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Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

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jessicarabbit
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Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by jessicarabbit »

Was it just me or was that the lightest christmas eve for a good few years. Something to do with Xmas day falling on a Sunday maybe people have a full week to sort their stuff out and send.
doorstepped
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Re: Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by doorstepped »

I also think that the bad weather last year has made people post their items a lot earlier this year.
EatMyShorts
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Re: Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by EatMyShorts »

Agreed. Out by 7.45 and finished by 10.15. No complaints :Very Happy
taurus88
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Re: Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by taurus88 »

Finished at 9.50. Sat around the D.O. having a chat with a few of the lads till 11.30. Consensus opinion was that it was the lightest day in quite some time, not just the lightest day over the Christmas period. Big mailsort catalogues have already turned up ready for Wednesday though :roll:.
smileski
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Re: Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by smileski »

yep, assumed i would be working till my time today, made 3 hours!
lightest day for years!
halfull
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Re: Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by halfull »

we had it bad,loads of catalogs
kawoxux
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Re: Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by kawoxux »

Easiest day in my 6 months at RM :nana Was expecting a killer after this week!
doorstepped
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Re: Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by doorstepped »

halfull wrote:we had it bad,loads of catalogs
your dom is a dick then I take it :)
smileski
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Re: Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by smileski »

doorstepped wrote:
halfull wrote:we had it bad,loads of catalogs
your dom is a dick then I take it :)
:d'oh! can only he agree! looks like he has made an early start on wednesdays mail, we had tons of catalouges, but there all for next week.
chickenwittle
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Re: Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by chickenwittle »

should of got you lot absorbing
osgoody1970
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Re: Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by osgoody1970 »

two and a half hour deliveries!!! surely that's not normally the case\????
taurus88
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Re: Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by taurus88 »

osgoody1970 wrote:two and a half hour deliveries!!! surely that's not normally the case\????
Mine took two-and-a-quarter hours today. Last Saturday it took three-and-three-quarter hours.
hubbahubba
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Re: Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by hubbahubba »

smileski wrote:
doorstepped wrote:
halfull wrote:we had it bad,loads of catalogs
your dom is a dick then I take it :)
:d'oh! can only he agree! looks like he has made an early start on wednesdays mail, we had tons of catalouges, but there all for next week.
Was told that last year a load of deferred stuff was delivered early last Christmas,resulting in some hefty fines for RM after the catalouge companys complained to postcomm.If your dom is found out,could be in the s***! :Very Happy
same as it ever was...
tonyhendrix
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Re: Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by tonyhendrix »

well it was lighter than the past 2 years still finnised at 2 30 pm . still think back to the good old days when 10 .30 am was a late finnish
DGP1
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Re: Lightest xmas eve i can remember.

Post by DGP1 »

hubbahubba wrote:
Was told that last year a load of deferred stuff was delivered early last Christmas,resulting in some hefty fines for RM after the catalouge companys complained to postcomm.If your dom is found out,could be in the s***! :Very Happy
Unless it's MS3 then anything sent down is due for delivery, fault of the MC not the DO.
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