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The "How was your day" thread.

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

Post by Barbel »

Lots of parcels but no so much mail.
bluealbert
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Post by bluealbert »

Regal wrote:Very light with regards to being so close to christmas.
Never had many parcels although the cards are starting to pick up. Was finished on time and filled the van with petrol.
Off tomorrow so im expecting it to be real busy on wednesday.
Petrol ???? What van you got mate
terry2972
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Post by terry2972 »

Very strange hardly any mail or parcels probably get hhammered tomorrow
Barbel
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Post by Barbel »

Ridiculously light today, managed to finish at 12.30. No doubt we'll pay for it big time for the rest of the week.
spiderj
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Post by spiderj »

After parcel tsunami yesterday I wake up to a text asking if I fancy the day off.

Was back in bed cosied up before the reply had finished sending.

Done 12 hours on packets yesterday and was seing them in my sleep
:roll:
I won
glass joe
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Post by glass joe »

finshed round at 11.40am, almost felt like the good old days, will be pounded tomorrow :chuckle
dave72
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Post by dave72 »

Roll on parcelgeddon tomorrow :nana
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Sir Henry
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Post by Sir Henry »

Shafted with oversized parcels. Most of them came in after some arbitrary cut off time so oversize packet driver is laughing. We weren't.
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Post by krussel »

glass joe wrote:finshed round at 11.40am, almost felt like the good old days, will be pounded tomorrow :chuckle
Wow what time did you get out 8am ?
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heapsy
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Post by heapsy »

Quiet today. Not that bothered about overtime, after yesterdays madness I was glad for a reasonable finish.
greengiant
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by greengiant »

Didn't get finished till after 3! :sad:
manboss
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Post by manboss »

manboss wrote:Got back to the office at 3:45, went out at just gone 9, mail itself wasn't too bad but packets were unbelievable for a Monday :crazy:
... and today, I got back at 12:45, a whole three hours earlier than yesterday, i'm dreading tomorrow :sad:
greengiant
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Post by greengiant »

Windy! :shock:
terry2972
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by terry2972 »

try cutting down on the beans then lol