The "How was your day" thread.

xPandabear1992x · Post by **xPandabear1992x** » 08 Oct 2020, 19:21

Been doing a round for a week and got moved to cover a different round just for today. No biggie, that's the life of a floater.

Boss: would you mind taking lapse today? Nobody's taken it since monday.
Me: Yeah, shouldn't be a problem, I need the O/T.

Get through round, onto the lapse. Find out the lapse not being taken for a few days isn't the problem. The dickhead prepping the frame is the problem, he's just been chucking post at the frame regardless of where it's addressed for. This was a problem during the main walk today, as well, but to a lesser extent. I let is slide.

When I got to the lapse, a few misorts in the first bundle. A little miffed but whatever. Second bundle, nearly all missorts, interspersed with multiple of the same d2d for the same drop point. Banded it back up and took the rest back to the office. f**k that. If people think I'm gonna do their prepping for them while I'm also trying to post it, they can do it themselves.

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 08 Oct 2020, 19:24

I, I... I... can't... feel... my legs. I can't feel my legs! I can't feel my legs!!

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 10 Oct 2020, 19:35

What the phuq is this?

Royal Mail-themed boots? LOL!

Now available from Rombaut.

Rombaut's Royal Mail-Themed Boots.jpg

The British Journal (Oct. 10, 2020) ~ ROMBAUT’s Royal Mail-Themed Boccaccio II Lite Boot Has Been Delivered

ROMBAUT‘s Boccaccio II Lite boots deliver, literally. As a sustainably-focused vegan brand, ROMBAUT has crafted these boots from upcycled ripstop weave fabrics and has covered the pair in graphics of the United Kingdom’s postal service — the Royal Mail.

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 10 Oct 2020, 22:51

Well, so much for World Post Day yesterday. Typical ignorant Brits, always turning your back on the world.

United Nations World Post Day (9 October, 2020)

World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October, the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union in 1874 in the Swiss Capital, Bern. It was declared World Post Day by the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan in 1969. Since then, countries across the world participate annually in the celebrations. The Posts in many countries use the event to introduce or promote new postal products and services.

The Useless Kingdom joined the Universal Postal Union on July 1st, 1875.

I'm going to bed. Goodnight, you bastards.

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 11 Oct 2020, 09:39

PostmanBitesDog wrote:What the phuq is this? Royal Mail-themed boots? LOL!

Now available from Rombaut.

Rombaut's Royal Mail-Themed Boots.jpg
The British Journal (Oct. 10, 2020) ~ ROMBAUT’s Royal Mail-Themed Boccaccio II Lite Boot Has Been Delivered

ROMBAUT‘s Boccaccio II Lite boots deliver, literally. As a sustainably-focused vegan brand, ROMBAUT has crafted these boots from upcycled ripstop weave fabrics and has covered the pair in graphics of the United Kingdom’s postal service — the Royal Mail.

Are those boots real? They are really ugly in design.

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 11 Oct 2020, 14:41

Celgar wrote:
PostmanBitesDog wrote:What the phuq is this? Royal Mail-themed boots? LOL!

Now available from Rombaut.

Rombaut's Royal Mail-Themed Boots.jpg
The British Journal (Oct. 10, 2020) ~ ROMBAUT’s Royal Mail-Themed Boccaccio II Lite Boot Has Been Delivered

ROMBAUT‘s Boccaccio II Lite boots deliver, literally. As a sustainably-focused vegan brand, ROMBAUT has crafted these boots from upcycled ripstop weave fabrics and has covered the pair in graphics of the United Kingdom’s postal service — the Royal Mail.
Are those boots real? They are really ugly in design.

I know, right? Really gross to look at.

On the plus side, because those boots have "Special Delivery" printed all over them, they can only be worn until 1:00pm.

Post by **rambo1** » 11 Oct 2020, 19:38

Grumpyoldmailman wrote:I don’t know what it was like for the rest of you today but I had nearly 3 full trays of mech, 8 full trays of flats. 30 odd oversize and god knows how many smaller packets in my bag. Not helped as we had to watch a video about collections which then turned into a heated debate about van sharing. Got out at 930 then they asked why the lapse was getting left behind .

Got out at 9.30. blimey that's an early get out time for us. Sometimes it's 10.30 after the 20 min indoor break.

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 13 Oct 2020, 18:17

Almost no mail today. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Finished way too early.

Oh well, might as well make use of what's left of the daylight hours considering Daylight Savings Time ends next weekend.

Post by **Munchboii** » 13 Oct 2020, 19:31

PostmanBitesDog wrote:Almost no mail today. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Finished way too early.

Oh well, might as well make use of what's left of the daylight hours considering Daylight Savings Time ends next weekend.

Thats strange. Where i am, the last two days been mega busy on flats. So busy that we can't clear by the time we get to prep time.

Amazon prime day packets for the next two weeks now :D

FirstPost · Post by **FirstPost** » 14 Oct 2020, 15:24

Still waiting for these Amazon parcels

2yearpostie · Post by **2yearpostie** » 14 Oct 2020, 15:28

FirstPost wrote:Still waiting for these Amazon parcels

we had them in the midlands.

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 14 Oct 2020, 17:29

PostmanBitesDog wrote:This YouTuber (UK MEET THE TYRANTS) thinks it's pretty cool to film outside the Preston Royal Mail Delivery Office. Quite frankly, he's pretty annoying.

dohnut wrote:Yeah what a weirdo, and like you say the comments about rights of a citizen ECT, he could be taking pictures for dodgy reasons you never know, they had every right to question him, some really odd balls about.

HTPostman wrote:I’ve seen a few of that losers videos this year (bet he’s naked from the waste down while editing his trophy videos).
Funny how he never visits army bases, travellers camps, construction sites.

Oh no, he's back again, guys. UK MEET THE TYRANTS is off his flippin' rocker.

(Unfortunately he's disabled his Comments section for this clip.

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Postmandan17 · Post by **Postmandan17** » 15 Oct 2020, 17:59

Today was absolutely f***ing mental. Christmas is gonna be unbelievable. How much is it gonna take for everyone to just say "f**k this" and refuse to work? Everyone has their breaking point and there's not much Royal Mail can do, we live in a horrible consumer culture and people are too far removed from the process of them getting their cheap plastic s**t for them to stop buying. Click, consume, repeat. Like f***ing locusts.

Bring on the meteorite

FirstPost · Post by **FirstPost** » 15 Oct 2020, 18:12

Postmandan17 wrote:Today was absolutely f***ing mental. Christmas is gonna be unbelievable. How much is it gonna take for everyone to just say "f**k this" and refuse to work? Everyone has their breaking point and there's not much Royal Mail can do, we live in a horrible consumer culture and people are too far removed from the process of them getting their cheap plastic s**t for them to stop buying. Click, consume, repeat. Like f***ing locusts.

Bring on the meteorite

tracked?

Postmandan17 · Post by **Postmandan17** » 15 Oct 2020, 18:31

Tracked, first class, signed fors, flats, mech, amazon, the entire f***ing confection