Mr ward and cwu

[redheadedwoman]

Well it was advertised as being up to 8 miles a day.

How many miles is it now?
How many miles do you think it should be?

I’m averaging 12-13 miles a day

I average between 35000-40000 steps a day
Not sure what that is in miles but obviously not as tough as prepping and delivering a walk out in all sorts of weather plus all the other s**t that goes with delivery

40,000 steps a day thats bollocks
if you do 50 steps per minute (average walk speed)and times it by 60 minutes , it works out at 3000 steps per hour
At that rate your delivery would be on delivery over 13 hours
Even if you do 3000 steps in your office pre delivery it would still be over 12 hours
Unless of course you live 6 miles away and walk to work and back

Only going by what the health app on my phone says and no I drive to work

[Shirtbuttons]

I ran the marathon yesterday 56000 steps

[redheadedwoman]

I ran the marathon yesterday 56000 steps

[sindba]

I've measured mine on a GPS app. About 8 miles.

And mine is a rural. My old town round was about 12 miles, it will be longer now. And that's after 2-3 hours indoors, carrying, portering, shifting etc.

That much manual effort full-time is brutal on the body. And now they want us to do more, faster? Seriously?

[clashcityrocker]

And why is that Clash?

With declining letter volumes and increased automation and the introduction of Dedicated Parcel Routes, the amount of indoor work available has decreased.

[redheadedwoman]

And why is that Clash?

With declining letter volumes and increased automation and the introduction of Dedicated Parcel Routes, the amount of indoor work available has decreased.

That makes sense
So it’s all about if you want a full time job in delivery there’s no stopping how long/big delivery’s can/Could will get
Not much then that Dave Ward the PEC you me or anybody else can do about it I guess
Thanks for your reply

[redheadedwoman]

I've measured mine on a GPS app. About 8 miles.

And mine is a rural. My old town round was about 12 miles, it will be longer now. And that's after 2-3 hours indoors, carrying, portering, shifting etc.

That much manual effort full-time is brutal on the body. And now they want us to do more, faster? Seriously?

I know it’s Shocking
You guys have my sympathy

[redheadedwoman]

I will say in Dave Wards defence it’s probably been a long time since he done a delivery and would have a shock if he did do one
But I would imagine the job he’s doing now is pretty tough as well not so much physically but mentally 24/7 52 weeks a year
One job I definitely would not want to do

[pinstripe]

I would say 4 hours of walking is maximum. years ago I think the agreed maximum was 3 1/2 excluding 2nd delivery

When we still had a second delivery, first delivery was 2 1/2 hours. 07.00 till 09.30.

There was a big thing made about extending deliveries to 3 1/2 hours, with (I believe) studies done to work out the physical impact on this extension.

Of course they threw in the carrot of job and finish and the rest is history

[heraldmoth]

Well it was advertised as being up to 8 miles a day.

How many miles is it now?
How many miles do you think it should be?

I’m averaging 12-13 miles a day

I average between 35000-40000 steps a day
Not sure what that is in miles but obviously not as tough as prepping and delivering a walk out in all sorts of weather plus all the other s**t that goes with delivery

40,000 steps a day thats bollocks
if you do 50 steps per minute (average walk speed)and times it by 60 minutes , it works out at 3000 steps per hour
At that rate your delivery would be on delivery over 13 hours
Even if you do 3000 steps in your office pre delivery it would still be over 12 hours
Unless of course you live 6 miles away and walk to work and back

I walk a mile to work it’s 2000 steps and takes about 15 mins. No technology used

[heraldmoth]

I ran the marathon yesterday 56000 steps

56000 divided by 26 = 2100 ish. Who doubted my figure

[DirtyHarry]

I think its about time you tried a delivery of 5 hours or more because you ain't got a clue on how to defend the average postie on the streets with this deal

How long should a walk be ?

When I started in the job, the delivery span was a maximum 2.5 hrs.
That's how long it should be today, too.
To expect anybody to walk 5 hrs a day, every day, in all extremes of weather, is something only unique in the barbaric 21st century.

[stevejm]

I was always curious to find out if there was a maximum walk health mileage, curious you know.

Then one day I read a scientific study (but don't ask me for a link) where the optimum health benefit from walking was determined to be 1 hour per day. So 1 hour is better than 45 minutes etc.

Now bear in mind this is the optimum from an aerobic point of view and after a lot longer such as 2.5 hours a negative effect kicks in so you'd be better not walking at all.

That says nothing about joint benefits/damage. Just the aerobics. You can have too much of a good thing.

[Jinder]

40,000 steps is around 20 miles. Hahaha. No chance.

Not if you are a midget

[Jinder]

40,000 steps is around 20 miles. Hahaha. No chance.

Not if you are a midget