elastic bands

woofwoof · Post by **woofwoof** » 15 Apr 2008, 17:41

so do we re-use them or bin them ive been told after they are used they strech so they have a tendency to snap and this could lead to you losing an eye so bin them on the footpaths is this true

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 15 Apr 2008, 17:52

I re-use them and would suggest not dropping them as its a bane of contention for some. Stories in the papers:

Times: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/u ... 716493.ece

Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree ... 64,00.html They like them in this one.

A forum discussing it http://www.swimclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=9625

Thurrock council asking us to be careful http://www.thurrock.gov.uk/news/content ... ry&ID=1706

Another forum complaining about them http://kudocities.com/cities/london/con ... -the-floor

It seems middle England does not have enough to worry about.

asbru · Post by **asbru** » 15 Apr 2008, 17:57

A woman on a round I cover sent 2 elastic bands back in the post to us whilst making a complaint. Mind you, she has been known to come in for such reasons as "I found this torn off piece of a 'sorry you were out' card in the middle of the street and wondered if I had a parcel waiting", and then complain when there wasn't a parcel there for her.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 15 Apr 2008, 18:03

Thing is with the pressure royal mail put you under to get the walk done in a certain amount of time, when you loose a band, like when it flies off the bundle you don't have time to search for it. Also we carry so many do the general public really believe we drop them on purpose.

Saying that I do pick them up if I see them, but on my round the kids are always asking for them, or collecting them if I drop them.

woofwoof · Post by **woofwoof** » 15 Apr 2008, 18:07

they could always supply us with saftey goggles out of the first line fix i suppose

dididw · Post by **dididw** » 15 Apr 2008, 18:42

What are safty goggles ?

Post by **Carnoustie** » 15 Apr 2008, 18:42

woofwoof wrote:they could always supply us with safety goggles out of the first line fix i suppose

Someone's gotta say it ....

Would the FLF budget s t r e t c h that far ???

woofwoof · Post by **woofwoof** » 15 Apr 2008, 18:48

dididw wrote:What are safty goggles ?

do a search in google

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 15 Apr 2008, 18:52

dididw wrote:What are safty goggles ?

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 15 Apr 2008, 18:55

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
dididw wrote:What are safty goggles ?

Surely it's safety goggles

but then it could be safty googles

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 15 Apr 2008, 19:04

disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
dididw wrote:What are safty goggles ?

Surely it's safety goggles but then it could be safty googles

Both versions bring up same pictures og Google Images must be an American Spelling.

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 15 Apr 2008, 19:07

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
dididw wrote:What are safty goggles ?

Surely it's safety goggles but then it could be safty googles
Both versions bring up same pictures og Google Images must be an American Spelling.

Do we need them for this

or do we just need the gun

Post by **General Mannerheim** » 15 Apr 2008, 19:19

Theres more complaints about Elastic bands now for two reasons only........they are bright RED and the uniform is shite.

Stormproof · Post by **Stormproof** » 15 Apr 2008, 19:25

Had some old bloke turn up in Callers the other week with an envelope stuffed full of elastic bands, 'I picked these up on my way here to complain about the postie dropping bands'

and Friday a woman came in moaning about elastic bands and the environment, I told her they are bio-degradable thats one of the reasons they were changed.

Spedley · Post by **Spedley** » 15 Apr 2008, 21:52

Throw elastic bands on the floor? What kind of policy is that?

The most obvious place to but your bands is ontop of your next bundle. You can usually get it out without dropping them but it you don't always notice. Does the public have any idea what it is like trying to pick up a rubber band off the floor whislt carying 16Kg over your shoulder? If the bands are out in the open for more than 24hours they are useless anyway so there is no point in trying to re-use any you find.

I'm quite please the No.1 complaint to RM is about dropped elastic bands, if that is our biggets problem then we must be doing something right!