Ridiculous

VansFortress · Post by **VansFortress** » 12 Mar 2020, 09:11

Is it just me or does anybody else think its ludicrous how they are going to ban fans at football stadiums and rugby stadiums etc.. yet Royal Mail deliver to 174 MILLION addresses every single week and deliveries are just going to carry on as normal!?

deltaforce · Post by **deltaforce** » 12 Mar 2020, 10:01

30 million addresses up to six times a week to be pedantic.

hans solo · Post by **hans solo** » 12 Mar 2020, 11:25

biggest carrier of (corona) in the uk
new zealand and australia suspended all packets from china us business as usual
we could actually be putting elderly at risk

twoloops · Post by **twoloops** » 12 Mar 2020, 17:07

I had a woman refuse the use the PDA for 1 o'clock special today, so ticked refused & took it back to office, what's the official stance?

Post by **WASD** » 12 Mar 2020, 17:29

twoloops wrote:I had a woman refuse the use the PDA for 1 o'clock special today, so ticked refused & took it back to office, what's the official stance?

That was covered in work time learning for us, but no paperwork to back it up or help those who weren't in. We were told to write "no signature". Though no mention if that applied for SD.

The World Health Org say the virus is behaving like other Corona viruses, and suspected that it can survive on surfaces from a few hours to a few days, but not fully confirmed.

https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detai ... onaviruses" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Anyone who is in isolation should be doing so, ie, not chatting or speaking to postie.

Also the economy is more important than a few hundred lives, that would be the official capitalist stance. Move along, nothing to see here.

exetererica · Post by **exetererica** » 12 Mar 2020, 18:59

Post by **Jahpostie** » 12 Mar 2020, 20:00

I suggest we all just sign everything ourselves. It's a pandemic f&ck policy.

sicknote25 · Post by **sicknote25** » 12 Mar 2020, 20:14

twoloops wrote:I had a woman refuse the use the PDA for 1 o'clock special today, so ticked refused & took it back to office, what's the official stance?

Had rhe same, asked manager and we have been told as long as they give permission we can sign for them??

FacesOfStone · Post by **FacesOfStone** » 12 Mar 2020, 21:51

sicknote25 wrote:
twoloops wrote:I had a woman refuse the use the PDA for 1 o'clock special today, so ticked refused & took it back to office, what's the official stance?
Had rhe same, asked manager and we have been told as long as they give permission we can sign for them??

But where is the proof that they’ve given permission? I wouldn’t like to bet my job on the off-chance that someone might decide to act in bad faith and claim their Special Delivery hadn’t arrived, especially when it'll be quite apparent that it was signed for on my PDA.

Post by **wacko74** » 13 Mar 2020, 06:46

Have these other countries that have gone into ''lock down'' suspended postal deliveries? Or at least all non-urgent deliveries?

Given the virus can apparently survive on a hard surface for at least 72 hours it seems a bit pointless having lock downs, quarantines and self isolation's if we're still popping letters, catalogues and pkts through peoples doors on a daily basis.

gary1975 · Post by **gary1975** » 13 Mar 2020, 10:51

The packets will go through the roof with self isolation

Grumpyoldmailman · Post by **Grumpyoldmailman** » 13 Mar 2020, 11:49

gary1975 wrote:The packets will go through the roof with self isolation

I’m not so sure, depends if the company’s making/sending the stuff have their own supply issues with staff absence etc.

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 14 Mar 2020, 01:11

sicknote25 wrote:
twoloops wrote:I had a woman refuse the use the PDA for 1 o'clock special today, so ticked refused & took it back to office, what's the official stance?
Had rhe same, asked manager and we have been told as long as they give permission we can sign for them??

But she can wash her hand's what do you do with the 40 others who have signed with pen of fingers on the PDA ? till you can wash your hands of it as the Boris Johnson has done so with his advisers whom heard immunity is a cop out!

darkgable · Post by **darkgable** » 14 Mar 2020, 11:59

The part i find funny is ! the customer does not want to sign the Pda . so you sign for the item ,Then hand her the packet which she has to touch with her hands.

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 14 Mar 2020, 15:53

darkgable wrote:The part i find funny is ! the customer does not want to sign the Pda . so you sign for the item ,Then hand her the packet which she has to touch with her hands.

Maybe we should open if for her and disinfect it as the great Unwashed have touched it probably is make up from dead whales and next day goes to a save the whales march!