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Offices 'officially' in trouble?

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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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Aberdare DO (CF44, CF45)
Ashington DO (NE22, NE62, NE63, NE64)
Banbridge DO (BT32)
Beverley DO (HU11, HU17, HU18)
Brechin DO (DD9)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Cardiff DO (CF5, CF10, CF11, CF24, CF91, CF95, CF99
Daventry DO (NN11)
Fleet DO (GU51, GU52)
Glasgow G15 DO (G15)
Glasgow G52 DO (G52, G53)
Helston DO (TR12, TR13)
Hull Central DO (HU1-HU3, HU5, HU9, HU12, HU19)
Hyde DO (SK13, SK14, SK16)
Kingswood DO (BS15, BS30)
Kirkcaldy DO (KY1 - KY3)
Leicester East DO (LE2, LE5-LE7)
Lisburn DO (BT26-BT28)
Lochgelly DO (KY5)
Loughborough DO (LE11, LE12)
Lutterworth DO (LE9, LE17)
Maida Hill DO (W9)
North Tyneside DO (NE25-NE30)
Oxford East DO (OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44, OX49)
Penarth DO (CF64)
Pendle DO (BB8, BB9)
Pontefract DO (WF7, WF8, WF9, WF11)
Pontyclun DO (CF72)
Prenton DO (CH43)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
Sileby SPDO (LE12)
Sleaford DO (NG34)
South Shields DO (NE33, NE34)
Sunderland DO (SR1-SR6, SR9)
Swan House DO (LE1, LE3, LE7-LE9, LE19, LE95)
Swindon DO (SN1, SN2, SN3, SN6, SN25, SN26, SN38, SN99)
Waterlooville DO (PO7-PO8)
Whitwood DO (WF6, WF10)

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)


A percentage in the expression "To give 110%", meaning to give a little more effort than one's maximum effort.

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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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.
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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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Ashington DO (NE22, NE62, NE63, NE64)
Banbridge DO (BT32)
Beverley DO (HU11, HU17, HU18)
Brechin DO (DD9)
Cardiff DO (CF5, CF10, CF11, CF24, CF91, CF95, CF99)
Daventry DO (NN11)
Glasgow G15 DO (G15)
Glasgow G52 DO (G52, G53)
Helston DO (TR12, TR13)
Hull Central DO (HU1-HU3, HU5, HU9, HU12, HU19)
Hyde DO (SK13, SK14, SK16)
Kingswood DO (BS15, BS30)
Leicester East DO (LE2, LE5-LE7)
Lisburn DO (BT26-BT28)
Lochgelly DO (KY5)
Loughborough (LE11, LE12)
Lutterworth DO (LE9, LE17)
North Tyneside DO (NE25-NE30)
Oxford East DO (OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44, OX49)
Pontefract DO (WF7, WF8, WF9, WF11)
Prenton DO (CH43)
Sileby SPDO (LE12)
Sleaford DO (NG34)
Sunderland DO (SR1-SR6, SR9)
Swan House DO (LE1, LE3, LE7-LE9, LE19, LE95)
Whitwood DO (WF6, WF10)

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)


A person in their 80s is called an octogenarian.

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
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?

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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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Ashington DO (NE22, NE62, NE63, NE64)
Banbridge DO (BT32)
Beverley DO (HU11, HU17, HU18)
Brechin DO (DD9)
Cardiff DO (CF5, CF10, CF11, CF24, CF91, CF95, CF99)
Daventry DO (NN11)
Glasgow G15 DO (G15)
Helston DO (TR12, TR13)
Hyde DO (SK13, SK14, SK16)
Kingswood DO (BS15, BS30)
Leicester East DO (LE2, LE5-LE7)
Lisburn DO (BT26-BT28)
Loughborough (LE11, LE12)
Pontefract DO (WF7, WF8, WF9, WF11)
Prenton DO (CH43)
Sleaford DO (NG34)
Swan House DO (LE1, LE3, LE7-LE9, LE19, LE95)
Whitwood DO (WF6, WF10)

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 San Francisco 49ers, who play a weird arse game called football, where they use an egg-shaped thing, which they barely kick.

