Offices 'officially' in trouble?

[Mr Rush]

Come on, 300!

88 offices listed above, out of 1,250 so this still only represents <10% of the country if you can believe it.

[scotchy1962]

Holy feck! Its a feckin nightmare for the humble postie.
On the other hand who really gives a feck anymore.

[whisperlite6]

Last week they shipped in extra bods to help clear the office. Still didn't clear. However, not surprised the office is in a mess when two van share pairs were left waiting nearly 4 hours for their hire vans to show up. Vans were pre-booked so not a last minute arrangement. HCT route's not fairing much better due to lack of staff and aging HCT's.

[POSTMAN]

We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

210

Abingdon DO (OX13, OX14)
Altens DO (AB10-AB12, AB35)
Ashington DO (NE22, NE62-NE64)
Ashton Under Lyne DO (OL5, OL6, OL7)
Barry DO (CF63)
Basingstoke DO (RG21-RG26, RG28)
Bedford DO (MK40-MK45)
Bicester DO (OX25, OX26, OX27)
Blyth DO (NE24)
Bracknell DO (RG12, RG42, RG45)
Brecon DO (LD3)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Calderway DO (WF12-WF14)
Calne DO (SN11)
Cambridge DO (CB1-CB5, CB21-CB25)
Carmarthen DO (SA17, SA31, SA32, SA33)
Carterton DO (OX18)
Castle Bromwich DO (B35-B37, B40)
Chichester DO (PO18, PO19, PO20)
Clifton NG DO (NG11)
Coalville DO (LE6, LE67)
Deal DO (CT14)
Derwentside DO (DH8, DH9)
Dudley DO (DY1-DY3)
Dursley DO (GL11, GL12, GL13)
Ebbw Vale DO (NP23)
Fareham DO (PO14-PO17)
Flint DO (CH6, CH8)
Frome DO (BA11)
Gloucester North DO (GL3, GL4)
Gosforth DO (NE3, NE13)
Great Glen SPDO (LE8)
Hull Central DO (HU1-HU3, HU5, HU9, HU12, HU19)
Hunslet DO (LS10)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Kidderminster DO (DY10-DY12, DY14)
Kingswinford DO (DY6)
Kingswood DO (BS15, BS30)
Lee DO (SE12)
Leiston DO (IP15-IP16)
Lichfield DO (WS7, WS13, WS14)
Llangollen SUDO (LL20)
Loughborough DO (LE11-LE12)
Malton DO (YO17)
Mid Rhondda Ganol DO (CF39-CF40)
Mildenhall DO (IP28)
New Ferry DO (CH32, CH62, CH63)
Neston DO (CH33, CH64)
Northwich DO (CW8, CW9)
Nottingham City DO (NG1, NG3)
Nuneaton DO (CV10, CV11, CV13)
Okehampton DO (EX19, EX20, EX21)
Orton Southgate DO (PE2, PE7-PE9)
Oxford DO (OX1, OX2)
Oxford East DO (OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44, OX49)
Patchway DO (BS32, BS34, BS35)
Penarth DO (CF64)
Portslade DO (BN41 and BN42)
Ramsgate DO (CT11 and CT12)
Rugby DO (CV21, CV22, CV23)
Sandy DO (SG19)
Saxon Way DO (HU4, HU10, HU13-HU15)
Shaftesbury DO (SP7)
Shepshed DO (LE12)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
Sleaford DO (NG34)
St Helens DO (WA9-WA11)
Stalybridge SUDU (SK15)
Stourbridge DO (DY7-DY9)
Stourport On Severn DO (DY13)
Swindon DO (SN1, SN2, SN3, SN6, SN25, SN26, SN38, SN99)
Thirsk DO (YO7, YO51, YO61-YO62)
Thornbury DO (BS35)
Tipton DO (DY4)
Tiverton DO (EX16, EX18)
Upton DO (CH30, CH49)
Wantage DO (OX12)
Warrington DO (WA1-WA2, WA4-WA5, WA55)
Weston Super Mare DO (BS23-BS24, BS40)
Witham DO (CM8)
Wolverhampton NE DO (WV11, WV12)
Wolverhampton NW DO (WV6-WV9)
Yate DO (BS37)

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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[POSTMAN]

