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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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Bedford MK40 DO (MK40-MK45)
Bridge of Don DO (AB22, AB23)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Carmarthen DO (SA17, SA31, SA32, SA33)
Carterton DO (OX18)
Chester DO (CH1-CH4, CH88, CH99)
Dudley DO (DY1-DY3)
Finchley Church End DO (N3)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Llandudno DO (LL30, LL31, LL32, LL34)
Margate DO (CT7-CT9)
Nuneaton DO (CV10, CV11, CV13)
Ramsgate DO (CT11, CT12)
Reading East DO (RG4, RG5, RG6, RG10)
Rugeley DO (WS15)
South Molton DO (EX36)
Wednesbury DO (WS10)
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)

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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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Basingstoke DO (RG21-RG26, and RG28)
Bedford MK40 DO (MK40-MK45)
Bridge of Don DO (AB22, AB23)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Carmarthen DO (SA17, SA31-SA33)
Carterton DO (OX18)
Cheadle SK DO (SK8)
Chester DO (CH1-CH4, CH88, CH99)
Dudley DO (DY1-DY3)
Finchley Church End DO (N3)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Llandudno DO (LL30, LL31, LL32, LL34)
Lochgelly DO (KY5)
Loughborough DO (LE11-LE12)
Margate DO (CT7-CT9)
Mid Rhondda Ganol DO (CF39-CF40)
Nuneaton DO (CV10, CV11, CV13)
Ramsgate DO (CT11, CT12)
Reading East DO (RG4, RG5, RG6, RG10)
Runcorn DO (WA7)
Rugeley DO (WS15)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
Wednesbury DO (WS10)
Wilmslow DO (SK9)

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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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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Several DM26 offices on that list. And I thought DM26 fixed late deliveries, reduced sickness, improved staff mental health and ended the war on drugs. Obviously not that good.
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funkflex55 wrote:
01 Sep 2026, 15:05
Several DM26 offices on that list. And I thought DM26 fixed late deliveries, reduced sickness, improved staff mental health and ended the war on drugs. Obviously not that good.
Bank Holiday week so for some walks the way the heavy-light plays out they might have had 3 days worth of 2C
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SpacePhoenix wrote:
01 Sep 2026, 16:13
funkflex55 wrote:
01 Sep 2026, 15:05
Several DM26 offices on that list. And I thought DM26 fixed late deliveries, reduced sickness, improved staff mental health and ended the war on drugs. Obviously not that good.
Bank Holiday week so for some walks the way the heavy-light plays out they might have had 3 days worth of 2C
I thought that was normal for Mon/Tues, every week the light side previous Friday will get 3 days 2c Monday and the heavy side Friday will get 3 days on Tuesday.
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ted_e_bear wrote:
01 Sep 2026, 17:14
SpacePhoenix wrote:
01 Sep 2026, 16:13
funkflex55 wrote:
01 Sep 2026, 15:05
Several DM26 offices on that list. And I thought DM26 fixed late deliveries, reduced sickness, improved staff mental health and ended the war on drugs. Obviously not that good.
Bank Holiday week so for some walks the way the heavy-light plays out they might have had 3 days worth of 2C
I thought that was normal for Mon/Tues, every week the light side previous Friday will get 3 days 2c Monday and the heavy side Friday will get 3 days on Tuesday.
It'll be down to what days the CSS machines were run over the Sunday and Monday.
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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:

79


Basingstoke DO (RG21-RG26, and RG28)
Bedford MK40 DO (MK40-MK45)
Bridge of Don DO (AB22, AB23)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Carmarthen DO (SA17, SA31-SA33)
Cambridge DO (CB1-CB5, CB21-CB25)
Carterton DO (OX18)
Cheadle SK DO (SK8)
Chester DO (CH1-CH4, CH88, CH99)
Dagenham DO (RM8-RM10)
Dudley DO (DY1-DY3)
Finchley Church End DO (N3)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Llandudno DO (LL30, LL31, LL32, LL34)
Lochgelly DO (KY5)
Loughborough DO (LE11-LE12)
Margate DO (CT7-CT9)
Mid Rhondda Ganol DO (CF39-CF40)
Nuneaton DO (CV10, CV11, CV13)
Oxford DO (OX1-OX2)
Ramsgate DO (CT11, CT12)
Reading East DO (RG4, RG5, RG6, RG10)
Runcorn DO (WA7)
Rugeley DO (WS15)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
Sidmouth DO (EX10)
Wednesbury DO (WS10)
Wilmslow DO (SK9)

