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Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

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Re: Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

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Biker Mouse wrote:
Pat Ostman wrote:
clashcityrocker wrote:If you've been told not to put your fingers through a letter box and/or if the frame has a dog warning card on it and the WRAP/Walk log is up to date then putting your fingers through the letter box isn't human error - it's plain dumb.
That's why we have posting pegs.
I disagree, you can have a moments loss of attention you know. It does happen. You could apply your harsh logic to just about anything.

PDA's/Pens/Posting Pegs/Notice Lefts/Van Keys/Signing sheets for when the PDA inevitably runs out of power. When do we get a belt for all this shite?
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Re: Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

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clashcityrocker wrote:If you've been told not to put your fingers through a letter box and/or if the frame has a dog warning card on it and the WRAP/Walk log is up to date then putting your fingers through the letter box isn't human error - it's plain dumb.
That's why we have posting pegs.
Posting pegs bahahahahaha! I don't know ONE person who uses these things, seriously. If I used posting pegs on all my 'dog' houses you could add another 20 minutes to my daily hours.
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Unfortunately 'd2d's are your friend' did not follow proper procedure,any compo claim would be laughed at.
Manager has to authorise the claim by the looks of the form also. :nervous

It was a lapse in concentration,a 'possible' conduct issue,would be best to learn from it and move on.
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It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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millitant
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Re: Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

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fill out an LS3 and get it sent to tony ruppa at headquarters

let him make the decision
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Re: Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

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millitant wrote:fill out an LS3 and get it sent to tony ruppa at headquarters

let him make the decision
Agree with this, get it escalated outside of your own DO, they will just do what they try and do with all problems, ignore it til it goes away.
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Re: Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

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So,he's got to fill out the compo form,which has to be counter signed by his manger,and probably by the same manager who has threatened him with the conduct code for not following proper procedure even though the said dog is known to the business as a hazzard by the walk log. :nervous

Does Ruupa do conduct cases as well?
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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Re: Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

Post by iHateD2Ds »

millitant wrote:did you fill out the ERICA FORMY

have you filled out the green LS3 form from your rep for a claim

Yes ,manager went through Erica on office pc.
Haven't filled LS3 form. No loss in earnings.
Just the pain of a throbbing swollen finger all week.Probably scarring .Prescription,dressing cost ,transport cost to and from hospital and the total hassle and worry of getting a septic finger and having it chopped off.

Royal Mail have more or less covered their backs. We don't have use of the dog reminder cards where you throw in the frame and take them out on delivery.I feel that I would have a much healthier looking finger if we where using the cards at our office.
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Re: Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

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POSTMAN wrote:So,he's got to fill out the compo form,which has to be counter signed by his manger,and probably by the same manager who has threatened him with the conduct code for not following proper procedure even though the said dog is known to the business as a hazzard by the walk log. :nervous

Does Ruupa do conduct cases as well?
the manager does not have to counter sign the LS3

the action will be between simpson and miller and the house holder

the only imput from royal mail will be the repayment of any sick pay

forget the politics for a minute

this is a personal injury


also

do you not have the hazard card that updates the WRAP when out on your walk
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Re: Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

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Why didn't you use post it peg if you know there was a dangerous dog?

Thats what your gonna be asked my management....and you could find yourself on conduct for not using it.
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Re: Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

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Royal_Fail wrote:Why didn't you use post it peg if you know there was a dangerous dog?

Thats what your gonna be asked my management....and you could find yourself on conduct for not using it.

the employer is irrelevant in all this

no time off for sick pay etc
he is still at work so why all the talk of a conduct code issue
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Re: Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

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:neutral:
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
My BFF Clash
The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
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Re: Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

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Seriously Try and Claim,Exactly the same thing happened to a guy in our office about 5 years ago.

Not sure if things have changed with claims like this but he claimed with the help of the union and the home owners insurance firm paid him £3,200.
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Re: Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

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When you went off to the hospital - what happened to the mail?
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Re: Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

Post by iHateD2Ds »

millitant wrote:
Royal_Fail wrote:Why didn't you use post it peg if you know there was a dangerous dog?

Thats what your gonna be asked my management....and you could find yourself on conduct for not using it.

the employer is irrelevant in all this

no time off for sick pay etc
he is still at work so why all the talk of a conduct code issue

I asked the hospital doctor about how long the swelling would remain because RM were pressurising me to get back to work ,he wrote me a sick note for a week and stated there's no way I could work with my injury.
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Re: Any Compensation for Dog Bites Through Letterbox?

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clashcityrocker wrote:When you went off to the hospital - what happened to the mail?
The dog owner was not in but a joiner who was working on an house opposite gave me first aid and let me wash the wound(many thanks). It had stopped bleeding so decided to walk back to the SPDO where I dropped off carded packets and rest of the mail I had in my trolley.There was also two bags left in pouch box which I told the manager about .Apparently somebody on overtime finished off the delivery.