We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

179

Altens DO (AB10-AB12, AB35)
Ashington DO (NE22, NE62-NE64)
Ashton Under Lyne DO (OL5, OL6, OL7)
Barry DO (CF63)
Basingstoke DO (RG21-RG26, RG28)
Bedford DO (MK40-MK45)
Bicester DO (OX25, OX26, OX27)
Brecon DO (LD3)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Calderway DO (WF12-WF14)
Cambridge DO (CB1-CB5, CB21-CB25)
Carmarthen DO (SA17, SA31, SA32, SA33)
Castle Bromwich DO (B35-B37, B40)
Chichester DO (PO18, PO19, PO20)
Clifton NG DO (NG11)
Deal DO (CT14)
Derwentside DO (DH8, DH9)
Dudley DO (DY1-DY3)
Ebbw Vale DO (NP23)
Fareham DO (PO14-PO17)
Flint DO (CH6, CH8)
Frome DO (BA11)
Gloucester North DO (GL3, GL4)
Gosforth DO (NE3, NE13)
Hull Central DO (HU1-HU3, HU5, HU9, HU12, HU19)
Hunslet DO (LS10)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Kidderminster DO (DY10-DY12, DY14)
Kingswinford DO (DY6)
Leiston DO (IP15-IP16)
Lichfield DO (WS7, WS13, WS14)
Llangollen SUDO (LL20)
Loughborough DO (LE11-LE12)
Malton DO (YO17)
Margate DO (CT7, CT8, CT9)
Mid Rhondda Ganol DO (CF39-CF40)
New Ferry DO (CH32, CH62, CH63)
Neston DO (CH33, CH64)
Northwich DO (CW8, CW9)
Nottingham City DO (NG1, NG3)
Nuneaton DO (CV10, CV11, CV13)
Orton Southgate DO (PE2, PE7-PE9)
Oxford DO (OX1, OX2)
Oxford East DO (OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44, OX49)
Patchway DO (BS32, BS34, BS35)
Penarth DO (CF64)
Portslade DO (BN41 and BN42)
Rugby DO (CV21, CV22, CV23)
Sandy DO (SG19)
Shaftesbury DO (SP7)
Shepshed DO (LE12)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
Sleaford DO (NG34)
St Helens DO (WA9-WA11)
Stalybridge SUDU (SK15)
Stourbridge DO (DY7-DY9)
Stourport On Severn DO (DY13)
Swindon DO (SN1, SN2, SN3, SN6, SN25, SN26, SN38, SN99)
Thirsk DO (YO7, YO51, YO61-YO62)
Thornbury DO (BS35)
Tipton DO (DY4)
Tiverton DO (EX16, EX18)
Upton DO (CH30, CH49)
Warrington DO (WA1-WA2, WA4-WA5, WA55)
Weston Super Mare DO (BS23-BS24, BS40)
Wolverhampton NE DO (WV11, WV12)
Yate DO (BS37)

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)

If you look at the periodic table, Hafnium-179 is a specific stable isotope of the element Hafnium. It holds the quirky scientific crown of having the largest "quadrupole moment" of any stable nuclide, which is a fancy way of saying its nuclear charge distribution is incredibly unspherical and oddly shaped.

[youngoffender]

Imagine if my electricity provider decided that it was only going to supply me with power on two or three days per week, because it did not have the staff to provide the daily service it is legally obliged to.

Ofgem would, I hope, have zero tolerance for such excuses. Failure to recruit and retain sufficient staff to meet your obligations is entirely a failure of management and HR policy, not the population for whom these roles are either so unattractive that they don't apply, or so onerous and poorly supported that they leave after a few weeks or go on long-term sick leave. The regulator would be removing their licence to operate.

So where are Ofcom? Completely MIA. OK, on the face of it, conducting another 'investigation', which will no doubt end in another fine which represents just a few days' turnover, and which costs Royal Mail less than it would to resource their operations to meet the USO. So once again, RM prices it in as a cost of doing their ever-worsening business. This is not regulation, it is capitulation.

[Mr Rush]

Imagine if my electricity provider decided that it was only going to supply me with power on two or three days per week, because it did not have the staff to provide the daily service it is legally obliged to Ofgem would, I hope, have zero tolerance for such excuses.

