoughscoobymunster wrote: ↑17 Aug 2025, 19:26Are trial offices exempt from this list? A trial office near me is failing that miserably very senior Royal Mail Managers have been sent to try help them but it's yet to appear.
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qwerty2
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
Cos RM will have to admit they aren’t working - manager said in a briefing the trials are going wellSkiSunday wrote: ↑17 Aug 2025, 21:04Yes it seems they are. Not entirely sure why thoughscoobymunster wrote: ↑17 Aug 2025, 19:26Are trial offices exempt from this list? A trial office near me is failing that miserably very senior Royal Mail Managers have been sent to try help them but it's yet to appear.
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Mr Rush
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
Didn't you get the memo? They're not failing. No siree.
The machine stops.
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clashcityrocker
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
Why does anyone think the trials would be a "success".
On the one hand you have a workforce resistant to change being asked to implement changes that are detrimental to their working lives.
On the other a management that has lost what little goodwill ever existed.
What interest would any postie involved in the trials have in successful trials?
Some years ago an office I worked in was supposed to trial something.
The Area Rep called us to the canteen and told us if the trials were successful it would cost jobs so (and I quote) "it is our job to make sure the trials are a failure"
The trials never even started.
On the one hand you have a workforce resistant to change being asked to implement changes that are detrimental to their working lives.
On the other a management that has lost what little goodwill ever existed.
What interest would any postie involved in the trials have in successful trials?
Some years ago an office I worked in was supposed to trial something.
The Area Rep called us to the canteen and told us if the trials were successful it would cost jobs so (and I quote) "it is our job to make sure the trials are a failure"
The trials never even started.
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
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Jb1969
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
That was back in the day when the Union had a bigger say in duty size.Back when ALL the mail was delivered EVERY day.clashcityrocker wrote: ↑18 Aug 2025, 19:45Why does anyone think the trials would be a "success".
On the one hand you have a workforce resistant to change being asked to implement changes that are detrimental to their working lives.
On the other a management that has lost what little goodwill ever existed.
What interest would any postie involved in the trials have in successful trials?
Some years ago an office I worked in was supposed to trial something.
The Area Rep called us to the canteen and told us if the trials were successful it would cost jobs so (and I quote) "it is our job to make sure the trials are a failure"
The trials never even started.
How many systems of work have they trialed, how many failures have there been?
But they won’t revert back to 500 years of success, there is profit to think about, sod the customers.
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POSTMAN
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:
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Alfreton DO (DE55)
Battle DO (TN32 and TN33)
Cleckheaton DO (BD11 and BD19)
Deeside DO (CH5)
Highbury DO (N5)
Portslade DO (BN41 and BN42)
Whetstone DO (N20)
Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)
Bo Derek, nuff said.
USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
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Alfreton DO (DE55)
Battle DO (TN32 and TN33)
Cleckheaton DO (BD11 and BD19)
Deeside DO (CH5)
Highbury DO (N5)
Portslade DO (BN41 and BN42)
Whetstone DO (N20)
Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)
Bo Derek, nuff said.
USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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POSTMAN
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:
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Alfreton DO (DE55)
Birchwood DO (WA3)
Cleckheaton DO (BD11 and BD19)
Norwood DO (SE19)
Wigton DO (CA7)
Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)
The six exponentials theorem guarantees that under certain conditions one of a set of six exponentials is transcendental.
USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
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Alfreton DO (DE55)
Birchwood DO (WA3)
Cleckheaton DO (BD11 and BD19)
Norwood DO (SE19)
Wigton DO (CA7)
Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)
The six exponentials theorem guarantees that under certain conditions one of a set of six exponentials is transcendental.
USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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SkiSunday
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
Presses Ctrl+F Middleton DO 
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POSTMAN
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
Alfreton DO (DE55)
Cleckheaton DO (BD11 and BD19)
Norwood DO (SE19)
Whitehaven DO (CA18, CA19, CA20, CA26 and CA28)
Wigton DO (CA7)
Away and on phone, will update more sexily in a few days.