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

104


Basingstoke DO (RG21-RG26, and RG28)
Bedford MK40 DO (MK40-MK45)
Bicester DO (OX25-OX27)
Bridge of Don DO (AB22, AB23)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Carmarthen DO (SA17, SA31-SA33)
Cambridge DO (CB1-CB5, CB21-CB25)
Carterton DO (OX18)
Cheadle SK DO (SK8)
Chester DO (CH1-CH4, CH88, CH99)
Dagenham DO (RM8-RM10)
Dudley DO (DY1-DY3)
Ely DO (CB6-CB7)
Finchley Church End DO (N3)
Hoylake DO (CH47-CH48)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Kidderminster DO (DY10-DY12, DY14)
Llandudno DO (LL30, LL31, LL32, LL34)
Lochgelly DO (KY5)
Loughborough DO (LE11-LE12)
Margate DO (CT7-CT9)
Mid Rhondda Ganol DO (CF39-CF40)
Nuneaton DO (CV10, CV11, CV13)
Orton Southgate DO (PE2, PE7-PE9)
Oxford DO (OX1-OX2)
Ramsgate DO (CT11, CT12)
Reading East DO (RG4, RG5, RG6, RG10)
Runcorn DO (WA7)
Rugeley DO (WS15)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
Sidmouth DO (EX10)
Speke DO (L24)
Syston SPDO (LE7)
Wallingford DO (OX10, OX49)
Warrington DO (WA1, WA2, WA4, WA5, WA55)
Wednesbury DO (WS10)
Westbury DO (BA13)
Wilmslow DO (SK9)

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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We should be on the list
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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:

125


Altens DO (AB10-AB12, AB35)
Basingstoke DO (RG21-RG26, and RG28)
Bedford MK40 DO (MK40-MK45)
Bicester DO (OX25-OX27)
Bridge of Don DO (AB22, AB23)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Carmarthen DO (SA17, SA31-SA33)
Cambridge DO (CB1-CB5, CB21-CB25)
Carterton DO (OX18)
Castlewellan SPDO (BT31)
Cheadle SK DO (SK8)
Chester DO (CH1-CH4, CH88, CH99)
Chichester DO (PO18-PO20)
Dagenham DO (RM8-RM10)
Dudley DO (DY1-DY3)
Dundee East DO (DD4-DD5, DD7)
Ely DO (CB6-CB7)
Exmouth DO (EX8-EX9)
Finchley Church End DO (N3)
Frome DO (BA11)
Hoylake DO (CH47-CH48)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Kidderminster DO (DY10-DY12, DY14)
Kirkcaldy DO (KY1-KY3)
Lochgelly DO (KY5)
Loughborough DO (LE11-LE12)
Margate DO (CT7-CT9)
Mid Rhondda Ganol DO (CF39-CF40)
Nuneaton DO (CV10, CV11, CV13)
Orton Southgate DO (PE2, PE7-PE9)
Oxford DO (OX1-OX2)
Penarth DO (CF64)
Ramsgate DO (CT11, CT12)
Reading East DO (RG4, RG5, RG6, RG10)
Reading West DO (RG30-RG31)
Runcorn DO (WA7)
Rugeley DO (WS15)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
Sidmouth DO (EX10)
Speke DO (L24)
Syston SPDO (LE7)
Wallingford DO (OX10, OX49)
Warrington DO (WA1, WA2, WA4, WA5, WA55)
Waterlooville DO (PO7-PO8)
Wednesbury DO (WS10)
Welwyn Garden City DO (AL6-AL8)
Westbury DO (BA13)
Wilmslow DO (SK9)

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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Do you suppose that maybe some of these offices have decided to suddenly report correctly in order to delay DM26 in their office?

It’s a theory.
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I cannot believe my office is never on that list! Most have not chucked a letter in this week.We have weeks' worth of sequenced mail sitting here, and weeks and weeks of D2Ds piling up on the floor. The double-slotted frame is absolutely bulging. Honestly, with all the weight on it, I did wonder if it could topple over... which would be pretty funny. 😂📬
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twoloops wrote:
Yesterday, 21:06
The double-slotted frame is absolutely bulging. Honestly, with all the weight on it, I did wonder if it could topple over... which would be pretty funny.
Last December I was getting concerned at the creaking noise my frame was making when I tried to add another tray load to the previous 14 days already forced into it. The RM2000 Preparation Guide v1.4 (2012) doesn't list a maximum weight load so it's time for some back-of-the-envelope :roll: numbers...

Standard letters are ~10g per item. The average house is getting 4 letters a week now (0.66/day pre-DM26), double that callrate for 'peak'. Average DPs per duty was ~575 locally pre-DM26.
≈7.5KG daily, multiplied by almost three working weeks ≈100KG

No idea about packets above the frame. Shoebox dimension is supposed to top out at 2KG. The prep guide says an average of 7 can fit per column. The office average was 5.5 columns before the changes.
≈80KG.

It's getting late and I can't be bothered calculating the force of that under freefall. I just want to say that I remember weighing my bags in 2007 on a heavy day. 40KG. Packets were negligible. It all got done on that day in three hours flat and everyone was done for lunch.
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7 shoebox size parcels above each column? Surely that would have HSE involved, I doubt there's many that haven't had a load of parcels fall on their head, another thing that isn't fit for purpose at RM.