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The "How was your day" thread.

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
Stormproof
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Stormproof »

Wish our reps would do a deal so we could get out early, one seems to be in bed with the DOM and the other seems to have no interest anymore.
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets


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razor
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by razor »

Easy day yesterday, no missort run, 3 mech bundles, a few letters, the flats i could carry with one hand. Out for 8:15am and back for 11:00am :cool

Probably going to suffer for it today... but I'm hopeful.. :pray
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Post by DGP1 »

Out to my time again today (and that's with an hour taken off me :nervous ), the heat is totally draining me and causing me to go a lot slower than I would normally. :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
I'm preparing myself for the zombie invasion, rule number 1 - Cardio
heapsy
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Post by heapsy »

Busy day today. Packets were ok, but the mail was heavy. Waited around in the office for a bit due to a delay with the missorts, only to be told to go out because they had 13! yes 13! boxes for us at the mail centre. :shock: Very hot and humid, everybody seems to be coping for now, but this won't last if the heat continues.
norfolk n chance
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by norfolk n chance »

crap day today, loads of mail and with the intense heat the water in my bottle was bubbling :arrrghhh
finished about 5 minutes before my time.
I headed straight to the pub :dance the beer was cold there!
dohnut
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Post by dohnut »

norfolk n chance wrote:crap day today, loads of mail and with the intense heat the water in my bottle was bubbling :arrrghhh
finished about 5 minutes before my time.
I headed straight to the pub :dance the beer was cold there!
No offence but if the water was bubbling in your bottle it would of been 100 deg celcius, then again you could be joking and I might of lost the plot :coolr
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Post by DGP1 »

dohnut wrote:
norfolk n chance wrote:crap day today, loads of mail and with the intense heat the water in my bottle was bubbling :arrrghhh
finished about 5 minutes before my time.
I headed straight to the pub :dance the beer was cold there!
No offence but if the water was bubbling in your bottle it would of been 100 deg celcius, then again you could be joking and I might of lost the plot :coolr
Anyone with a chilli as an avatar probably likes it hot :crazy: :crazy:
I'm preparing myself for the zombie invasion, rule number 1 - Cardio
ad0128
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Post by ad0128 »

hot as fook

van was blowing hot air at me too :cry
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Post by DGP1 »

ad0128 wrote:hot as fook

van was blowing hot air at me too :cry
Are you sure you didn't have a manager behind the dashboard :nervous
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dohnut
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Post by dohnut »

far to warm today for me, as I was writing out a p739? card, Sweat was dripping of my hat onto the ground like it was raining lol :oops:
tiredwalker
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Post by tiredwalker »

Well cut off today for the first time in three weeks, Did not have the problems informing the manager that I usually have, in fact it was rather easy which is suppicious in its self. Good job I did cut off as with the heavy load today and excessive heat still went over my time.
krussel
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Post by krussel »

dohnut wrote:far to warm today for me, as I was writing out a p739? card, Sweat was dripping of my hat onto the ground like it was raining lol :oops:

:Very Happy :Very Happy

I had the same problem with it running into my eyes. Its the worst bit when you stop walking and stand at a door with the sun blazing into your back :sad:
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
norfolk n chance
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dohnut wrote:
norfolk n chance wrote:crap day today, loads of mail and with the intense heat the water in my bottle was bubbling :arrrghhh
finished about 5 minutes before my time.
I headed straight to the pub :dance the beer was cold there!
No offence but if the water was bubbling in your bottle it would of been 100 deg celcius, then again you could be joking and I might of lost the plot :coolr
yep i was joking :crazy:


today was hot again hotter than yesterday.
i had a doleite tell me not complain about the heat, i told her to try working in it the idle cow :arrrghhh
NWpostie
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Post by NWpostie »

bloody hot today in fact the past three days was BLOODY hot, I took to wearing a hat, its the only way to protect my head, we got held back for a huddle about new ways of working, ended up going out late, waste of time really, son of starburst returns, nobody thinks it will work neither do I, too many pitfalls, just like last time, so we are hoping the idea will be kicked into the long grass, ended up feeling tired, sometimes, I couldn't put the full effort in the Gym due to the heat, if I go home I just fall asleep.

In the old days, goodI am old, we used to start at 5am and finish before 1pm before the heat gets worse, these days I am out in it later and its killing. :sad:
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heapsy
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Post by heapsy »

Thursday and today were both really busy again. Packets were not quite as bad today. Numbers on the IPS are up and down and we started walk lapsing this week. Chucked it down today, but doesn't seem to have cooled things down that much.