In the Sorting Office - RMC get a mention

[George door to dawes]

The postie the writer was sent out had a 2 hour walk and 9.7kg bags? jesus they should send him out with me for the day! No wonder the public are not behind us if professional journalists are writing this kind of account of our day!

[Dee Plish]

In today's Guardian...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/2 ... s-delivery" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Higson will be creaming himself reading that.

[Indy]

indy, is this the article?

http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... ad#p378226" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Yup thats the one!

[NWpostie]

I would rather be on the dole than earn less than minimum wage, the differences would small if any.

[Indy]

I would rather be on the dole than earn less than minimum wage, the differences would small if any.

By definition you can't earn less than the minimum wage... thats why its called the minimum wage!

[AdTheBad]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/2 ... f-comments" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n09/james-meek ... ing-office" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not very cheerful though.

[Indy]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/2 ... f-comments

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n09/james-meek ... ing-office" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Not very cheerful though.

God help us all if RM think this is the way forward!

[chunk]

The 9kg post bag is particularly unreal !
3 pouches=less than 30kg of mail !

Nobody in my office delivers less than 60kg of mail
and most days anything up to a 100kg
this is approximately the normal range
and can be verified by the thousands of posts on this forum.

5 times a 15kg bag is "normal" for me.

government ministers, rm managers, and civil servants all push the three lies as i call them.
1 postman have easy jobs
2 mail is in decline
3 the royal mail is failing and needs privatising.

none of these three stand up to scrutiny.

[Indy]

The 9kg post bag is particularly unreal !
3 pouches=less than 30kg of mail !

Nobody in my office delivers less than 60kg of mail
and most days anything up to a 100kg
this is approximately the normal range
and can be verified by the thousands of posts on this forum.

5 times a 15kg bag is "normal" for me.

government ministers, rm managers, and civil servants all push the three lies as i call them.
1 postman have easy jobs
2 mail is in decline
3 the royal mail is failing and needs privatising.

none of these three stand up to scrutiny.

Now thats the reality of the situation... people reading the Guardian article will think that ALL posties will be the same as the Mount Pleasant postwoman leading to the false impression when they here of RM giving us more work its US that are being unreasonable. That and it's tell the politicians that they can hammer us coz theres plenty of slack in the system.

Anybody know the postwoman in question? I was wondering if the journo has stitched her up?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Anybody know the postwoman in question? I was wondering if the journo has stitched her up?

I don't know her but she has spoken to the press before: http://www.heraldscotland.com/call-to-f ... r-1.906917" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Denise Goldfinch, 46, a postwoman in London for 23 years, said: "We are told by our supervisors to put the bands back in our carrier bags and it seems ridiculous to fine us for dropping bands occasionally by mistake."

She certainly seems legit, lucky, but legit.

[Royal_Fail]

She has a 3 bag round and still doesn't take her break

[POSTMAN]

Just curious,where do we get a mention as i can't find it.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Just curious,where do we get a mention as i can't find it.

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[POSTMAN]

Just curious,where do we get a mention as i can't find it.

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Oh ffs cheers teebs.
Right i need a top up on me waxing,usual place usual time please.

[Indy]

you,"run"your walk,,

Run probably wasn't the correct word more "power-walk"... taking stairs 2 at a time going up that sort of thing