Which job in RM is the tougher over Christmas

ted_e_bear · Post by **ted_e_bear** » 24 Dec 2017, 13:59

Ozzvaldo wrote:
South_London_Postie wrote:Callers office is a piece of piss, I always catch the f***ers on Facebook whilst they are making people wait for their parcels on the counter.

IMO nothing worst than a long ass HTC duty heavy AF walking up and down hills. Especially when you know your pals are already in the pub and you still got half your walk to go.
You need to transfer to my office then. Today the HCT duties were finished between 12.30 and 1.00 (3.00 finish time here) and the shared vans were all out until gone 2.30 (some went over) and most didn't take parcels because we had relief parcel duties in place. The HCTs are ridiculously easy in my DO.

Hct duties seem to vary between offices, I've heard that some just take a full hct out in one go so basically all the mail for the walk meaning hardly any parcels at all so an easy duty, at our place the ones closer to the office have to return for refills and the others further away get bags dropped off, so apart from not having to do the really big parcels that just won't fit in I'd say that our hct duties are no easier than a van share.

peshwaarinaan · Post by **peshwaarinaan** » 27 Dec 2017, 11:47

jimt81 wrote:Try working in the callers office.
I have done all the jobs mentioned except management,
The callers office is the worst by a country mile.

I was in the Callers' Office before Christmas. It was a bloody nightmare. On Saturday I barely had time to go for a wee as the queue was a mile long and there was just no respite from it. Aagh!!!

Post by **CPTNemoUK** » 27 Dec 2017, 13:45

ted_e_bear wrote:
Ozzvaldo wrote:
South_London_Postie wrote:Callers office is a piece of piss, I always catch the f***ers on Facebook whilst they are making people wait for their parcels on the counter.

IMO nothing worst than a long ass HTC duty heavy AF walking up and down hills. Especially when you know your pals are already in the pub and you still got half your walk to go.
You need to transfer to my office then. Today the HCT duties were finished between 12.30 and 1.00 (3.00 finish time here) and the shared vans were all out until gone 2.30 (some went over) and most didn't take parcels because we had relief parcel duties in place. The HCTs are ridiculously easy in my DO.
Hct duties seem to vary between offices, I've heard that some just take a full hct out in one go so basically all the mail for the walk meaning hardly any parcels at all so an easy duty, at our place the ones closer to the office have to return for refills and the others further away get bags dropped off, so apart from not having to do the really big parcels that just won't fit in I'd say that our hct duties are no easier than a van share.

In my office we have 4 Hct walks 1 gets lapsed and the other 3 just take what they can fit in and that's it no refills or nothing.

Harv12 · Post by **Harv12** » 29 Dec 2017, 23:56

all you's that are saying callers office is a easy have obvs never worked in there over xmas at all. in our office we have one member of staff doing Dom Support PHG role and doing the hatch, ran off her feet from 6am till her finish. i done it years ago as it was my job for a few year. Deliverys have it easy compared to that.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 30 Dec 2017, 13:34

Harv12 wrote:all you's that are say callers office is a easy have obvs never worked in there over xmas at all. in our office we have one member of staff doing Dom Support PHG role and doing the hatch, ran off her feet from 6am till her finish. i done it years ago as it was my job for a few year. Deliverys have it easy compared to that.

I have worked both and I would much rather work outside on deliveries in a blizzard than in the Room of Doom.

Room of Doom = stress and interaction with less than happy members of the public, but not much on the physical side.

Deliveries. Very little stress and rarely get bothered by the public, but physically tiring.

Jimbo2017 · Post by **Jimbo2017** » 31 Dec 2017, 18:39

Which job in RM is the tougher over Christmas?? I nominate DOM's Bitch.

jaylime · Post by **jaylime** » 03 Jan 2018, 18:40

I do a rural in the peak district....it was one of the worst in 24 years for me...although the booze,chocolates,biscuits and 300 quid helped...

Post by **CPTNemoUK** » 03 Jan 2018, 18:44

jaylime wrote:I do a rural in the peak district....it was one of the worst in 24 years for me...although the booze,chocolates,biscuits and 300 quid helped...

Tips (bribes

) always help. Even if it's £5 which I got today picks you up for the day