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The "How was your day" thread.

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

Post by newtimes »

An other crap day, on same P&L as yesterday. The up side it stayed dry and a customer told me a good story about the change over of the old post office saving books to the "new" ones, when he was a young lad. Those types of tales make my day. :nana but that P&L is still crap.
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Anonymouse
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Anonymouse »

What's going on?
Every day this week has been really light with only a couple of packages a bag.

Cold today and didn't know the walk but finished 50mins early.
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db
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by db »

Anonymouse wrote:What's going on?
Every day this week has been really light with only a couple of packages a bag.

Cold today and didn't know the walk but finished 50mins early.
It's January?!
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by woodpecker »

db wrote:
Anonymouse wrote:What's going on?
Every day this week has been really light with only a couple of packages a bag.

Cold today and didn't know the walk but finished 50mins early.
It's January?!
Lucky you, -9.5 when we went out 8.15, -3 when we finished 14.10, lots of frozen letterboxes and gate handles!!
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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It was cold. Today will also be cold, with added snow. :roll:
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Thunderthighs wrote:Familiarity, never used the trolley before. Was shown the "correct procedures" in 30 secs...even the boss didnt know how it worked at first.
I wonder how long its gonna be before someones at the top of a houses step, to return and find the trolley..GONE!
Bags have worked for many years, so don't see what advantages the trolleys have...yet.
1. Trolley use is mandatory once DM revision has taken place - though smaller bags (5-8kg) can be used in adverse conditions once the duty has been risk assessed.

But in a way more importantly/intriguingly as you were complaining about lapsing in 2009........

2. If you are doing it quicker then you have more options to lapse - more so if your colleagues do it as well.


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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Managers comment was, "Its ok to use a bag too..." so Im confused now! Why did he say that?
Didnt really finish any quicker, as the other lad had the van key as designated driver, so the "time difference" was sitting/waiting in the rain, wind cold.
His comments were, "The Trolley is much slower I feel..."
Im only relaying wot occurred!
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Thunderthighs wrote:Managers comment was, "Its ok to use a bag too..." so Im confused now! Why did he say that?
Because he is a knob.
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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Mr Rush
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Mr Rush »

No snow here, but I had the distinct pleasure of a customer telling me he rates us below Hermes because we refuse to leave his packets on the doorstep or in his shed when he's out. :speak to the hand
The machine stops.
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krussel
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by krussel »

Snow started at 9am and its still coming down now. Spikies are pretty poor and ive broken a pair in one day. Cold -2 all day :neutral:
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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heapsy
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by heapsy »

Not a bad day, mail wise. Miss sort run cancelled. Very cold and snowing on and off. Glad it's my long weekend.
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Judgee
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Judgee »

krussel wrote:Snow started at 9am and its still coming down now. Spikies are pretty poor and ive broken a pair in one day. Cold -2 all day :neutral:

Got issueds ome spikes today. Asked for chains but apparently we can't have them any more.

Personally I found the chains much better in conditions such as we are experiencing right now! :hmmmm
Union what Union? Do we have a union?
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clashcityrocker
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by clashcityrocker »

Chains are for snow.
Spikies are for ice.

We've been issued with.......neither.
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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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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SAME HERE...no extra bad weather footwear enhancers supplied.
Did some good impressions of Robin Cousins, unintentionally, especially with decking!
( Cant see its decking covered in the white stuff...)
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newtimes
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by newtimes »

Cold wind, but it stayed dry. Light day on letters.
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