What's your earliest finish ever been?

[Pegman]

Yesterday was mu earliest finish ever, 11:47, I marked the calendar

[NewPostieUK]

One day between Christmas and New Year last year, I finished at 12:20. I'm on a 25 hr contract, started at 7:45 and worked my break. I was chuffed to finish early!No undeliverables either, so didnt have to go back to office.

If your on a 25 hour contract, and ye started at 7.45 and ye worked yer break and ye finished at 12.20 and that was early - what is your contracted hours?

Im 25 hours on 9-2 ( average )

7:45 - 12:45 five hours with a 20 min break. Thanks to this forum, I now get the proper 30 min break.

[Acca Dacca]

One day between Christmas and New Year last year, I finished at 12:20. I'm on a 25 hr contract, started at 7:45 and worked my break. I was chuffed to finish early!No undeliverables either, so didnt have to go back to office.

If your on a 25 hour contract, and ye started at 7.45 and ye worked yer break and ye finished at 12.20 and that was early - what is your contracted hours?

Im 25 hours on 9-2 ( average )

7:45 - 12:45 five hours with a 20 min break. Thanks to this forum, I now get the proper 30 min break.

Ah so you only finished 5 mins early. Take it your over most days then?

[rhino49]

I was once back home by 06:00, but I had gone in on my day off by mistake

[OnAFlyer]

I was once back home by 06:00, but I had gone in on my day off by mistake

Everyone keeps going on about how they hate the job so much, but some actually make the mistake of going in on a day off I actually still like the job but count down the days till i'm off

[Stormproof]

I was once back home by 06:00, but I had gone in on my day off by mistake

Everyone keeps going on about how they hate the job so much, but some actually make the mistake of going in on a day off I actually still like the job but count down the days till i'm off

I went in not knowing it was my day off because I was on leave the previous week and they don't send duty sheets out to people on A/L anymore. So stick that in yer pipe

[tbi1959]

Getting up at around 12 ish on a saturday after a night shift, and sitting in the chair with a cuppa tea and smiling to myself thinking i'm still being paid till 4.00pm

[NewPostieUK]

One day between Christmas and New Year last year, I finished at 12:20. I'm on a 25 hr contract, started at 7:45 and worked my break. I was chuffed to finish early!No undeliverables either, so didnt have to go back to office.

If your on a 25 hour contract, and ye started at 7.45 and ye worked yer break and ye finished at 12.20 and that was early - what is your contracted hours?

Im 25 hours on 9-2 ( average )

7:45 - 12:45 five hours with a 20 min break. Thanks to this forum, I now get the proper 30 min break.

Ah so you only finished 5 mins early. Take it your over most days then?

Most days, yes. I thought I was finishing 5 mins early, but in reality should have had a 30 min break so was actually finishing 5 mins late!

[Acca Dacca]

One day between Christmas and New Year last year, I finished at 12:20. I'm on a 25 hr contract, started at 7:45 and worked my break. I was chuffed to finish early!No undeliverables either, so didnt have to go back to office.

If your on a 25 hour contract, and ye started at 7.45 and ye worked yer break and ye finished at 12.20 and that was early - what is your contracted hours?

Im 25 hours on 9-2 ( average )

7:45 - 12:45 five hours with a 20 min break. Thanks to this forum, I now get the proper 30 min break.

Ah so you only finished 5 mins early. Take it your over most days then?

Most days, yes. I thought I was finishing 5 mins early, but in reality should have had a 30 min break so was actually finishing 5 mins late!

Thats crap mate - hope you claim

[NewPostieUK]

7:45 - 12:45 five hours with a 20 min break. Thanks to this forum, I now get the proper 30 min break.

Ah so you only finished 5 mins early. Take it your over most days then?

Most days, yes. I thought I was finishing 5 mins early, but in reality should have had a 30 min break so was actually finishing 5 mins late![/quote]

Thats crap mate - hope you claim[/quote]

Older, wiser...claim for every minute now.

[Godric]

Christmas Eve 1990 (monday) 6.50am ... first time we ever did a sunday delivery ... the next day we ended up with hardly any mail .. i ended up with 2 small bundles of mail for my delivery ... i remember it as it was my first christmas with royal mail ... and yes the christmas bonus was £100 back then as well along with a box of thorntons chocolates

[beachy head]

xmas eve 1992 home indoors at 6.55 am
mate of mine rang me after he finished his delivery at 9.30 am he had driven 40 miles and was on the ferry to france !!!!!!!

[clagnet]

I once got out of the van at 7pm and i was home for 8.10.
Bang on an hour to do the round.
Usually though it took 1hour 45 on a good saturday.
Don't know how we ever made a profit cos we all used to toss it off in the old days(even managers) and there was no such thing as part time.I'd often only work about 30 hours a week.
Now i'm going like the clappers to finish on my time and i'm lucky if i'm all square at the end of the week,covering walks when i'm forced,4 or 5 more bags of mail and full time is the minority.Yet RM is absolutely skint(apparently).

[mailroyaly]

barely finished later than 9AM ever, that's why we all loved the job, public got their mail b4 goin' to work, they think RM is gr8, we think RM is great, everyones a winner. Unlike today where public, postmen, everyone thinks RM is s**t.
:mfo :cfo

[slinger]

Earliest ever for me was 8.59am on a Saturday, maybe 5 years ago - I actually legged it round so I could go and watch a football match. I think it actually took me 2 hours from first letter to last, when it would normally take me 3 hours of "not mucking about" walking.

I remember the earliest being out on a round was first letter delivered at 6.20am, when it's 20 minutes to get out there aswell! - Pitch black for the first couple of hours pretty much.

At the moment even rurals aren't getting out before 8am any day and more often than not 8.30 or later.