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Cast Iron Bladders?

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Straight4ward
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Re: Cast Iron Bladders?

Post by Straight4ward »

Back of the van with a Lucozade bottle
Enough of your sexual predilections, DGP, but what do you do when you need to pee?
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dvbuk55
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Re: Cast Iron Bladders?

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Lounge Lizard wrote:Mine's always been 4 hours quieter days, 5 hours busier days, 6 hours Christmas pressure, 7 hours snow and ice :sad: but being a Rural there's always remote places for a call of nature. :Very Happy
NOT on frosty days though, because it looks like the tree.shed. fence is on fire.

Actually it is a serious subject and it does no good to stretch the bladder by holding your water - it must be a particular problem for women on delivery - blokes can pretty well mask what they are doing but a woman can't.
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Re: Cast Iron Bladders?

Post by DGP1 »

Straight4ward wrote:
Back of the van with a Lucozade bottle
Enough of your sexual predilections, DGP, but what do you do when you need to pee?
Honestly doctor, I slipped and fell on it :wink: :nervous
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Re: Cast Iron Bladders?

Post by creedscat »

Im fitter than most, do the gym regulary, well when i aint completly f****d. I dont do it as regulary anymore because of this job,Prob 2 or 3 times a week now as this job takes its toll, ie complete burnout, sore joints etc, and im only 33 ffs.
We have that many people in our office atm on light duties due to injuries etc caused on walks, due to the increase in work,bulkmail,more packets etc, think this is the sign of the times for many.

Apparently lord lucan,(our rep) turned up the other day and said soon we wont be using mail bags :crazy: as we will be working from a trolley now, as we wll push it to the end of every garden, i said well that shouldput another hour or so on my walk then as you cant cut through gardens etc, plus the drivers will take the work out for flats/maisonettes etc, f**k me they dont do the packets for them atm, nevermind deliver the mail.

As for taking a piss, just do what someone in our office does and piss yourself instead.
dvbuk55
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Re: Cast Iron Bladders?

Post by dvbuk55 »

DGP1 wrote:
Straight4ward wrote:
Back of the van with a Lucozade bottle
Enough of your sexual predilections, DGP, but what do you do when you need to pee?
Honestly doctor, I slipped and fell on it :wink: :nervous
A likely story that you have tried time and again at casualty - just how clumsy can one man be, well when I say 1 man......... - also what excuse did you use when you got something stuck in the neck of the bottle :whistle
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Re: Cast Iron Bladders?

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dvbuk55 wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:Mine's always been 4 hours quieter days, 5 hours busier days, 6 hours Christmas pressure, 7 hours snow and ice :sad: but being a Rural there's always remote places for a call of nature. :Very Happy
NOT on frosty days though, because it looks like the tree.shed. fence is on fire.

Actually it is a serious subject and it does no good to stretch the bladder by holding your water - it must be a particular problem for women on delivery - blokes can pretty well mask what they are doing but a woman can't.

It is a serious issue....where is Dave Joyce these days?,he seems to be very quiet.
Anyway this is his work.
Welfare facilities & Toilets
Due to the potential for delivery staff to be away from their unit for extended periods of time
it is necessary to ensure there is suitable and sufficient access to welfare facilities particularly
sanitary conveniences. Access to toilets is a human right – doing without is not an option and
where there are no toilets available on the delivery walk or adjacent delivery walks then a
return to the unit is necessary.
Of course that was never agreed with Royal Mail so it's kind of pointless flannel really. :cuppa
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dvbuk55
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Re: Cast Iron Bladders?

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fishtank wrote:Welfare facilities & Toilets
Due to the potential for delivery staff to be away from their unit for extended periods of time
it is necessary to ensure there is suitable and sufficient access to welfare facilities particularly
sanitary conveniences. Access to toilets is a human right – doing without is not an option and
where there are no toilets available on the delivery walk or adjacent delivery walks then a
return to the unit is necessary.

Of course that was never agreed with Royal Mail so it's kind of pointless flannel really. :cuppa
Any idea what RMs take on the situation is FT? No let me guess :speak to the hand
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Re: Cast Iron Bladders?

Post by fishtank »

dvbuk55 wrote: Any idea what RMs take on the situation is FT? No let me guess :speak to the hand
Managing Fatigue and Staff Welfare

When planning duties with flexible spans the following welfare issues need to be considered:
• Pegasus should be fully exploited to identify appropriate toilet facilities and include these in walk-logs.

I think that means you have to piss in your walk log. :confused :chuckle
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Re: Cast Iron Bladders?

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fishtank wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote: Any idea what RMs take on the situation is FT? No let me guess :speak to the hand
Managing Fatigue and Staff Welfare

When planning duties with flexible spans the following welfare issues need to be considered:
• Pegasus should be fully exploited to identify appropriate toilet facilities and include these in walk-logs.

I think that means you have to piss in your walk log. :confused :chuckle
:chuckle :chuckle Thanks for that ft, but I think I'll stick to my pants :cuppa
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Re: Cast Iron Bladders?

Post by DGP1 »

fishtank wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote: Any idea what RMs take on the situation is FT? No let me guess :speak to the hand
Managing Fatigue and Staff Welfare

When planning duties with flexible spans the following welfare issues need to be considered:
• Pegasus should be fully exploited to identify appropriate toilet facilities and include these in walk-logs.

I think that means you have to piss in your walk log. :confused :chuckle
Are you taking the piss now :nervous ...........................I'll get me coat :chuckle :chuckle
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