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Saturday 24th December question

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karchun
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Saturday 24th December question

Post by karchun »

Will this saturday be the busiest in delivering mail out of this month or the least?
I do saturday job so i don't have a clue!
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Re: Saturday 24th December question

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karchun wrote:Will this saturday be the busiest in delivering mail out of this month or the least?
I do saturday job so i don't have a clue!
Its a toss up.

It all depends if your feeder MC has cleared.
It depends if there is a packet/card back log at your DO.
It depends if your boss is a people person or not.
It depends if the MC and DOM decide to bring forward stuff early.

Most times TBH its been a fairly quiet day, with the bosses having a bit of xmas spirit and letting you out when ready. Hoping its the same this year.
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Re: Saturday 24th December question

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last year xmas eve was a nightmare due to the weather / snow / ice etc but every other year I have been with RM has been very easy.
but like TBT says, it all depends on your DOM.
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Re: Saturday 24th December question

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You only have to work to your finish time and cut off the rest, that's what I'm doing :Very Happy
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Re: Saturday 24th December question

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If you have a decent dom then they will roll any DSA and second class and get stuck into the xmas cards and packets.

If you have a knoooob they will try and clear the office :d'oh!
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Re: Saturday 24th December question

Post by demon »

we allready no its going to be bad gaffer told us plus we have 1000s of parcels built up
karchun
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Re: Saturday 24th December question

Post by karchun »

well my manager likes to get everything cleared! :(
suz67
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Re: Saturday 24th December question

Post by suz67 »

can't beleive it today,finished at 10 o'clock,office totally clear of all mail and packets and parcels,took me back 15 years ago,mail centre is totally clear,would expect to be home by about 9 o'clock tomorrow!!!! (we are still on job and knock)not had any kind of revision yet!!!
Royal_Fail
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Re: Saturday 24th December question

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We have cleared xmas stuff at our place was very light today and there was a few yorks of big catalogues lined up on IPS for tomorrow :neutral:
ewancurze
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Re: Saturday 24th December question

Post by ewancurze »

Not bad today but some walks had a 1st class franked bulk mailing from our local council,i have about 400 council properties on my walk so i hope i don't get them tomorrow.
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Re: Saturday 24th December question

Post by krussel »

suz67 wrote:finished at 10 o'clock
Do you work in a mail center :hmmmm

We were just getting out on delivery by then.
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Re: Saturday 24th December question

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I think tomorrow could be quiet to finish the job off from Christmas post but Royal Mail have a nasty habit of giving you a bloody nose with the workload.
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Re: Saturday 24th December question

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hammered today most finished at 5 oclock hope tomorow is dead or we might be merry christmas every :nana :nana :nana :nana :cool :cool one
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Re: Saturday 24th December question

Post by pokos27 »

i hope its quiet, i worked on night shift, the last wave of mail was hideous, so many packets, have the mail centres really cleared out i dont know.
i hope the weather is good as well.
christmas eve used to be so quiet.