The "How was your day" thread.

norris9 · Post by **norris9** » 19 May 2019, 12:28

SillySinStorm wrote:
norris9 wrote: Is there anyway to calm these dogs down so they know you are no threat?
I carry dog biscuits in my van.

What if that dog is allergic to that kind of biscuit and dies.

yellowbelly · Post by **yellowbelly** » 19 May 2019, 13:54

SillySinStorm wrote:
norris9 wrote: Is there anyway to calm these dogs down so they know you are no threat?
I carry dog biscuits in my van.

This really cheeses me off - what about the cover/reserve who has to cover your round, doesn't know
whether a dog is friendly or not and doesn't have the biscuits and has a excited dog bouncing around
him/her because you normally give it biscuits - only for the owner to say (and how
many times have I heard this) 'He's only being friendly, the other postie gives him a biscuit' FFS

Also what happens if it's an old dog and it breaks teeth on biscuits you've given it? Are you happy to pay for vets bill?

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 19 May 2019, 15:09

I know this has died a dog's death but why would any responsible owner allow a dog contact whilst it is unsupervised dog's are animals same as cats and rats just because you own a pet and you look after it don't assume we all have to feed and pander to your pet any pet can be a pest!

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 19 May 2019, 17:00

norris9 wrote:
SillySinStorm wrote:
norris9 wrote: Is there anyway to calm these dogs down so they know you are no threat?
I carry dog biscuits in my van.
What if that dog is allergic to that kind of biscuit and dies.

Unlikely for a dog to be allergic to dog biscuits.

RM standard rule is if you worried about anything dangerous on a property be it an animal, a building site, or whatever you are not to enter and should return the mail.

FirstPost · Post by **FirstPost** » 20 May 2019, 15:58

norris9 wrote:Do you guys back off when a dog is loose and barking at you, not matter what breed?

or do you just carry on walking up to the house/owner to hand over the post like the dog isn't there?

Is there anyway to calm these dogs down so they know you are no threat?

a nice overfilled bag with lots of letters and some heavy parcels in

we dont have scales at my office

Speedmeister · Post by **Speedmeister** » 20 May 2019, 19:13

The usual level of incompetence - got in after being on leave last week to discover it was my day off (really nice of them to let me know - as a reserve I never know when my day off is until the Thurs/Fri of the previous week). I quickly went home again before I could be roped into working my day off.

antcpfc · Post by **antcpfc** » 21 May 2019, 16:09

Very light, majority finished 45/60 minutes early.

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 21 May 2019, 16:28

antcpfc wrote:Very light, majority finished 45/60 minutes early.

It is Tuesday!! It is expected to finish earlier on a Tuesday to cover some of the going over time later in the week.

yellowbelly · Post by **yellowbelly** » 21 May 2019, 16:38

Celgar wrote:
antcpfc wrote:Very light, majority finished 45/60 minutes early.
It is Tuesday!! It is expected to finish earlier on a Tuesday to cover some of the going over time later in the week.

Where's that 'expectation' documented? Banking hours isn't allowed as far as I'm aware....recent thread below......

https://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communi ... rs#p848450" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

crimson king · Post by **crimson king** » 21 May 2019, 17:16

antcpfc wrote:Very light, majority finished 45/60 minutes early.

We didn't

Didn't get out til after ten, due to later starts and WTL.

And we had lapsing.

Hand me my guitar, gonna play me some blues music, yeah....

norris9 · Post by **norris9** » 21 May 2019, 17:33

piss easy day yesterday and today.....

starting to finish early or on time regularly now after all the bank holidays skewing things.

Postie45 · Post by **Postie45** » 21 May 2019, 18:37

norris9 wrote:piss easy day yesterday and today.....

starting to finish early or on time regularly now after all the bank holidays skewing things.

just in time for summer lapsing !

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 21 May 2019, 20:16

yellowbelly wrote:
Celgar wrote:
antcpfc wrote:Very light, majority finished 45/60 minutes early.
It is Tuesday!! It is expected to finish earlier on a Tuesday to cover some of the going over time later in the week.
Where's that 'expectation' documented? Banking hours isn't allowed as far as I'm aware....recent thread below......

https://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communi ... rs#p848450" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's an undocumented thing that occasionally happens but not that often.

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 21 May 2019, 20:39

This is funny...

Tinoblade · Post by **Tinoblade** » 21 May 2019, 21:00

PostmanBitesDog wrote:This is funny...

Stupid manouvre in the first place, however you can’t smack someone’s van. Then he shouldn’t have chased him.

But couldn’t stop laughing