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The "How was your day" thread.

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norfolk n chance
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by norfolk n chance »

well its my week off but i was still there at 5am on the picket line :dance

proud of everyone 100% out and a great turn out on the gate :nana ....downfall i had time to go shopping with the Mrs after :d'oh!
heapsy
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by heapsy »

Down to the picket line at 5am (had a little lie in due to the beers and getting to bed gone midnight) Good turnout again. Think there were 2 crossed the picket. 1 was a part timer starting later. Spirit amongst the posties is pretty high. Hopefully the pressure will take its toal on RM and they will see sense in the end. :roll:
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by robmacca »

We were told we couldn't book O/T and only frame in mail to take us up to our time (no cutting off allowed).

Thankfully doing the job properly has rewards - those of us who have been doing the job properly were still able to book O/T, while all those who come in early, rush around, use cars etc had to do it for 'free'. :left: A very satisfying day indeed.................

(Meanwhile, this Monday saw an increased backlog compared to last Monday)
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norfolk n chance
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by norfolk n chance »

late off the sorting because of the amount of mail, lot's of York's left for tomorrow :crazy:
stream the mail loads of mail left on top, same again tomorrow :whistle
whenwilltheylisten
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by whenwilltheylisten »

great heapsy gone on holiday :nana :nana :dance :dance
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by rhino49 »

whenwilltheylisten wrote:great heapsy gone on holiday :nana :nana :dance :dance
Not yet mate - and I suspect he just read this lol
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Stormproof »

Light on the mech, heavy on the flats especially Sky Mags. Got absoultely drenched, have'nt seen it rain so hard for a long time, could'nt deliver to a couple of houses because the driveways were flooded. Thumbs up for the CAT shoes my feet stayed dry for a change, just a shame the rest of me did'nt.
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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rhino49
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by rhino49 »

Stormproof wrote:Light on the mech, heavy on the flats especially Sky Mags. Got absoultely drenched, have'nt seen it rain so hard for a long time, could'nt deliver to a couple of houses because the driveways were flooded. Thumbs up for the CAT shoes my feet stayed dry for a change, just a shame the rest of me did'nt.
......but I thought you were Stormproof lol.
Seriously though, it is so good to have decent footwear available again. I have taken a couple of weeks to soften up my issue Doc Martens boots and after treating them with DM's own brand balsam they shed every drop of water today. Not a bit like the Magnum sponges we were wearing last year.
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norfolk n chance
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by norfolk n chance »

heavy again today esp for a Tuesday .. :hmmmm ....cant think why .... :whistle

missed the rain it had stopped by the time i got out :dance
ad0128
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by ad0128 »

soaked

office backlog getting bigger as OT ban bites

had to leave over half the packets and felt bad as I know many of the customers.

oh and relief postie didnt do any d2d's yesterday :roll:
dohnut
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by dohnut »

Horrendous day, one of the busiest I have seen. And on top of that got pissed wet through.



'MOD' just realised your website time is still 1 hour fast sort it :so there
ad0128
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by ad0128 »

awful

backlog got bigger again despite most in office doing an hour or two OT

dunno what will happen tommorow going into friday/monday

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Post by DGP1 »

dohnut wrote:Horrendous day, one of the busiest I have seen. And on top of that got pissed wet through.



'MOD' just realised your website time is still 1 hour fast sort it :so there
You need to adjust the time on the user control panel to UTC from UTC +1.
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digitaljudge
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by digitaljudge »

was an extra heavy day, after RM forcing extra mail thru thinking we where going to clear the backlog & trying to force the 30m flex... my whole was the reply, did not complete duty, brought it back :wave :wave seems this will now be the norm
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Stormproof »

loads of mailsort, i reckon they pushed loads through because of the pending strikes, hopefully tomorrow will be light(er).
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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