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ditch the trolleys lads
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bensonhedge
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ditch the trolleys lads
gaffers not happy about o/t claims.told today we can leave trolleys in office and work from bags if quicker.any time we make we can go home so long as no major claims! Just like old days again.knocked 40 mins off delivery without it!
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clashcityrocker
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Re: ditch the trolleys lads
Well done Bensonhedge!
Now finish your homework like a good boy.
Now finish your homework like a good boy.
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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Eric Cantona
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Re: ditch the trolleys lads
If you were using trolleys stay with them sod them! trolleys are supposed to take the weight of yous backs. Benson & Hedges your in dream land about managers letting you go home like the old days. Ever thought of doing a comedy show...
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TrueBlueTerrier
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Re: ditch the trolleys lads
I think I'll
this thread I know well be back here againjust like before SDD.
BTW anyone can bookark a thread below
it appears in your "User Control Panel"
this thread I know well be back here againjust like before SDD.BTW anyone can bookark a thread below
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robd
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Re: ditch the trolleys lads
This is quite a complex issue,but if your walk has been plotted (Geo-route) on the basis of you using a trolley,you would have a reduced walking speed and in theory should still have sufficent time.
It's up to you really,would you prefer to stroll round and walk back to the office with an empty trolley,or would you rather take another bag of mail?
you'd be surprised how many choose the latter,because there logic is "i need to finish near my car"
It's up to you really,would you prefer to stroll round and walk back to the office with an empty trolley,or would you rather take another bag of mail?
you'd be surprised how many choose the latter,because there logic is "i need to finish near my car"
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skull
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Re: ditch the trolleys lads
bensonhedge wrote:gaffers not happy about o/t claims.told today we can leave trolleys in office and work from bags if quicker.any time we make we can go home so long as no major claims! Just like old days again.knocked 40 mins off delivery without it!
We were told in the first week of p&l that you must use the trolleys , if you don't you will be disciplined . Now it's just a free for all , posties can deliver any way they want and managers are turning a blind eye because of the money their saving . Once we have finished we are now allowed to go home early but sadly it's only ocassionally .
I will never hump massive bags around just to finish early but a lot at our office sadly do .
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Stormproof
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Re: ditch the trolleys lads
All I can say about this thread is unbelievable! If you are meant to use a trolley, use a trolley! The days of making time has gone, the sooner you realise that the better.
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So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets
Illegitimi non carborundum
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets
Illegitimi non carborundum
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fishtank
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Re: ditch the trolleys lads

Sorry...i thought i was in the canteen.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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Stormproof
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Re: ditch the trolleys lads
Have you been talking to DGP FT? he mentions boobs a lot.fishtank wrote:
Sorry...i thought i was in the canteen.![]()
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets
Illegitimi non carborundum
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets
Illegitimi non carborundum
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fishtank
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Re: ditch the trolleys lads
I don't want to see his moobs....againStormproof wrote: Have you been talking to DGP FT? he mentions boobs a lot.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
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TrueBlueTerrier
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Re: ditch the trolleys lads
I know this poor lad never recoveredfishtank wrote:I don't want to see his moobs....againStormproof wrote: Have you been talking to DGP FT? he mentions boobs a lot.![]()

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skull
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Re: ditch the trolleys lads
Sorry but our office and the original posters office are allowed to go home early once finished . Other than working from the back of a van and working in pairs nothing at our office as changed . We do have a small minority ( including myself ) that realise getting the weight off our backs far outweighs finishing early .Stormproof wrote: The days of making time has gone, the sooner use realise that the better.
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IloveMYredTROLLEY!
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Re: ditch the trolleys lads
Delivering by bag might gain you time in the short term, but your body will hate you for it in the long term.
Have you just had a revision or resign at your depot, bensonhedge, or have either looming on the horizon? By helping the managers fudge the figures of how long a walk really takes instead of using the correct method assigned to a walk, all the trolley ditchers are creating a minefield for future colleagues on those rounds...
Manager: "Why is it taking you so long to complete, Jim, claiming overtime? Fred used to be on his way home after doing that round 40 minutes early."
Have you just had a revision or resign at your depot, bensonhedge, or have either looming on the horizon? By helping the managers fudge the figures of how long a walk really takes instead of using the correct method assigned to a walk, all the trolley ditchers are creating a minefield for future colleagues on those rounds...
Manager: "Why is it taking you so long to complete, Jim, claiming overtime? Fred used to be on his way home after doing that round 40 minutes early."
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skull
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Re: ditch the trolleys lads
IloveMYredTROLLEY! wrote:Delivering by bag might gain you time in the short term, but your body will hate you for it in the long term.
Manager: "Why is it taking you so long to complete, Jim, claiming overtime? Fred used to be on his way home after doing that round 40 minutes early."
Like you said iloveMYredTROLLEY " Fred used to " . I'm afraid Fred got the sack because he had to much time off on the sick , bad back apparently .
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fishtank
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Re: ditch the trolleys lads
Cutting corners is addictive....as is finishing early.
It starts with overweight bags then moves onto skipping breaks,signing for recorded's,skimming D2D and doorstepping packets.
Once you start "making time" it's very difficult to stop and as they start piling work on you become more inventive to compensate.
Not every flyer cuts corners but the majority of those who cut corners are flyers...chasing time.
It's a slippery slope with a P45 at the bottom.
It starts with overweight bags then moves onto skipping breaks,signing for recorded's,skimming D2D and doorstepping packets.
Once you start "making time" it's very difficult to stop and as they start piling work on you become more inventive to compensate.
Not every flyer cuts corners but the majority of those who cut corners are flyers...chasing time.
It's a slippery slope with a P45 at the bottom.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share