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Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

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countyboy
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Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by countyboy »

Anyone got any extraordinary figures for signed for items (at seperate delivery points) on one round ? Just interested ,,,I know there is a limit for high value items but anyone got any ridiculous figures that lengthend the round significantly ?
mclovin
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Re: Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by mclovin »

Not myself but a duty at my office has in one small newly built apartments complex, 98 calls, and every one of them had a recorded delivery letter from the same company on the same day.
IloveMYredTROLLEY!
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Re: Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by IloveMYredTROLLEY! »

Probably won't be the highest you will get as a reply, but I had 8 specials and 13 Recorded a few weeks back.

In theory, this is on a walk that is deemed "part-time" and therefore doable including indoor work (finishing frame; redirections; colleacting/organising Recorded and Specials into order on daily signature form; deads; 16% D2D over six days or 20% over five days (depending on who is telling the truth in our office since new agreement kicked in last month!!!); bundling up etc. on a 4.5 hour day / 22.5 hour weekly contract including 20 minute meal relief... Yeah, right! :arrrghhh

In reality, it averages:-
~2 hours per day to do indoor work, starting at 0800 most days.
~4.25 hours per day to do the walk and have entitled break (usually 30 minutes as shift is typically 5-6 hours long).
30-35 hour paid working week, with a whopping 22.5 hour pay for holidays, how fair! :Boo hoo!

Walk includes ~125 businesses on high street (so usually 5+ specials) and ~475 residential (with lots of rickity gates that ought to simply be scrapped!)
pickaname
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Re: Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by pickaname »

23 recorded and 5 sepcials a few weeks ago.

Was on the same week they weere conducting a counting exercise.

Planner was saying each delivery had an average of 6 items that needed door knocking. Rep at time wasnt buying it and asked for a count.

The sheet wasnt collected at the end of the week. I wonder why?
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Re: Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by Straight4ward »

57 was my worst.
30 specials and 27 recordeds.
Can't imagine why but I went over my time that day. LOL.
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pickaname
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Re: Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by pickaname »

Straight4ward wrote:57 was my worst.
30 specials and 27 recordeds.
Can't imagine why but I went over my time that day. LOL.
Are you a driver?

Theres a maximum limit pf how many specials you can take out.

I think its 8 unless its special circumstances like cup final or festival tickets.
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Re: Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by dvbuk55 »

mclovin wrote:Not myself but a duty at my office has in one small newly built apartments complex, 98 calls, and every one of them had a recorded delivery letter from the same company on the same day.
I had a delivery of about 600 + drops a few years ago, an urban estate of mixed semi and detached properties - there had been a planning issue in which the county council became involved and there had been a petition which had been signed by the residents, husband, wife and any over 18's and each person of the houses involved received a Recorded delivery on the same day - there must have been well over 450 all A4 - of course being the work horse that I am I took about 140 houses of which about 100 had recordeds, sometimes 2,3,4, and the rest of the delivery was taken by several others on overtime. It was one of those estates where everyone worked so you can imagine how many 739s had to be written out apart from waiting at the door and by the time I left the office I had about 2 hrs 45 to get there deliver and get back. I spoke to the DOM and said why don't we just post them and take the flack after, if there is any, he said no way.

A manager followed me out and told me he had been sent because the DOM thought I was taking the p*ss, which worried me no end, I went over my time and booked the ten minutes.
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Re: Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by Straight4ward »

No, not a driver. I was doing our local High Street. Took all the recordeds, along with the mail to start. Then did the specials in three bites as it were.
I have often argued that it's unsafe but it falls on deaf ears.
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Re: Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by OnAFlyer »

59 recordeds and a special, I had to 739 48 of the recordeds. A block of flats that usually takes 40 mins took 2hrs 30. I've had 50 recordeds on my current walk before as well.

Most i've ever seen is when large blocks of student flats get built, several times i've seen them get a recorded for every flat (several hundred).
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Re: Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by Biker Mouse »

Straight4ward wrote:No, not a driver. I was doing our local High Street. Took all the recordeds, along with the mail to start. Then did the specials in three bites as it were.
I have often argued that it's unsafe but it falls on deaf ears.
NOT acceptable! :no no
See your union rep! 8 is the max on foot...don't be fobbed off and don't try to be the hero by doing it! You will be the one who carries the can!
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Re: Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by dvbuk55 »

Watchcote wrote:
Straight4ward wrote:No, not a driver. I was doing our local High Street. Took all the recordeds, along with the mail to start. Then did the specials in three bites as it were.
I have often argued that it's unsafe but it falls on deaf ears.
NOT acceptable! :no no
See your union rep! 8 is the max on foot...don't be fobbed off and don't try to be the hero by doing it! You will be the one who carries the can!

And it's only 8 if they are not High Value, which are nominated, definitely banks and perhaps jewellers - then it is only 5 on foot, there is also a weekly limit but I don't think any one sticks to that.
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Re: Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by Straight4ward »

Don't make me laugh. Our Union man is only interested in finishing early. He sure as hell isn't going to stick around to see what happens.
Basically it's "get on with it." If anyone ever approaches me brandishing a pickaxe handle then they can have the bloody things (mind you, I might ask them for a signature, depending how big they are - only kidding!).
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Re: Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by Biker Mouse »

Straight4ward wrote:Don't make me laugh. Our Union man is only interested in finishing early. He sure as hell isn't going to stick around to see what happens.
Basically it's "get on with it." If anyone ever approaches me brandishing a pickaxe handle then they can have the bloody things (mind you, I might ask them for a signature, depending how big they are - only kidding!).
If your Union man wont support you on this then stick to the Rules and play RM at their own game. :Very Happy
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Re: Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by Acca Dacca »

I often think im in a different job from some of you.

That is unreal.

Ive done about 60 walks since I started last year and most specials i have ever had is 3, most recorded about 9
If you tolerate this, then your paid break will be next
kello22
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Re: Most signed for items on a 3.5 hour delivery,,?

Post by kello22 »

27 specials last week,all t in the park tickets