Suspension Rights

[BernardBresslaw]

Even if you are not new, it is a guessing game to know precisely how long a walk will take. You can guess within about 10-15 minutes if you a walkholder,

I can't. I don't prep my frame, so can only try to judge from the gaps, and the amount of packets. But that's only half the story. On park and loop you have two duties, doing (roughly) half each, so i don't get to see half of what i deliver until the time I actually open the bag on the street.

It's ridiculous that we have to guess what time we are going to finish. It's ridiculous that we have to ring up if we find that it's getting near our finish time and we have loads to do.

I agree that the procedure for overrunning duties is not fit for purpose, and it certainly needs an overhaul. However whatever system is put in place , the postie will still need to make an estimation and they will still have to make contact with managers at some point. Mind you with all this modern stuff we are getting you'd think the PDA could be used both as a contact device, and to send information/warnings to managers and posties.

You can use the PDA to contact the office. And the RAC if you break down. As long as you have a signal obviously - Vodafone are notoriously bad round here.