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.
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Hmm, a whole bunch of negative press attention and suddenly it alleviates :hmmmm
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Mr Rush wrote:
20 Feb 2026, 21:00
Hmm, a whole bunch of negative press attention and suddenly it alleviates :hmmmm
Yeah, thankfully there's the resident thorn in their side/fly in the ointment/pain in the arse etc offices such as that pesky Whitwood keeping the side up :thumbup
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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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Ashington DO (NE22, NE62, NE63, NE64)
Banbridge DO (BT32)
Beverley DO (HU11, HU17, HU18)
Brechin DO (DD9)
*Cardiff DO (CF5, CF10, CF11, CF24, CF91, CF95, CF99)
Daventry DO (NN11)
Helston DO (TR12, TR13)
Kingswood DO (BS15, BS30)
Leicester East DO (LE2, LE5-LE7)
Lisburn DO (BT26-BT28)
Pontefract DO (WF7, WF8, WF9, WF11)
Prenton DO (CH43)
Sleaford DO (NG34)
Sutton in Ashfield DO (NG17)
Whitwood DO (WF6, WF10)

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)


37 is a sexy prime, being 6 more than 31, and 6 less than 43

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.
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Mr Rush wrote:
20 Feb 2026, 21:00
Hmm, a whole bunch of negative press attention and suddenly it alleviates :hmmmm
OT restrictions lifted in these offices? Not being reported?
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We have a good ten rounds a day only have the tracked go out and have never been on the list. How do you even make it on there?
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LouBarlow wrote:
24 Feb 2026, 13:37
We have a good ten rounds a day only have the tracked go out and have never been on the list. How do you even make it on there?
Honesty. Should be called an Honesty List.
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Barnacle wrote:
24 Feb 2026, 14:23
LouBarlow wrote:
24 Feb 2026, 13:37
We have a good ten rounds a day only have the tracked go out and have never been on the list. How do you even make it on there?
Honesty. Should be called an Honesty List.
It feels like this is where there should be some direct regulatory involvement then. It wouldn’t be difficult for some kind of oversight either from Ofcom or the government.You only have to have one person from either visit once to see the USO is being ignored.
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LouBarlow wrote:
24 Feb 2026, 14:47
Barnacle wrote:
24 Feb 2026, 14:23
LouBarlow wrote:
24 Feb 2026, 13:37
We have a good ten rounds a day only have the tracked go out and have never been on the list. How do you even make it on there?
Honesty. Should be called an Honesty List.
It feels like this is where there should be some direct regulatory involvement then. It wouldn’t be difficult for some kind of oversight either from Ofcom or the government.You only have to have one person from either visit once to see the USO is being ignored.
Definitely. When RM was all over the media last week due to whistleblowers, it seems to have finally gotten out that RM holds mail back in Mail Centres before we even get it. OFCOM should be monitoring the MCs.
’You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.’
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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

44


Ashington DO (NE22, NE62, NE63, NE64)
Banbridge DO (BT32)
Beverley DO (HU11, HU17, HU18)
Brechin DO (DD9)
*Cardiff DO (CF5, CF10, CF11, CF24, CF91, CF95, CF99)
Carterton DO (OX18)
Daventry DO (NN11)
Egremont DO (CA21, CA22, CA23, CA24, CA25, CA27)
Helston DO (TR12, TR13)
Kingswood DO (BS15, BS30)
Leicester East DO (LE2, LE5-LE7)
Lisburn DO (BT26-BT28)
Lochgelly DO (KY5)
Nantwich DO (CW5)
Pontefract DO (WF7, WF8, WF9, WF11)
Prenton DO (CH43)
Sleaford DO (NG34)
Sutton in Ashfield DO (NG17)

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)


Mark Twain's The Mysterious Stranger features Satan's supposed nephew, whose alternate name in parallel works is "44".

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.
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LouBarlow wrote:
24 Feb 2026, 13:37
We have a good ten rounds a day only have the tracked go out and have never been on the list. How do you even make it on there?
So in theory if you've got 33 or less duties you should be on the list if the criteria is this -

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)
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ted_e_bear wrote:
24 Feb 2026, 15:58
LouBarlow wrote:
24 Feb 2026, 13:37
We have a good ten rounds a day only have the tracked go out and have never been on the list. How do you even make it on there?
So in theory if you've got 33 or less duties you should be on the list if the criteria is this -

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)
How did I miss that? That is why we aren’t. We have over 100.
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LouBarlow wrote:
24 Feb 2026, 17:05
ted_e_bear wrote:
24 Feb 2026, 15:58
LouBarlow wrote:
24 Feb 2026, 13:37
We have a good ten rounds a day only have the tracked go out and have never been on the list. How do you even make it on there?
So in theory if you've got 33 or less duties you should be on the list if the criteria is this -

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)
How did I miss that? That is why we aren’t. We have over 100.
No, it's Delivery Points not duties. At current callrates it's theoretically possible for nothing at all to leave the door and still limbo under the 30% rule.

For example: 50% of duties fully failing multiplied by a 25% callrate = 13% rounded up. Only 13% of addresses within an office had an item ready for delivery which then failed to be delivered on that same day. I don't know how multiple days of rollovers factor into that - officially, what didn't go out on Monday gets prioritised on Tuesday, etc.
The machine stops.