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Over and out -Whats the opinions on the workload?

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Re: Over and out -Whats the opinions on the workload?

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SpacePhoenix wrote:
30 Jan 2022, 20:53
POSTMAN wrote:
30 Jan 2022, 20:45
postslippete wrote:
26 Jan 2022, 17:35
POSTMAN wrote:
21 Jan 2022, 16:27
Tried again but the injury was coming back when I carried a heavy bag with large bundles D2D

Sorry that you've gone weed, but the above should never have happened, trolleys?

Cmon postman, you know that no one ever uses the dreaded trolleys. For anyone thats 6 foot plus like me it gives you back strain. Walking round with a trolley literally feels like you're dragging the work along as you stop-start from every call.

The better solution IMHO is to break the delivery into smaller loops so that the bags are lighter. And if walking round with a lighter bag is still a struggle then you would be better off doing something else.
I know mate-I know.
But I will always ask-Does my goat in this bollox.
Trouble is one of the first questions a DOM is likely to ask if you get an injury is "Were you using a trolley?" If you weren't and the walk was designed for using a trolley, won't it then go down as a blameworthy?
Yes-Despite every other fecker not using one in the office.
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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