In terms of networks, the most apparent parallel in Ofcom's domain is/was the oversubscription of service by Internet Service Providers. It has long been the caser that bandwidth is starved because no-one wants to lay new copper/fibre while continuing to sell subscriptions beyond the reasonable carrying capacity of the network.

They used to blame Torrenters hammering the lines, and in a way that's really the problem we have. Everyone knows the usual suspects on their duty driving up packet volumes.

[POSTMAN]

We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

138

Altens DO (AB10-AB12, AB35)
Ashington DO (NE22, NE62-NE64)
Ashton Under Lyne DO (OL5, OL6, OL7)
Barry DO (CF63)
Basingstoke DO (RG21-RG26, RG28)
Bedford DO (MK40-MK45)
Bicester DO (OX25, OX26, OX27)
Brecon DO (LD3)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Buckingham DO (MK18)
Burslem DO (ST6)
Calderway DO (WF12-WF14)
Cambridge DO (CB1-CB5, CB21-CB25)
Carmarthen DO (SA17, SA31, SA32, SA33)
Carrickfergus DO (BT38)
Chichester DO (PO18, PO19, PO20)
Deal DO (CT14)
Derwentside DO (DH8, DH9)
Droylsden DO (M43)
Dudley DO (DY1-DY3)
Dursley DO (GL11, GL12, GL13)
Flint DO (CH6, CH8)
Frome DO (BA11)
Gloucester North DO (GL3, GL4)
Gosforth DO (NE3, NE13)
Hailsham DO (BN27)
Hunslet DO (LS10)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Ilkeston DO (DE7 and DE75)
Kidderminster DO (DY10-DY12, DY14)
Kingswinford DO (DY6)
Lichfield DO (WS7, WS13, WS14)
Llangollen SUDO (LL20)
Llanrwst DO (LL24, LL25, LL26, LL27)
Loughborough DO (LE11-LE12)
Margate DO (CT7, CT8, CT9)
Neston DO (CH33, CH64)
New Ferry DO (CH32, CH62, CH63)
Nuneaton DO (CV10, CV11, CV13)
Oxford East DO (OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44, OX49)
Patchway DO (BS32, BS34, BS35)
Penarth DO (CF64)
Portslade DO (BN41 and BN42)
Prenton DO (CH43)
Shepshed DO (LE12)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
St Helens DO (WA9-WA11)
Stalybridge SUDU (SK15)
Stourport On Severn DO (DY13)
Sunbury On Thames DO (TW16)
Thirsk DO (YO7, YO51, YO61-YO62)
Tipton DO (DY4)
Tiverton DO (EX16, EX18)
Upton DO (CH30, CH49)
Winslow SUDO (MK18)
Wolverhampton NE DO (WV11, WV12)
Yate DO (BS37)

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)

In a specialised mathematical sequence called the Ulam sequence (where next numbers are born from the unique sum of two prior terms), 138 sits comfortably as a member of this rare mathematical family.

[POSTMAN]

We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

151

Ashington DO (NE22, NE62-NE64)
Ashton Under Lyne DO (OL5, OL6, OL7)
Barry DO (CF63)
Basingstoke DO (RG21-RG26, RG28)
Bedford DO (MK40-MK45)
Bicester DO (OX25, OX26, OX27)
Brecon DO (LD3)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Buckingham DO (MK18)
Burslem DO (ST6)
Calderway DO (WF12-WF14)
Cambridge DO (CB1-CB5, CB21-CB25)
Carmarthen DO (SA17, SA31, SA32, SA33)
Carrickfergus DO (BT38)
Chichester DO (PO18, PO19, PO20)
Deal DO (CT14)
Droylsden DO (M43)
Dudley DO (DY1-DY3)
Dursley DO (GL11, GL12, GL13)
Flint DO (CH6, CH8)
Frome DO (BA11)
Gloucester North DO (GL3, GL4)
Gosforth DO (NE3, NE13)
Hailsham DO (BN27)
Hengoed DO (CF81, CF82)
Hunslet DO (LS10)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Ilkeston DO (DE7 and DE75)
Kidderminster DO (DY10-DY12, DY14)
Kingswinford DO (DY6)
Lichfield DO (WS7, WS13, WS14)
Llangefni DO (LL62 to LL78)
Llangollen SUDO (LL20)
Llanrwst DO (LL24, LL25, LL26, LL27)
Loughborough DO (LE11-LE12)
Margate DO (CT7, CT8, CT9)
Milton Keynes Kiln Farm DO (MK8, MK11 to MK14, MK19)
Neston DO (CH33, CH64)
New Ferry DO (CH32, CH62, CH63)
Nuneaton DO (CV10, CV11, CV13)
Oxford East DO (OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44, OX49)
Penarth DO (CF64)
Portslade DO (BN41 and BN42)
Prenton DO (CH43)
Shepshed DO (LE12)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
Sidmouth DO (EX10)
St Helens DO (WA9-WA11)
Stalybridge SUDU (SK15)
Stourport On Severn DO (DY13)
Sunbury On Thames DO (TW16)
Tipton DO (DY4)
Tiverton DO (EX16, EX18)
Upton DO (CH30, CH49)
Winslow SUDO (MK18)
Wolverhampton NE DO (WV11, WV12)
Yate DO (BS37)

