ROYAL Mail workers are facing disciplinary action after they played a spoof Britney Spears song at work.
Bosses are looking at the behaviour of some staff at the Royal Mail delivery office in Slatyford Lane, Newcastle, after they were given a communal iPod to brighten up their day.
The disciplinary issue centres around workers playing an "offensive" joke version of the Britney Spears' song, Oops! . . . I Did it Again.
Post Office bosses confiscated the £300 iPod, which had been introduced as part of a Royal Mail scheme to improve the workplace.
The 100-strong Newcastle workforce were each allowed to put a few favourite tracks on the iPod so they could listen to their own music while sorting the mail.
But problems developed after the spoof Britney track was heard by bosses.
A Royal Mail spokesman said: "A disciplinary issue is being investigated at this delivery office and we cannot comment. Royal Mail has an absolute policy of respect for all, and total opposition to any form of harassment."
But staff are furious, and one worker, who did not wish to be named, said: "We're up in arms about the destruction of our beloved communal iPod."
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Oops, they've lost their ipod
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Hope they clean their ears!!
Couldn't use an Ipod shared by 100 others 
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.
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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Screw wrote:Royal Mail has an absolute policy of respect for all, and total opposition to any form of harassment.
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.
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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SHAME THE BASTARDS INVESTIGATING MY CASE DIDNT SAY N DO THAT
ABSOLUTE POLICE STATE THEY MENT!!!! AND NO RESPECT...... AS FOR TOTAL OPPOSITION TO ANY FORM OF HARASSMENT???????
f**k RITE OFF!! ASK BIG DAVE FROM BURSLEM AND COUNTLESS OTHERS, ME INCLUDED IF THIS IS RIGHT?????
OUT....
DONT LET THE IPOD GRIND YA DOWN.... JUST SING TO THE BASTARDS "WOOLY BULLY" LIKE WE DID IN ELMC....
THEY DIDNT LIKE THAT UP EM!!!
f**k RITE OFF!! ASK BIG DAVE FROM BURSLEM AND COUNTLESS OTHERS, ME INCLUDED IF THIS IS RIGHT?????
OUT....
DONT LET THE IPOD GRIND YA DOWN.... JUST SING TO THE BASTARDS "WOOLY BULLY" LIKE WE DID IN ELMC....
THEY DIDNT LIKE THAT UP EM!!!
L TOMMO.... ILLEGITIMIS NON CARBORUNDUM........
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When we were in dispute at christmas 1998 the manager banned, a few songs from our CD collection being played because we all used to sing them at the top of our voices, including ( ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST )( UNDER PRESSURE )and ( WEVE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE ) in reference to the fact that the situation was making managers bad or have nervouse breakdowns.
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re: The prison analogy
It is disturbing to see work as a fight against the 'screws' and that work is like a sentence.
What would you do if you were management?
a: Had a laugh with everyone else about the song?
b: Don't approve and move the offending song?
c: Implement a full investigation and take disciplinary action against those who put the song on?
I am interested to hear people's views on this. I don't work in the postal industry anymore and unless something dramatic changes I will not be returning. So I am not some management spy etc... I am interested because I used to be a frontline manager.
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F0zz
What would you do if you were management?
a: Had a laugh with everyone else about the song?
b: Don't approve and move the offending song?
c: Implement a full investigation and take disciplinary action against those who put the song on?
I am interested to hear people's views on this. I don't work in the postal industry anymore and unless something dramatic changes I will not be returning. So I am not some management spy etc... I am interested because I used to be a frontline manager.
My battery is running out
F0zz
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Why's the fozzmeister wanna know for?
I think it depends on the song,if it was just plain rude,like loads of f or c words then i'd delete it and tell the office it's a no no.
I'm presuming someones complained so i'm presuming again it's much more than the above.
There's this bloke at work i get on well with,we sometimes go footie together ect but he gets these text messages,you know the ones....
If there's a disaster somewhere,someone dies ect there's a joke about it flying around,and he seems to get 'em,but he doesn't bother telling me no more as i've said to him i don't wanna know.
These things aint nice
If it was summin similarish in song form,then i'd probably do what the Manager has done.
Sorry,but dats meee
As for this...
It's like that anyway,you don't need a dodgy song on an Ipod to go that way,but you know that anyway
I'm presuming someones complained so i'm presuming again it's much more than the above.
There's this bloke at work i get on well with,we sometimes go footie together ect but he gets these text messages,you know the ones....
If there's a disaster somewhere,someone dies ect there's a joke about it flying around,and he seems to get 'em,but he doesn't bother telling me no more as i've said to him i don't wanna know.
These things aint nice
If it was summin similarish in song form,then i'd probably do what the Manager has done.
Sorry,but dats meee
As for this...
The FOzzmeister wrote:It is disturbing to see work as a fight against the 'screws' and that work is like a sentence.
It's like that anyway,you don't need a dodgy song on an Ipod to go that way,but you know that anyway
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.
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.