rhino49 wrote:I remember my first day on delivery also sharing a walk with the regular postie who trained me - home with a smile on my face by 09:30 - nearly sixteen years later and I am not even contemplating leaving the office at 09:30, and there is no smile on my face - just a fixed manic stare of someone resigned to working in constant chaos that's progress for you.
I remember.............30 years ago when I first started. Nothing much has changed over the years regarding being put with an unsuspecting member of staff to train you on a walk. But alas they were better days, when you only had 1 bag a day, yes you did read this correct, 1 bag of mail a day to deliver. And yes the first delivery had to be completed by 09.30, then all the delivery staff came back to the delivery office, emptying collection box’s on their way back to the office All the staff had a drink together, as a team, then we would sort the second delivery mail, including the “LOCAL” posted mail that was brought in from the box collections. We would then go out and do the second delivery, which were 2 walks. This would be completed by 12.30pm, then back to the office, again emptying letter box’s that were on your walks. Then it was just a matter of depositing the collection mail in the sorting office, and then signing off duty.
Staff were better treated in those days, and we respected our Inspectors [ now called managers] Our Inspectors knew the job inside out, and had done every duty. So you could not pull the wool over their eyes. Unlike the Managers of today, fresh from an office desk or outside industry. Never done a day’s work as a postman, so what can you expect?
As for today, I still remain dumb struck at the antics of our so called managers, and I can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings.
To summarise all of this, when I started my career it was a SERVICE today it’s a BUSINESS
surely that cant be right even with 2 walks and all the packets?
