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Windows up in your rm van
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BELFAST
- Posts: 15
- Joined: 11 Sep 2007, 19:54
- Gender: Male
- Location: Northern Ireland
Windows up in your rm van
We have been told today @ wtll that all our drivers have to make sure they have there windows up @ all times for security. we challenged the DIM but hes said its the words from IB now it was 26c in belfast today with no aircondition in the van what da F**K we meant to do?
Fight for your rights or lie down and be walked all over
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DGP1
- Posts: 15551
- Joined: 07 Jun 2007, 20:39
- Gender: Male
- Location: Terminus
Re: Windows up in your rm van
Been that way for a while now out in the sticks, windows up and all doors locked when driving.
I'm preparing myself for the zombie invasion, rule number 1 - Cardio
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PhilthyPhil
- Posts: 1155
- Joined: 23 Nov 2007, 19:15
Re: Windows up in your rm van
In the document we get called "Security rules for drivers" which all drivers should recieve and sign every 6 months when they have their license check it says "Drive with doors locked and, where possible, windows closed." so I would argue that the sort of heat we have at the moment makes it not possible to drive with the windows closed. Obviously they must be closed when you stop but I have electric windows in my van so this isn't too much of a problem :)
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POSTMAN
- SITE ADMINISTRATOR
- Posts: 32762
- Joined: 07 Aug 2006, 03:19
- Gender: Male
Re: Windows up in your rm van
Put them down when you drive,up when you park up.That's what i do.
Have to say,this week it's been seriously hot in them!
BELFAST,without me going over the top,tell your DIM bollox!
Have to say,this week it's been seriously hot in them!
BELFAST,without me going over the top,tell your DIM bollox!
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.
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.
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stokes11eg
- EX ROYAL MAIL
- Posts: 3077
- Joined: 20 Nov 2008, 12:51
- Gender: Female
Re: Windows up in your rm van
Just read a story of four dogs being boiled to death in cars.not funny, and how any company can instruct their staff to work in this weather, with closed windows, no air con is beyond belief.-
Broxi51
- Posts: 1154
- Joined: 30 Jul 2007, 19:04
- Location: Scotland
Re: Windows up in your rm van
Definitely should be classed as cruelty to posties. Wonder if we can get some charity to fight for our cause like they do for the animals. Seriously though, this aint funny. There is a serious risk to our health. You park up all hot and sweating. Go for a walk with a bag over your shoulder and so long as you dont stop to knock at a door you start to cool down. Then you get back in the little red cremater and the sweat pours off of you again. Surely something can be done by law whether it is early starts or air con. If the heat continues then I fear someone with underlying medical problems will end up dead thanks to RM and the little red cremation vans. 
The time has come to stop turning the other cheek, time to stop shaking our heads in bitter dismay, time to stop mumbling our angry words.
The time has come for union.
The time has come for union.
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stokes11eg
- EX ROYAL MAIL
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- Gender: Female
Re: Windows up in your rm van
They are actually advising you to work in dangerous conditions--and inhumane.I do not drive for them any more, but if I did i would be taking a thermometer in the cab to record how hot it gets inside.