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Last night and the night before RM in their customer service update have said that there was 'Higher than expected volumes' in the network.
Last night they also said 'On a very busy night with very high volumes of mail...'

Good luck out there. :cuppa
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POSTMAN wrote:Last night and the night before RM in their customer service update have said that there was 'Higher than expected volumes' in the network.
Last night they also said 'On a very busy night with very high volumes of mail...'

Good luck out there. :cuppa
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This can't be right.

Summer savings started again last weeek as "volumes are low". :arrrghhh :arrrghhh :arrrghhh
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Got a link Postman?
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Hitcher wrote:Got a link Postman?
Yes he posted the full brief in the Mail centres Section http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... 74#p344974" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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judging by what i had leading up to and over xmas i can confirm that for me any my colleagues it has definetly been the busiest xmas for many years 5 weeks of relentless cards and packets. Until RM and CWU can agree how many items in a perstop i will constantly dispute the constant claims that mail volumes are falling.
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Mail isn't falling, what is happening is less mail is getting sorted at Mail centres.
Doesn't it click when you start delivering mail and most is DSA.

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We usually get 2-3 trays of sequenced mail, today we all had at least 5. No bulk postings either, just a load of general crap. Also IPS diversion work in our DO is on as of tonight, so I think it's safe to say it's rather busy at the MC, i've heard they are between 2 and 3 weeks behind.

Still delivering loads of xmas cards as well embarrassingly, many dated as far back as the 10th Dec.
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It must be The National Trust mag & yearbook coming through.
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Straight4ward wrote:It must be The National Trust mag & yearbook coming through.
i dread that, I'm onleave this week, was hoping I'd dodge it, but have a feeling it next week :pray
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Its totally bloody pants at the moment :sad: Ive got 16 trays of mailsort flats around my frame and i only have 362 call for christ sake. ive heard of other offices in my area with 60-70 yorks on the bank and turning away 600,s back to the mail centre. ive never seen it this bad in 22 years service :sad:
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Sorry lol.
I'm on their daily email update thingy.
Ftr i'm going to keep them all,could be useful in the future. :whistle
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DOCS 6 Jan.pdf
'Extensive contingency plans remain in operation'

Does that mean managers bullying posties into doing more work?!
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Our christmas has been much quieter than normal, but thats only because our mail centre isn't getting the mail out to the DO's,
it's a farcical situation,
the mail centre recently got merged with 3 other mail centres and its caused absolute carnage,
the centre itself is full to capacity, to the extent a marquee has been rented and put up in the car park to accomodate mail and packets etc,
there is also approx 35 trailers storing mail (each can contain 50 yorks of mail) parked up on the loading bays, this leaves only a handfull of bays for drivers arriving at the centre, drivers are arriving and being told to take a break because theres nowhere for them to unload :dance
is anywhere else like this ?
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Another busy night with continued high volumes of mail presented in our UK and International network.

Bring it on!
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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.
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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.