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bag drops

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DGP1
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Re: bag drops

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stokes11eg wrote:
DGP1 wrote:
wolfie citizen smith wrote:
infidel wrote:driver should drop you off first ,then continue with drops ,brain that idiot has couldnt drive, :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:
drivers drop posties off if there walk is in the outer limits
It could be worse, it could be The Twilight Zone :nervous You're traveling through another duty -- a duty not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's a signpost up ahead: your next stop: the Twilight Zone!
:crazy: been on the whacky backy again?
The 2 great anthology series from the 60's, The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone and TBH sometimes I do think I've gone through that door and entered another dimension.
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stokes11eg
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Re: bag drops

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:crazy: Yes, iiremeber those, and quatermass , and the day of the trifids--still trying to make a connection between drop bags and the teilight zone--but I'm sure there is one somewhere.Have a nice day, hic!
DGP1
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Re: bag drops

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stokes11eg wrote::crazy: Yes, iiremeber those, and quatermass , and the day of the trifids--still trying to make a connection between drop bags and the teilight zone--but I'm sure there is one somewhere.Have a nice day, hic!
Read Wolfies post :wink:
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muckyboots
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Re: bag drops

Post by muckyboots »

Postie558 wrote: Packet wise, I'm quite lenient. We have the famous template around somewhere, and I believe the official line (or maybe a local 'rule') is that drivers are supposed to take shoe box sized or bigger.
never seen the template. thought it was a myth the management was putting around to show they actually have rules to follow :left:
rottweiler
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Re: bag drops

Post by rottweiler »

i go around and ask all the chaps what packets they want dropping off for them. also heavy loads. and i try not to keep any one waiting for bags. have to say some bag drops are not safe though. weely bins! for instance.
dejavu
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Re: bag drops

Post by dejavu »

rottweiler wrote:i go around and ask all the chaps what packets they want dropping off for them. also heavy loads. and i try not to keep any one waiting for bags. have to say some bag drops are not safe though. weely bins! for instance.
We have a bag drop at the door of the local spar. Usually about 3-4 bags can all be left piled in the shop next to the door :d'oh!