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The "How was your day" thread.

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Ando37
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Ando37 »

cinemasaint wrote:
Ando37 wrote:I go on holiday tomorrow morning and arranged for a colleague to work my day off for me with me paying him for it. This was the following conversation with my manager today...

'How much you paying Stevie?'

'Thats between us'. I replied.

'You paying him for the 8 hours?' - We are both part time workers but due to the changes we have been in 2 hours early.

'No! I have payed him for my shift, 9:05 - 14:35, what i am being paid for!'

'No you need to pay him the overtime because we need him to prep the walk but have no money to pay anymore overtime'.

Serious conversation.

Apart from this my day was actually quite good, finished on time for a change!!

I would say this is a performance issue, tut tut I can see having to go down the conduct code, As I have to wing it and bluff my way through a day and pretend I know what I'm doing. Ando he sounds familiar?
Sounds like you know who I am talking about Cinemasaint, you have a story to share?
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rhino49
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by rhino49 »

Ando37 wrote:I go on holiday tomorrow morning and arranged for a colleague to work my day off for me with me paying him for it. This was the following conversation with my manager today...

'How much you paying Stevie?'

'Thats between us'. I replied.

'You paying him for the 8 hours?' - We are both part time workers but due to the changes we have been in 2 hours early.

'No! I have payed him for my shift, 9:05 - 14:35, what i am being paid for!'

'No you need to pay him the overtime because we need him to prep the walk but have no money to pay anymore overtime'.

Serious conversation.

Apart from this my day was actually quite good, finished on time for a change!!
What a load of bollox - assuming the walk would have been prepped for you, if there is no one to prep the walk and he is doing the same duty as you would have done - then it is the managers responsibility to find funds or support for the walk - NOT YOURS !!! Would you have prepped it for nothing ?
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by POSTMAN »

:funneh One of the bestest posts ever. :left: :nana
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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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Exorcist
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Exorcist »

A very interesting day today as my walk was part of the Olympic Torch relay route.Our management were very good and had arranged for the mail to get to us early so that i could get out of the depot before the main crowds turned up,and it went very well with only the last 30mins being difficult with the pavements being 20 deep in places :Applause
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flaminmoses
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by flaminmoses »

heapsy wrote:
flaminmoses wrote:Finally my 11 month battle is over.
My backpay arrived in the bank today. :nana
Enjoy! Spned wisely tho.

yes

no doubt they will try something else
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fishtank
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by fishtank »

Ando37 wrote:'No you need to pay him the overtime because we need him to prep the walk but have no money to pay anymore overtime'.
Should have told him you were introducing summer savings on your duty and absorbing the indoor element into the manager's duty.
Budgets are budgets and mail's down 6% again,we all have to do our bit. :chuckle
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krussel
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by krussel »

Ando37 wrote:Serious conversation.

I love that bit :left:
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krussel
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by krussel »

Sat.

Will it ever stop raining for at least 24 hours :roll:

Started off in the semi dry but within half and hour it was pissing down :neutral:

Rained all the way round and on the way home. :whistle
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
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krussel
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by krussel »

Mon.

Yet another day of more rain. :sad:

Dom having big trouble in covering walks today as a couple of guys called in sick and they decided a couple of weeks back to only pay 5 hours OT a walk. So no surprise that no one feels like taking it on after 4 hours walking in the rain.

Finished my walk dead on time and then went off to do my absorbtion which i booked on OT (easy money). :wink:
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
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Patrick Clifton
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Patrick Clifton »

Was very quiet. Nice relaxed delivery :Very Happy
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heapsy
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by heapsy »

"they decided a couple of weeks back to only pay 5 hours OT a walk." Same in our office now. Cannot understand why anybody would even think of doing a walk for that. :roll:
Rained all day today and I forgot my rain gear which was still waiting for me back at the office. :d'oh! Soaked just ins't the word. :sad:
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jontickle
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by jontickle »

Van didnt start. Was the best day i've had since the revision :crazy:
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taurus88
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by taurus88 »

Sh*t walk, damp day. So sh*t all round, basically.
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DGP1
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by DGP1 »

Average day, made 10 minutes stayed dry and I swear I even say the sun breaking through the clouds............I may have been wrong but :nervous
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taurus88
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by taurus88 »

Light day but my legs were heavy. Heavy days when my legs are light are much easier. Finished perhaps twenty minutes early on a day that was generally considered to be "THE LIGHTEST EVER". Tbh, I find most days a bit of a chore nowadays.
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