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Post by EpicFail »

Hi,

I have a question. Does anybody know of anyone who has ever been caught for door to door leaflet theft?

I have, in one office I have worked, seen all the lads there take leaflets that entitled them to a free pack of lurpack spreadable butter and also remember when there were some for wearherspoons pubs.

In the office in question, the manger was very open in letting the staff take some of these leaflets for themselves but I was just wondering if anyone knew of any stories whereby someone may have recited a warning for such a thing?
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Post by briantwigley »

Possibly the worst crime ever, and by worst I don't mean most serious!

I can't say I've ever heard of it but if the people who paid RM to deliver them found out I doubt they would be very impressed, however I think its highly doubtful anyone would care.
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i think there was something about this some time ago with mcdonalds vouchers out of d2ds being sold on ebay
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Faarrrrkinell blast from the past Glen.

Anyone else rem the British Airways ones many years ago,scratch cards to win free flights ect.
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EpicFail wrote:Hi,

I have a question. Does anybody know of anyone who has ever been caught for door to door leaflet theft?
http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... ed#p435564" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Ian Delph, 26, pleaded guilty to having 4,000 unaddressed postal packets

http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... ed#p324709" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; He admitted intentionally delaying a postal packet in the course of its transmission by post, and attempting to destroy or damage door-to-door postal packets.
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There was a period some years ago when some of our contingent had unusually clean and lustrous hair although whether or not it was related to the Pantene shampoo & conditioner contract is debatable... :whistle
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EpicFail wrote:Hi,

I have a question. Does anybody know of anyone who has ever been caught for door to door leaflet theft?

I have, in one office I have worked, seen all the lads there take leaflets that entitled them to a free pack of lurpack spreadable butter and also remember when there were some for wearherspoons pubs.

In the office in question, the manger was very open in letting the staff take some of these leaflets for themselves but I was just wondering if anyone knew of any stories whereby someone may have recited a warning for such a thing?


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Who is their right mind would want to 'nick 'd2d items..lol..gotta be one of the most ridiculous things i have ever heard of while working for RM.... :cuppa :cuppa
Most customers i deliver them to either throw them straight in the bin or tear them up!
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postypie wrote: Who is their right mind would want to 'nick 'd2d items..lol..gotta be one of the most ridiculous things i have ever heard of while working for RM.... :cuppa :cuppa
Most customers i deliver them to either throw them straight in the bin or tear them up!
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I was asking the question because one member of my office has been dismissed for allegedly stealing 2 door to door leaflets.

The leaflets in question were for the sandwich shop 'Subway'.

It has never been proven that he stole them, RM have found no proof that any were taken nor any proof of him removing them from his office. They have claimed a 'reasonable doubt' due to the member appearing on 3 CCTV still images in a queue in subway and on non of the images is he at the till paying or doing anything else that would infer he used the same voucher 3 times.

He is now going to a tribunal as the managers have simply closed rank, even though there were 12 members pictures he is the only one to lose his job and unfortunately, the CWU have opted not to fund his representation so he is now at the point of representing himself.

I posed the initial question because the penalty seems harsh in the extreme even if they could have proved he stole 2 leaflets by catching him red handed but as it stands, they didn't even prove this.

If anyone does know of anyone who has simply had a chat/warning when being caught red handed, this would obviously serve as comparator and further prove the victimization at work.
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EpicFail wrote:I was asking the question because one member of my office has been dismissed for allegedly stealing 2 door to door leaflets.

The leaflets in question were for the sandwich shop 'Subway'.

It has never been proven that he stole them, RM have found no proof that any were taken nor any proof of him removing them from his office. They have claimed a 'reasonable doubt' due to the member appearing on 3 CCTV still images in a queue in subway and on non of the images is he at the till paying or doing anything else that would infer he used the same voucher 3 times.

He is now going to a tribunal as the managers have simply closed rank, even though there were 12 members pictures he is the only one to lose his job and unfortunately, the CWU have opted not to fund his representation so he is now at the point of representing himself.

I posed the initial question because the penalty seems harsh in the extreme even if they could have proved he stole 2 leaflets by catching him red handed but as it stands, they didn't even prove this.

If anyone does know of anyone who has simply had a chat/warning when being caught red handed, this would obviously serve as comparator and further prove the victimization at work.

Given the 'evidence'.
sounds like he will be winning that one
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Never did that, but didn't deliver them a lot of the time. It
soon caught up with me though. Got my life back on track
now and haven't looked back.