How do you feel after work

johnsouthwales · Post by **johnsouthwales** » 15 Mar 2009, 17:25

oooh gps device..could be mis-construed as a tracking device lol

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 15 Mar 2009, 17:36

johnsouthwales wrote:oooh gps device..could be mis-construed as a tracking device lol

Like the PDAs then

johnsouthwales · Post by **johnsouthwales** » 15 Mar 2009, 17:42

do thy give a electric shock when someone falls behind 4mph? tut

Post by **dvbuk55** » 15 Mar 2009, 17:56

disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote:What a bunch of softies! Worn out after a little walk OMG what sort of people are we breeding now? Where is the Dunkirk spirit - after a very arduous walk, I used to jog back home (3 miles), then take my collie for a very very long walk until he was begging to go home and then ....................................well I won't go into detail
But then you used to get up 2 hours before you went to sleep and have to eat 1 tonne of poison every morning then work 28 hours before going home to be flogged to death.................................and it never did you any harm

I wouldn't say it didn't do me any harm

- because some people think I'm a bit strange

and there have been peculiar growths over the years.

johnsouthwales · Post by **johnsouthwales** » 15 Mar 2009, 18:11

Si67 · Post by **Si67** » 15 Mar 2009, 19:42

Put up and shut up!! If you dont like it theres the door...
Thats the attitude from our careing company bosses and politicions!! :lfo :cfo ..
And now they have the best excuse ever... THE DOWN TURN IN THE ECONOMY!! We need to make savings..
I fear we have a lot more of this to come for a few more years yet! Where ever we work...

johnsouthwales · Post by **johnsouthwales** » 15 Mar 2009, 20:28

it's always the same with politicians. its rare to get one who knows what they are banging on about.

johnsouthwales · Post by **johnsouthwales** » 15 Mar 2009, 20:29

and the downturn was caused by them in the first place tut

Si67 · Post by **Si67** » 15 Mar 2009, 20:33

johnsouthwales wrote:it's always the same with politicians. its rare to get one who knows what they are banging on about.

politicions with an A (politicians) Sorry!! And if you do know of one that knows what hes banging on about do let me know!!

Si67 · Post by **Si67** » 15 Mar 2009, 20:35

johnsouthwales wrote:and the downturn was caused by them in the first place tut

Or was it deliberate to get us to work harder for less money?? You here of it all the time lately!!

johnsouthwales · Post by **johnsouthwales** » 15 Mar 2009, 21:23

lol i knew wot u meant by polotician.. maybe they should get out and about, do a few rounds and see what a job is like before shooting their mouth off.

them and people who influence them from business commerce chambers who are far to quick to criticize. all the business people are concerned about is relying on an efficient mail system that caters for businesses. with out this, the economy is hit hard. so the quicker these people realise exactly what is going on, the better. politicians must be told what the problems are and where they lay, and the public should be told too.

managers get hard pressed and they cannot operate very well if they haven't got the resources and staff. whatever happens, managers who are pushing staff to the hilt is not acceptable.. and the managers manager does not help by pushing that manager to the hilt. it's just a big mess which does not have a solution to sort out the mess. and if it doesn't get sorted, it could end up in a situation that in 2011, regarding a partial sell off, nobody would want to take it on.

yes, they are trying to get a high standard service at the lowest cost. and providing the same service with fewer workers.

Post by **dvbuk55** » 15 Mar 2009, 21:32

johnsouthwales wrote:it's always the same with politicians. its rare to get one who knows what they are banging on about.

Well Edwina was banging John Major and Prescott was banging his PA - they probably knew one another - hey you don't think it might have been a menage a four do you?

johnsouthwales · Post by **johnsouthwales** » 15 Mar 2009, 21:47

roFl @ two jags... imagine prescott delivering.

johnsouthwales · Post by **johnsouthwales** » 16 Mar 2009, 02:53

found this in yahoo...

You are right, being a letter carrier does not require advanced degrees. Here in the US postal workers cannot strike as they work for the federal government. Currently, most letter carriers here walk for 6 to 8 hours per day, maybe more if they work over time and cover about 10 to 15 miles per day with a bag full of mail weighing up to 40 pounds. Most make over $40,000 a year. If there is 2 feet of snow, they are delivering mail. If it is 95 degrees, they are delivering mail.
Source(s):
I'm a USPS employee with over 22 years of service

Post by **stokes11eg** » 16 Mar 2009, 04:31

johnsouthwales wrote:this is what was mentioned before, if everyone had a gentle walking pace. people are not designed by nature to walk fast, a normal steady walking pace is 1.5-2mph. in december, it was mentioned in the press to force workers to walk harder and 4mph was mentioned. walking at 4mph constantly is simply too much. it's adding onto an already over-stretched industry. and over work in the long run does not have any benefits healthwise whatsoever. not only does it lead to leg injuries, there are other factors to consider. flu, colds, general run down. the body's immune system will get run down, stress.....

as for forcibly having to wear a pedometer, isn't an infringement on rights? even if it is the only way to tell if someone is constantly walking 4mph, acting as a tachograph. and just how can you tell you are walking 4mph constantly and not dipping down to 3.75mph? or like i said, someone could be unwittingly be walking 4.5mph and that is even worse..

No, I wasn't suggesting people be made to wear them--it would just give a clearer picture of how far you actually walk--rather than what pegasus mught suggest. According to the theory of pegasus, I should be able to go from gate to gate,being allowed so many seconds--according to real life, I lose about 5 seconds per gate, as garages were built on to the
the back end of pavements,and people park their cars in front, meaning I have to walk round the cars ,on to the road and back to the next gate. 2/3rds of my round are like that so I have about twenty minutes extra which is not accounted for!
often in our office, a few of us wear them(For Fun) and see how many steps we cover on our walks, and it is really surprising. lots of folk whe feel they have 'the worst walk in the office'(We all have of course) find they do a lot less than others. Still think they would give a more accurate picture than pegasus.

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