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1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

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twobags
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

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halfull wrote:3rd day went as follows: pretty heavy day,had to go to the places we brought bk yes 1st as it wz left for us again(wilful delay), and guess what? yep you guessed we brought bk well over half of one of the walks!! so i say again,the jobs are to big!! :crazy:
good luck hope the days a better day :pray
Hitcher
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

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It's one big game of 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' and then next day 'robbing Paul to pay Peter'.
dark knight
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

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been doing park and loop a couple of months now still not completing still getting hassle off residents and still having all the blame put on the posties by the DOM (prep rate not quick enough,talking too much,inhaling breath when you should be doing kill offs) how long will they keep flogging this dead horse? :evil/mad
halfull
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

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here we go again fellas: 4th day of p&l went like this, took what we left yes 1st again & ended up bringing bk well over half of the other walk today! so there you go its a complete shambles. :confused
smartbhoy
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

Post by smartbhoy »

The Cwu played a blinder with the trolleys.
Slower going round your duty.
Weight off the shoulder.
No private cars on delivery.
Work your 8hrs without running about like an idiot.
If your duties are too big, you asked them to be tested.
It'll add 10yrs to your life span instead. :D
halfull
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

Post by halfull »

smartbhoy wrote:The Cwu played a blinder with the trolleys.
Slower going round your duty.
Weight off the shoulder.
No private cars on delivery.
Work your 8hrs without running about like an idiot.
If your duties are too big, you asked them to be tested.
It'll add 10yrs to your life span instead. :D
this person has obviously never used a trolley! believe me they make your knees and lower back hurt like hell! 5 years of these things and you watch the claims roll in!
Hitcher
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

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I don't have a problem using it and find the weight is well balanced it's a doddle to use.
twobags
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

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a definate con today on every loop the bag ratio was 2 to 1 or 10 to 5, thats almost double my old workload with less time to do it in and less pay.................
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

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twobags wrote:a definate con today on every loop the bag ratio was 2 to 1 or 10 to 5, thats almost double my old workload with less time to do it in and less pay.................
Less pay? Doesn't matter how many bags you have, work your time or claw in the OT

They can make me take out the whole office if they want, I'll bring most back at 3pm
Run, rabbit run. Dig that hole, forget the sun.
And when at last the work is done. Don't sit down, it's time to dig another one
twobags
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

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Pat Ostman wrote:
twobags wrote:a definate con today on every loop the bag ratio was 2 to 1 or 10 to 5, thats almost double my old workload with less time to do it in and less pay.................
Less pay? Doesn't matter how many bags you have, work your time or claw in the OT

They can make me take out the whole office if they want, I'll bring most back at 3pm
the office had to loose 100s of hours so duties were cut by a couple of hours as for cutting off thats been happening over the past two weeks but only because the managers are allowing it and a lot of the posties are not using the trollies again sanctioned, overtime is allowed at the moment ,BUT when the office is straight and we are on top of it all the managers will revert to no cutting off, use the trollies and no extra for going over your time. as for the union rep he at the moment spends a lot of time hidden away :neutral:
gb93
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

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twobags wrote:
Pat Ostman wrote:
twobags wrote:a definate con today on every loop the bag ratio was 2 to 1 or 10 to 5, thats almost double my old workload with less time to do it in and less pay.................
Less pay? Doesn't matter how many bags you have, work your time or claw in the OT

They can make me take out the whole office if they want, I'll bring most back at 3pm
the office had to loose 100s of hours so duties were cut by a couple of hours as for cutting off thats been happening over the past two weeks but only because the managers are allowing it and a lot of the posties are not using the trollies again sanctioned, overtime is allowed at the moment ,BUT when the office is straight and we are on top of it all the managers will revert to no cutting off, use the trollies and no extra for going over your time. as for the union rep he at the moment spends a lot of time hidden away :neutral:
I despair.
What has the British working man turned or cowered in to
This ain't no baseball game, you get only one chance and you blew it.
Pat Ostman
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

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I know they bully but they can't stop you working to your time, it's not a privilege we have, it's our right and our choice.
Run, rabbit run. Dig that hole, forget the sun.
And when at last the work is done. Don't sit down, it's time to dig another one
twobags
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

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gb93 wrote:
twobags wrote:
Pat Ostman wrote:
twobags wrote:a definate con today on every loop the bag ratio was 2 to 1 or 10 to 5, thats almost double my old workload with less time to do it in and less pay.................
Less pay? Doesn't matter how many bags you have, work your time or claw in the OT

They can make me take out the whole office if they want, I'll bring most back at 3pm
the office had to loose 100s of hours so duties were cut by a couple of hours as for cutting off thats been happening over the past two weeks but only because the managers are allowing it and a lot of the posties are not using the trollies again sanctioned, overtime is allowed at the moment ,BUT when the office is straight and we are on top of it all the managers will revert to no cutting off, use the trollies and no extra for going over your time. as for the union rep he at the moment spends a lot of time hidden away :neutral:
I despair.
What has the British working man turned or cowered in to
not sure what you mean or who that is aimed at but we dont have working men anymore [maybe only a few] what we do have are a lot of middle class twats and ill give you some stats to back this up
twobags
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

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Pat Ostman wrote:I know they bully but they can't stop you working to your time, it's not a privilege we have, it's our right and our choice.
last year 5.2 million people worked an average of 7 hrs unpaid overtime per week a record 28.9 billion to the economy.so somethings wrong somewhere , i suggest it started with the death of the working class and the rise of the middle classes ,
gb93
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Re: 1st week The Pro's and cons of park and loop

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So are you saying you are a 'middle class twat' twobags because you work unpaid overtime.
If there is no more working class, I must be a serf as I don't
This ain't no baseball game, you get only one chance and you blew it.