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Offices 'officially' in trouble?

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funkflex55 wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:50
Barnacle wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:44
That list is wrong about live numbers. Only about 100 or so are actually fully live.
304 live as of 5 days ago and loads more went live or were due to on the 10th August. We could do with a list to cross reference. AI can do it varying levels of success.
Tony Bouch said a couple of weeks ago that 100 were live.
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Barnacle wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:52
funkflex55 wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:50
Barnacle wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:44
That list is wrong about live numbers. Only about 100 or so are actually fully live.
304 live as of 5 days ago and loads more went live or were due to on the 10th August. We could do with a list to cross reference. AI can do it varying levels of success.
Tony Bouch said a couple of weeks ago that 100 were live.
The rate of change is increasing, 304 number came from Robin.
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funkflex55 wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:57
Barnacle wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:52
funkflex55 wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:50
Barnacle wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:44
That list is wrong about live numbers. Only about 100 or so are actually fully live.
304 live as of 5 days ago and loads more went live or were due to on the 10th August. We could do with a list to cross reference. AI can do it varying levels of success.
Tony Bouch said a couple of weeks ago that 100 were live.
The rate of change is increasing, 304 number came from Robin.
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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

135


Altens DO (AB10, AB11, AB12, AB35)
Attleborough SUDO (NR16, NR17)
Bedford MK40 DO (MK40-MK45)
Blyth DO (NE24)
Bridgnorth DO WV15, WV16)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Buckie DO (AB56)
Burslem DO (ST6)
Calderway DO (WF12-WF14)
Carmarthen DO (SA17, SA31, SA32, SA33)
Chester DO (CH1-CH4, CH88, CH99)
Cullompton DO (EX15)
Dudley DO (DY1-DY3)
Ebbw Vale DO (NP23)
Glaisdale Parkway DO (NG7, NG8)
Glossop DO (SK13)
Gosforth DO (NE3, NE13)
Harehills DO (LS8)
Heswall DO (CH31, CH60, CH61)
Hoylake DO (CH47, CH48)
Huntingdon DO (PE26-PE29)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Inverclyde DO (PA14-PA19)
Langport DO (TA10)
Llangefni DO (LL62-LL78)
Margate DO (CT7-CT9)
Merthyr Tydfil DO (CF47, CF48)
Milton Keynes Kiln Farm DO (MK8, MK11-MK14, MK19)
Mold DO (CH7)
Mumbles DO (SA3)
New Ferry DO (CH32, CH62, CH63)
Newton Le Willows DO (WA3, WA12)
Nuneaton DO (CV10, CV11, CV13)
Ramsgate DO (CT11, CT12)
Rugeley DO (WS15)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
Southam DO (CV47)
Staines DO (TW18, TW19, TW20)
Stratford Upon Avon DO (CV36, CV37)
Swindon DO (SN1, SN2, SN3, SN6, SN25, SN26, SN38, SN99)
Tipton DO (DY4)
Warrington DO (WA1, WA2, WA4, WA5, WA55)
Wednesbury DO (WS10)
Wellington DO (TA21)
Weston Super Mare DO (BS22, BS23, BS24, BS40)
Wilmslow DO (SK9)
Witham DO (CM8)
Wolverhampton NE DO (WV11, WV12)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

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I'm more concerned that my paired walk has been 'officially' in trouble for the last 3 months whereas another walk has been clearing every day!

Fortunately, there are enough of those walks that are clearing to compensate for the ones which are failing so that we are not on the hit list and that is all the DOM is bothered about.
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Barnacle wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:52
funkflex55 wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:50
Barnacle wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:44
That list is wrong about live numbers. Only about 100 or so are actually fully live.
304 live as of 5 days ago and loads more went live or were due to on the 10th August. We could do with a list to cross reference. AI can do it varying levels of success.
Tony Bouch said a couple of weeks ago that 100 were live.
Tony Bouch.....haven't heard from him for a while......
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yellowbelly wrote:
13 Aug 2026, 18:46
Barnacle wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:52
funkflex55 wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:50
Barnacle wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:44
That list is wrong about live numbers. Only about 100 or so are actually fully live.
304 live as of 5 days ago and loads more went live or were due to on the 10th August. We could do with a list to cross reference. AI can do it varying levels of success.
Tony Bouch said a couple of weeks ago that 100 were live.
Tony Bouch.....haven't heard from him for a while......
Was it him that said we only do 10k steps per day and can deliver some ridiculous amount of parcels per hour or some bollocks ?
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ted_e_bear wrote:
13 Aug 2026, 19:42
yellowbelly wrote:
13 Aug 2026, 18:46
Barnacle wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:52
funkflex55 wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:50
Barnacle wrote:
12 Aug 2026, 18:44
That list is wrong about live numbers. Only about 100 or so are actually fully live.
304 live as of 5 days ago and loads more went live or were due to on the 10th August. We could do with a list to cross reference. AI can do it varying levels of success.
Tony Bouch said a couple of weeks ago that 100 were live.
Tony Bouch.....haven't heard from him for a while......
Was it him that said we only do 10k steps per day and can deliver some ridiculous amount of parcels per hour or some bollocks ?
That was him, they've all gone pretty quiet recently. Summer hols. Sticking their fingers in their ears, la,la,la,la,la.
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ted_e_bear wrote:
13 Aug 2026, 19:42

