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When the hell did we start this!!

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When the hell did we start this!!

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Heard grumblings a few years back about it being done in London,didn't realise we did it nationwide.

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/jump ... tId=400028

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# Same day collection and delivery to most of the UK
# 98% of collections within an hour
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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.
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No they got it wrong it's not same day it's someday :nana :nana
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:funneh
axeman wrote:No they got it wrong it's not same day it's someday :nana :nana
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.
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been in ages its for businesses bulk mail items
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Do you not think it's a bit misleading though? Sameday to most UK places, I doubt someone in Edinburgh can ring up at 1.30pm get the item collected within an hour and expect it to be there for 5. There will have to be a timelimit in relation to distance.

Not cheap too:

For a small van from some RM place in Edinburgh to RM HQ in London, (Chosen Edinburgh as I mentioned it above and obviously some distance) spending upto 5k on the service a year will cost £442.05!

Think I'd just wait for next day and use special delviery haha. Will save me a few hundred quid.
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It's subcontracted to Dominos Pizzas - they have a countrywide service as big as ours and even more expensive
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Post by leiwolf »

Is it a bird?
Is it a Plane?
No Its sameday mail with the ability to mislead the customers and to offer more stress on the workers.
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Post by heapsy »

It's about time we did have a service like this. I have to ask tho, Why have we not heard anything about it in the media? :shhhhh