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sorting packets into red sleeves

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sorting packets into red sleeves

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im sure many of you like myself have sorted packets into red sleeves. correct? im sure many of you like me have been told from time to time to"GET A MOVE ON" correct? pretty fair when your chattin too much or havin a laugh. agreed? but have any of you ever been told by a manager SORRY supervisor that you are "throwing them wrong"?????? interesting to see what any union reps or ppl who sort packets all the time have to say on this. my target is 20 replies so get crackin
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Red sleeves? Is this a MC or DO question?
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.
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Re: sorting packets

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M.C surely you have sorted into them tho!
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Not in a DO,we GET them in the sleeves,you work in a MC then yes?
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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yea only posted because in 20 years service that is the most moronic thing a supervisor has ever said to me
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Re: sorting packets into red sleeves

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Ok,will move this to the MC forum.And edited the title.
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.
samf
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Re: sorting packets into red sleeves

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great thanks for your help mate
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Re: sorting packets into red sleeves

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Not anough information in you post really about what was so wrong.
I can think of ways you could throw them "wrong".
facing away from the york and flicking them backwards over your shoulder. :shock:
seriously if we got totally p.c or extreme about health and safety you could walk to every york and "drop" packets in.
this would radically cut your sorting rate!
A short throw 3 or 4 feet preferably not over anyone else's head! i don't see a problem with that.
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Re: sorting packets into red sleeves

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i was sorting into a (bullring) i was working on my own. bin sortin packets for a pretty long timebut have never been told off for that. baffled me thats all, my opinion of this supervisor has gone way down
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I'm not on sorting packets much these days. I'm not boasting, but I think I'm a quite fast sorter,
and I think most of the managers I've worked with would agree with that. I've never had any problems
with most of the managers I've worked with in almost 30 years. But I was talking with someone on my
frame and did wave my right hand about, to emphasise something I was saying, and a manager (not a
regular one on that work area) came running over to shout at me to 'SORT!'.
To be honest I was totally shocked by his attitude. I was still sorting about 3-4 times faster than most
people in that work area. On reflection I think i should have 'pannelled out' and if something like that
happens again I probably will.
Perhaps you should consider doing that too.
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I was still sorting about 3-4 times faster than most
people in that work area
Or about 1/2 the speed of DO staff :wink: :nervous :nervous
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Re: sorting packets into red sleeves

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DGP1 wrote:
I was still sorting about 3-4 times faster than most
people in that work area
Or about 1/2 the speed of DO staff :wink: :nervous :nervous
You don't know how fast I can sort! :nana
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Re: sorting packets into red sleeves

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baldrick wrote:
DGP1 wrote:
I was still sorting about 3-4 times faster than most
people in that work area
Or about 1/2 the speed of DO staff :wink: :nervous :nervous
You don't know how fast I can sort! :nana
I know it's not as fast as the dancing banana :chuckle :chuckle
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youwot!!!!!
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Re: sorting packets into red sleeves

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DGP1 wrote:
I was still sorting about 3-4 times faster than most
people in that work area
Or about 1/2 the speed of DO staff :wink: :nervous :nervous


only because mail centre staff are NOT working flat out to get an early finish.maybe if you learnt to pace yourself better there may be less job losses in the future.
who the hell invests £2 billion into a servic and makes it worse?????????????
you really couldn't make it up!!!!!!!!!!!
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wot you up to youwot!!!!! ??
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.