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Like sods/murphys Law but the 9 am special Law

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Like sods/murphys Law but the 9 am special Law

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Why is it whenever you have a 9 am Special it is always at the end of your delivery,my very last call is
miles from my first and seems to enjoy receiving 9 am Specials,so i have to do my whole delivery in reverse
on those days just so i can put a N/L card through the door before 9am because the buggers are never in then
(its a business ) I told the boss.... he wasn't interested,driver wont take it coz he has to get out of his van and walk
20 yards,(god forbid) so stuck with the bloody things. One week I N/L a 9 am Special on a Monday, they asked
for it to be re-delivered,yep course next day no one in had to N/L it again,eventually got rid of it same Friday by
getting a builder working on the place to sign for it or am sure i would still be taking the bloody thing out now to get rid of
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BEFORE 9 AM SEPCIALS

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As we cant leave office till 830 at earliest and it takes average 30 minutes by bus to get to round drivers have to take all 9am specials in my area. :nana :nana
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Post by POSTMAN »

We don't take reg,the drivers do it all,but even before SDD we never done them,the drivers had to because of our times.
Argy,i can't believe you walkers do them :neutral: you guys should refuse to do them.
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Make you Right POSTMAN..

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Argy mate i done Delvs before the One a day came in.. And even then WE never done the Sat reg coz it was a midday delv time .. Drivers done em!! When the days WE wanted a ONCE OVER THE GROUND. Thru massive work load. The deal was Drivers and PHG's staff inside and SCREWS done the reg.. And if any household asked for a deliv time more than 2s and wernt there they were told to come in and collect it as after 3 attempts i think we done our job as good as we could do?? We argued with the screws that if they wanted the hi level of mail to go out, then they will have to make plans for the reg and larger packets!! Drivers got the ump But got offered a a few hrs docket.. I know the screws shouldnt of done ANY work but some blokes had 20 30 reg on market walks!! I think 6 is the amount that we are aloud to carry thru insurance Tell me if this is changed??

Main thing mate get a few of ya n tell the head screw to stick his reg!!! AINT RIGHT!!!

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Post by ROCKY »

as tbt mentioned drivers take 9am hear but no time or extra duties were put in to do this so its a case of kidnap any poor sod who should be doing something else and stich them up,wonder why things keep getting later
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9 ams

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Again due to our office structure (10 hour day) 9 ams go on the missort/bag drop duty otherwise they would be late everyday.
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Post by tommymac »

Drivers take all 9am specials in our office.
Fishyfingers
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Post by Fishyfingers »

We are exempted from 9am deliveries up here not sure where in the country the cut off is.
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Post by POSTMAN »

Fishyfingers wrote:We are exempted from 9am deliveries up here not sure where in the country the cut off is.
I rem you saying that before,which doesn't make sense,what if someone in Scot wants to send to someone in another part of Scot :neutral: Strange!
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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.
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RURAL 9am's

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When we get 9 am specials , we just deliver them when we get there.......10,11,12,1,2+ O'Clock......."Just do your best"-say the screws.......NEXT TIME I'MM GOING TO TELL THE CUSTOMER TO COMPLAIN / CLAIM COMP.
we have NO spare vans so there is no cont. plan to get 9am's out !
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Re: RURAL 9am's

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Mr. Auburger wrote:When we get 9 am specials , we just deliver them when we get there.......10,11,12,1,2+ O'Clock......."Just do your best"-say the screws.......NEXT TIME I'MM GOING TO TELL THE CUSTOMER TO COMPLAIN / CLAIM COMP.
we have NO spare vans so there is no cont. plan to get 9am's out !
That's a bit naughty :no no Down our way these things are treated like the crown jewels!
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.
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Post by kjbosco »

Not due to start dels till 10 in our office, van takes all 9am reg, also once attempted del, that reg loses its time guarentee for the next day.