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Offices 'officially' in trouble?

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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

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Lee DO (SE12)
Oxford DO (OX1, OX2)
Sunbury On Thames DO (TW16)
Whitwood DO (WF6, WF10)
Worcester Park DO (KT4)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

Seven is the number of both the original and the New Wonders of the World.

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Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
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I've been hearing for two or more weeks that Oban is in a terrible state. Managers have been drafted in from afar, even being billetted in hotels overnight. They must really be earning those megabucks clearing frames because I haven't seen it listed on here at all!
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Mr Rush wrote:
25 Oct 2025, 20:01
I've been hearing for two or more weeks that Oban is in a terrible state. Managers have been drafted in from afar, even being billetted in hotels overnight. They must really be earning those megabucks clearing frames because I haven't seen it listed on here at all!
Haha it's well over 10 years ago now but I remember they asked for volunteers to go up and help to clear some Scottish office, can't remember why, but it involved staying in a hotel etc, 2 or 3 from our place went, we're not even local we're in Yorkshire must have cost a fortune.
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TooManyLoops wrote:
17 Oct 2025, 15:49
That WF area looks deep in the smelly stuff
My friend works there, says the DOM has lost any goodwill from the staff, and most are just working to time. At best they manage one side of a park and loop.
The day is gonna come when we’re all gonna have to testify.

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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

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Canterbury DO (CT1-CT6)
Chipping Norton DO (OX7)
Thornbury DO (BS35)
Whitwood DO (WF6 and WF10)
Worcester Park DO (KT4)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

An 11-sided polygon is called a hendecagon, or undecagon.

USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
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.
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We should be on list now
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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

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Canterbury DO (CT1-CT6)
*Cardiff DO (CF5, CF10, CF11, CF24, CF91, CF95, CF99)
Chipping Norton DO (OX7)
Thornbury DO (BS35)
Whitwood DO (WF6 and WF10)
Worcester Park DO (KT4)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

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USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, *Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
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.
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Re: Offices 'officially' in trouble?

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HTPostman wrote:
27 Oct 2025, 10:25
TooManyLoops wrote:
17 Oct 2025, 15:49
That WF area looks deep in the smelly stuff
My friend works there, says the DOM has lost any goodwill from the staff, and most are just working to time. At best they manage one side of a park and loop.
At the WF10 office?

Good, I hope they are, teach some of these bully tactic managers a lesson. Surely with that office on the s**t list for so long, higher-ups must be noticing?
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Chelseablue wrote:
27 Oct 2025, 18:54
We should be on list now
I think there's been a terrible mixup and this is actually the list of offices clearing. The few offices that ever appear on these lists can't account for the obviously systemic and nationwide problem that lead to yet another Ofcom fine.
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TooManyLoops wrote:
28 Oct 2025, 16:54
HTPostman wrote:
27 Oct 2025, 10:25
TooManyLoops wrote:
17 Oct 2025, 15:49
That WF area looks deep in the smelly stuff
My friend works there, says the DOM has lost any goodwill from the staff, and most are just working to time. At best they manage one side of a park and loop.
At the WF10 office?

Good, I hope they are, teach some of these bully tactic managers a lesson. Surely with that office on the s**t list for so long, higher-ups must be noticing?
That’s right. A relatively small office too, about 30 duties.
The day is gonna come when we’re all gonna have to testify.

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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

25


Canterbury DO (CT1-CT6)
*Cardiff DO (CF5, CF10, CF11, CF24, CF91, CF95, CF99)
Chipping Norton DO (OX7)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Looe DO (PL13)
Thornbury DO (BS35)
Warrington DO (WA1, WA2, WA4, WA5, WA55)
Whitwood DO (WF6 and WF10)
Worcester Park DO (KT4)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

In baseball, the number 25 is typically reserved for the best slugger on the team.

USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, *Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
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.
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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

32


Barry DO (CF62, CF63)
Canterbury DO (CT1-CT6)
*Cardiff DO (CF5, CF10, CF11, CF24, CF91, CF95, CF99)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Lerwick DO (ZE1, ZE2)
Looe DO (PL13)
Maghull DO (L31)
Patchway DO (BS32, BS34, BS35)
Uttoxeter DO (ST14)
Warrington DO (WA1, WA2, WA4, WA5, WA55)
Whitwood DO (WF6 and WF10)
Worcester Park DO (KT4)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

In baseball, the number 25 is typically reserved for the best slugger on the team.

USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, *Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
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.
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Still no sign of Tonbridge :evil/mad :evil/mad :evil/mad
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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

42


Canterbury DO (CT1-CT6)
*Cardiff DO (CF5, CF10, CF11, CF24, CF91, CF95, CF99)
Congleton DO (CW4, CW12)
Herne Hill DO (SE24)
Inverclyde DO (PA14, PA15, PA16, PA17, PA18, PA19)
Lee DO (SE12)
Lerwick DO (ZE1, ZE2)
Maghull DO (L31)
Northwich DO (CW8, CW9)
Patchway DO (BS32, BS34, BS35)
Rotherham DO (S60, S61, S65, S66)
Warrington DO (WA1, WA2, WA4, WA5, WA55)
Whitwood DO (WF6 and WF10)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

The number 42 is most famously known as the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" in the science-fiction book series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

USO Trial offices
Antrim, Arlington, Ayr, Ballymena, Blackwood, Brinklow, Bulwell, *Cardiff, Carlton, Cheltenham, Clifton, Coventry North, Cumbernauld, Fleetwood, Girvan Hadleigh, Hexham, Hull Malmo Road, Louth, Lytham St Annes, Melton Mowbray, Mount Pleasant W, Newton Mearns, North Finchley, Nottingham North, Preston South, Romsey, Salisbury, Scunthorpe, Southend On Sea, Stockton On Tees, Stoke Newington, Tenterden, Tonbridge, Trowbridge, Usk, Winchester.
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.
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LOLZ! I have to open my mouth even if the 50 Cent army are all over me :wave

Now I know how bad it has to be to appear on the list. It disproves my hypothetical, but not by very much.
Mr Rush wrote:
27 Aug 2025, 18:59
So at, say, an office average of 25% there could be a 100% failure of any duty to exit the door and the unit would limbo under the stick despite the service being patently broken because 75% of addresses did not have anything. It's logical but also absurd.
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