The "How was your day" thread.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 03 Sep 2008, 17:47

Hope you get well soon Majeed and that it does not affect you too much. Don't forget to get an accident report on to the ERICA system and see your rep as soon as you can.

Get well soon.

majeed · Post by **majeed** » 03 Sep 2008, 17:57

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:Hope you get well soon Majeed and that it does not affect you too much. Don't forget to get an accident report on to the ERICA system and see your rep as soon as you can.

Get well soon.

Thanks Brother Terrier. That is useful news for me. Will do. The DOM and the managers were very nice to me when I returned to the DO. I'm ready for tomorrow, inshaa-a Allah!

smokerjim · Post by **smokerjim** » 03 Sep 2008, 18:30

No point asking me how my day was - we're not supposed to swear here anymore, are we! But I heard on the grapevine that Tonbridge had something like 50 break offs yesterday

majeed · Post by **majeed** » 03 Sep 2008, 18:36

smokerjim wrote:No point asking me how my day was - we're not supposed to swear here anymore, are we! But I heard on the grapevine that Tonbridge had something like 50 break offs yesterday

Yeah - we staggered all of our Ramadan begging letters: there were s**t loads! But fifty break-offs: that is amazing. Where does all the mail come from?

Post by **Carnoustie** » 03 Sep 2008, 18:51

Can I offer a perspective from the Network side of the business ? I am based at the NHCDC Regional Distribution Centre in Hatfield.

We walked in to 1000+ cages of inward Mailsort 3 waiting to be processed. This compares with recent traffic levels of 400-500 cages

The volume of magazines we handled today was unprecendented, at least in my experience. There's a lot of heavy lorries trundling down to Tonbridge, Maidstone, Canterbury, and Dartford today, so I'm afraid it looks like a couple of heavy days coming up in deliveries for you guys

Still, look on the bright side. Soon be Christmas

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 03 Sep 2008, 19:00

Carnoustie wrote:Can I offer a perspective from the Network side of the business ? I am based at the NHCDC Regional Distribution Centre in Hatfield.

We walked in to 1000+ cages of inward Mailsort 3 waiting to be processed. This compares with recent traffic levels of 400-500 cages The volume of magazines we handled today was unprecendented, at least in my experience. There's a lot of heavy lorries trundling down to Tonbridge, Maidstone, Canterbury, and Dartford today, so I'm afraid it looks like a couple of heavy days coming up in deliveries for you guys

Still, look on the bright side. Soon be Christmas

Well aren't you a little ray of sunshine

. Thanks for the heads up though I am sure the guys down south appreciate it.

Post by **Carnoustie** » 03 Sep 2008, 19:08

Funny how the managers didn't bother to go round asking (begging?) people to stay on for 30 minutes under the flexibility agreement. It's not like they haven't done it several times already. I guess it's because we were so swamped with work that even a fool could see that on a day like today, it would have made only a small dent in the amount work that was rolled over onto the incoming shift.

smokerjim · Post by **smokerjim** » 03 Sep 2008, 19:12

Carnoustie wrote:Can I offer a perspective from the Network side of the business ? I am based at the NHCDC Regional Distribution Centre in Hatfield.

We walked in to 1000+ cages of inward Mailsort 3 waiting to be processed. This compares with recent traffic levels of 400-500 cages The volume of magazines we handled today was unprecendented, at least in my experience. There's a lot of heavy lorries trundling down to Tonbridge, Maidstone, Canterbury, and Dartford today, so I'm afraid it looks like a couple of heavy days coming up in deliveries for you guys

Still, look on the bright side. Soon be Christmas

Now, that's ruined my day off tomorrow - if I wasn't going to get my bike sorted and MOT'd, I would be going through my "little black book" to make a rendevous.....now it looks as though Sevenoaks DO is going to get shafted

In the words of Ian Dury "B*stards, A*seholes, F*cking C*nts and Pr*cks"

majeed · Post by **majeed** » 03 Sep 2008, 20:00

Carnoustie wrote:Can I offer a perspective from the Network side of the business ? I am based at the NHCDC Regional Distribution Centre in Hatfield.

We walked in to 1000+ cages of inward Mailsort 3 waiting to be processed. This compares with recent traffic levels of 400-500 cages The volume of magazines we handled today was unprecendented, at least in my experience. There's a lot of heavy lorries trundling down to Tonbridge, Maidstone, Canterbury, and Dartford today, so I'm afraid it looks like a couple of heavy days coming up in deliveries for you guys

Still, look on the bright side. Soon be Christmas

Thank you for the insight: it's interesting to know why what happens due to changes elsewhere in the pipeline. Not surprisingly, the double-capacity was reflected in the incoming mail profile at our DO. BTW, what is "Mailsort 3"? Forgive my ignorance, but I thought there was only one type of Mailsort... and what is "NHCDC"?

heapsy · Post by **heapsy** » 03 Sep 2008, 20:07

Packets were not bad, but loads of mail. Evereyone out late due to not enough peeps on the ips, and theres gonna be some docket claims

majeed · Post by **majeed** » 03 Sep 2008, 20:15

heapsy wrote:...not enough peeps on the IPS...

Even I got put on the IPS and I can't sort for toffee ("part"-timer of 10 months experience

). My manager has got faith in me, though!

BELIAL · Post by **BELIAL** » 03 Sep 2008, 20:54

Cor would'nt it be bad if one office had 120 walks cut off on a Monday,c'mon you Seagulls

BELIAL · Post by **BELIAL** » 03 Sep 2008, 20:56

Hope the postconn auditors were counting

fothsn · Post by **fothsn** » 03 Sep 2008, 22:15

Not a bad day at all today for me, no packets well less than half a bag which is rare for the walks in our office

Wasn’t a log of magazines, one of the better Wednesdays I’ve had for a long time!

Now I bet tomorrow I am going to be hammered lol

Oh well looking forward to my long weekend! bring it on

Sandyman · Post by **Sandyman** » 04 Sep 2008, 00:16

This week has been a 'mare on deliveries, mainly due to massive amounts of magazines/brochures/catalogues. DUM predicted the business would lose a predicted £30m in revenue this Autumn due to credit crunch. Not happening yet.

The "quiet" day of Monday, where duties are half an hour less - 2 cages of mailsort left on our postcode section & overtime booked.

The "quiet" day of Tuesday, where duties are half an hour less - 3 cages of mailsort left on our postcode section & more overtime booked.

Wednesday - 2 cages of mailsort left, monstrous amounts of overtime booked on extended delivery. Was that bad DUM even came out of office to look at it.

Thankyou Pegasus - going to have to get an accountant at this rate. Come and do some walking at ours Mr :cfo , you'll earn more - thing is, you'll have to work for it.

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