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uniform
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comeracing
- Posts: 806
- Joined: 28 Nov 2010, 20:58
- Gender: Male
uniform
been in the job many years,our uniform is the worst ever in all the years ive worked especially the footwear,ive no tread on my footwear at present,rang uniform this afternoon need some new trousers,told on phone they have to last 2 years,summer we only get issued 1 pair of shorts,my last footwear i got was november i was told i the phone i mentioned to the lady my soles are hanging off,she said ask my dom to ring tomorrow,felt i got treated like i was a liar or something,what a joke .
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slave
- Posts: 433
- Joined: 20 Sep 2007, 21:39
- Location: North West
Re: uniform
We are walking further than ever so it stands to reason footwear will run out quicker! I know the tread does go quicker than it used to, certainly found that this last year or so.
It is a pain in the arse but see your DOM, if your tread is bad or soles hanging off he'll have no choice but to sort it (health and safety and all that)
Two years for trousers? Mine started to wear at the side quite quickly
get me a new pair or I'll be indecent at some point 
It is a pain in the arse but see your DOM, if your tread is bad or soles hanging off he'll have no choice but to sort it (health and safety and all that)
Two years for trousers? Mine started to wear at the side quite quickly
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clashcityrocker
- Posts: 16688
- Joined: 22 Sep 2009, 13:50
- Gender: Male
- Location: strummerville
Re: uniform
Personally I wouldn't bother phoning the uniform "helpline". They are never any help.
None of the uniform lasts as long as they say.
Tell a manger what you need and let them do it.
Can't they do it on the intranet or something?
None of the uniform lasts as long as they say.
Tell a manger what you need and let them do it.
Can't they do it on the intranet or something?
The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.
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apple
- Posts: 496
- Joined: 03 Dec 2007, 17:13
- Gender: Male
- Location: Pluto
Re: uniform
i think you can order 3 pairs but this is either shorts or trousers, so you use your allocation on what you want, didn't know they had to last 2 years though mine looked fooked after a few weeks
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steven100
- Posts: 1391
- Joined: 09 Aug 2009, 12:35
- Gender: Male
Re: uniform
I tried for 3 months to get a uniform no success so i'm planning in coming in wearing a yellow shellsuit.

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pinstripe
- Posts: 2474
- Joined: 25 May 2007, 16:42
- Gender: Male
- Location: 2 left turns from reality
Re: uniform
Cool!!!steven100 wrote:I tried for 3 months to get a uniform no success so i'm planning in coming in wearing a yellow shellsuit.![]()
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But I wouldn't wear the yellow one, try the luminous blue one. Unless you've got pink.
On a side note, I get the DOM to order all my uniform. It's not as if he hasn't got the time.
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eastie
- EX ROYAL MAIL
- Posts: 2234
- Joined: 16 Jun 2011, 15:32
- Gender: Male
Re: uniform
We have so many people who's footwear aren't lasting the 2 years and the DOM is having to order them under other postmen's names just to get them .
Its the same for shirts, OK if you had 5 shirts for one a day but when you only have 3 and they get washed twice a week they are not going to last.
I had one of my shirts ripped by scrap metal in someones garden, what are we to do sew them up??
Its the same for shirts, OK if you had 5 shirts for one a day but when you only have 3 and they get washed twice a week they are not going to last.
I had one of my shirts ripped by scrap metal in someones garden, what are we to do sew them up??
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Lincox
- EX ROYAL MAIL
- Posts: 3485
- Joined: 09 Jan 2008, 18:07
- Gender: Male
Re: uniform
Heard that they were disciplining people for wearing incorrect uniform. Whatever next
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slave
- Posts: 433
- Joined: 20 Sep 2007, 21:39
- Location: North West
Re: uniform
They'll come out with some crazy scheme of giving people vans and trollies and delivering mail later and.. Oh sorry, I'm a couple of days late for April fools.Lincox wrote:Heard that they were disciplining people for wearing incorrect uniform. Whatever next
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sareknees
- Posts: 105
- Joined: 15 Sep 2008, 20:09
- Gender: Female
- Location: At the front door to The Priory
Re: uniform
The footwear lasts 6 months max
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bigcol
- Posts: 404
- Joined: 21 Jun 2010, 13:29
- Gender: Male
- Location: Officially the worst DO
Re: uniform
2 monthssareknees wrote:The footwear lasts 6 months max
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KDHULL
- Posts: 31
- Joined: 10 Jan 2011, 11:19
- Gender: Male
Re: uniform
the best thing is the cagoule which is good in windy weather, not that good in rain though, but at least it has a pocket big enough for your pda!
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DB1100
- Posts: 1976
- Joined: 10 Sep 2007, 14:30
Re: uniform
The belt is the only thing that does what its supposed to do and lasts longer than a couple of monthsKDHULL wrote:the best thing is the cagoule which is good in windy weather, not that good in rain though, but at least it has a pocket big enough for your pda!
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stokes11eg
- EX ROYAL MAIL
- Posts: 3077
- Joined: 20 Nov 2008, 12:51
- Gender: Female
Re: uniform
Add to that the poor quality of the rest of the uniform-----
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crazyshrew
- Posts: 584
- Joined: 19 Jun 2011, 16:58
- Gender: Female
- Location: Coastal, South West
Re: uniform
dunno about that, mine rusted beyond being use-able within a couple of monthsDB1100 wrote: The belt is the only thing that does what its supposed to do and lasts longer than a couple of months