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)

For anyone who grew up in the late 1990s or early 2000s, 151 is a sacred number. It represents the exact total of original, first-generation Pokémon.

[POSTMAN]

We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

155

Abergavenny DO (NP7, NP8)
Ashington DO (NE22, NE62-NE64)
Ashton Under Lyne DO (OL5, OL6, OL7)
Barry DO (CF63)
Basingstoke DO (RG21-RG26, RG28)
Bedford DO (MK40-MK45)
Bicester DO (OX25, OX26, OX27)
Brecon DO (LD3)
Bridge Of Don DO (AB22, AB23)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Buckingham DO (MK18)
Burslem DO (ST6)
Calderway DO (WF12-WF14)
Cambridge DO (CB1-CB5, CB21-CB25)
Carmarthen DO (SA17, SA31, SA32, SA33)
Chichester DO (PO18, PO19, PO20)
Coalville DO (LE6, LE67)
Deal DO (CT14)
Droylsden DO (M43)
Dudley DO (DY1-DY3)
Dursley DO (GL11, GL12, GL13)
Flint DO (CH6, CH8)
Frome DO (BA11)
Gloucester North DO (GL3, GL4)
Gosforth DO (NE3, NE13)
Hailsham DO (BN27)
Hengoed DO (CF81, CF82)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Ilkeston DO (DE7 and DE75)
Kidderminster DO (DY10-DY12, DY14)
Kingswinford DO (DY6)
Lichfield DO (WS7, WS13, WS14)
Llangefni DO (LL62 to LL78)
Llangollen SUDO (LL20)
Llanrwst DO (LL24, LL25, LL26, LL27)
Loughborough DO (LE11-LE12)
Margate DO (CT7, CT8, CT9)
Milton Keynes Kiln Farm DO (MK8, MK11 to MK14, MK19)
Neston DO (CH33, CH64)
New Ferry DO (CH32, CH62, CH63)
Nuneaton DO (CV10, CV11, CV13)
Oxford East DO (OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44, OX49)
Penarth DO (CF64)
Portslade DO (BN41 and BN42)
Prenton DO (CH43)
Shepshed DO (LE12)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
Sidmouth DO (EX10)
St Helens DO (WA9-WA11)
Stalybridge SUDU (SK15)
Stourport On Severn DO (DY13)
Sunbury On Thames DO (TW16)
Tipton DO (DY4)
Tiverton DO (EX16, EX18)
Upton DO (CH30, CH49)
Winslow SUDO (MK18)
Wolverhampton NE DO (WV11, WV12)
Yate DO (BS37)

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)

In military history and global logistics, 155 is one of the most famous numbers in the world. The 155 mm caliber is the universal standard for heavy artillery across almost all NATO and Western nations.

