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Achievements

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greyshark
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Achievements

Post by greyshark »

Postmen should be given awards when they do something outstanding - here's a few ideas for awards postmen could get:

special delivery
complete your first special delivery

postman, postman, do your duty
finish a round

chain mail
deliver to 100 consecutive houses

junk mail
deliver 100,000 items of junk mail

snail mail
take at least 10 hours to finish a round

"not bills again"
deliver nothing but bills to the same house over 5 consecutive days

"if it's bills you can take them back"
take back 10 bills

return to sender
return 50 items to their sender

sealed with a kiss
deliver 10 love letters

"you have won a prize!"
deliver an item of scam mail that successfully tricks someone out of their money

barking mad
Get barked at on 50 occassions

royal fail
misdeliver a birthday card from the queen

doorstepper
doorstep 100 parcels

wait a minute mr postman
spend exactly 1 minute waiting at a door

postman pat
everyone on your round loves you

postman t**t
everyone on your round hates you

the postman always rings twice
reattempt a delivery after at least 1 hour

postal strike
hit a member of the public

letter opener
steal the contents of 10 valuable letters

Loyal Mail
Your actions have ensured Royal Mail's survival for another 10 glorious years

Spoil Mail
Your chronic thievary and bad reputation has caused Royal Mail to go bankrupt
sheff postie
MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
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Re: Achievements

Post by sheff postie »

I think you must spend too much time on XBOX.

What about a game called "postman" in the same vain as that old paperboy game, Or a GTA type game about postman.

I might copyright that one!!!
Indy
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Re: Achievements

Post by Indy »

greyshark wrote:Postmen should be given awards when they do something outstanding
Yay, just like..... McDonalds! Stay all day get all 5 stars :dance
George door to dawes
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Re: Achievements

Post by George door to dawes »

Love this idea maybe could add a few more achievements to the list:

Fragile Mail
Toss 100th fragile item into the back of the van

UnRecorded mail
Post 100th recorded delivery by accident

DO specialist
Successfully complete every walk in the DO

Change of pants please
Successfully escape a large dog loose in someones garden

Can you kick it
Make all 4 legs of a Jack Russel leave the floor when booting it

Iam alright jack
Leave the office before anyone else 5 days in a row

Grown a pair
Cut off for your first time

The school boy error
Wear shorts to work that closely resembly hot pants

one foot in the grave
Complete 20 years at Royal Mail

Cool runnings
Complete your walk in under 2 hours

The Arctic Explorer
Deliver mail in snow deeper than 4 inches

DOMinator
Win an arguement with your DOM for the first time
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sheff postie
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Re: Achievements

Post by sheff postie »

Sell your soul
Get made up to manager!
sheff postie
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Re: Achievements

Post by sheff postie »

Free sorter
Come in early all week

Free runner
Run round and work over without booking OT all week
pinstripe
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Re: Achievements

Post by pinstripe »

George door to dawes wrote: The school boy error
Wear shorts to work that closely resembly hot pants
I had a vision of all the guys in my office turning up in hot pants!!! It was not a pretty sight. Made me laugh though. :Very Happy
sidewinder
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Re: Achievements

Post by sidewinder »

Postman green.
Recycle D2Ds the easy way....
REDLETTER
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Re: Achievements

Post by REDLETTER »

George door to dawes wrote:Love this idea maybe could add a few more achievements to the list:

Can you kick it
Make all 4 legs of a Jack Russel leave the floor when booting it

Done that one! Have the teeth mark scars to prove it! :wink:

Image
George door to dawes
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Re: Achievements

Post by George door to dawes »

pinstripe wrote:
George door to dawes wrote: The school boy error
Wear shorts to work that closely resembly hot pants
I had a vision of all the guys in my office turning up in hot pants!!! It was not a pretty sight. Made me laugh though. :Very Happy
We have a couple of lads in the office whos shorts are honestly very close! :shock: they like those 70's football shorts!
Done that one! Have the teeth mark scars to prove it! :wink:
That one was inspired by a story i read on here so guess that may have been you :Very Happy
Stripecat
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Re: Achievements

Post by Stripecat »

Turtles Head
complete 50 delivery points with a turd hanging out

Go Commando
No pants

iv'e completed both of these many times
wiganpostie
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Re: Achievements

Post by wiganpostie »

Turd time's the charm

Walk 100 yards without stepping in dogs' doings

Rusty Sheriff's badge

Open a crumbling iron gate without it falling to pieces in your hands
sheff postie
MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
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Re: Achievements

Post by sheff postie »

Customer Relations
Go in for "coffee" with 5 bored house wife's

Finders Keepers
Find something of value and pocket it.
greyshark
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Re: Achievements

Post by greyshark »

The Wheel's Still In Spin
A wheel on your HCT still spins even though it was 'repaired'

Wheelie
Complete your round even though 3 out of 4 wheels have fallen off your HCT

To The Letter
Complete a day, within the allotted time, while strictly following all of Royal Mail's rules

Mailshot
Get shot while defending mail from armed thieves

Toastie Postie
Get second-degree burns from the sun

It's Bigger On The Inside
Fit twice as much mail into a HCT than you're supposed to
Darren Bent
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Location: Pride Park, Derby, DE24 8XL

Re: Achievements

Post by Darren Bent »

Get xmas bonus 1, 10, 100, 500, 1000 achievement