special lost help

leiwolf · Post by **leiwolf** » 05 Feb 2008, 17:31

Currently I am on a two year suspended but today I lost a special delivery, one minute it was in my bag and the next it is not. I spent 2hours retracing my steps, even had the manager help me look for it, to no avail. How Buggered am I and what is the likelhood of losing my job?

Mr Blonde · Post by **Mr Blonde** » 05 Feb 2008, 17:38

I should get in touch with the CWU for advice PDQ!

leiwolf · Post by **leiwolf** » 05 Feb 2008, 17:43

Going to come in early to see my local rep tomorrow,

Post by **dvbuk55** » 05 Feb 2008, 18:01

leiwolf wrote:Going to come in early to see my local rep tomorrow,

This isn't the first time you've lost mail is it? What's the two year warning for?

leiwolf · Post by **leiwolf** » 05 Feb 2008, 18:47

left a small bundle of mail in my panniers on the bike and the bike got stolen. Manage to recover bike and mail within 15mins. In my defence for that I actaully left the bike in the garden of my first bag drop and seeing has it had a camera on it I thought it was safe, was the first and only time I forgot to lock my bike up, it was a very bad error of judgement on my part and I owned up to that

Post by **dvbuk55** » 05 Feb 2008, 19:03

leiwolf wrote:left a small bundle of mail in my panniers on the bike and the bike got stolen. Manage to recover bike and mail within 15mins. In my defence for that I actaully left the bike in the garden of my first bag drop and seeing has it had a camera on it I thought it was safe, was the first and only time I forgot to lock my bike up, it was a very bad error of judgement on my part and I owned up to that

Was that when you lost the recorded and I say again what is the two year warning for?

leiwolf · Post by **leiwolf** » 05 Feb 2008, 19:16

The two years was for when I left a bundle of mail on my bike, the recorded fell out of a hole in my bag

Post by **dvbuk55** » 05 Feb 2008, 19:27

leiwolf wrote:The two years was for when I left a bundle of mail on my bike, the recorded fell out of a hole in my bag

There's the rub leiwolf - I believe that the terms of a warning stipulates that there should not be a recurrence of the nature of the warning or of a similar situation and I would say this is a similar situation. There can only be a certain limit to warnings otherwise it would be a case of ad infinitum, so I would expect the worst and hope for the best and good luck.

leiwolf · Post by **leiwolf** » 05 Feb 2008, 19:31

Thanks, end of the day what is done is done and altho the manager told me not to worry (which immeditally made me worry) I just hope for the best, thanks for the support What upset me more then anything, and its even upsets me more then the fact I could lose my job, is the fact I lost it and thats the main thing that bothering me

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 05 Feb 2008, 19:51

leiwolf wrote:The two years was for when I left a bundle of mail on my bike, the recorded fell out of a hole in my bag

Did you still have the same bag with hole in it after requesting a new one

.

pop it in pete · Post by **pop it in pete** » 05 Feb 2008, 20:46

Panniers are not supposed to be for mail they cannot be secured so if you D.O.M. lets staff use panniers he is just as fault as the postman that uses them. They are for you wet weather gear. When delivering up long paths you are supposed to carry your pouch with you how can you do that with a pannier? Get your local rep on to this mate. Your not the first to have had a special STOLEN FROM YOU and you wont be the last.

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 05 Feb 2008, 21:27

pop it in pete wrote:Panniers are not supposed to be for mail they cannot be secured so if you D.O.M. lets staff use panniers he is just as fault as the postman that uses them. They are for you wet weather gear. When delivering up long paths you are supposed to carry your pouch with you how can you do that with a pannier? Get your local rep on to this mate. Your not the first to have had a special STOLEN FROM YOU and you wont be the last.

I use my panniers for D2Ds, packets and my empty pouches and sometimes my first bundle

Sandyman · Post by **Sandyman** » 05 Feb 2008, 23:03

If there's an ounce of decency in your management, the fact that you have acted honestly by informing them of this loss, even though you are on a 2 year suspended, should be an excellent point to put forward in your defence.

Post by **POSTMAN** » 06 Feb 2008, 15:23

Ok i'm lost here,our guys use trolleys,you know the ones with 3 bag/pouch things on,can't find a pic on google but i'm sure you know what i mean.

Edit: found one.

So wtf is a pannier??There not the same are they?

Sick Postie · Post by **Sick Postie** » 06 Feb 2008, 15:34

Panniers are attached to the sides of the back wheel of the bikes, they are like 2 boxes useful for packets, D2Ds, wet gear oh thats right these days the wet gear is hardly ever taken off the weather is so bad