Royal Mail plans threaten to end six-day deliveries

[Ernie Shoe]

Some who want to remove Saturdays from the USO fail to see the bigger picture , yes of course it would be a popular for staff to have Saturdays off but this move is linked to reducing what mail is included in the USO ie what mail has to be delivered every day which will see thousands of more jobs go , especially if only in the future that stamp mail is included in the USO allowing other mail streams to be delivered on the days where Royal Mail or any new owner thinks is more profitable and productive.

That's probably what most of the public want - just get s**t junk mail once a week say .

This is a dying industry - FACT!

[BELIAL]

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This is a dying industry - FACT!

How come our office is packed to bursting with shite we can't deliver on time despite no lost snow days ?

[fishtank]

This is a dying industry - FACT!

How come our office is packed to bursting with shite we can't deliver on time despite no lost snow days ?

It's a dying industry because incompetent idiots can't make any money from all that shite.
There was plenty of coal when the British Mining industry was destroyed.
There was plenty of orders for steel when the British Steel industry was destroyed.
There was plenty of orders for paper when the British Paper industry was destroyed.
There will still be plenty of letters when the Royal Mail is sold off,chopped up,franchised out,sold on again to various hedge funds and generally flushed down the toilet.
The industry will continue....much like a zombie...dead on the inside but still moving.

[DGP1]

This is a dying industry - FACT!

How come our office is packed to bursting with shite we can't deliver on time despite no lost snow days ?

It's a dying industry because incompetent idiots can't make any money from all that shite.
There was plenty of coal when the British Mining industry was destroyed.
There was plenty of orders for steel when the British Steel industry was destroyed.
There was plenty of orders for paper when the British Paper industry was destroyed.
There will still be plenty of letters when the Royal Mail is sold off,chopped up,franchised out,sold on again to various hedge funds and generally flushed down the toilet.
The industry will continue....much like a zombie...dead on the inside but still moving.

Good job I'm reading the zombie survival guide

[TrueBlueTerrier]

This is a dying industry - FACT!

Sorry just because you type in it Upper Case letters does not make it a fact, if just empathises that you have posted an opinion without any information as why you hold that position.

Its not a dying industry, its an industry that's under massive political pressure, inherent managerial incompetency, public apathy and Union disconnection from its ordinary members - but then that's also an opinion and not a fact.

[andy2007]

But one fact that you seem to have missed, Ernie Shoe is: Although the amount of Mail that we deal with from posting to delivery, is decreasing. The amount of Mail we're DELIVERING is still increasing (e.g. Parcels). And why is this?
Because nearly a decade ago, RM Management agreed to deliver "the final mile" (more like several miles), for LESS than cost, for our so-called competitors. If we were allowed to even break even on DSA ("the final mile"), then we'd be able to undercut them. But the Government won't allow us to increase what we charge for DSA. Because they're determined to protect them from the realities of delivering Mail. And of course, they want to make us look like a dying industry, so that the Public will one day allow them to sell RM.

Please check your facts, before making comments like that.

[BELIAL]

This is a dying industry - FACT!

How come our office is packed to bursting with shite we can't deliver on time despite no lost snow days ?

It's a dying industry because incompetent idiots can't make any money from all that shite.
There was plenty of coal when the British Mining industry was destroyed.
There was plenty of orders for steel when the British Steel industry was destroyed.
There was plenty of orders for paper when the British Paper industry was destroyed.
There will still be plenty of letters when the Royal Mail is sold off,chopped up,franchised out,sold on again to various hedge funds and generally flushed down the toilet.
The industry will continue....much like a zombie...dead on the inside but still moving.

Ah ,so not so much "dying" ,more like being murdered.

[fishtank]

Ah ,so not so much "dying" ,more like being murdered.

Indeed.
Although....assassinated might be a better word since that's usually for financial or political gain.