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The "How was your day" thread.

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
Ramsmad
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Ramsmad »

Ive been floater all week and today was on a round id never done before.Day started off well,until some bundles of pretty thick letters arrived.These are census reminders our line manager informed us.They werent,they were letters on AV voting.2nd class but all got to go today,half an hour later the census reminders came,for every house.All 1st class so got to go today.I protested that I didnt want to work over my time but was told "we have to pull together,and there isnt anybody to do any of my walk".I started my delivery at 10.10 am and after lumping a crammed bag round and waiting for a timed bag,I finished at 2.25 pm. 2 hours over my finish time.Furious.
fishtank
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by fishtank »

Started at 0620 finished at 1410. :neutral:
Some stuff happened. :neutral:
Off till tuesday. :Very Happy
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dvbuk55
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Post by dvbuk55 »

fishtank wrote:Started at 0620 finished at 1410. :neutral:
Some stuff happened. :neutral:
Off till tuesday. :Very Happy
:no no :no no Ridiculous! At a time like this when the company needs everyone to pull together................... :wave
krussel
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by krussel »

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
krussel wrote:It could have been such a sweet day :Very Happy

Just 2 trays of mech on the frame when i got in which i had prepped before we got called up on the ips. Quite a lot of flats around but its been like that for a couple of weeks now. The 2nd lorry came in whist on the ips and gave me another tray and half of mech. Finished the sorting by 7.10am so got around to the frame and hammered through the mech.

I was all prepped by 8am and looking to be out before 8.30 and THEN it HAPPENED :shock: We got called back to the sorting for just "a few loose letters guys" yeah right MY ARSE :evil/mad Two full yorks of letter trays :arrrghhh

Anyway did not get out till 9.15am which is about normal and finished at 13.35. But could have been a nice day. :cry
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heapsy
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Wednesday... nightmare of a day. Day off Thursday so went out and hit the beers that night. Chilled out on Thursday, but aching all down my legs. The walking on this round really gets to you some days. Back in today, another nightmare. Getting hammered with packets and many of them are recorded deliveries. Look like Ebay stuff to me mostly. Found out today that following my walk testing last week, the distance from the office to the start of the walk is being brought in to question.. ie they think it may be OVER the mile from the office. :hmmmm
heapsy
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Post by heapsy »

5hrs and 45 mins round trip including travel and delivery. Absolutely shattered. :crazy:
kitkatchunky
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by kitkatchunky »

Out for 7:50 last letter 10:45 that's Saturday.
L8Hatter
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Post by L8Hatter »

Sherpas Rule wrote:DFS you utter *****!!!
With those and two bulky D2Ds, the bags weighed a ton. Mini-rebellion in our section as people refused to lapse. I left at 10.20 and about a third of the rounds were still bagging up
clashcityrocker
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Post by clashcityrocker »

Cold. Wet. Miserable.
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
BT2010
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by BT2010 »

clashcityrocker wrote:Cold. Wet. Miserable.
shouldnt this be in the "how was your manager" thread
heapsy
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Post by heapsy »

Chilly wind and DFS. :roll:
DGP1
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Post by DGP1 »

DFS and rates letters.................love this falling mail volume :chuckle
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Stormproof
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Stormproof »

DFS rubbish. Lovely sunny day here so left my jacket at the DO. Still doing the Reps duty :Very Happy
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


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heapsy
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Post by heapsy »

Gaps everywhere. 4hrs and 10mins. Just short of 5 hrs with the travel time. :neutral:
clashcityrocker
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Post by clashcityrocker »

Delivered some Mother's Day cards and a few Census forms.
At least it didn't rain.
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