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What are the do s and dont s when being walk tested?
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ashadd
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What are the do s and dont s when being walk tested?
Do you push your bike to every house? do you lock it every time? do you take the pouch off and carry it up the the drive? Any tips and or advce would be really helpfull. 
I married my wife for her looks, but not the one she gave me when i said i was going to be a postman.
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DGP1
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Re: What are the do s and dont s when being walk tested?
If you leave to bike at the bottom of a driveway then take your bag and lock your bike.
I'm preparing myself for the zombie invasion, rule number 1 - Cardio
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Dogs of War
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Re: What are the do s and dont s when being walk tested?
When you get to each door pull the mail from the bundle don't do it as your walking from house to house.
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DGP1
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Re: What are the do s and dont s when being walk tested?
Don't cut over peoples gardens.
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el_cartero
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Re: What are the do s and dont s when being walk tested?
is this when your spied on 
one day part timers will have the same right as full timers
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ashadd
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Re: What are the do s and dont s when being walk tested?
I know the basics...and the obvious ,its the way i work everyday, ie dont sort mail between doors, flip mail for missorts before walking from from delivery point , no shortcuts etc, but how long a drive should be before you can take the pouch off and carry it to the door? And can you get away with locking your bike everytime you move away from it?
I married my wife for her looks, but not the one she gave me when i said i was going to be a postman.
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Steviea34
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Re: What are the do s and dont s when being walk tested?
Best be careful & do the job as you normally do it,our DOM says you can lock bike up every call do the job to drag out every minute, but theashadd wrote:I know the basics...and the obvious ,its the way i work everyday, ie dont sort mail between doors, flip mail for missorts before walking from from delivery point , no shortcuts etc, but how long a drive should be before you can take the pouch off and carry it to the door? And can you get away with locking your bike everytime you move away from it?
first time he sees you not doing it that way - your for it & to be honest this is probably fair
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islfor
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Re: What are the do s and dont s when being walk tested?
1. When your using a bike, leave your heavy pouch on the floor by entrance to the long path to the house & cycle quickly to the door......you will be there a lot quicker.
2. Do use your car to carry the mail and leave on the back seat in full view so that people can see that you are a postman.
3. When on a rural delivery leave all mail on the passenger seat it saves you opening the back of the van.
4. If you have a special delivery and the customer is not home, sign for it with a funny name & post it through the letter box.
5. Never take parcels back to the office if customers are out always find a safe place to keep them....i.e. hedges, door steps, wheelie bins & under cars.
6. Find a empty house on your round and put all D2D through the letter box.
7. If your using a HCT leave it with a tramp so you can both share it.
8. If you want a piss while your being tested find a letter box & piss through it.
9. Do walk over 4mph and watch the DIM jog & sweat to keep up with you.
10. Take Dim to a property with a dangerous Dog and give him a Cat to hold.
2. Do use your car to carry the mail and leave on the back seat in full view so that people can see that you are a postman.
3. When on a rural delivery leave all mail on the passenger seat it saves you opening the back of the van.
4. If you have a special delivery and the customer is not home, sign for it with a funny name & post it through the letter box.
5. Never take parcels back to the office if customers are out always find a safe place to keep them....i.e. hedges, door steps, wheelie bins & under cars.
6. Find a empty house on your round and put all D2D through the letter box.
7. If your using a HCT leave it with a tramp so you can both share it.
8. If you want a piss while your being tested find a letter box & piss through it.
9. Do walk over 4mph and watch the DIM jog & sweat to keep up with you.
10. Take Dim to a property with a dangerous Dog and give him a Cat to hold.
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Bendy72
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- Location: " Up the Boro "
Re: What are the do s and dont s when being walk tested?
islfor wrote:1. When your using a bike, leave your heavy pouch on the floor by entrance to the long path to the house & cycle quickly to the door......you will be there a lot quicker.
2. Do use your car to carry the mail and leave on the back seat in full view so that people can see that you are a postman.
3. When on a rural delivery leave all mail on the passenger seat it saves you opening the back of the van.
4. If you have a special delivery and the customer is not home, sign for it with a funny name & post it through the letter box.
5. Never take parcels back to the office if customers are out always find a safe place to keep them....i.e. hedges, door steps, wheelie bins & under cars.
6. Find a empty house on your round and put all D2D through the letter box.
7. If your using a HCT leave it with a tramp so you can both share it.
8. If you want a piss while your being tested find a letter box & piss through it.
9. Do walk over 4mph and watch the DIM jog & sweat to keep up with you.
10. Take Dim to a property with a dangerous Dog and give him a Cat to hold.
we love Parcels......
.....love backhealing them !!!
.....love backhealing them !!!
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Wessex
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ashadd
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Re: What are the do s and dont s when being walk tested?
islfor wrote:1. When your using a bike, leave your heavy pouch on the floor by entrance to the long path to the house & cycle quickly to the door......you will be there a lot quicker.
2. Do use your car to carry the mail and leave on the back seat in full view so that people can see that you are a postman.
3. When on a rural delivery leave all mail on the passenger seat it saves you opening the back of the van.
4. If you have a special delivery and the customer is not home, sign for it with a funny name & post it through the letter box.
5. Never take parcels back to the office if customers are out always find a safe place to keep them....i.e. hedges, door steps, wheelie bins & under cars.
6. Find a empty house on your round and put all D2D through the letter box.
7. If your using a HCT leave it with a tramp so you can both share it.
8. If you want a piss while your being tested find a letter box & piss through it.
9. Do walk over 4mph and watch the DIM jog & sweat to keep up with you.
10. Take Dim to a property with a dangerous Dog and give him a Cat to hold.
1. Gravels a bitch to ride over on these long drives
2. If i wear a big orangy flourescent coat with royal mail emblazed on it, people can make up there own mind if i am a postman
3. dont do rurals
4. you mean a funny name like islfor?
5. never do parcels...always fill in an advice card and take that instead
.6 now why didnt i think of that..
7. to many tramps , not enough HCTs
8...ive an asbo for doing that
9. Dom to fat to jog,anyway he could not multi task ,ie jog and sweat..
10..now thats worth thinking about..
I married my wife for her looks, but not the one she gave me when i said i was going to be a postman.
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Debbie
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- Joined: 04 Jul 2009, 20:03
- Gender: Female
Re: What are the do s and dont s when being walk tested?
islfor wrote:1. When your using a bike, leave your heavy pouch on the floor by entrance to the long path to the house & cycle quickly to the door......you will be there a lot quicker.
2. Do use your car to carry the mail and leave on the back seat in full view so that people can see that you are a postman.
3. When on a rural delivery leave all mail on the passenger seat it saves you opening the back of the van.
4. If you have a special delivery and the customer is not home, sign for it with a funny name & post it through the letter box.
5. Never take parcels back to the office if customers are out always find a safe place to keep them....i.e. hedges, door steps, wheelie bins & under cars.
6. Find a empty house on your round and put all D2D through the letter box.
7. If your using a HCT leave it with a tramp so you can both share it.
8. If you want a piss while your being tested find a letter box & piss through it.
9. Do walk over 4mph and watch the DIM jog & sweat to keep up with you.
10. Take Dim to a property with a dangerous Dog and give him a Cat to hold.
I think i might just print that off and put in office ( maybe not good idea, prob get in trouble AGAIN )
brilliant though.