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The "How was your day" thread.

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wabbithunta
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by wabbithunta »

DB1100 wrote:
Thunderthighs wrote:How come before the Transformation, two people cud do 2 rounds.
But now, 2 people together are only capable of doing 1 and 3/8 rounds???
The rest being left as cut-offs.
Happening every day...with the Usual Suspects.
Because its 2 rounds plus a fifth of another round 1300+ houses and everything else,plus trying to find anything in a combo that is stacked to the roof.

Sounds so much like the P&L that I'm on at present!
"Better to die on your feet than live a life time on your knees"
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DB1100
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by DB1100 »

wabbithunta wrote:
DB1100 wrote:
Thunderthighs wrote:How come before the Transformation, two people cud do 2 rounds.
But now, 2 people together are only capable of doing 1 and 3/8 rounds???
The rest being left as cut-offs.
Happening every day...with the Usual Suspects.
Because its 2 rounds plus a fifth of another round 1300+ houses and everything else,plus trying to find anything in a combo that is stacked to the roof.

Sounds so much like the P&L that I'm on at present!
Its like the keystone cops when we pull up at our first loop,open the doors and stuff falls out,mail,packets and a trolley I have given up asking for a bigger van,I just hope we don't stop by a drain.
For we were soldiers once,and young
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heapsy
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by heapsy »

Busy day. Much colder with a spot of rain. Packets were really heavy today. Loads of Amazon stuff coming through.
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GOGS!
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by GOGS! »

Nightmare of a day i had 6 trays of coded the first 4 were tottaly packed. then i had 2 trays of flats and another half tray of letters and a overflowing bag of parcels this round normally gets 2-3 trays of coded i have done this round at christmas time and today was worse. then the manager anounces that the mail is down :crazy:
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Thunderthighs
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Thunderthighs »

Agree, it's two rounds PLUS, but more time is allowed and it's one journey out/back...not two.
But to leave 5/8ths of the 2nd round behind beggars belief...not just Busy days, but almost EVERY day.
If you use the "Time Series Analysis" system, its more than do-able between two posties.

And now were getting "situation creep" as the Military say...18 Boxes of mail/packets left recently between 3 rounds.
Getting laughable now, then it'll be beyond a joke when the Christmas rush starts. There'll possibly more being left behind than taken out.
Privatisation???/ It might just work.
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Anonymouse
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Terrible day.
Got put on a walk i'd never done before. I'd heard it was awful and it certainly lived up to that.
The place was like a maze and hardly any numbers on the doors :crazy:

Brought back a big bundle for places i couldn't find/was unsure of. Probably be in the s**t tomorrow for that. Oh well...
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monkeymutha
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by monkeymutha »

Anonymouse wrote:Terrible day.
Got put on a walk i'd never done before. I'd heard it was awful and it certainly lived up to that.
The place was like a maze and hardly any numbers on the doors :crazy:

Brought back a big bundle for places i couldn't find/was unsure of. Probably be in the s**t tomorrow for that. Oh well...
Why would yopu be in the s**t. Would your boss prefer you to misdeliver them on a walk you have not been trained on?
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heapsy
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by heapsy »

Easier than yesterday with a distinct lack of packets. Quite warm today, as predicted. Off down the pub in 15, start of the long weekend. :chuckle
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Anonymouse
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Anonymouse »

monkeymutha wrote:
Anonymouse wrote:Terrible day.
Got put on a walk i'd never done before. I'd heard it was awful and it certainly lived up to that.
The place was like a maze and hardly any numbers on the doors :crazy:

Brought back a big bundle for places i couldn't find/was unsure of. Probably be in the s**t tomorrow for that. Oh well...
Why would yopu be in the s**t. Would your boss prefer you to misdeliver them on a walk you have not been trained on?
Good point.
Just a bit worried about the amount i brought back. The managers were all gone when i got back so i couldn't explain why. I'm also part time so i wont be in when it's getting sorted back into the frame first thing.
My usual manager probably wouldn't mind but we have a stand in guy just now and he's a hard liner.

Ach, who cares! :chuckle
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clashcityrocker
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by clashcityrocker »

With the temperatures creeping up and a little bit of rain, the honeysuckle was out and smelling wonderful.
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
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fishtank
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by fishtank »

clashcityrocker wrote:With the temperatures creeping up and a little bit of rain, the honeysuckle was out and smelling wonderful.
SpringWatch with Clash.
Next up...squirrels and their nuts.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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clashcityrocker
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by clashcityrocker »

fishtank wrote:
SpringWatch with Clash.
Next up...squirrels and their nuts.
No squirrels but I did see a rat the size of a cat.
I can only assume it escaped from that David Bowie exhibition.
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
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Mabs
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Mabs »

Felt miserable for the first time today. (does that mean I'm now a postie?). Other rural drivers out 30 mins before me on the cushy routes and back early according to the books while I struggled to get back before office closing and without having a break. Long bloody day with too many letters but thankfully hardly any PF and nothing above 30kg. Out at 11:30 and back just before 5.
Could have been much worse. At least the sun was shining and tomorrow is Sunday!
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heapsy
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by heapsy »

Busy sorting out mums laptop issues. :arrrghhh
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Barbel
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Barbel »

Nice easy day today. :Very Happy
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