How embarrassing!!!!

[scoobydo79]

Well sooner or later some blokes gonna hit the headlines for the wrong reasons.The last thing I want is a coupla of school girls walking round the corner just as Im er how can I put it? Shaking hands with the vicar.

[Himaggen]

Vicious circle Boys and Girls. Bloody Hot weather RM tell you to make sure you drink enough, and then you need a Pee!

You take on extra water to remain hydrated not to over hydrate, if done correctly there should be no reason to urinate more.

I believe RM's position is, "Ask friends or family if you can use their toilet", that's OK if you live where you Deliver but how many of us travel to our DOs?

If you're on P&L then you are only allowed to leave your LWT out of sight for up to 1 minute without having to empty it. This means you either need to carry all the mail into the toilet with you or you'll need to be off your trolleys, down with your trolleys, unleash, release, reel in, pull up and return faster than Usain Bolt!

[RTP]

I have it on good authority that Royal Mail have come up with a solution to this

[Dorset Plodder]

Thirst is a Bad Indicator of Hydration...If you feel thirsty then you're already De-Hydrated. You should be sipping through out your duty. I drink like a fish and may well go through 3 of 4 litres during a duty. I know I'm Hydrated because my Pee is clear.

You sound like you're giving the Text Book answer there Himaggen. I don't go down with headaches and I don't pull the old, "I feel dizzy I'll have to go home," trick. Everyone to the own.

[Himaggen]

The most important thing to take note of is that if you go out on your duties in the heat and you are already dehydrated, then you're already fighting a losing battle. Never has it been more important to take a break before you leave the office.

@Dorset Plodder
Be careful if you are drinking that much water during your duty, I'd suggest that you also include something which replaces the lost electrolytes, especially sodium. With insufficient sodium your body will not be able to absorb the water you are taking on, and will simply pass through without hydrating you. This would leave your urine water clear instead of the more correct pale yellow.

[Wessex]

Maybe it's just me but I can easily last 5 hours without needing to relieve myself but even then, you should be able to hold on for the 30/40 minutes it takes to finish a loop

RELIEVE YOURSELF DGP

If you're talking about THAT then I have to do it every 15 minutes

Of course you do, tell me the P in DGP it isn't Portnoy by any slim chance

Let's hope he doesn't have a Butchers shop on his walk then

[maisymoo04]

this seems to be turning into NHS chat this topic

[blue1873]

this seems to be turning into NHS chat this topic

No doubt the next WTLL sessions will be on
Urology and the need to keep hydrated for posties

[scoobydo79]

Now your just taking the p_ _ _

[TrueBlueTerrier]

We could join 2 threads at this point - Office singing and peeing lets have a song

Urol Always On My Mind (a duet with Urethra Franklin)

[wandle]

Urol Always On My Mind (a duet with Urethra Franklin)

Urine The Army Now - Status Quo

[eian687]

A PEE C 1 2 3 the jackson 5

[bunkerland]

You can damage your prostate by not going to thr toilet at regular intervals. P&L guys you need to inform Health and safety.

That's what one of my pals told the poilceman who arrested him for pissing in someone's garden near Murrayfield after a Scotland rugby match,if only he'd got a scientific expert of the urinary system to testify on his behalf.........that might have stopped the judge from giving him a £60 fine!

[capricorn]

I open the side door of the van & use a RM water bottle.

Prostate probs means doing this upto 5 times a day.

NEVER take Lucozade out with you, I favour vimto

[hampshireman]

Well,In the past if you you needed the toilet you simply hopped on your bike cycled to a convenient toilet ,used it and cycled back to where you left off.Reports are comming in of the non drivers in P&L needing to answer the call of nature not being able to find the driver and having to relieve themselves in foot paths and peoples gardens.One girl found herself having to squat in an alley !!!!Nice one Royal Mail. This jobs bad enuff with out putting us in this sort of situation.Forget P&L it is causing more problems than it is solving

So, am I missing something. They have a van... so either drive to nearest Public facility or go back to the office. 'Comfort' breaks are included in the delivery time (all right I am laughing at that) ... so take them and RM can sort out the problem.

It is absolutely no good in complaining that these things (peeing in the street) are in someway forced on us.. when the reality is that they are not.. Some people just choose to ignore it.

We are our own worst enemy.