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The "How was your day" thread.

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Loads on. Flats and DSA galore! Tons of packets. Hurrah! dry for once.
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I done a walk today that only took 3 hours 35 :shock:

dont tell the boss :shhhhh
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Was going quite well until I was threatend with being taken down conduct code for putting in a grievance.

What has the World of RM come to.
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absolute piss take of a day, this has to be the busiest day I have experienced since working for this hell hole of a company, didnt get out till 10.30 and have only just finished, 1 and 1/2 packet bags, shed load of sky mags, plus about 7 trays of letters, 5 trays of flays ect took over 3 hours to throw it up what a joke, seriously considering sacking it off and looking for a 'PROPER' job. :sad:
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awful day. same duty as yesterday took 40 mins longer

no vans to take people out, taxi's used, managers wandering around smoking and drinking coffee. Parcels now have a bigger backlog than during strikes......but christmas staffing doesnt start until 7th december

No volunteers for sunday :shock:
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Thursday, heavy. Plenty of mags and packets but at least it was dry. Today was horrendous. Not just because there was more mail than yesterday, but because there were hardly peeps on the IPS. Finally got off the IPS just as the DOM called out for break time, 08.40! This was from 05.45, with only our usual 15 minute break for boxing off and bagging off. Finally got out at 11am and finished just after 3pm. Pissed down all day.
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Sore throat just as i left work,bet my DIM has an headache :left:
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It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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WTF happened today, its like we stepped back in time.... :confused arrived for work as usual everyone was gone, manager was in a happy mood and I had hardly any post to deliver. To make things even better i got a van to use. Finished 1 hour under time. Result.... :Very Happy
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Yesterday it was just like a normal week day - seriously.

We get 2 wagons bring in mail in the morning and the second one generally comes in at around 6.45am, yesterday was 7.05am and as per usual in recent times, which is every single day everyone was called back on sorting to finish off - this is rural staff who have already done their IPS. As we have so many PTers now we just don't have the staff on IPS anymore. It's getting worse and worse.

The only reprieve is on Sats we can "take were we are going" with mailsort.
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It has been a complete nightmare recently, everyday I've had a full york of packets everyday plus lots of smaller ones :sad: plus the amounts of letters and flats have gone through the roof, on Saturday I had 8 trays of code sorted letters plus the same in flats.
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The only reprieve is on Sats we can "take were we are going" with mailsort.
Reprieve!! National Agreement,no MS on sat . :no no
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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Did it rain today or what :shock: :shock:

The first 2 hours it chucked down then stopped :dance but then a freeezing wind and in wet clothes :sad:

Mail was not so bad as late with less packets but really did'nt notice, was to busy getting pissed on.
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POSTMAN wrote:
The only reprieve is on Sats we can "take were we are going" with mailsort.
Reprieve!! National Agreement,no MS on sat . :no no
What! we can leave it out?
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slinger wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:
The only reprieve is on Sats we can "take were we are going" with mailsort.
Reprieve!! National Agreement,no MS on sat . :no no
What! we can leave it out?
Yep, you don't have to take MS on a Saturday.
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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slinger wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:
The only reprieve is on Sats we can "take were we are going" with mailsort.
Reprieve!! National Agreement,no MS on sat . :no no
What! we can leave it out?
Yep we do at my DO.

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e)Saturday attendances will be significantly shorter than weekday attendances. To assist this Mailsort 3 need not be scheduled for delivery and missort runs should be rescheduled to enable an earlier start on town residential delivery routes.
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