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Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

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Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

Post by REDLETTER »

How can you get 6 lots of D2D round your frame without creating a H&S problem.

I have had 3 this week, one has 3 bloody big boxes that fill the underside of my frame.

I don't think they will come in each day, even if they do become day specific!

This has not been thought out at all, our DO will be full of D2Ds and no room for any mail! :evil/mad
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Re: Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

Post by flaminmoses »

im a reserve and doing them on an unfamiliar walk is a nightmare.
some days i didnt have time.
also ended up delivering some to people who had opted out because of being in such a rush.
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Re: Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

Post by DirtyHarry »

Unaddressed junk mail, the bane of 99.9% of the British population, is pure unadulterated shyte. And as such, no organisation of the size, history, and has the the sort of affection held for it by the public it should be serving, should touch it with a ten foot barge pole.

What berks like Crozier, Higson, and Tolhurst have to realise is, no company on earth has a divine right to increase it's profits year in, year on, more years are good, some years are bad. It's peaks and troughs, swings and roundabouts, and until the clowns unjustly occupying seats in the RM boardroom get to grips with the reality of life, they will push, and push, and push us, until one day they become responsible for somebody having a heart attack due to the very physically punishing schedules/targets being forced on the front-line staff. :evil/mad
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Re: Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

Post by djchrisc »

Not all the walks in our office get the same D2D in the same week, some may get 3 others a totally different 3 and some get just 1.
I would imagine that just lie election material it will be store in yorks and you take the amount of D2D items as you need them on a day to day basis.
So with all the extra uncapped D2D items, can you imagine 10 yorks of D2D items plus say 12 or so election items when the time comes. Add to that extra trolleys and the room needed for all the extra vans and................
We're gonna need a bigger boat as they said in "JAWS" and look how that turned out.
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Re: Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

Post by lazyjack »

It's a nightmare trying to work with 3, never mind 6,7 or even 8, Is it in the agreement exactly how they have to be delivered?
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Re: Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

Post by Night Tonic »

No but then its not in the agreement how to tackle a moody cat or how to put your boots on in the morning. Word is much of it will be delivered in a sleeve that comes undone when posted although how you stop them doing that in the pouch is anyones guess.
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Re: Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

Post by dblad »

What about us in the subs..our office only just about as enough room for us and the frames, we have no storage space at all
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Re: Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

Post by uprising95 »

there's alot of people pancaking about these d2d's
why do we care. ?

its all going to be measured into the work load.
i couldn't care if they had 60 leaflets a day.
you can only work all your hours :Very Happy
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Re: Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

Post by Lincox »

The Union should have included increasing the death in service benefits to 10x salary and providing Private Medical Care. We are going to be in serious need of such benefits when this shite comes in. Did they pay no attention to what the Royal Marine had to say when he attempted to complete a walk without any weight at all to carry for one day. This union has become the laughing stock and Royal Mail should be hauled up in court for any deaths or injuries colleagues suffer from the introduction of this draconian agreement.
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Re: Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

Post by k979aaa »

Lincox wrote:The Union should have included increasing the death in service benefits to 10x salary and providing Private Medical Care. We are going to be in serious need of such benefits when this shite comes in. Did they pay no attention to what the Royal Marine had to say when he attempted to complete a walk without any weight at all to carry for one day. This union has become the laughing stock and Royal Mail should be hauled up in court for any deaths or injuries colleagues suffer from the introduction of this draconian agreement.
Probably not as they get you to sign a WTL document saying you absolve them of your untimely death and you will give back any overpayment of wages!.
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Re: Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

Post by opgpat »

Out on delivery I can see miss-deliveries going through the roof as the genuine mail is lost in amongst the masses of loose leaflets. Delivery time at the letter box will also increase as it takes time to flick through 6d2d. Will Pegasus take this into account? Vote Yes and then you will find out a few weeks later.
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Re: Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

Post by Night Tonic »

uprising95 wrote: its all going to be measured into the work load.
i couldn't care if they had 60 leaflets a day.
you can only work all your hours :Very Happy
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Re: Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

Post by opgpat »

Yeah but most of them will now be outside and you'll be sacked if you don't keep up with the top 10%. That means all the rush-arounders. If you can't meet their standards your out. Sadly with this agreement it's not going to be good enough to 'just work your hours', you'll have to work far far harder, beyond your limits, to meet the min acceptable. Enjoy.
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Re: Logistics of 6 D2Ds in a DO. How can it be done?

Post by Debbie »

djchrisc wrote:Not all the walks in our office get the same D2D in the same week, some may get 3 others a totally different 3 and some get just 1.
I would imagine that just lie election material it will be store in yorks and you take the amount of D2D items as you need them on a day to day basis.
So with all the extra uncapped D2D items, can you imagine 10 yorks of D2D items plus say 12 or so election items when the time comes. Add to that extra trolleys and the room needed for all the extra vans and................
We're gonna need a bigger boat as they said in "JAWS" and look how that turned out.
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