mdm wrote:First time in 18 years I'll not be doing the Xmas rush! I'll not miss it, good luck guys
Yeah, I'll feel a bit guilty watching my postie out at 15:00 to be honest. When you've left RM's delivery the staff you see are no longer just people in the street are they? You have an affinity with them.
Absolutely agree with that! I understand now when people used to say to me, I feel sorry for you, I get the same feelings now! One poor bugger on my street was doing his delivery with a trolley and two full bags on it at 3.30 the other day! I know my street is a cut-off one on that particular walk and he confirmed it! In my ex office, walks are still too big!!
Still out at 3.30 is nothing, my last house at the minute is usually 4.30 on an average day. God knows what time I'll finish running up to christmas. Glad we get 3 day break this year but it's still rubbish.
Your last house assuming a built up area should be no later than 3pm, there must be something wrong with your walk, too big. You have no reason to be out all day at Christmas, you can finish at your finish time if you wish. I don't see why we should stay out all day just because the company are obsessed with part timers and cuts. I will not be doing any overtime.
mdm wrote:First time in 18 years I'll not be doing the Xmas rush! I'll not miss it, good luck guys
Yeah, I'll feel a bit guilty watching my postie out at 15:00 to be honest. When you've left RM's delivery the staff you see are no longer just people in the street are they? You have an affinity with them.
Absolutely agree with that! I understand now when people used to say to me, I feel sorry for you, I get the same feelings now! One poor bugger on my street was doing his delivery with a trolley and two full bags on it at 3.30 the other day! I know my street is a cut-off one on that particular walk and he confirmed it! In my ex office, walks are still too big!!
Still out at 3.30 is nothing, my last house at the minute is usually 4.30 on an average day. God knows what time I'll finish running up to christmas. Glad we get 3 day break this year but it's still rubbish.
Your last house assuming a built up area should be no later than 3pm, there must be something wrong with your walk, too big. You have no reason to be out all day at Christmas, you can finish at your finish time if you wish. I don't see why we should stay out all day just because the company are obsessed with part timers and cuts. I will not be doing any overtime.
It's a relief duty which is made up of town & rural delivery which is too big & I can't get them to test it. Typical. Yes I don't mind being out until 4.30 during summer as it's still daylight but at this time of year when it becomes dark I have decided to start cutting off at 4pm. That's 1 hour OT per day, as my union rep said you don't have to cut off the nose to spite the face. Tho you have the right attitude we don't have to do overtime & why should we stay out all day for the greed of the company.
mdm wrote:First time in 18 years I'll not be doing the Xmas rush! I'll not miss it, good luck guys
Yeah, I'll feel a bit guilty watching my postie out at 15:00 to be honest. When you've left RM's delivery the staff you see are no longer just people in the street are they? You have an affinity with them.
Absolutely agree with that! I understand now when people used to say to me, I feel sorry for you, I get the same feelings now! One poor bugger on my street was doing his delivery with a trolley and two full bags on it at 3.30 the other day! I know my street is a cut-off one on that particular walk and he confirmed it! In my ex office, walks are still too big!!
Still out at 3.30 is nothing, my last house at the minute is usually 4.30 on an average day. God knows what time I'll finish running up to christmas. Glad we get 3 day break this year but it's still rubbish.
Your last house assuming a built up area should be no later than 3pm, there must be something wrong with your walk, too big. You have no reason to be out all day at Christmas, you can finish at your finish time if you wish. I don't see why we should stay out all day just because the company are obsessed with part timers and cuts. I will not be doing any overtime.
It's a relief duty which is made up of town & rural delivery which is too big & I can't get them to test it. Typical. Yes I don't mind being out until 4.30 during summer as it's still daylight but at this time of year when it becomes dark I have decided to start cutting off at 4pm. That's 1 hour OT per day, as my union rep said you don't have to cut off the nose to spite the face. Tho you have the right attitude we don't have to do overtime & why should we stay out all day for the greed of the company.
I don't think I really have the right attitude, my view is, if there is work to be done, which there is, employ people to do it. I realise people want and need to do overtime but this company expect you to do it, they don't like the fact that you may actually have things to do outside of your contracted hours. It is not just RM that are like this. Christmas as we know is very busy, their answer, open temporary depots to sort parcels, put extra into mail centres, run them 7 days a week, 24 hours a day and just expect us to cope with it all out on delivery. No!
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Its a Bank Holiday
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