Royal Mail are not going out of business, the government won't let it happen!
I got swapped onto a rural from a town at 8am today........a year ago I would have thrown a fit but just got on with it, got out at 10.30 with 10 trays, at 1.30 I cut off and took 5 trays back, and got thanked for my effort, didn't know the bloody rural mind you but that's not the point, point is go in at 6, work your 8 hours abd then go home, stress free, do your best, don't take the piss, it's still a nice easy stress free job as long as you do it properly!
It's about getting your head around working your hours, once you do that the job becomes ok again :)