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The "How was your day" thread.
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PostmanBitesDog
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.
Good postie skillz.
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Dorset Plodder
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.
What they don't tell you is they've been practising that move every morning for the last 6 months Lock Down.
Like all Wage Slaves, he had two crosses to bear: The people he worked for and the people he worked with! (Stephen Vizinczey.)
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PostmanBitesDog
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.
It rained cats and dogs today. But I was all prepared. 
Unlike this fool:
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RICARD020191962
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.
A skilled procreator though it would appear. Yeeeeeuuuuuggghhh !
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PostmanBitesDog
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.
This one certainly was:RICARD020191962 wrote: ↑01 Aug 2021, 09:36A skilled procreator though it would appear. Yeeeeeuuuuuggghhh !
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.
Rap on door with PDA, start my count down 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10, second rap on the door with PDA, start writing 739 out, post 739 & third knock, enter no answer on PDA, mark up parcel with date & time & N/A, return to bag, customer answers the door, remove parcel from bag, scan with PDA, ask for 739 back.
Repeat.
Rap on door with PDA, start my count down 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10, second rap on the door with PDA, start writing 739 out, post 739 & third knock, enter no answer on PDA, mark up parcel with date & time & N/A, return to bag, customer answers the door, remove parcel from bag, scan with PDA, ask for 739 back.
Repeat
Rap on door with PDA, start my count down 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10, second rap on the door with PDA, start writing 739 out, post 739 & third knock, enter no answer on PDA, mark up parcel with date & time & N/A, return to bag, customer answers the door, remove parcel from bag, scan with PDA, ask for 739 back.
Repeat.
Rap on door with PDA, start my count down 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10, second rap on the door with PDA, start writing 739 out, post 739 & third knock, enter no answer on PDA, mark up parcel with date & time & N/A, return to bag, customer answers the door, remove parcel from bag, scan with PDA, ask for 739 back.
Repeat
Rap on door with PDA, start my count down 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10, second rap on the door with PDA, start writing 739 out, post 739 & third knock, enter no answer on PDA, mark up parcel with date & time & N/A, return to bag, customer answers the door, remove parcel from bag, scan with PDA, ask for 739 back.
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PostmanBitesDog
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ConeHater
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.
At least some have the decency to stab people in the front !
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markarronsmith
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.
Have been put on parcel duties now.
Few questions from today…
1. Why do we have to scan each individual parcel to give you a dedicated route. I had 80+ parcels today and had to scan each one when loading van. They should be sorted and have a barcode you scan which then downloads your route.
2. No charger in cradle for PDA. Luckily I had batteries for it.
3. Workload within time. What happens if you’re running out of time and don’t want to work over? Other companies would give you a manageable workload and ur last drop is calculated on ur PDA so you know you won’t be out till after 5pm for example.
4. Get to house. Swipe left to say arrived. Go back to outdoor, scan parcel, go back on Navigation, repeat. Should be able to click on customers address within GPS and scan parcel that way instead of going back to the home page every time. Oh and let’s not forget PDA loading times and crashing!
Few questions from today…
1. Why do we have to scan each individual parcel to give you a dedicated route. I had 80+ parcels today and had to scan each one when loading van. They should be sorted and have a barcode you scan which then downloads your route.
2. No charger in cradle for PDA. Luckily I had batteries for it.
3. Workload within time. What happens if you’re running out of time and don’t want to work over? Other companies would give you a manageable workload and ur last drop is calculated on ur PDA so you know you won’t be out till after 5pm for example.
4. Get to house. Swipe left to say arrived. Go back to outdoor, scan parcel, go back on Navigation, repeat. Should be able to click on customers address within GPS and scan parcel that way instead of going back to the home page every time. Oh and let’s not forget PDA loading times and crashing!
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SpacePhoenix
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.
That's probably partly why RM are bring in more and more 2D barcodes, as they normally have the destination address encoded in the barcode so as they get scanned out to a walk, in theory the system could use the address encoded in the 2D barcode for each item when building the routemarkarronsmith wrote: ↑16 Aug 2021, 17:471. Why do we have to scan each individual parcel to give you a dedicated route. I had 80+ parcels today and had to scan each one when loading van. They should be sorted and have a barcode you scan which then downloads your route.
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Rael, the IAK
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.
Do you know the areas that you're delivering to? You don't have to use the naff navigation system if you do. I've only used it once, when delivering LATs for another DO and it was a pain in the arse. Taking 2 PDAs (if a 2nd one is available) makes it slightly easier, but you have to log one of them on with another id. There should be some generic ones for the DO available from somewhere.
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PostmanBitesDog
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.
Couriers in Austria know how to get the job done. 
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POSTMAN
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I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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2yearpostie
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POSTMAN
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.
The idea is to go out and do them before 9am regardless of what time you go out.2yearpostie wrote: ↑19 Aug 2021, 14:53
If I could ask a question it would be why do we still have 9am specials when we dont leave the office till 10am?
Wouldnt it be better to kill 9am and 1pm off and make a next day 5pm product?
Things 'should' be in place in case of these circumstances, there are a lot of 'shoulds' in Royal Mail.
You shouldn't be doing them at 9 anyway, it's 11...
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Plus answer the PM I sent you!
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.