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Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
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baldrick
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Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
Posters have been put up in our MC saying that RM are trialling packet/parcel deliveries in some areas,
between 7-11pm, and that anyone who is interested in doing these should speak to their manager.
The poster says that 7-11pm deliveries are being trialled because these are what customers want.
As a customer I would want my mail delivered before I go to work, not at 11pm.
between 7-11pm, and that anyone who is interested in doing these should speak to their manager.
The poster says that 7-11pm deliveries are being trialled because these are what customers want.
As a customer I would want my mail delivered before I go to work, not at 11pm.
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Blade Runner
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Re: Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
Anyone knocking on my door at 11pm would get the dog set on them. (And I don't mean the wife.) 
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DGP1
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Re: Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
11pm is way past my bed time, anyone coming to my door at that time is going to have to explain to the police what they're doing

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Postman Plodd
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Re: Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
Postman Plodd wrote:11pm is way past my bed time, anyone coming to my door at that time is going to have to explain to their proctologist what they''d been doing to end up with an lp firmly wedged in their anal cleft![]()
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chelseachris
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Re: Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
The way the walks are going they will have us out to 11pm delivering 
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Richie89
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Re: Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
I did packets on OT after my round last christmas (2-6), couldnt see the door numbers after 4pm so often had to park at the bottom of a street that i didnt know and walk up and down till I found the right house. I did about 5 or less packets an hour once it got dark.
How do they expect people to deliver after 10pm, crazy.
How do they expect people to deliver after 10pm, crazy.
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Postman Plodd
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Re: Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
Im with you on the hard to see angle they'll need to supply us with a miners helmet mounted torch which could prove handy as we'll be ripe for any nutcase and would be mugger. Some of the walks i do you wouldnt go there in broad daylight unless youre paid to, never mind at night. And as has been said people want their post earlier not stupidly bloody late.
What brand of glue are the c**nts that thought this up huffing?
What brand of glue are the c**nts that thought this up huffing?
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baldrick
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Re: Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
There are estates in London where pizza delivery guys have been killed for a pizza or the
small amount of money they were carrying.
I certainly wouldn't want to be delivering after dark in some areas in London.
small amount of money they were carrying.
I certainly wouldn't want to be delivering after dark in some areas in London.
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POSTMAN
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Re: Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
Crazy s**t. 
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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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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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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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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janitor
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Re: Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
Blimey you must work in a posh area doors with numbers are becoming a rarity round here.Richie89 wrote:I did packets on OT after my round last christmas (2-6), couldn't see the door numbers after 4pm so often had to park at the bottom of a street that i didnt know and walk up and down till I found the right house. I did about 5 or less packets an hour once it got dark.
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I think RM have been looking at this for a while, as people seem to complain about parcels arriving while there at work, think 11pm is pushing it a bit though, as anything after 9pm your going to get yelled at for waking the kids, or frightening old people, but you will probably find RM are trialing this at the request of internet shopping firms.
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Lounge Lizard
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Re: Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
11pm
Many women will be dressed for bed and might be reluctant to answer the door.

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dvbuk55
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Re: Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
Or not, as the case may beLounge Lizard wrote:11pmMany women will be dressed for bed and might be reluctant to answer the door.
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We have a fair bit of stuff delivered via various couriers and I don't believe we have had anyone whose service was later than 8 pm.
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fishtank
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Re: Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
Not being sexist but should a female colleague be out delivering alone at 11pm just as the pubs chuck out?
I wouldn't be comfortable with this at all.
Is this a duty of care issue?
I wouldn't be comfortable with this at all.
Is this a duty of care issue?
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springs
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Re: Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
i was told this is for Amazon products and possibly several other big retailers as well and that choice of delivery time is chosen by the addressee at time of buying.
so if that's the time you choose then i hope the person opening the door wont start crying at the postman if he knocks your door at 11pm you no exactly what you could be letting yourself in for if that's the delivery time you choose. :lfo
so if that's the time you choose then i hope the person opening the door wont start crying at the postman if he knocks your door at 11pm you no exactly what you could be letting yourself in for if that's the delivery time you choose. :lfo
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DGP1
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Re: Packet Deliveries 7-11pm
Choosing a time for deliverysprings wrote:i was told this is for Amazon products and possibly several other big retailers as well and that choice of delivery time is chosen by the addressee at time of buying.
so if that's the time you choose then i hope the person opening the door wont start crying at the postman if he knocks your door at 11pm you no exactly what you could be letting yourself in for if that's the delivery time you choose. :lfo
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