I WAS CALLED THE 'S' WORD TODAY!

citypostie · Post by **citypostie** » 22 Oct 2009, 21:37

Got asked loads of times why I wasn't striking but when I explained I would be on friday everyone was friendly and didn't start screaming at me that I was killing Royal Mail as you woud expect if you read alot of comments online from the public. One set of builders called me a "arse licking scab" to which i replied f- off I'm no scab and have never crossed a picket line and never will.

HESS · Post by **HESS** » 22 Oct 2009, 21:39

Same as everyone else today....I got 'the question' (don't even wanna type it out..!!) , but being on a rural I had to drive a van...!! Although we can explain to the punters on the street......but not the drivers of every car that passed,felt so uneasy.......I wanted to chase every car to wherever,get them to roll down the window and ease my conscious by saying"I'm out tmrw"....!!!

Post by **POSTMAN** » 22 Oct 2009, 22:06

What a weird thread!
Started of with the abuse,but thinking about it,that's kind of a good thing if members of the public thought that we were scabbing,if you get my drift.
Then the support from OUR customers,the customers we see every day,i had that today as well,in fact one old dear called RM 'bastards' .

RoyalQuest · Post by **RoyalQuest** » 23 Oct 2009, 18:25

HQ need to sort this out by giving more detailed info to the press, on my walk today was called scab once but asked by about 30 of my regular customers what the hell i was doing working

, added about 30 minute to my duty (went over) explaining my postion. No doubt i will have the same next week but will have to explain this over 2 days as the media are telling everyone it's a 3 day strike

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Babycarl · Post by **Babycarl** » 23 Oct 2009, 19:06

I was in the same boat, today. Why aren't we striking together?

Phantom · Post by **Phantom** » 23 Oct 2009, 19:16

If you work in delivery and have been delivering today then you are a scab! or do you mean you worked yesterday and was called a scab?

Babycarl · Post by **Babycarl** » 23 Oct 2009, 19:25

I'm a postie, but my Do is attached to a mail center. So all our staff were on strike yesterday (22nd) and returned to work today.

jaja · Post by **jaja** » 23 Oct 2009, 19:27

Phantom wrote:If you work in delivery and have been delivering today then you are a scab! or do you mean you worked yesterday and was called a scab?

bluebite79 wrote: by bluebite79 » Today, 18:25 HQ need to sort this out by giving more detailed info to the press, on my walk today

looks like he is a scab

itllnottouchyou · Post by **itllnottouchyou** » 23 Oct 2009, 19:36

I had that same problem yesterday with people thinking i was breaking the strike i felt like a stuck record

Post by **Sparrowhawk** » 23 Oct 2009, 19:39

He IS NOT a "strike breaker" !

His D.O. is within a mail centre therefore he was on strike WITH mail centre staff on THURSDAY !
Please get your facts right before calling people names

jaja · Post by **jaja** » 23 Oct 2009, 19:43

Scottishlass wrote: He IS NOT a "strike breaker" !
His D.O. is within a mail centre therefore he was on strike WITH mail centre staff on THURSDAY !
Please get your facts right before calling people names

Fair enough sorry Bluebite although it was a little confusing better if you put in the dates

itllnottouchyou · Post by **itllnottouchyou** » 23 Oct 2009, 19:45

Scottishlass wrote: He IS NOT a "strike breaker" !
His D.O. is within a mail centre therefore he was on strike WITH mail centre staff on THURSDAY !
Please get your facts right before calling people names

Go girl give him a piece of your mind

steviemac · Post by **steviemac** » 23 Oct 2009, 19:55

two different parts of the business your strike day is friday not confusing at all , attached to mail centre matters not .

johnnyp · Post by **johnnyp** » 23 Oct 2009, 20:03

Hang on a sec im confused now,i thought all deliverys including those in mail centres were on strike today.I had a delivery yesterday but not today and they work out of a Mail Center.

harry09 · Post by **harry09** » 23 Oct 2009, 20:05

I spent half my time today explaining why i was working today had a few people call me a scab (most likely fellow posties) and had a little old dear say dont worry about if you get called one of those strike breakers dear i think its good to see you out....
Jesus do you know how hard it is explaining the differnce between a Mail center and a Delivery office? Must admit it was fun people were looking at me like the lesser spotted postman, as they all think we are out for 2 days.... But got to say everyone was behind me and people are understanding more .....

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Delivering mail today, but not a scab!!

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i am not a scab