Was it him that said we only do 10k steps per day and can deliver some ridiculous amount of parcels per hour or some bollocks ?
Give him his dues, I hardly ever do 5000 a day on a shared van.
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Rve83ndxd wrote:
13 Aug 2026, 20:09
ted_e_bear wrote:
13 Aug 2026, 19:42
:shock:

Was it him that said we only do 10k steps per day and can deliver some ridiculous amount of parcels per hour or some bollocks ?
Give him his dues, I hardly ever do 5000 a day on a shared van.
Must take an hour to do your round :shock:
I’m a non driver in van share and walk av. 20,000 - 25,000 steps a day
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Rve83ndxd wrote:
13 Aug 2026, 20:09
ted_e_bear wrote:
13 Aug 2026, 19:42

Was it him that said we only do 10k steps per day and can deliver some ridiculous amount of parcels per hour or some bollocks ?
Give him his dues, I hardly ever do 5000 a day on a shared van.
Are you sure, that's only about 2 - 2.5 miles.
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ted_e_bear wrote:
14 Aug 2026, 06:05
Rve83ndxd wrote:
13 Aug 2026, 20:09
ted_e_bear wrote:
13 Aug 2026, 19:42

Was it him that said we only do 10k steps per day and can deliver some ridiculous amount of parcels per hour or some bollocks ?
Give him his dues, I hardly ever do 5000 a day on a shared van.
Are you sure, that's only about 2 - 2.5 miles.
1 loop if RM are lucky. The rest of the time we are doing tracked and first class. :whistle
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We're sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. We will regularly update customers on the offices most impacted here:

123


Altens DO (AB10, AB11, AB12, AB35)
Attleborough SUDO (NR16, NR17)
Bedford MK40 DO (MK40-MK45)
Bridgnorth DO (WV15, WV16)
Brierley Hill DO (DY5)
Burslem DO (ST6)
Calderway DO (WF12-WF14)
Cambridge DO (CB1-CB5, CB21-CB25)
Carmarthen DO (SA17, SA31, SA32, SA33)
Chester DO (CH1-CH4, CH88, CH99)
Cullompton DO (EX15)
Dudley DO (DY1-DY3)
Ebbw Vale DO (NP23)
Glossop DO (SK13)
Gosforth DO (NE3, NE13)
Harehills DO (LS8)
Heswall DO (CH31, CH60, CH61)
Hoylake DO (CH47, CH48)
Huntingdon DO (PE26-PE29)
Ilfracombe DO (EX34)
Inverclyde DO (PA14-PA19)
Langport DO (TA10)
Llangefni DO (LL62-LL78)
Margate DO (CT7-CT9)
Milton Keynes Kiln Farm DO (MK8, MK11-MK14, MK19)
Mold DO (CH7)
New Ferry DO (CH32, CH62, CH63)
Nuneaton DO (CV10, CV11, CV13)
Ramsgate DO (CT11, CT12)
Rugeley DO (WS15)
Shrewsbury DO (SY1-SY5)
Southam DO (CV47)
Stratford Upon Avon DO (CV36, CV37)
Swindon DO (SN1, SN2, SN3, SN6, SN25, SN26, SN38, SN99)
Tipton DO (DY4)
Wednesbury DO (WS10)
Wellington DO (TA21)
Wilmslow DO (SK9)
Wolverhampton NE DO (WV11, WV12)

Units that report three consecutive days of 30% of DPs failing USO gets you on the list and public RM service disruption website. Then you need three consecutive days below 30% to get off the list (well below and back to stable USO)

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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.