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3 strikes

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storyabc
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3 strikes

Post by storyabc »

Does any other office have a 3 strike rule ? Our office has a rule that if you fail to do 1 of a list of things each and every day , you recieve a strike . When you reach 3 strikes you are taken into the office to be spoken to by the manager, where he decides if it merit's conduct . This wouldn't be so bad an idea but on the list of things some are petty and trivial .
Here is an example of the things on the list .
Not hanging drop bag back up on the frame
Not signing d2d control sheet
Not signing out
Not endorsing every piece of mail for closed businesses , even if the 1 business has 20 letters
Leaving empty boxes from d2d under bench
The list goes on and on ...........
speedypostman
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Re: 3 strikes

Post by speedypostman »

I would be in the office once a week...Are we back at nursery. Are they running a business or what. RM should concentrate on the thing they get paid for:delivering mail. This management attitude to staff must be exclusive to this place but they fail their customers every single day with mail or packets not delivered because of bad management and planning.
madmartin
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Re: 3 strikes

Post by madmartin »

It seems now as though managers are employed to pi$$ posties off and not to manage to delivery of mail
Straight4ward
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Re: 3 strikes

Post by Straight4ward »

storyabc, is your manager young or new to the game? All full of enthusiasm and reforming zeal?
Probably trying to "make his mark" and mistaking bureaucracy for efficiency.
It's time you introduced him to the real world.
"Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway."
noggin1969
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Re: 3 strikes

Post by noggin1969 »

Do you need to put your hand up and ask to use the bog ?
Royal_Fail
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Gender: Male

Re: 3 strikes

Post by Royal_Fail »

half our office would be in the office on a daily basis with them rules :shock:
dre33dd
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Gender: Male

Re: 3 strikes

Post by dre33dd »

wat a crock of shite...i am no longer a child!!!.i would definitely be in the "office" everuy week!!! along with my union rep...petty minded little twats come to mind
steven100
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Re: 3 strikes

Post by steven100 »

Do you have to ask to go to the toilet?? :nana :nana
dre33dd
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Re: 3 strikes

Post by dre33dd »

and ask for help wiping ones arse???
mail boy
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Re: 3 strikes

Post by mail boy »

steven100 wrote:Do you have to ask to go to the toilet?? :nana :nana
back in the day when i got this job yes how i long for the good old days :wave :wave :wave toilet plz sir
Pinky 1
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Re: 3 strikes

Post by Pinky 1 »

C'mon storyabc, you're pulling a fast one here and your rod will snap with all this fishing :crazy:
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Wessex
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Re: 3 strikes

Post by Wessex »

All sounds a little far-fetched
Lincox
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Re: 3 strikes

Post by Lincox »

Is he a part of the three strike rule. I doubt if he would last a day. And if he isn,t surely he should be leading from the front.
johnr67
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Re: 3 strikes

Post by johnr67 »

I'm in the office in question , and its just as storyabc says . Am I allowed to say what office we work in?
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POSTMAN
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Re: 3 strikes

Post by POSTMAN »

johnr67 wrote:I'm in the office in question , and its just as storyabc says . Am I allowed to say what office we work in?
For your own safety,i would advise against it personally.
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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.
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