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is it a sackable offence?

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BingBong
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is it a sackable offence?

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if youve lost a recorded packet/parcel etc etc? genuine mistake of course.
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Re: is it a sackable offence?

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BingBong wrote:if youve lost a recorded packet/parcel etc etc? genuine mistake of course.
No and who said it was lost?
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Re: is it a sackable offence?

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Has been known but not usually a sackable issue, unless it's become a regular occurrence.
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Re: is it a sackable offence?

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k979aaa wrote:
BingBong wrote:if youve lost a recorded packet/parcel etc etc? genuine mistake of course.
No and who said it was lost?
my brain.
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Re: is it a sackable offence?

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You'll be fine pal
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Re: is it a sackable offence?

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if your losing things on a regular basis and have been conducted for it in the past then possibly, but if not then i think at most you may get is a ticking off
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Re: is it a sackable offence?

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zx135 wrote:if your losing things on a regular basis and have been conducted for it in the past then possibly, but if not then i think at most you may get is a ticking off
worried i put it down and wrote a p739 but maybe left it behind
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Re: is it a sackable offence?

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BingBong wrote:
k979aaa wrote:
BingBong wrote:if youve lost a recorded packet/parcel etc etc? genuine mistake of course.
No and who said it was lost?
my brain.
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Re: is it a sackable offence?

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you probably wrote the p739 and posted it with the letter, i've seen that done before
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Re: is it a sackable offence?

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zx135 wrote:you probably wrote the p739 and posted it with the letter, i've seen that done before
Probably haven't done anything lol
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Re: is it a sackable offence?

Post by raikky »

mistakes happen. we have guys in our office who doorstep and have been caught out after customer reporting item gone missing. yet they still do it every day and still have their jobs.