Note leaver

abuch1980 · Post by **abuch1980** » 21 Sep 2018, 16:01

I keep getting left nasty notes in RM van to not use it by a full time postie.. is this classed as bullying ?
As far as I'm aware I can use whichever van is free to do collections and parcels in the afternoons?

jd9442 · Post by **jd9442** » 21 Sep 2018, 16:08

Leave a note telling him to come speak to you face to face

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 21 Sep 2018, 16:10

abuch1980 wrote:I keep getting left nasty notes in RM van to not use it by a full time postie.. is this classed as bullying ?
As far as I'm aware I can use whichever van is free to do collections and parcels in the afternoons?

Does he own it? he may have given up half his pension just to own the van for the time he is not employed by royal mail or he is anal about anyone sat in his seat or may not like the van looking like a McDonald's at closing time!

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 21 Sep 2018, 17:32

abuch1980 wrote:I keep getting left nasty notes in RM van to not use it by a full time postie.. is this classed as bullying ?
As far as I'm aware I can use whichever van is free to do collections and parcels in the afternoons?

I thought it was up to managers to allocate vehicles - although at ours they delegate that to the key room/prio locker.

glenfiddich · Post by **glenfiddich** » 21 Sep 2018, 18:54

Take another but move the seat of the note leavers everyday

Sir Henry · Post by **Sir Henry** » 21 Sep 2018, 18:59

Hide some frozen prawns in the cab and take the notes to the Dom

abuch1980 · Post by **abuch1980** » 21 Sep 2018, 19:00

glenfiddich wrote:Take another but move the seat of the note leavers everyday

Ha I like your style. I wouldn't lower myself to start writing notes back as I've never even met the guy.

glenfiddich · Post by **glenfiddich** » 21 Sep 2018, 20:27

I'd start work 5 mins early just to do it and some days just fill up the back of the van with empty trays

arnold cheshire · Post by **arnold cheshire** » 22 Sep 2018, 18:30

It's probably because you are using all the diesel

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 23 Sep 2018, 12:26

In our DO the posties who do collections will usually use the van they have used that day to deliver whichever walk they did that day. Exceptions to that would include if a different van needed to be taken to be repaired/serviced or maybe if it was a white/hire van.
Probably the main annoyances are fuel being used quicker, vans being left with little or virtually no diesal in them, mess & litter left in vans, or damage or faults in vans that were not there before. General lack of respect in short.

Post by **Navalron** » 24 Sep 2018, 07:55

Tell him to do one. That would make me just use the van even more and it be gets poppy game him for a square go.

abuch1980 · Post by **abuch1980** » 24 Sep 2018, 16:00

He doesn't own it, he doesn't pay for the diesel in it.
His round does about 40-50 miles. The collection barely 5/6 miles.
I leave it tidier than I get it as full timers never clean the van on their van wash day.
Our yard is tiny so his van is always nearest the gate so if I was to use another van I'd have to move every single other van to get to it.