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9% Letter Volumes Fall Further 9%

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Broxi51
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Re: 9% Letter Volumes Fall Further 9%

Post by Broxi51 »

It doesn't mention any of the savings they have made by getting rid of 50k postal workers over the last 5 years.
50k X 15k pa(average figure) = 750m savings per annum
9% drop in volume X 70m = 630m loss per annum
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Re: 9% Letter Volumes Fall Further 9%

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I just feel it's us posties who are baring the brunt of the ill advised measures brought in. Mail down 9%? Lets just make the postmen deliver 25% more.
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k979aaa wrote:
savo wrote:Maybe they should rename it as PRAVDA ?
PRAVDA had something worth living/dying for while the COURIER has corporate bullsh*t by the bucket load pass the bucket as it makes me feel SICK!. :Sick :Sick :Sick
I just pray they dont make it 9% smaller :shock: It still fits my cat litter tray a treat :nana :nana
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krussel wrote:
k979aaa wrote:
savo wrote:Maybe they should rename it as PRAVDA ?
PRAVDA had something worth living/dying for while the COURIER has corporate bullsh*t by the bucket load pass the bucket as it makes me feel SICK!. :Sick :Sick :Sick
I just pray they dont make it 9% smaller :shock: It still fits my cat litter tray a treat :nana :nana
They would save millions by making the courier available online and not sending out a hard copy. :Very Happy
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Re: 9% Letter Volumes Fall Further 9%

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The Courier now is just a complete and utter sick joke! :arrrghhh
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Re: 9% Letter Volumes Fall Further 9%

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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
krussel wrote:
k979aaa wrote:
savo wrote:Maybe they should rename it as PRAVDA ?
PRAVDA had something worth living/dying for while the COURIER has corporate bullsh*t by the bucket load pass the bucket as it makes me feel SICK!. :Sick :Sick :Sick
I just pray they dont make it 9% smaller :shock: It still fits my cat litter tray a treat :nana :nana
They would save millions by making the courier available online and not sending out a hard copy. :Very Happy
They'd save a fortune if they gave us an opt out :crazy:
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Re: 9% Letter Volumes Fall Further 9%

Post by Pat Ostman »

Or even more by just not bothering at all...
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Re: 9% Letter Volumes Fall Further 9%

Post by dunposting »

....Why doesn't the scourier have a massive headline saying PACKETS UP 50%? This worthless propaganda rag should be abolished. Save RM a few bob as well as very few people I know believe the lies inside....
Packets our up by a lot more that 50%. More like 200% on my duty
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dunposting wrote:
....Why doesn't the scourier have a massive headline saying PACKETS UP 50%? This worthless propaganda rag should be abolished. Save RM a few bob as well as very few people I know believe the lies inside....
Packets our up by a lot more that 50%. More like 200% on my duty

Perhaps they only count the ones that are delivered on time and not stuck in Yorkies because of the cull in hours
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dunposting wrote:
....Why doesn't the scourier have a massive headline saying PACKETS UP 50%? This worthless propaganda rag should be abolished. Save RM a few bob as well as very few people I know believe the lies inside....
Packets our up by a lot more that 50%. More like 200% on my duty
Ahh, but that would be the truth and this is the Scourier.
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rowdogg
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Re: 9% Letter Volumes Fall Further 9%

Post by rowdogg »

i noticed today whilst doing a collection there was hardly any mail in the boxes, now i know its only 1 day but ive never known it to be this light for a thurs....
could mail really be dropping off....
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Re: 9% Letter Volumes Fall Further 9%

Post by Puppetmaster »

I think who ever writes for the Courier ,honestly deserves a award,for the best written Propaganda since WW2,I was spitting when read that,had another crap day,almost every house,just finished on time,just but having to keep a pace up,loads of recorded awarkard shaped packets ,to small for the driver .The courier also said Specials and Recordeds are down ,not in my Office.

Seems to me more Companies are doing mail shots than ever before,1 guy in our office said in the last recession mail volumes went updue to companies trying to get trade.

Where does the Courier mention these massive walks we do now.
Also regarding misdeliverys,a whole topic and not always posties fault, the local emergencey services had a campaign recently to try to get every house to have a house number on it .

I know I did a round once a Council estate ,where the numbers and layout could have been designed by Stevie Wonder,

goes something like1,2,3,100,98,25,27,5,etc put the wrong letters through the door got loads of abuse from this Female of sorts, suggested she might put a house number on the House,replied .Fu--ing Council should do that so I said put a card in your window with house number on ,only to get more abuse about f--KING stupid Postmen.

Hope one day she needs Emergencey services .who will then be delayed finding her house as no number on it ,then she might regret not listening to that Fu--ing Stupid Postman!
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Re: 9% Letter Volumes Fall Further 9%

Post by tiredwalker »

There has been an ever increasing number of unfranked stamped mail over the last 6 months I bet that has not been counted either, otherwise it would have been franked.
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Re: 9% Letter Volumes Fall Further 9%

Post by Phantom »

I had so little mail today that I had to cut off and only do half a walk!
CUT OFF!!!
Puppetmaster
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Re: 9% Letter Volumes Fall Further 9%

Post by Puppetmaster »

Please can someone tell me where these offices are that have seen mail falling ,I want a transfer to these quiet offices,today sat was so busy so many recordeds and pakets and mech,had to throw in mail sort when got back to office or would never have got out,had more recodeds and specials than all week.