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The "How was your day" thread.

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
DGP1
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by DGP1 »

Speedmeister wrote:Cold & wet. I had 6 lots of d2d which were only prepped into my frame yesterday after I'd gone out. Today I only took the d2d I had mail for & left the rest in. :whistle
What you should have done is take them all and cut off/claim OT, the D2Ds are due out by Saturday and they should be.
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by bossyb »

Cut of for only the third time since doing the job ,(being on a poxy part-time contract need the extra hours)
And it felt good..................Now on a weeks leave so i feel even better
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by heapsy »

Busy day, late finish. Really knackered.
taurus88
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by taurus88 »

Had an alright Saturday. Did a bit of a delivery, didn't take any packets. Did a couple of hours in the callers office, followed by a couple more on OT, which I enjoyed even if it was busy and some people are confrontational (I'm confrontational too so it doesn't bother me). It's astounding how some of these 739s are filled in, though. If it isn't the postie who deals in as little information as possible (address only), it's the postie who never quite mastered the art of writing. You might as well be looking at hieroglyphs! Might be funny but you feel like a bit of a fool when you're asking somebody what surname is supposed to be on their card!

Easy OT, anyway.
Speedmeister
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Speedmeister »

DGP1 wrote:
Speedmeister wrote:Cold & wet. I had 6 lots of d2d which were only prepped into my frame yesterday after I'd gone out. Today I only took the d2d I had mail for & left the rest in. :whistle
What you should have done is take them all and cut off/claim OT, the D2Ds are due out by Saturday and they should be.
Oh well I'll know for next time.
If the d2ds had been prepped earlier in the week I would have delivered them all - I'm on a 20 hour contract - 4 hours over 5 days. This was a rural duty that included a collection - I had to cut off anyway so I could got back to the DO in time for the mail I had collected could be collected from the DO. How daft is that putting someone on a 5 hour + duty when they're only meant to do 4 hours? :roll:
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by heapsy »

Last couple of days have been heavy on the packets. Mail not too bad. Having to card lopads of packets now because of the later starts and not catching people. Not the best situation for this time of year.
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Stormproof »

Big council mailing yesterday, every house. Today & yesterday packets galore.....its only going to get worse, crap weather last weekend means everyone was sat at their computer ordering stuff.
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets


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krussel
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Post by krussel »

It was quite light today :nervous

I think its the calm before the weds storm.

Talking of a storm the weather was total pants with high winds and rain all day :Boo hoo!
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..........
newtimes
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by newtimes »

Still waitng to get usual van back, been told floor needs weldied .One guy said I nearly had a Fred Flintstone car.
Mabs
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Mabs »

Today was my first day after my induction yesterday and ive had a great time. I was straight onto mail sort and sorting my frame in the morning. Blown away at the speed folks sort the packets. 2 D2D's added to the fun of bundling the routes. I was driving for the day and got to cover the entire route and had plenty of experience with the PDA through a mix of business and residential addresses. This took up much of the afternoon with the rest being filled with sorting out the packets that couldnt be delivered and a quick 2nd class sort. Roll on tomorrow then I'm on my own from Thursday.

I must add size M fleece = tiny but M jacket is a good fit. Trousers are a pain too! Not much room in them and no room in the pockets and the size up is too loose.. ah the perils of looking smart or having baggy but comfy trousers.
IloveMYredTROLLEY!
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Post by IloveMYredTROLLEY! »

I wonder how many depots discussed "Black Friday" plus "Cyber Monday" (started over in the States, now catching on over here) online sales and how they would send packet levels through the roof this week, during their weekly resource meetings? :hmmmm

Some walks were hammered today, >4 sacks of packets to prep and deliver by HCT. :neutral:
Pokermon
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Post by Pokermon »

busiest i have seen it in 2012 :silenced
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by monkeymutha »

Easy day - town walk with bike. Had s**t loads of big packets which driver took, luckily got rid of a lot of small packets which I banded to the big ones - Easy day.
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by krussel »

newtimes wrote:Still waitng to get usual van back, been told floor needs weldied .One guy said I nearly had a Fred Flintstone car.

Jeeezee :shock:

How old is it :hmmmm
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..........
cyberheater
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by cyberheater »

Monstrous heavy bags with tons of packets. A bad day.