You can now order LED torches!!!

postiepete2 · Post by **postiepete2** » 17 Oct 2020, 08:27

On the uniform website you can now order LED torches - are they trying to tell us something?????

FirstPost · Post by **FirstPost** » 17 Oct 2020, 11:31

we might be out till the early hours of the morning?

Decky Boy · Post by **Decky Boy** » 17 Oct 2020, 13:21

During the Winter months some of us older posties struggle to read addresses in tenements that have poor or no stair lighting. I have regularly used a small head torch for years now.... Good on Royal Mail

Post by **97gaz** » 17 Oct 2020, 14:31

Torches have always been available one way or another. Everyone used to have one back in the day to deliver in the dark except back then it was at the start of the day. I suspect that if they went back to 4 and 5am starts and out the door by 6am there wouldn't be any whinging about delivering in the dark.

Acca Dacca · Post by **Acca Dacca** » 17 Oct 2020, 15:14

97gaz wrote:Torches have always been available one way or another. Everyone used to have one back in the day to deliver in the dark except back then it was at the start of the day. I suspect that if they went back to 4 and 5am starts and out the door by 6am there wouldn't be any whinging about delivering in the dark.

The difference is back then you started in the dark and it got lighter as you got more tired - not the other way around

ripio · Post by **ripio** » 17 Oct 2020, 16:43

97gaz wrote:Torches have always been available one way or another. Everyone used to have one back in the day to deliver in the dark except back then it was at the start of the day. I suspect that if they went back to 4 and 5am starts and out the door by 6am there wouldn't be any whinging about delivering in the dark.

Yes there would, I have no desire to start work at 4 or 5 in the morning or start delivering mail at 6 in the morning in the dark.

postieblueshirt · Post by **postieblueshirt** » 17 Oct 2020, 16:56

I know a lot of posties including myself that would jump at the chance of 5am starts again..

scoobydo79 · Post by **scoobydo79** » 17 Oct 2020, 17:19

Decky Boy wrote:During the Winter months some of us older posties struggle to read addresses in tenements that have poor or no stair lighting. I have regularly used a small head torch for years now.... Good on Royal Mail

Indeed.Dont You Just love the red envelopes with black writing

yellowbelly · Post by **yellowbelly** » 17 Oct 2020, 18:01

Will we be able to get the batteries for them though?

Off topic slightly though - anybody been informed by their admin staff that blue crayons can't be provided anymore for kill offs?

Ren Hoëk · Post by **Ren Hoëk** » 17 Oct 2020, 18:03

yellowbelly wrote:Will we be able to get the batteries for them though?

Off topic slightly though - anybody been informed by their admin staff that blue crayons can't be provided anymore for kill offs?

The Managers kept eating them I imagine.

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 17 Oct 2020, 19:47

yellowbelly wrote:Will we be able to get the batteries for them though?

Off topic slightly though - anybody been informed by their admin staff that blue crayons can't be provided anymore for kill offs?

Managers using them to apply for more suitable employment opportunities!

matthew68 · Post by **matthew68** » 17 Oct 2020, 20:21

postieblueshirt wrote:I know a lot of posties including myself that would jump at the chance of 5am starts again..

No chance it’s anti social hours with a family, you would need to be in bed for 8 o’clock, those days are gone with the shift allowance, I now start at 715?and not a minute earlier take break and claim or cut off

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 17 Oct 2020, 20:39

04:00 or 05:00 starts for DOs will never happen again, you wouldn't have the work to sort on the IPS and at 04:00 MCs won't have yet had all their arrivals from the RDCs and neighbouring MCs in

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 17 Oct 2020, 20:43

matthew68 wrote:
postieblueshirt wrote:I know a lot of posties including myself that would jump at the chance of 5am starts again..
No chance it’s anti social hours with a family, you would need to be in bed for 8 o’clock, those days are gone with the shift allowance, I now start at 715?and not a minute earlier take break and claim or cut off

They are thinking of pushing the time forward not backwards.

postieblueshirt · Post by **postieblueshirt** » 17 Oct 2020, 21:40

k979aaa wrote:
matthew68 wrote:
postieblueshirt wrote:I know a lot of posties including myself that would jump at the chance of 5am starts again..
No chance it’s anti social hours with a family, you would need to be in bed for 8 o’clock, those days are gone with the shift allowance, I now start at 715?and not a minute earlier take break and claim or cut off
They are thinking of pushing the time forward not backwards.

I know they have been bringing the times forward and they always will.just saying a lot of people wished they still started at the old times