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The "How was your day" thread.

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

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taurus88 wrote:I've never understood though how one can strike a balance between light and busy days
Lapsing indoor workload,lapsing outdoor workload,long and shorts,work time learning sessions.
In the days when individual offices had some control over when the mail was delivered we would clear as much of the mailsort as we could on the quieter days,also when deliveries were only 2.30hrs-ish a quiet day had less effect on your daily worked hours as you were back to the office after the first delivery for a 2nd or ASAP or collection.
I'm getting all misty-eyed.
Must be the medication.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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fng
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Patrick Clifton wrote:
fng wrote:Revision /P+L started today. :whistle

Couldn't help but smile all morning at the utter chaos unfolding round us.

I thought a vien was going to pop in a managers head at one stage.
Manager - "heres your PDA off you go" :no no
ME _ " never used one and never been trained and my name doesnt appear on the Pin nubmer/ log on sheet." :speak to the hand
Manager _ " Your 'kin joking" :d'oh!
ME - "No" :dance


Sposed to be out by 9 ...... it was 10.05

Got back on time for 13.41 so not all bad, but it was a "lite day"

Off Tuesday so looking forward to Wednesday :left: ;liar ;liar
Your first day of P&L...

You got out 1 hour later than you should have been...

You finished on time :shock:

All true, and as has been said, our rep appears to be great. We went from a proposed 60 -70 job losses, 5 hour del spans, lapsing, and p+l in February '12 to.... 2 people moving to ther offices, 4ish hour del spans, NO lapsing and p&l in Aug '12 not feb12, (with all short term temps kept on as well :nana :nana )
Tripitaka: "You should live without fear. There's as much chance of good things as bad things."
Sandy: "It's a cheerful philosophy and I've heard it from people before. They're all dead now."
Monkey "Excuse me when I say, that you really are extraordinarily dim!"
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krussel
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Really light today. Finished an HOUR early with absorbtion which on my delivery is amazing :shock:

Could not believe that we did not get out till 9am and some were coming back at 11.20 :shock: :shock: My Dom says all the rounds are the same since the revision :left: ;liar ;liar
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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DGP1
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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krussel wrote:Really light today. Finished an HOUR early with absorbtion which on my delivery is amazing :shock:

Could not believe that we did not get out till 9am and some were coming back at 11.20 :shock: :shock: My Dom says all the rounds are the same since the revision :left: ;liar ;liar
:chuckle :chuckle :chuckle Out at 7.45 and back at 13.25, and it was a light day :nana :nana
I'm preparing myself for the zombie invasion, rule number 1 - Cardio
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krussel
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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DGP1 wrote:
krussel wrote:Really light today. Finished an HOUR early with absorbtion which on my delivery is amazing :shock:

Could not believe that we did not get out till 9am and some were coming back at 11.20 :shock: :shock: My Dom says all the rounds are the same since the revision :left: ;liar ;liar
:chuckle :chuckle :chuckle Out at 7.45 and back at 13.25, and it was a light day :nana :nana

Not been out before 8.30pm since they changed the lorry times :sad: Normally get the last mech in around 8.40-9am. :sad:
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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BillyPosty
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Not bad today, got out at 8.30 and done for 12. Knees are hurtin this week though :sad:
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fng
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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second day of P+L and to be very honest - loving it. :nana

The lwt make such a difference, I can carry my coat, drink around with me and although i never had an issue with carring heavy bags, its nice to be shot of them (on half the walk anyway)
i have to work to time which is a shock to the system :shock: but the loops on the two walks I do are spot on, my partner is great and we help each other out, starting at 9 and finishing at 1.41pm bang on time (god aloan knows why the finish time is "41")

I know when the re pick happens that the mice in the depot have more senioroity than I do, so it will probably go down hill then, but until then - happy days.
Tripitaka: "You should live without fear. There's as much chance of good things as bad things."
Sandy: "It's a cheerful philosophy and I've heard it from people before. They're all dead now."
Monkey "Excuse me when I say, that you really are extraordinarily dim!"
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clashcityrocker
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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The sun shone.
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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DGP1
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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clashcityrocker wrote:The sun shone.
Are you sure??? Are you not imagining things :nervous
I'm preparing myself for the zombie invasion, rule number 1 - Cardio
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BingBong
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by BingBong »

Stormproof wrote:
DGP1 wrote:
Stormproof wrote:Horrendous day, 40+ specials, load of tracked, loads of large packets.
Office is going into meltdown at the moment, watch this space as thing may get interesting.
I hope you did your lapsing though :wink:
We don't do lapsing, never have.....but there is talk of them trying again.
We have lapsing...no one does it though...
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P13
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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clashcityrocker wrote:The sun shone.
Where from though :shock:
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taurus88
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by taurus88 »

fng wrote:its nice to be shot of them (on half the walk anyway)
?

I hope you're not one of those who has already resorted to carrying a bag three days in. Certain people have been finishing an hour early even on park + loop - funnily enough, they have been spotted by a few of the lads not using the provided equipment. I've heard that some walks are failing but cannot verify it as anything other than conjecture. Frankly ... don't care.
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factorycat
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by factorycat »

taurus88 wrote:
fng wrote:its nice to be shot of them (on half the walk anyway)
?

I hope you're not one of those who has already resorted to carrying a bag three days in. Certain people have been finishing an hour early even on park + loop - funnily enough, they have been spotted by a few of the lads not using the provided equipment. I've heard that some walks are failing but cannot verify it as anything other than conjecture. Frankly ... don't care.
think before you speak!!!!

You can't use a lwt everywhere!!!!....

What do you do on part of your walk where there's flats????
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taurus88
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by taurus88 »

factorycat wrote:
taurus88 wrote:
fng wrote:its nice to be shot of them (on half the walk anyway)
?

I hope you're not one of those who has already resorted to carrying a bag three days in. Certain people have been finishing an hour early even on park + loop - funnily enough, they have been spotted by a few of the lads not using the provided equipment. I've heard that some walks are failing but cannot verify it as anything other than conjecture. Frankly ... don't care.
think before you speak!!!!

You can't use a lwt everywhere!!!!....

What do you do on part of your walk where there's flats????
At no point did I argue otherwise, hence the ? mark. Yet the people I speak of are carrying a bag on wide, flat footpaths with clear and easy access to the houses and therefore the letterboxes.
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fng
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by fng »

taurus88 wrote:
fng wrote:its nice to be shot of them (on half the walk anyway)
?

I hope you're not one of those who has already resorted to carrying a bag three days in. Certain people have been finishing an hour early even on park + loop - funnily enough, they have been spotted by a few of the lads not using the provided equipment. I've heard that some walks are failing but cannot verify it as anything other than conjecture. Frankly ... don't care.
Not at all, half the walk is on an estate of ill repute :nervous with flats where the trolly cannot be left unattended :no no

the rest of the walk is fine so its trolly all the way.

There are a fair amount of bags being brought back un delivered on other walks, I assume not all walks are equal or as well planned out ?
Tripitaka: "You should live without fear. There's as much chance of good things as bad things."
Sandy: "It's a cheerful philosophy and I've heard it from people before. They're all dead now."
Monkey "Excuse me when I say, that you really are extraordinarily dim!"
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