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The "How was your day" thread.

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

Post by heapsy »

A day from hell.
Barbel
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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heapsy wrote:A day from hell.
Ditto!
Nigel1505
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Nigel1505 »

Not too bad a day. Finished on time, packets no heavier than a normal Thursday. Calm before the storm or is it all over. Answers on a postcard. :cool
dave72
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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More mail than yesterday but less parcels :hmmmm

Bloody Christmas cards and fantasy addresses :arrrghhh "Mrs Smith 4th house up the street" :arrrghhh
ewancurze
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by ewancurze »

Heaviest day by far today,so far this week averaging about 100 attendance calls per day...today 125.Hope these volumes drop a bit next week,I am knackered.
Barbel
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Barbel »

The heaviest day for me so far. 3 sacks full of packets and big parcels up to the roof of the van. Didn't finish until 3.30.
joeyuk
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Rest day today so feel fresh but know its going to be heavy tomorrow. This week has been ok for me. Christmas deal is in place so we are in early and due to finish later. Monday was ok and we finished at 14:30 much later then normally but new finish time is 14:45 so not bad. Tuesday was really light, a manager managed to get out bulk done for us and i was on my way home at 12:15. Wednesday ok too, finished at 14:15 could have been done 30mins earlier but went round at a slow pace. Was no due to finish to 15:45 so again well ahead of time.
heapsy
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Swamped again.
jimmynailsalive
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Post by jimmynailsalive »

Swamped today, feet soaked within an hour and 2 hours over finishing time and home to find overtime underpaid by 4 hours last week :evil/mad

Why can't they put one sheet up showing all your overtime booked for the week so you know beforehand what they have booked for you?
ShropshireLad
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by ShropshireLad »

jimmynailsalive wrote:Swamped today, feet soaked within an hour and 2 hours over finishing time and home to find overtime underpaid by 4 hours last week :evil/mad

Why can't they put one sheet up showing all your overtime booked for the week so you know beforehand what they have booked for you?

Because they hope you'll forget about it!
Postie45
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joeyuk wrote:Rest day today so feel fresh but know its going to be heavy tomorrow. This week has been ok for me. Christmas deal is in place so we are in early and due to finish later. Monday was ok and we finished at 14:30 much later then normally but new finish time is 14:45 so not bad. Tuesday was really light, a manager managed to get out bulk done for us and i was on my way home at 12:15. Wednesday ok too, finished at 14:15 could have been done 30mins earlier but went round at a slow pace. Was no due to finish to 15:45 so again well ahead of time.
start early and finish later ? what kind of deal is that ? :so there
dave72
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Very steady today :hmmmm We made 20 minutes :hmmmm

But, they will make us pay tomorrow :arrrghhh
stan_lers
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Post by stan_lers »

3rd different lot of Virgin Media junk today in as many days, to every other house. For once though we don't have matching D2Ds to go with them.

One thing cheered me up though - had two identical Christmas cards to the same girl, from the same person. One was addressed to her "+ boyfriend James", one to her "+ boyfriend Brian". Think she might have some explaining to do.
Barbel
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Post by Barbel »

Another manic day today. Didn't get out of the office until 10.30 and finished at 4.30. Thank god it's my long weekend! :Very Happy
heapsy
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Very long and tiring.