30 million letters from Boris

DiamondSmiles · Post by **DiamondSmiles** » 29 Mar 2020, 09:42

Grumpyoldmailman wrote:You would have to have been living on another planet to not already know what the letter says. More docket for those who want it though.

Overtime? Don't count on it. It's a disgrace RM have stopped overtime. People are there willing to do it yet the frames are rammed with work thrown off days before.

norris9 · Post by **norris9** » 29 Mar 2020, 10:41

Must be a weird time for those people that don't watch or read the news and have no friends.

They step outside and are probably like WTF is going on.

Is this letter just being sent out to try to get hold of those 3 people?

vinny79 · Post by **vinny79** » 29 Mar 2020, 11:04

DiamondSmiles wrote:
Grumpyoldmailman wrote:You would have to have been living on another planet to not already know what the letter says. More docket for those who want it though.
Overtime? Don't count on it. It's a disgrace RM have stopped overtime. People are there willing to do it yet the frames are rammed with work thrown off days before.

Overtime galore in my gaff?

Do as much as you like in a week!

Some are lapping it up

Me?

38 hours guv

postieblueshirt · Post by **postieblueshirt** » 29 Mar 2020, 11:07

this goverment must have money to burn spend it on the nhs ffs.the last lockdown was done through tv why is this any different

Deadly · Post by **Deadly** » 29 Mar 2020, 11:22

Grumpyoldmailman wrote:UK Mail no doubt

Isn't it more likely to be D2D style rather than an addressed letter?

pinstripe · Post by **pinstripe** » 29 Mar 2020, 11:22

SpacePhoenix wrote:They might not necessarily come though to DOs as sequenced, it'll depend on how decimated the staffing is in MCs. If the staffing as bad enough in an MC then they might revert to walk sort only, or if their mech staff levels are bad enough either batch sort only or all manual.

Chances are most MCs will be giving priority to SDs first, then Tracked, then packets

Shame they have removed the css machines from MPU’s, a little bit of forward thinking that didn’t involve cost cutting and they could have had a simple alternative.

postslippete · Post by **postslippete** » 29 Mar 2020, 11:36

I noticed Michael Gove also gave Royal Mail workers a mention a few days ago. The government clearly doesn't wish to suspend deliveries and in fact they seem to be treating our business with some importance - almost as if we are providing a public service, even though they sold us off years ago. I don't doubt that their intentions are chiefly based on the economy and keeping thousands of mail workers working.

Boris still isn't really ordering anyone not to go to work but that you should stay at home and work from home wherever possible.

Post by **CRIBMAD** » 29 Mar 2020, 11:38

3 DTD for me this week and two of the shops are closed!!!!!! We have been let down by the government , royal mail and more disappointingly THE UNION !!!
Young ones coming right up to me in the office , they dont seem to know what 2m distance is. Im 62 and to be honest i dont feel safe working , no sanitizer, masks or wipes only crappy undersized gloves. I may well walk off soon but do you think this union will back me up , i very much doubt it !

Post by **wacko74** » 29 Mar 2020, 11:51

postslippete wrote:I noticed Michael Gove also gave Royal Mail workers a mention a few days ago. The government clearly doesn't wish to suspend deliveries and in fact they seem to be treating our business with some importance - almost as if we are providing a public service, even though they sold us off years ago. I don't doubt that their intentions are chiefly based on the economy and keeping thousands of mail workers working.

Boris still isn't really ordering anyone not to go to work but that you should stay at home and work from home wherever possible.

Their intentions are based on nothing more than with the stroke of a pen being able to exclude a workforce of 160,000 from being furloughed and entitled to 80% of their wages.

as4dp · Post by **as4dp** » 29 Mar 2020, 13:46

surely this is the reason, why were working.so government has a means of communication with the people of this country. regardless of tv, radio or social media.

postieblueshirt · Post by **postieblueshirt** » 29 Mar 2020, 13:55

as4dp wrote:surely this is the reason, why were working.so government has a means of communication with the people of this country. regardless of tv, radio or social media.

Maybe for you I'm working because I don't have symptoms yet and can't afford to walk away I'm not a marter to a cause I don't care about tell people on TV what to do it's been working so far.

5plusbonusball · Post by **5plusbonusball** » 29 Mar 2020, 14:47

as4dp wrote:surely this is the reason, why were working.so government has a means of communication with the people of this country. regardless of tv, radio or social media.

when was the last time you NEEDED a gov letter?

as4dp · Post by **as4dp** » 29 Mar 2020, 15:12

There will be a lot of people, who are now out of work. Who’ll be waiting for letters from various government bodies. So they can access money/benefits.

Tman · Post by **Tman** » 29 Mar 2020, 16:14

5plusbonusball wrote:
as4dp wrote:surely this is the reason, why were working.so government has a means of communication with the people of this country. regardless of tv, radio or social media.
when was the last time you NEEDED a gov letter?

Depends on what you call a "government letter".
The irony is that many on here claim we're the fourth emergency service, an indespensable means of communication for the government, NHS, etc, then when there's a government letter going to every household so proving just that, it's decried as unnecessary.

5plusbonusball · Post by **5plusbonusball** » 29 Mar 2020, 16:54

When 99% have already read it, it contains nothing we don't already know, then it is unnecessary!
If it was a testing kit for every person then fine!