bossyb wrote:First day on my own got back 2 hours late but i guess that is expected.
How long does it take for your back and legs to stop aching
They don't.
Wait until your knees and ankles join in.
Yep then your shoulder
Thanks for that cant wait
Ok i will stop pulling your leg
In truth it all depends on your age and your fitness level before you joined the job There is a pain barrier to get through and it varies from person to person and duty to duty. I recon you could be talking at least a few weeks or even longer for your body to kinda catch up with the extra walking, carrying and bending etc.
Plenty of tips on here but i ve always believed the most important thing to look after is your feet because if they blister its a real nightmare. So a spare pair of socks is good and a supply of blister plasters.
Good luck mate
Cheers mate thanks for the tips , i am lucky thats it is good weather at the moment and i have now got 4 days off to recover. I am not aching this morning so thats a good sign, 5 days in a row next week so that will be a good test
I know this is a bit boring, and probably a bit obvious, try going to bed a bit earlier. About once a week, go to bed an hour earlier, it does help. You need to find out what time you really need to go to bed. For some, its around 21.30. some earlier, some later. Everyone is different. It also depends on your start and finish time and lenght of duty, and even your age and general fitness level, ( although this will improve with time) but eventually you will find your level.. so to speak.
Yep thats true getting the correct amount of rest is really important when you start. Its tempting to grap 40 winks when you finish but for some this can make it hard to sleep at night so tread careful there.
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
Brilliant.
Everyone worked to the unachievable standards of the Capacity Plan.
We cleared all the mail.
And I managed to do my whole round in the shade.
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
clashcityrocker wrote:Brilliant.
Everyone worked to the unachievable standards of the Capacity Plan.
We cleared all the mail.
And I managed to do my whole round in the shade.
and then the real world intervened - the alarm clock went off ?????
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Booked a days leave for today months ago Still getting over yesterdays extremes though
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
woodpecker wrote:Unbelieveably busy!! people rang in sick, so we had to lapse walks, 5 boxes of flats, 1+1/2 packet bags, finished 14.30, worn out!
Do we work in the same DO? I didn't get to 14:30 but not far away. That was the busiest Saturday I can recall including all the back-log after the snow.
I staged a Roger Moore impersonator festival in my local village. There were a lot of eyebrows raised, I can tell you.
Day off - But worked - So my overtime was broken down in the following
6.00 Sort
7.00 Prep Walk 1
8.00 Prep Walk 2
9.00 Prep Walk 3
10.00 Bundle Up
10.30 First Letter
11.15 Finished First Bag
11.20 Waiting for Bags
11.45 Waiting for Bags
12.00 Waiting for Bags
12.30 Waiting for Bags (informed Lino leaving bag in and finishing at two) owing to 1hr 20 min wait for bags
12.50 Second Bag
13.30 Third Bag
14.00 Finished
14.30 Meal Relief - Thank you Very much
working for Royal Mail, is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.......
There is a pain barrier to get through and it varies from person to person and duty to duty. I recon you could be talking at least a few weeks or even longer for your body to kinda catch up with the extra walking, carrying and bending etc.
, i am lucky thats it is good weather at the moment and i have now got 4 days off to recover. I am not aching this morning so thats a good sign, 5 days in a row next week so that will be a good test