[POSTMAN]

We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

127

Abergavenny DO (NP7, NP8)
Ashington DO (NE22, NE62-NE64)
Ashton Under Lyne DO (OL5, OL6, OL7)
Barry DO (CF63)
Bedford DO (MK40-MK45)
Brecon DO (LD3)
Bridge Of Don DO (AB22, AB23)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Buckingham DO (MK18)
Burslem DO (ST6)
Calderway DO (WF12-WF14)
Cambridge DO (CB1-CB5, CB21-CB25)
Carmarthen DO (SA17, SA31, SA32, SA33)
Chichester DO (PO18, PO19, PO20)
Coalville DO (LE6, LE67)
Droylsden DO (M43)
Dudley DO (DY1-DY3)
Dursley DO (GL11, GL12, GL13)
Gloucester North DO (GL3, GL4)
Gosforth DO (NE3, NE13)
Hailsham DO (BN27)
Hengoed DO (CF81, CF82)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Kidderminster DO (DY10-DY12, DY14)
Kingswinford DO (DY6)
Lichfield DO (WS7, WS13, WS14)
Llangefni DO (LL62 to LL78)
Llanrwst DO (LL24, LL25, LL26, LL27)
Loughborough DO (LE11-LE12)
Milton Keynes Kiln Farm DO (MK8, MK11 to MK14, MK19)
Neston DO (CH33, CH64)
New Ferry DO (CH32, CH62, CH63)
Oxford East DO (OX3, OX4, OX33, OX44, OX49)
Penarth DO (CF64)
Portslade DO (BN41 and BN42)
Rugeley DO (WS15)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
Sidmouth DO (EX10)
St Helens DO (WA9-WA11)
Stalybridge SUDU (SK15)
Stourport On Severn DO (DY13)
Sunbury On Thames DO (TW16)
Tipton DO (DY4)
Tiverton DO (EX16, EX18)
Wolverhampton NE DO (WV11, WV12)

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)

In digital information, 127 is the largest integer that can be stored in a standard 8-bit signed byte. Because computers count from zero and use one bit to determine if a number is positive or negative, a single byte tops out exactly at 127.

[SpacePhoenix]

Once we get into the autumn I expect this list to get really long, really quickly.

[FirstPost]

Once we get into the autumn I expect this list to get really long, really quickly.

And I hope it stays really long for a really really long time

[POSTMAN]

We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

90

Abergavenny DO (NP7, NP8)
Ashington DO (NE22, NE62-NE64)
Ashton Under Lyne DO (OL5, OL6, OL7)
Barry DO (CF63)
Brecon DO (LD3)
Bridge Of Don DO (AB22, AB23)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Burslem DO (ST6)
Calderway DO (WF12-WF14)
Cambridge DO (CB1-CB5, CB21-CB25)
Carmarthen DO (SA17, SA31, SA32, SA33)
Chichester DO (PO18, PO19, PO20)
Coalville DO (LE6, LE67)
Droylsden DO (M43)
Dudley DO (DY1-DY3)
Dursley DO (GL11, GL12, GL13)
Gloucester North DO (GL3, GL4)
Gosforth DO (NE3, NE13)
Hailsham DO (BN27)
Hyde DO (SK13, SK14, SK16)
Kingswinford DO (DY6)
Llanrwst DO (LL24, LL25, LL26, LL27)
Loughborough DO (LE11-LE12)
Milton Keynes Kiln Farm DO (MK8, MK11 to MK14, MK19)
Neston DO (CH33, CH64)
New Ferry DO (CH32, CH62, CH63)
Penarth DO (CF64)
Portslade DO (BN41 and BN42)
Rugeley DO (WS15)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
St Helens DO (WA9-WA11)
Stalybridge SUDU (SK15)
Stourport On Severn DO (DY13)
Sunbury On Thames DO (TW16)
Tipton DO (DY4)
Tiverton DO (EX16, EX18)
Wolverhampton NE DO (WV11, WV12)

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 between the ages of 90 and 99 is called a nonagenarian.

[postslippete]

We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

Question for you Postman

I understand that an office gets onto the public service disruption list after 3 consecutive days with 30% of delivery points failing the USO. From my understanding, RM uses a Delivery Point Coverage app that combines the data from its delivery to specification (DTS) system with PDA data to identify where deliveries have occurred.

PDA data can demonstrate where you went but doesn't identify what mail was still sitting in the frame or left in trays when you left the office. So how much of the delivery point coverage figure relies on information recoded by management and who audits the accuracy of that information?

Also, if loops of mail are taken out but have been brought back undelivered, how are those delivery points recorded and fed back into the figures? Because it's my understanding that this gets overlooked in our office