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The "How was your day" thread.

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
Postman Plodd
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Postman Plodd »

Not desperate exactly but could really use the extra readies.
* there followed a long rambling whinge and self-pity session which has been edited to save the reader from terminal boredom and the poster from being postiviely i.d'd*.
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IloveMYredTROLLEY!
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by IloveMYredTROLLEY! »

Postman Plodd wrote:Got in about 30 mins ago, worst day ever.
And I thought I had a bad one yesterday, finishing just as it went dark, out on the road for 5.5 hours...
kawoxux
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by kawoxux »

Terrible.
Sliders
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Sliders »

Turned up today to find a sh*t load of letters and flats left on my fitting, hold on I have said this before I am sure :hmmmm , its like I am stuck in a RM ground hog day :shock: . Anyway only one and a half bags of packets; driver was to lazy to take 10 packets to one address, so I ended up doing it. Went at average pace and finished one hour, twenty over (3.50 pm, inc break which I added on at the end), but all in all not that bad a day, I have had worse put it that way. :cuppa
krussel
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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krussel wrote:
Sime83 wrote:
krussel wrote:A strangely worrying lightish day :hmmmm 1 and 1/2 packet bags which is not heavy for this time of year. Finished bang on time, worried about the rest of the week now. :roll:
I'd be worried too lol, that's how we were on Tuesday and today it was heavy enough to make you suicidal.

Well the letters got through ok but a lorry full of packets broke down on the way from the mail centre :shock:

So did not have much to take out AGAIN. Going to be a total bastard in the morning and expecting to go well over. :cry
BLOODY HELL !!!! :shock:

They lied about the lorry as it was also stuffed with mech's.

Well the lorry which broke down did turn up yesterday afternoon and then it appears they kept on coming. I had said it was to light all week and OH BOY did it all turn up today. :shock:

Turned in bang on time to 8 full mech trays. :confused I managed to get 2 prepped before getting called up on the ips. Then another lorry turned up and i got another mech tray bringing total up to 9 :d'oh!
I said i would work over to clear it (no one was cutting) but in the end i was having trouble getting it all in the frame as it was that stuffed.

I then had 4 drop bags , which is a first. In the end i did not get out till 10.45am and it took a whooping 5hr 30min so i did not finish to 4.15pm (in the dark)

Total nightmare :cry
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
fishtank
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by fishtank »

Ok.
Thought i'd lost two specials.
Turned out i can't count.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
clashcityrocker
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by clashcityrocker »

fishtank wrote:Ok.
Thought i'd lost two specials.
Turned out i can't count.
If you do lose Specials - remember to act like a primary school kid and deny everything. :wink:
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DGP1
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by DGP1 »

clashcityrocker wrote:
fishtank wrote:Ok.
Thought i'd lost two specials.
Turned out i can't count.
If you do lose Specials - remember to act like a primary school kid and deny everything. :wink:
I can't remember when and where I deliver my specials to, the PDA has no record so it's up to me to remember and my memory isin't what it was :nervous
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taurus88
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by taurus88 »

Shocking day. An hour and a quarter over, and battered first by hail, then snow.
Sliders
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Sliders »

Not too bad again even though again I was stuck in the DO for over an hour boxing in. Anyway only one and a half sacks of packets and, finished at 12.50 pm, so only 20 mins over. Now for the footie ! :Very Happy
kawoxux
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by kawoxux »

Didnt take my break today cos I needed to get home early, so actually OK finishing time for once. If you add on 40 mins it wouldve been 10 minutes over (and only that little amount because of the amount of packets that got taken off). Also f****d up a bit and misdelivered 9 houses before I realised I'd turned into the wrong road.. apologetically knocking on each door, managed to get 3 houses back :oops:
Postman Plodd
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Postman Plodd »

more packets than ever, o/t and a cash bag. looking forward to doing nowt the morrer.
mandelsons_toenail
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by mandelsons_toenail »

roughly 60 cut offs today

cant say much as dont wanna be identified but a prominent member our the rm hierarchy was delivering mail for us today :nana

And he also asked what " dsa " was as they were taking it out and only doing 1st class :shock:

8-9 trays of mech, packets spilling out of the office.

The css machines are an absolute shambles

DOM nowhere to be seen :crazy:

Whole office went into meltdown

When I left at 3pm this afternoon, most had bought back over half their rounds :Very Happy

At last we grew a spine

Haappy xmas :chuckle
krussel
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by krussel »

kawoxux wrote:If you add on 40 mins
I thought we only got a 30 min paid break on sat :shock:

If not ive been booking under for years. :sad:
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
Stormproof
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

Post by Stormproof »

Quite light today, only 3 trays of WSM a few flats and a couple of packet bags. P & L partner was pissed right up and he managed to missort loads!, ended up working from 2 bundles in 1 road due to the missorts. Good job we did'nt get pulled over the van smelt like a brewery!
From what was left in the office today next week we will be going into meltdown.
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets


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