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Poll : Is social distancing still happening?

Coronavirus discussion forum.

Is social distancing still happening in your office?

Yes still
28
1%
No
226
10%
Sometimes
97
4%
Yes at first but it's kinda ignored now by some
136
6%
Yes at first but it's completely ignored by all
65
3%
Never happened
80
4%
------enforcing----
0
No votes
Managers rigorously enforce it
10
0%
Managers enforce it now and again
100
4%
Managers never enforced it at the start
115
5%
Managers don't bother at all anymore
215
10%
----reminding----
1
0%
Managers reminded us about it every day (Tannoy/shout outs)
25
1%
Managers reminded us about it now and again (Tannoy/shout outs)
96
4%
Managers never remind us about it
256
11%
----Reps----
2
0%
Rep is on the ball regularly to us and management
43
2%
Rep has given up as it's a lost cause because of deaf ears from staff/management
127
6%
Rep never said/says anything about it
219
10%
----yourself----
1
0%
I regularly pull people up
48
2%
I've never done anything about it
94
4%
I used to complain/pull people up but I've given up
224
10%
I don't need to do anything as it's all ok and we're not stupid, selfish or covidiots
37
2%
 
Total votes: 2245

Lenston
Posts: 15
Joined: 14 Sep 2012, 21:53
Gender: Male

Poll : Is social distancing still happening?

Post by Lenston »

PostmanBitesDog wrote:
rodtheplod wrote:However managers and staff alike working within 1ft of each other should be happening, like it does at the Masterick ofiice in Aberdeen.
Yeah, our office has become insouciant lately. The managers no longer feel obligated in caring for their staff's or their own well-being anymore.

This was how bad the social-distancing was in our office this morning:
Mail Sorting.jpg
Yes, this sums up my cramped office too. It's been like this for months and it's disturbing.
SpacePhoenix
MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
Posts: 11796
Joined: 12 Nov 2008, 17:03
Gender: Male

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Post by SpacePhoenix »

Once the Xmas casuals start there won't be a hope in hell of social distancing, then once we start processing both inward and outward on all shifts then there will be even less chance of social distancing happening
wazer
Posts: 357
Joined: 17 Jan 2014, 21:20
Gender: Male

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Post by wazer »

Bloody joke in our office, not enough room, too many staff, depends wot mood managers, reps in.knob heads shouting, singing and pissing about.Nothing said.We did have a visit but it was after 9.
Cucumber
Posts: 1052
Joined: 09 Dec 2018, 10:24
Gender: Female

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Post by Cucumber »

We now have staff that have tested positive, which in turn is leading to their partner(s) having to isolate.
Practically the whole office still not distancing, even sharing lifts into work etc.
Loud shouting, singing, sneezing and coughing without covering mouths.
It's pretty grim.
Sir Henry
Posts: 1316
Joined: 24 Oct 2014, 00:33
Gender: Male

Poll : Is social distancing still happening?

Post by Sir Henry »

"Hey rep! The runners and idiots aren't observing the social distancing rules. They're right next to you grabbing parcels from the bullring as you're sorting and the same for manual letters. Not that taking letters from the rear of a backless primary is any better. Not enough distance from the guy beside you sorting the parcels either."

"The boss told everyone not to make as many trips to pick up manual letters and parcels"

"And?"

"No one took a blind bit of notice after the first half hour and it hasn't been mentioned since"

"So what do we do?"

"If someone invades your workspace, walk away."

Brilliant
It's going to take some poor f****r dying to make ANY impression on some of the tools we work with.
"A third of the world's farmland is now useless due to soil degradation, yet we still keep producing mouths to feed. And what's you answer to that? Energy saving lightbulbs?"
IloveMYredTROLLEY!
EX ROYAL MAIL
Posts: 1921
Joined: 02 Apr 2010, 06:54
Gender: Male

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Post by IloveMYredTROLLEY! »

Is the poor social distancing part of the reason why van sharing is being proposed, because depot linos/managers are observing poor standards by OPGs indoors?

My depot has definitely got worse in recent weeks, now back up to 4+ people parcel sorting and nothing like 1m+ distancing being observed... Without masks. :arrrghhh
xPandabear1992x
Posts: 286
Joined: 29 Jul 2019, 00:49
Gender: Male

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Post by xPandabear1992x »

work in the afternoons so doesn't really apply to me. I don't work near anyone but if I do I distance.

In the morning nobody's ever given a rat's ass about it. It's down to each postie to be responsible at the end of the day. You can't just pass the buck onto the reps or the managers when Joe & Jane refuse to follow best practise en masse.
wookie
Posts: 319
Joined: 30 Dec 2011, 12:38
Gender: Male

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Post by wookie »

I voted ages ago, but I think you would get different results because of the 2nd Lockdown.
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POSTMAN
SITE ADMINISTRATOR
Posts: 32587
Joined: 07 Aug 2006, 03:19
Gender: Male

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Post by POSTMAN »

You can change your vote.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
PostmanBitesDog
Posts: 1428
Joined: 17 Feb 2019, 15:46
Gender: Male

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Post by PostmanBitesDog »

POSTMAN wrote:You can change your vote.
The U.S. Supreme Court won't be happy about that. :wink:
wookie
Posts: 319
Joined: 30 Dec 2011, 12:38
Gender: Male

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Post by wookie »

PostmanBitesDog wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:You can change your vote.
The U.S. Supreme Court won't be happy about that. :wink:
:chuckle
wookie
Posts: 319
Joined: 30 Dec 2011, 12:38
Gender: Male

Re: Poll : Is social distancing still happening?

Post by wookie »

I think it's a big profit before safety.