The "How was your day" thread.

Post by **fb1969** » 19 Aug 2020, 16:09

Just a little bit wet!

Special thanks to the customer who passed 10 minutes with me today while I was on his doorstep waiting as my PDA rebooted and then froze. We chatted on while I pulled the battery out and then waited while it optimized 163 apps - twice. At least I know his small Tracked packet was scanned, of course if any of the other scans failed it will be my fault.

Post by **Munchboii** » 20 Aug 2020, 07:59

fb1969 wrote:Just a little bit wet!

Special thanks to the customer who passed 10 minutes with me today while I was on his doorstep waiting as my PDA rebooted and then froze. We chatted on while I pulled the battery out and then waited while it optimized 163 apps - twice. At least I know his small Tracked packet was scanned, of course if any of the other scans failed it will be my fault.

Why would you wait 10 minutes for a tracked scan?... Fair enough for a Special but if a tracked won't scan for me I just hand it over. Never had an issue

Post by **fb1969** » 20 Aug 2020, 08:03

Munchboii wrote:
fb1969 wrote:Just a little bit wet!

Special thanks to the customer who passed 10 minutes with me today while I was on his doorstep waiting as my PDA rebooted and then froze. We chatted on while I pulled the battery out and then waited while it optimized 163 apps - twice. At least I know his small Tracked packet was scanned, of course if any of the other scans failed it will be my fault.
Why would you wait 10 minutes for a tracked scan?... Fair enough for a Special but if a tracked won't scan for me I just hand it over. Never had an issue

Maybe because it was pissing down so I had shelter and something to do!! FFS everyone has to question what everyone else does in RM.

clashcityrocker · Post by **clashcityrocker** » 20 Aug 2020, 08:09

Munchboii wrote:
Why would you wait 10 minutes for a tracked scan?... Fair enough for a Special but if a tracked won't scan for me I just hand it over. Never had an issue

If a Tracked won't scan you are supposed to manually input the numbers.

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 20 Aug 2020, 19:36

Munchboii wrote:
fb1969 wrote:At least I know his small Tracked packet was scanned, of course if any of the other scans failed it will be my fault.
Why would you wait 10 minutes for a tracked scan?... Fair enough for a Special but if a tracked won't scan for me I just hand it over. Never had an issue

I make a note of the tracking number (I write it on a spare P739 card, and I use a Sharpie or other similar felt marker pen just in case it's pouring down - a normal Biro can be useless in wet weather). Then when I'm back in the office I sort out the matter there.

twoloops · Post by **twoloops** » 20 Aug 2020, 20:08

PostmanBitesDog wrote: I make a note of the tracking number (I write it on a spare P739 card, and I use a Sharpie or other similar felt marker pen just in case it's pouring down - a normal Biro can be useless in wet weather). Then when I'm back in the office I sort out the matter there.

No way, you must have the softest walk in England, or you live on your own

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 20 Aug 2020, 20:12

twoloops wrote:
PostmanBitesDog wrote: I make a note of the tracking number (I write it on a spare P739 card, and I use a Sharpie or other similar felt marker pen just in case it's pouring down - a normal Biro can be useless in wet weather). Then when I'm back in the office I sort out the matter there.
No way, you must have the softest walk in England, or you live on your own

Generally my PDA works fine. It's just those odd days when it plays up; bad weather being an example of those odd days.

I always recall the two-word motto I learned when I was a Boy Scout: "Be prepared."

Ren Hoëk · Post by **Ren Hoëk** » 20 Aug 2020, 22:10

My pedometer reckons I cleared 15 miles today! Heavy as f**k! I think I went to pretty much every house. Still managed to squeeze some lapsing out of us as well. My legs feel like they are going to fall off and some c*** in a some office somewhere will probably say I could have worked harder!!

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 23 Aug 2020, 22:51

AAARRGGHH! BRAIN FREEZE!

I just wolfed down some cold ice cream.

So much for how my day went.

Post by **Jahpostie** » 24 Aug 2020, 18:45

Brutal day. Wore my new prescription RM trainers. My feet are ruined. Had to swap them out half way. Who tests these shoes. Certainly not a postie. Put with someone slow. Had to wait for 15 minutes twice on two loops. Long painful day.

Ren Hoëk · Post by **Ren Hoëk** » 24 Aug 2020, 19:11

Jahpostie wrote:Brutal day. Wore my new prescription RM trainers. My feet are ruined. Had to swap them out half way. Who tests these shoes. Certainly not a postie. Put with someone slow. Had to wait for 15 minutes twice on two loops. Long painful day.

I did the same the other week. Thought I would test the new shoes out. Managed about 2 loops before I had to change them. Heavy, Cumbersome and not appropriate for the hiking we do.

Post by **Jahpostie** » 24 Aug 2020, 22:31

Ren Hoëk wrote:
Jahpostie wrote:Brutal day. Wore my new prescription RM trainers. My feet are ruined. Had to swap them out half way. Who tests these shoes. Certainly not a postie. Put with someone slow. Had to wait for 15 minutes twice on two loops. Long painful day.
I did the same the other week. Thought I would test the new shoes out. Managed about 2 loops before I had to change them. Heavy, Cumbersome and not appropriate for the hiking we do.

Bang on.

I'll wear the RM shoes in the depot and change in the van until the latest obsession dies down, then back to normal. Non RM "Trainers" are the only appropriate footwear for outdoor work in my experience.

Post by **IloveMYredTROLLEY!** » 25 Aug 2020, 16:37

Rather wet and windy... Again.

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 29 Aug 2020, 02:22

Dull and Grey but hay I am alive and will survive today and tomorrow is just another day and we can see the light at the end of the night follows day with tomorrow is another day a better day. For at the end of the day we have hope!

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 01 Sep 2020, 23:55

k979aaa wrote:For at the end of the day we have hope!

For some of us, at the end of the day we have lapsing.