Coming soon to a fitting near you.

[Lateagainpostie]

Pretty much the same in our office :

No talking on IPS

No breaks (cigarette or other wise) until IPS is finished

No radio on anymore

It's that bad posties approaching retirement are handing their notice in and leaving early, and I mean 3-4 months early

[POSTMAN]

No breaks (cigarette or other wise) until IPS is finished

I agree with that one,and i'm a smoker.

[DGP1]

No breaks (cigarette or other wise) until IPS is finished

I agree with that one,and i'm a smoker.

Only 2 smokers left in my office and neither do IPS so that wouldn't apply in my DO................but then there are only 4/5 people on IPS these day (long deliveries and double/triple preps take up the rest of the people).
BTW how can anyone have time to smoke these days, outside my break I'm constantly on the go and I barely finish on time.

[dblad]

Our DOM has been told to lose 200 indoor hours (small office 40 staff)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this works out at 5 hours per man/woman, 3 hours to do everything.

[DGP1]

Our DOM has been told to lose 200 indoor hours (small office 40 staff)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this works out at 5 hours per man/woman, 3 hours to do everything.

200 hours would be per week not per day. Works out at 5 FT staff gone (same thing they keep going on with in my DO).

[mondeoman1]

Find out who your divisional rep is

Done that and will be contacting him Monday.

i've been in touch with area rep and tried to explain the situation but he wont come to the office as the last time he did the DIM refused him entry and sent him packing.

Isn't that what the gate is for?

Unfortunately not everyone would follow.

Pretty much the same in our office :

No talking on IPS

No breaks (cigarette or other wise) until IPS is finished

No radio on anymore

It's that bad posties approaching retirement are handing their notice in and leaving early, and I mean 3-4 months early

The no talking on IPS really gets my goat, most people can talk and sort perfectly well, the ones that have to stop sorting to talk (we have 3 that can't do both) should be taken off IPS to prep walks. Can they even enforce no talking because they would have to sack me first to stay silent on IPS.

[Dorset Plodder]

Pretty much the same in our office :

No radio on anymore

How does having a radio on effect how fast people sort? I presume it's just designed to annoy everyone and "Turn the Screw" a bit more. Are they stopping you from listening to an I-Pod? I find I can concentrate and sort faster when I'm not distracted by the "Office Banter" so perhaps they do have a point! But I've never found a radio slows me down!

[mondeoman1]

Pretty much the same in our office :

No radio on anymore

How does having a radio on effect how fast people sort? I presume it's just designed to annoy everyone and "Turn the Screw" a bit more. Are they stopping you from listening to an I-Pod? I find I can concentrate and sort faster when I'm not distracted by the "Office Banter" so perhaps they do have a point! But I've never found a radio slows me down!

I love the office banter and am a frequent contributor,It keeps me happy and makes me work better. We are all individual and different things make us tick. Removing everything that we all enjoy either individually or collectively is their way trying to grind us down. The trouble is it is working on certain people in my DO and they will end up either being sacked or quitting.

Where is the union?

[clashcityrocker]

Of course a radio can slow you down or speed you up.
It is like the bloke beating the rhythm for the rowers on a slave ship.

I have been minute tested on IPS while listening to Stiff Little Fingers and achieved 42 letters/minute.
I have been tested listening to Bob Marley and achieved 26.
I am not sure what effect Jedward would have on performance.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I am not sure what effect Jedward would have on performance.

If you can't sort with fingers in your ears it would undoubtedly be a fail.

[DGP1]

Of course a radio can slow you down or speed you up.
It is like the bloke beating the rhythm for the rowers on a slave ship.

I have been minute tested on IPS while listening to Stiff Little Fingers and achieved 42 letters/minute.
I have been tested listening to Bob Marley and achieved 26.
I am not sure what effect Jedward would have on performance.

Inflammable Material, I'm sorting it by hand

[fishtank]

I have been minute tested on IPS while listening to Stiff Little Fingers and achieved 42 letters/minute.

Was it 78 rpm?
Isn't there scope for alternative lyrics there?

[mondeoman1]

Of course a radio can slow you down or speed you up.
It is like the bloke beating the rhythm for the rowers on a slave ship.

I have been minute tested on IPS while listening to Stiff Little Fingers and achieved 42 letters/minute.

Must have been "At the edge".

I have been tested listening to Bob Marley and achieved 26.

I would have fallen asleep before I got 26 letters sorted, sorry don't like bob much though I know I should.

I am not sure what effect Jedward would have on performance.

Jedward are at their best on celebrity juice.

[clashcityrocker]

Alternative FT? I don't think so

They make us feel indebted
For saving us from hell
And then they put us through it
It's time the bastards fell.

As the great man sang:
Their solutions are our problems.

[DGP1]

Alternative FT? I don't think so

They make us feel indebted
For saving us from hell
And then they put us through it
It's time the bastards fell.

As the great man sang:
Their solutions are our problems.

Don't believe them, don't believe them
Don't be bitten twice
You've got a sus-sus-sus-sus-sus-sus-suspect device