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The "How was your day" thread.

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
par4mrl
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by par4mrl »

FirstPost wrote:
22 Dec 2021, 20:56
    par4mrl wrote:
    22 Dec 2021, 15:50
    Off now till 29th. That was some Xmas pressure but we struck a good deal daily in our office which makes it feel like it was worth it.
    How much?
    9 hrs scheduled and 40 hrs pressure to complete over 18 working days. Latest finish 3pm. Average finish 1:30-2:30pm
    rambo1
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    Re: The "How was your day" thread.

    Post by rambo1 »

    dohnut wrote:
    22 Dec 2021, 21:00
    Gotta say this job has nevwr been great, but now it's relentless, I don't stop from the minute I get in till I walk out the gates, got home at 4.30, after starting at 7, Im failing to see any upside to this job anymore. Even the pay isn't great for what you do physically.
    That's an easy day! We're 7am till 6pm if we're clearing.
    Ad_bee
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    Re: The "How was your day" thread.

    Post by Ad_bee »

    Eeeeeeasiest Christmas Eve ever.

    Day off.


    Merry Christmas folks.
    Acca Dacca
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    Re: The "How was your day" thread.

    Post by Acca Dacca »

    rambo1 wrote:
    23 Dec 2021, 22:02
    dohnut wrote:
    22 Dec 2021, 21:00
    Gotta say this job has nevwr been great, but now it's relentless, I don't stop from the minute I get in till I walk out the gates, got home at 4.30, after starting at 7, Im failing to see any upside to this job anymore. Even the pay isn't great for what you do physically.
    That's an easy day! We're 7am till 6pm if we're clearing.
    ...
    If you tolerate this, then your paid break will be next
    no1postie
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    Re: The "How was your day" thread.

    Post by no1postie »

    croissant, bucks fizz, pig in blanket. bucks fizz, chocolate. bucks fizz, mince pie, open a beer, repeat........... whats not to like, f**k work :dance
    crimson king
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    Re: The "How was your day" thread.

    Post by crimson king »

    Depressingly busy...like Christmas but without the overweights drivers.

    So many we were given a van each and just took tracked and ovies one frame each.

    'Orrible.
    Sooner or later, a beat dog bites.
    Mickeybrowneyes
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    Re: The "How was your day" thread.

    Post by Mickeybrowneyes »

    Brutal today;
    And it was my rest day... only six hours!!

    Oversize was ridiculous, never let's up now.. the new norm
    WalkerX
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    Re: The "How was your day" thread.

    Post by WalkerX »

    Mickeybrowneyes wrote:
    04 Jan 2022, 19:22
    Brutal today;
    And it was my rest day... only six hours!!

    Oversize was ridiculous, never let's up now.. the new norm
    Walked into the office today and it was bedlam. I thought it was the week before Christmas. Single frames each with 4 drop bags and a york overflowing with oversized. Some addresses had 4/5 oversized each.
    HTPostman
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    Re: The "How was your day" thread.

    Post by HTPostman »

    Don’t know about other DOs but when I got back yesterday I have never seen so many full sacks stacked up from collections, there were hundreds of them on yorks and that was at 3pm, can’t imagine what it was like at 5pm. It’s going to be a very busy few days....
    The day is gonna come when we’re all gonna have to testify.

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    SpacePhoenix
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    Re: The "How was your day" thread.

    Post by SpacePhoenix »

    Massively busy just about every section last night. The last of the Xmas casuals have gone. Think RM shot themselves in the foot, not keeping the xmas casuals on until the end of this week
    Speedmeister
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    Re: The "How was your day" thread.

    Post by Speedmeister »

    A day of drudgery with two days mail in the village of despair. :thumbdown
    They take the profits, you take the blame
    When they tell you there's no rise in pay
    crimson king
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    Re: The "How was your day" thread.

    Post by crimson king »

    Swamped with Amazon oversized today...
    Sooner or later, a beat dog bites.
    combo_king
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    Re: The "How was your day" thread.

    Post by combo_king »

    Our 1st day back today after New Years… ridiculously busy… yorks apon yorks of tracked and oversize… 90 mins late out.. not a single letter delivered, that’s a 1st for me and vast majority off the office… few hero’s cleared everything ‘it’s not the customers fault’ rather them than me
    Mr Rush
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    Re: The "How was your day" thread.

    Post by Mr Rush »

    combo_king wrote:
    05 Jan 2022, 19:37
    Our 1st day back today after New Years… ridiculously busy… yorks apon yorks of tracked and oversize… 90 mins late out.. not a single letter delivered, that’s a 1st for me and vast majority off the office… few hero’s cleared everything ‘it’s not the customers fault’ rather them than me
    Same here. Instructions were to clear the letters on one frame and clear the trackeds for the whole duty. Quickly became apparent the former wouldn't be happening when both our indoor scans exceeded 100. Worst I've ever seen it. Fingers crossed for snow. :dance
    The machine stops.
    Tinoblade
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    Re: The "How was your day" thread.

    Post by Tinoblade »

    Fed up......every day is just s**t