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The "How was your day" thread.

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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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WornOutPosty wrote:5 here this week, couple of weeks ago there was a pen in one - that was a killer because the bundles were all lop-sided after about 5 houses!
Alternate thats what I did - still makes the bundle too big but easier to hold/control.
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Same as yesterday. Loads on.
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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fb1969 wrote:I've had 6 D2Ds this week - what do I win :Very Happy
To reply to myself, I obviously win 6 D2Ds next week as well :roll: Two A4 brochures, two A5 envelopes and two smaller flyers, I put Monday's out (so they aren't forgotten) and there is hardly enough space for anything stupid to go in there - like post!!

Not a bad Saturday for me, though with a manager throwing the post off for me I had the expected dozen or so mis-sorts!
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Someone told me it is going to be one of the busiest weeks next week. And I got 6 door to f***ing doors.
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Saturdays quickly becoming the worst day of the week. Mugs working until all hours. Not me though. :Very Happy
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Syze wrote:Saturdays quickly becoming the worst day of the week. Mugs working until all hours. Not me though. :Very Happy
What do you mean 'becoming' :shock: :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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I agree i used to actually look forward to sat with a quite drive into work and then a easy low stress day. :wink:

Thats gone now and i walk in to 3 full mech trays and a load of flats which have been already sorted by early staff on overtime. Then we go on the ips and its just a normal workoad but with 2 hours less pay. :sad:

Somehow we are being stitched here. :roll:
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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You can bet that the bastards that have f****d-up our Saturdays, were still in their pits, as snug as bugs in a rug, and had better things to do than to wait on their postman delivering the Saturday afternoon shyte.
Like you, I didn't used to mind working Saturday mornings, but now I want to see Saturday deliveries ended altogether, and a MON-FRI working week.
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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DirtyHarry wrote:You can bet that the bastards that have f****d-up our Saturdays, were still in their pits, as snug as bugs in a rug, and had better things to do than to wait on their postman delivering the Saturday afternoon shyte.
Like you, I didn't used to mind working Saturday mornings, but now I want to see Saturday deliveries ended altogether, and a MON-FRI working week.

Thats one thing i can see being dropped straight away once we are private. :hmmmm

Other than parcels i really cannot see the public missing a sat delivery but i ve read before that in-direct mailing actually gets more attention when delivered on a sat :d'oh!
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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krussel wrote:
DirtyHarry wrote:You can bet that the bastards that have f****d-up our Saturdays, were still in their pits, as snug as bugs in a rug, and had better things to do than to wait on their postman delivering the Saturday afternoon shyte.
Like you, I didn't used to mind working Saturday mornings, but now I want to see Saturday deliveries ended altogether, and a MON-FRI working week.

but i ve read before that in-direct mailing actually gets more attention when delivered on a sat :d'oh!
Does it fook.
Do you give junkmail more attention on a Saturday, than say, any other day of the week? Course not.
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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DirtyHarry wrote:
krussel wrote:
DirtyHarry wrote:You can bet that the bastards that have f****d-up our Saturdays, were still in their pits, as snug as bugs in a rug, and had better things to do than to wait on their postman delivering the Saturday afternoon shyte.
Like you, I didn't used to mind working Saturday mornings, but now I want to see Saturday deliveries ended altogether, and a MON-FRI working week.

but i ve read before that in-direct mailing actually gets more attention when delivered on a sat :d'oh!
Does it fook.
Do you give junkmail more attention on a Saturday, than say, any other day of the week? Course not.
The bins always in the same place whether its a Monday or Saturday :left:
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Typical Saturday. Wish we didn't have to do them tbh. :arrrghhh
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Been told today that as there is no leave over xmas, all the duties will be filled and i will be surplus.
Also they are not expecting anyone to go off ill and very few cut offs :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: We cant complete most duties during the summer :roll:
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so i can either do packet delivery 2-6pm or callers office 8-2....... niether of which I can do because of me doing the school run at both ends of the day, so i've left it with them, I'm more than happy to sit around all day :cuppa :cuppa :cuppa :cuppa
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Not as busy as I thought it would be. Packets were ok. Very cold and windy first thing but stayed dry, just.
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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fng wrote:Been told today that as there is no leave over xmas, all the duties will be filled and i will be surplus.
Also they are not expecting anyone to go off ill and very few cut offs :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: We cant complete most duties during the summer :roll:
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so i can either do packet delivery 2-6pm or callers office 8-2....... niether of which I can do because of me doing the school run at both ends of the day, so i've left it with them, I'm more than happy to sit around all day :cuppa :cuppa :cuppa :cuppa
You can swap with me if I can do callers office, mate. I assume I'll get some kind of duty although I'll be reserve. Serious offer if the gaffers are prepared to do it.
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