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ROYAL MAIL AT A STANDSTILL
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rolf
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ROYAL MAIL AT A STANDSTILL
Heard today that Edinburgh mail centre is about to close its doors as all mail being diverted to England for to be sorted, no collections, just cant clear the mail, anyone know of any truth in this.
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POSTMAN
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Re: ROYAL MAIL AT A STANDSTILL
Will move this to the MC forum,they would know.
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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fishtank
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Re: ROYAL MAIL AT A STANDSTILL
Heard the same..
I know they are struggling.
Our collection guys had to come back,empty the vans and go back out to finish last night.
The mail is pouring out the top of the boxes.

I know they are struggling.
Our collection guys had to come back,empty the vans and go back out to finish last night.
The mail is pouring out the top of the boxes.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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Wild Rover
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Re: ROYAL MAIL AT A STANDSTILL
With more bad weather forecast for Scotland on Thurs & Friday, they may never want to open the doors again 
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clashcityrocker
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Re: ROYAL MAIL AT A STANDSTILL
Glasgow Mail Centre was just on the tele and the manager interviewed assured everyone that everything was going swimmingly and everything would be delivered in time for xmas.
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
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DGP1
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Did his nose actuallyclashcityrocker wrote:Glasgow Mail Centre was just on the tele and the manager interviewed assured everyone that everything was going swimmingly and everything would be delivered in time for xmas.
I'm preparing myself for the zombie invasion, rule number 1 - Cardio
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youwot!!!!!
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Re: ROYAL MAIL AT A STANDSTILL
rolf wrote:Heard today that Edinburgh mail centre is about to close its doors as all mail being diverted to England for to be sorted, no collections, just cant clear the mail, anyone know of any truth in this.
carlisle recieved collection mail from edinburgh and glasgow on monday.it sat in our storage facility overnight without being touched.
who the hell invests £2 billion into a servic and makes it worse?????????????
you really couldn't make it up!!!!!!!!!!!
you really couldn't make it up!!!!!!!!!!!
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blue1873
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Re: ROYAL MAIL AT A STANDSTILL
I would'nt believe any RM manager if he told me the 25th DEC. was christmas dayclashcityrocker wrote:Glasgow Mail Centre was just on the tele and the manager interviewed assured everyone that everything was going swimmingly and everything would be delivered in time for xmas.
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BELIAL
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Re: ROYAL MAIL AT A STANDSTILL
Bye
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baldrick
- EX ROYAL MAIL
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Re: ROYAL MAIL AT A STANDSTILL
Mail seems to be moving OK at Mount Pleasant, but I did hear that some diversions to
Jubilee Mail Centre were returned to MP as they couldn't cope with any more.
Jubilee Mail Centre were returned to MP as they couldn't cope with any more.
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DGP1
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Can someone in senior management explain to me how this is happening, I mean, £2billion of investment must've meant loads of new machines to do the sorting
.....................oh wait, I've just remembered all they did was take the existing machines and change the software
I wonder if any of our management will end up in the MOD to help them spend their money 'better'

I wonder if any of our management will end up in the MOD to help them spend their money 'better'
I'm preparing myself for the zombie invasion, rule number 1 - Cardio
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Wild Rover
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Re: ROYAL MAIL AT A STANDSTILL
I watched this too. He was asked a specific question: "How big is the backlog?". He never answered and neatly side-stepped the issue. Typical RM management - they are taught to be evasive..clashcityrocker wrote:Glasgow Mail Centre was just on the tele and the manager interviewed assured everyone that everything was going swimmingly and everything would be delivered in time for xmas.
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mazza111
- EX ROYAL MAIL
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TBH from what I've seen, the stuff we're getting in from mail centre is coming thru (more than the usual xmas) but from what I hear the SDC is full of packets. Including a couple of my presents for xmas :(
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twofaced
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I have been waiting for a tracked parcel and it has not moved from york for 3 days.Delivered mail into glasgow tonight and it was drop it on the tarmac at the loading banks as they were full up,also packets going straight into trailers and taken up to bathgate as glasgow cant take no more.Plenty of mail going in but not much coming out for delivery,are theese sorting machines not able to cope????
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sodiium
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MC driver who come to pickup collections said Glasgow was storing mail wherever they can find space.clashcityrocker wrote:Glasgow Mail Centre was just on the tele and the manager interviewed assured everyone that everything was going swimmingly and everything would be delivered in time for xmas.
I went to drop off mail @ mc & asked a driver (he also does acting manager), he says it gettign sent to carlisile & further south to get sorted / stored. This was for both edinburgh & Glasgow.
ps if u see my wage slip from last week plz send it back. i need to tell rm i've been massively over paid last week but need to check the wage sllip first.