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Things that p#ss you off

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Walter sobchak
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Things that p#ss you off

Post by Walter sobchak »

When you follow someone the next day that’s been on your duty or another duty :

1. Bundles of mail brought back that you have to throw back in.

2. Letters that need killed off strewn all over the frame.

3. Undone re-directed letters&flats bundled up with the re-directions.

Drives me up the F-ing wall 😡😡
ted_e_bear
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Re: Things that p#ss you off

Post by ted_e_bear »

Might be a minor thing but I'll add the dividers are smashed and loose due to jamming parcels in that don't fit and that's before you get in the van where you find pop cans, banana skins, crisp packets...
Walter sobchak
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Re: Things that p#ss you off

Post by Walter sobchak »

ted_e_bear wrote:
23 Mar 2026, 16:55
Might be a minor thing but I'll add the dividers are smashed and loose due to jamming parcels in that don't fit and that's before you get in the van where you find pop cans, banana skins, crisp packets...
Yep, those too.

I got in a van a couple of weeks ago that looked like someone had just emptied a rubbish bin into the passenger side footwell.

Scruffy bast#rds!!
Cofipostie1
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Re: Things that p#ss you off

Post by Cofipostie1 »

The ones that come in early to prep their own deliveries for nothing it realy winds me up they just wont change their ways
Walter sobchak
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Re: Things that p#ss you off

Post by Walter sobchak »

Cofipostie1 wrote:
23 Mar 2026, 17:31
The ones that come in early to prep their own deliveries for nothing it realy winds me up they just wont change their ways
I used to be guilty of this. I’d come in 15 minutes early to throw my 1st tray in.
Duesouth
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Re: Things that p#ss you off

Post by Duesouth »

I used to get annoyed with various things but just choose to accept some fellow colleagues that can't tidy up after them and move on.

If they won't change how to tidy their mess, they will never do it. Thank goodness I don't live with them, that would be a nightmare.
yubin282
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Re: Things that p#ss you off

Post by yubin282 »

my float comes in doesn't check the IPS so leaves me a tray of loose mail.

the usual kill offs, dividers pulled out the frame, "missorts" for awkward delivery points.

random parcels (including tracked) that can be delivered left on the top of the frame.

d2ds never done despite counting them out and labelling them.
Walter sobchak
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Re: Things that p#ss you off

Post by Walter sobchak »

Yeah, flat tracked left on top of frame and dividers pulled out of place and of course d2d’s not done.
Mr Rush
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Re: Things that p#ss you off

Post by Mr Rush »

Thankfully my day off cover doesn't leave elastic bands scattered all over customers' paths, mainly on account of not existing.
Any Questions?
Yeah, how do I get out of this chickenshit outfit?
Splappy_McSplap
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Re: Things that p#ss you off

Post by Splappy_McSplap »

Piles of letters on the bottom step of a three-storey climber, bands all over the ground, full breaks not taken, items doorstepped and then they come back early and brag about your delivery being "easy".

WELL OF COURSE IT'S EASY IF YOU DON'T DO THE JOB PROPERLY!
Walter sobchak
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Re: Things that p#ss you off

Post by Walter sobchak »

Customers saying “were you on here yesterday lad as you put next doors post through mine”
miata
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Re: Things that p#ss you off

Post by miata »

At least someone is trying to do your walk. In our office if you come after your rest day you are guaranteed to have double mail and walk not prepped from yesterday.
Walter sobchak
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Re: Things that p#ss you off

Post by Walter sobchak »

miata wrote:
Yesterday, 05:36
At least someone is trying to do your walk. In our office if you come after your rest day you are guaranteed to have double mail and walk not prepped from yesterday.
The mail not going out on my rest day is a given, I’m talking about after being moved onto another duty because “nobody else knows it”
Pfrizzy10
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Re: Things that p#ss you off

Post by Pfrizzy10 »

People coming in early and working for free, clowns.

People doing overtime for less than their basic pay, then complaining that they are working for less than their basic pay, clowns.

People complaining about mail in frames.
Chelseablue
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Re: Things that p#ss you off

Post by Chelseablue »

The selfish few in an office.