The "How was your day" thread.

ShropshireLad · Post by **ShropshireLad** » 25 Nov 2015, 18:08

Packetgeddon at ours today - over an hour late back. And it was peeing down. Terrible day.

delfranklin1969 · Post by **delfranklin1969** » 25 Nov 2015, 20:40

ShropshireLad wrote:Packetgeddon at ours today - over an hour late back. And it was peeing down. Terrible day.

Yeah pretty much the same here though the weather was quite nice and for a busy day it wasn't too bad but no doubt more of the same tomorrow but am on a much better round!

Post by **Anonymouse** » 26 Nov 2015, 18:03

Terrible day. Packets through the roof and mail hardly fitting into the slots.

The usual battle to try and get your manager to understand you need to be back on your time. Getting sick of it.

Postie45 · Post by **Postie45** » 26 Nov 2015, 19:40

Anonymouse wrote:Terrible day. Packets through the roof and mail hardly fitting into the slots.

The usual battle to try and get your manager to understand you need to be back on your time. Getting sick of it.

just tell them youll be coming back on time and likely wont have completed before you go out, whether they understand or not isnt your problem. I can understand the frustration for you as its happened to me, I now take the approach that im not looking to debate with them about it, im coming back on time and thats it... dont have to be rude about it, just be polite and firm.

ShropshireLad · Post by **ShropshireLad** » 26 Nov 2015, 20:37

S**t day again! An hour late back - rucks of packets, but at least it was dry.

dave72 · Post by **dave72** » 27 Nov 2015, 17:07

Carnage

Left loads, finished at my finishing time, dom saying they have nobody to take it out. If they don't care, neither do I

Post by **White Van** » 27 Nov 2015, 20:32

Two days of AL and only two calls from the depot!

Post by **rambo1** » 28 Nov 2015, 08:40

White Van wrote:Two days of AL and only two calls from the depot!

Tell em you've changed your number! That really isn't on on your day off never mind a/l.

DirtyHarry · Post by **DirtyHarry** » 29 Nov 2015, 16:03

Glad to see the back of another s**t week slaving away for those thankless bastards. If there are harder working people than postal workers in deliveries, I've yet to see them.
Week off now, thank Christ.
Hoping against hope that the bastards aren't too hard on my colleagues in deliveries next week.

thehobbit · Post by **thehobbit** » 29 Nov 2015, 17:45

this surprised me today had a knock on the door today sun afternoon and a yodel driver at the door with a tiny easily post able signed for packet which only cost 3.65 with free postage to buy , this was closely followed by an email confirming del .

this must be what we are going to be expected to cope with in the near future

dave72 · Post by **dave72** » 30 Nov 2015, 16:40

Garbage day

Wet and wind, dark at 2pm

Parcels through the roof

Letters looking like paper mache when posted

Shorter hours but went over 45 mins

Hopefully a clear run for "easy" Tuesday

camelelf · Post by **camelelf** » 01 Dec 2015, 15:59

One and a half yorks of parcels on a tuesday, is that normal? Hour over and have the worst pain in the top left of my foot. I want to go see a doctor tomorrow but I know I'm not going to be back in time, can I simply say I want to finish on my time instead of going over?

Also had my first complaint with a customer swearing at me for a letter being wet last week after the worst rain I've ever seen. What a fun day.

dave72 · Post by **dave72** » 01 Dec 2015, 18:19

dave72 wrote:
Shorter hours but went over 45 mins Hopefully a clear run for "easy" Tuesday

Well that didn't happen! Shorter hours and it looked like a Wednesday! Roll on the Wednesday

ShropshireLad · Post by **ShropshireLad** » 02 Dec 2015, 16:08

Almost a normal at ours today, but apparently the NDC is rammed full so tomorrow should be fun. Perhaps that's where the Special I sent yesterday has gone..........it hasn't been delivered and RM can't find it! Makes you proud...........

Postie45 · Post by **Postie45** » 02 Dec 2015, 18:09

camelelf wrote:One and a half yorks of parcels on a tuesday, is that normal? Hour over and have the worst pain in the top left of my foot. I want to go see a doctor tomorrow but I know I'm not going to be back in time, can I simply say I want to finish on my time instead of going over?

Also had my first complaint with a customer swearing at me for a letter being wet last week after the worst rain I've ever seen. What a fun day.

YES you can come back on time, your contracted hours is all you have to work, overtime is OPTIONAL. If you think you wont complete the workload before you go out on delivery, make sure to tell the manager that you wont complete in duty time. Theyll probably ask if you can stay out. Remember its up to you what you do with your own time, dont be bullied into staying out if you dont want to do it.
Also regarding yorks of packets, we probably had 3 full today so yeah its now normal, RM has attempted to make duties on maximising our time for most of the year, The problems come when we get about 50-100% more packets at this time of year (and probably more than that, i hohestly dont have time to count!) yet RM makes no plans for this mail to be delivered apart from "can you stay out and complete?" :arrrghhh

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