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The "How was your day" thread.

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
no1postie
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by no1postie »

ha ha go do one
Speedmeister
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Speedmeister »

A wet day in hell. :thumbdown
They take the profits, you take the blame
When they tell you there's no rise in pay
Munchboii
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Munchboii »

Speedmeister wrote:
08 Jan 2022, 18:33
A wet day in hell. :thumbdown
Think you mean heaven. Dont you know we are lucky to have ajob?
Speedmeister
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Speedmeister »

Munchboii wrote:
08 Jan 2022, 21:42
Speedmeister wrote:
08 Jan 2022, 18:33
A wet day in hell. :thumbdown
Think you mean heaven. Dont you know we are lucky to have ajob?
Oh yeah there is that, just seemed like hell at the time.
They take the profits, you take the blame
When they tell you there's no rise in pay
robknot
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by robknot »

Out on delivery today I'm walking down one of my roads and I see our large packet driver going to one of the houses. While he's there another one of our lads turns up in another RM van to deliver a packet to another house on the same road. Plus, after completing that loop, I and my partner had to go back to the same road again to do three drops that were too big to take on the loop. What must people think when they see this? We just look amateurish. Complete waste of time and resources and it's happening every day.
no1postie
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by no1postie »

large packet driver ?, "other van driver?" van of your own?......... ! lucky you, we didnt have an oversize packet driver at christmas, and its still christmas volumes, two duties in a corsa combi with eight loops each, plus oversize and many a squashed bananas to eat for walking lunch. people told not to book o/t for breaks after working them, you would think "thanks for working your break" would be nice in a normal world. record profits too, really ?!! WTF. :crazy:
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Cantsayno
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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

Post by SpacePhoenix »

Don't know if it's just down to roadworks on the motorways but our work seems to be coming in later, we're back to failing a lot. If it's not down to roadworks then I reckon within a year they'll make the final dispatch time, our start and finish times and the start and finish times of the local DOs half an hour to an hour later
nobLe97
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by nobLe97 »

We are at the stage of just leaving every none tracked parcel, don’t know what happens to them. Plus we are leaving loops in just so we can finish on time. It’s worse now than the build up to Xmas.
Wolf91
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Wolf91 »

SpacePhoenix wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 19:48
Don't know if it's just down to roadworks on the motorways but our work seems to be coming in later, we're back to failing a lot. If it's not down to roadworks then I reckon within a year they'll make the final dispatch time, our start and finish times and the start and finish times of the local DOs half an hour to an hour later
Wow. Haven’t heard you say that one before SP :thumbup
SpacePhoenix
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by SpacePhoenix »

Wolf91 wrote:
16 Jan 2022, 19:55
SpacePhoenix wrote:
12 Jan 2022, 19:48
Don't know if it's just down to roadworks on the motorways but our work seems to be coming in later, we're back to failing a lot. If it's not down to roadworks then I reckon within a year they'll make the final dispatch time, our start and finish times and the start and finish times of the local DOs half an hour to an hour later
Wow. Haven’t heard you say that one before SP :thumbup
The Tracked is still going most days when it should be all on the bays for the drivers to load onto their lorries and head off to the DOs
HairyHobbit
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by HairyHobbit »

Harry21 wrote:
19 Jan 2022, 10:11
I am gonna too sad today.
Everything will be alright friend
clashcityrocker
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by clashcityrocker »

Took a day off.
Treated myself to cardamom coffee and an almond croissant for breakfast.
Washed the kitchen floor and bleached the sink.
Then sat down to watch the share price continue to fall.
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
Dorset Plodder
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Dorset Plodder »

clashcityrocker wrote:
21 Jan 2022, 11:49

Washed the kitchen floor and bleached the sink.
Living the Life eh Clash? :cuppa
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xPandabear1992x
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by xPandabear1992x »

easy today.

asked before i went if I could take some bits from a failed round, as well as the oversized from my partner's side who goes out with a LWT.

no problem.

still done by 12.30.