Cleckheaton DO (BD11 and BD19)
Norwood DO (SE19)
Whitehaven DO (CA18, CA19, CA20, CA26 and CA28)
Wigton DO (CA7)
Away and on phone, will update more sexily in a few days.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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POSTMAN
- SITE ADMINISTRATOR
- Posts: 32588
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:
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Armagh DO (BT60, BT61, BT68, and BT69)
Banstead DO (SM7)
Battle DO (TN32 and TN33)
Bicester DO (OX25, OX26, and OX27)
Crosby DO (L22, L23, and L29)
Norwood DO (SE19)
Syston SPDO (LE7)
Upton DO (CH30 and CH49)
Whitehaven DO (CA18, CA19, CA20, CA26, and CA28)
Wigton DO (CA7)
Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)
23 is the number of trees on 8 unlabeled nodes
USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
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Armagh DO (BT60, BT61, BT68, and BT69)
Banstead DO (SM7)
Battle DO (TN32 and TN33)
Bicester DO (OX25, OX26, and OX27)
Crosby DO (L22, L23, and L29)
Norwood DO (SE19)
Syston SPDO (LE7)
Upton DO (CH30 and CH49)
Whitehaven DO (CA18, CA19, CA20, CA26, and CA28)
Wigton DO (CA7)
Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)
23 is the number of trees on 8 unlabeled nodes
USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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Mr Rush
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
I've been trying to figure out why so few offices ever appear on this list. Wholly as a mental exercise, you understand.
I thought perhaps callrates directly factor into determining DP failures (ie, only counting DPs that have an item awaiting delivery). For example, in the past few weeks the reported callrate has been under 30%. So at, say, an office average of 25% there could be a 100% failure of any duty to exit the door and the unit would limbo under the stick despite the service being patently broken because 75% of addresses did not have anything. It's logical but also absurd.
Now, if that is the case then you have to wonder how badly the above DOs are performing. 200% of walks not leaving the office???
I thought perhaps callrates directly factor into determining DP failures (ie, only counting DPs that have an item awaiting delivery). For example, in the past few weeks the reported callrate has been under 30%. So at, say, an office average of 25% there could be a 100% failure of any duty to exit the door and the unit would limbo under the stick despite the service being patently broken because 75% of addresses did not have anything. It's logical but also absurd.
Now, if that is the case then you have to wonder how badly the above DOs are performing. 200% of walks not leaving the office???
The machine stops.
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POSTMAN
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:
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Aboyne SUDO (AB34)
Armagh DO (BT60, BT61, BT68, and BT69)
Banstead DO (SM7)
Battle DO (TN32 and TN33)
Bicester DO (OX25, OX26, and OX27)
Crosby DO (L22, L23, and L29)
Norwood DO (SE19)
Syston SPDO (LE7)
Upton DO (CH30 and CH49)
Warrington DO (WA1, WA2, WA4, WA5 and WA55)
Whitehaven DO (CA18, CA19, CA20, CA26, and CA28)
Wigton DO (CA7)
Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)
The 29th dimension is the highest dimension for compact hyperbolic Coxeter polytopes that are bounded by a fundamental polyhedron, and the highest dimension that holds arithmetic discrete groups of reflections with noncompact unbounded fundamental polyhedra.
USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
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Aboyne SUDO (AB34)
Armagh DO (BT60, BT61, BT68, and BT69)
Banstead DO (SM7)
Battle DO (TN32 and TN33)
Bicester DO (OX25, OX26, and OX27)
Crosby DO (L22, L23, and L29)
Norwood DO (SE19)
Syston SPDO (LE7)
Upton DO (CH30 and CH49)
Warrington DO (WA1, WA2, WA4, WA5 and WA55)
Whitehaven DO (CA18, CA19, CA20, CA26, and CA28)
Wigton DO (CA7)
Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)
The 29th dimension is the highest dimension for compact hyperbolic Coxeter polytopes that are bounded by a fundamental polyhedron, and the highest dimension that holds arithmetic discrete groups of reflections with noncompact unbounded fundamental polyhedra.
USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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qwerty2
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?
Numbers getting higher what's going on? - people on the sick - holidays - packed in??