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d2d's prepped in by person for someone else!

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Bahia Feliz
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d2d's prepped in by person for someone else!

Post by Bahia Feliz »

The person on the delivery next to me prepped all his d2d's in when he got back today ( 3 lots) for the whole delivery even though he has got the day off on Monday! The bare faced cheek of it!!
p.s the manager asked me to do half of it on Monday,I said no as i'm on a collection,I would have said yes,but that was before i saw the d2d's were all in.
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Why would any postie do that when going to be off on Monday - start of the week??? :arrrghhh

I actually don't think people should prep D2Ds a day b4 bcos it is doing work outside the hours - it all counts and gives false impressions It makes me laugh some of the loud-mouths in our place lays into people (usually p/timers) for coming in early. And yet, some prep and d2ds and some even do flats on return or before going on collection

Some posties just don't like to work their contracted hours - they are too used to 'job and finish'.

I don't care much as it is flexi-time; but the managers use such situations to pressure other posties that want to work their time and those that want to work at a reasonable pace.
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chrisj wrote:Why would any postie do that when going to be off on Monday :arrrghhh
Probably because he knows damn well that the guys who do the walk on O/T on Monday will not prep and deliver the 1 x 6th of D2D's and he will be left with them all to do the rest of the week.
Obviously I generalise as most guys would do their fair share, but if this chap has had his fingers burnt in the past - I dont blame him.
The question should be "Why would any postie not do D2D's when covering a colleages shift on Monday" ?
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Post by bigcol »

fng wrote:Probably because he knows damn well that the guys who do the walk on O/T on Monday will not prep and deliver the 1 x 6th of D2D's and he will be left with them all to do the rest of the week.
Why would he care?
Why would he throw them all off?
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Post by not me »

fng wrote:
chrisj wrote:Why would any postie do that when going to be off on Monday :arrrghhh
Probably because he knows damn well that the guys who do the walk on O/T on Monday will not prep and deliver the 1 x 6th of D2D's and he will be left with them all to do the rest of the week.
Obviously I generalise as most guys would do their fair share, but if this chap has had his fingers burnt in the past - I dont blame him.
The question should be "Why would any postie not do D2D's when covering a colleages shift on Monday" ?

so you put the whole walk in?
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Post by celerycelery »

We have people that come in Saturday morning when we have all left to prep their door to doors if they have been on holiday that week. Unbelievable.
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If he had put just the Monday in then... fine!

I had a guy, this week, put in his D2D for Saturday when he was off on the Thurs. The thing is that he did not put the saturday at the start of the week but after work on Wednesday. He was my partner for some parts of the week - I was a reserve/spare tyre and due to work the other paired walk on his day off.

There were 4 d2ds and some of the slots are doubled - hence, the delivery person (myself and Co) were made to take them all or wade through the d2ds to extract the letters. His part of the paired walk was being thrown out by a manager and/or some bloke (he does not give a...) on reduced hours; the letters were embedded in the D2Ds. :whistle
Bahia Feliz
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Post by Bahia Feliz »

chrisj wrote:
If he had put just the Monday in then... fine!
Exactly Chris! He should have put just 1/6th in to cover Monday,not the whole lot!
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Post by demon »

just pull out round them the cheeky f****r i would not dream of leaveing any i would just do them all myself
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Post by wiganpostie »

Some of our lot prep the next day's door-to-doors if they get back to the office before their time. Perosnally, I'm quite happy to take that 10-15 minutes for myself, as an extra 'bonus' for a hard day's slog done well. :Very Happy
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Post by krussel »

Bahia Feliz wrote:
chrisj wrote:
If he had put just the Monday in then... fine!
Exactly Chris! He should have put just 1/6th in to cover Monday,not the whole lot!

Agree with that. The whole lot is a piss take. :no no
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Whoever is on it monday should just deliver mondays d2ds and pull the rest out and throw them in a pile! Putting them all in the frame expecting someone else to deliver them all for you is taking the piss! :speak to the hand
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Judgee wrote:Whoever is on it monday should just deliver mondays d2ds and pull the rest out and throw them in a pile! Putting them all in the frame expecting someone else to deliver them all for you is taking the piss! :speak to the hand
:nana EXACTLY . I would love to see the blokes look on his face on Tuesday morning and he has to do them all again .
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Post by DB1100 »

I don't care if the d2d's dont go on my day off its not my problem,as Long as I do them on the other 4 days thats all that matters,if the relief doesn't want to do them fine,I don't give a flying f**k
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Post by IloveMYredTROLLEY! »

somerset wrote:
Judgee wrote:Whoever is on it monday should just deliver mondays d2ds and pull the rest out and throw them in a pile! Putting them all in the frame expecting someone else to deliver them all for you is taking the piss! :speak to the hand
:nana EXACTLY . I would love to see the blokes look on his face on Tuesday morning and he has to do them all again .
I would do exactly the same, unless the lino specifically brought the issue up before I pulled them out. Each and every day has one sixth of the D2D prep and delivery as part of the workload, it is not my job to automatically mop up the mess left by others on the last day of the week, I deliver the day's clearly marked sections and that is it... Unless asked to do otherwise by management, if I get asked to prep in and deliver extra, I choose if I am happy to do the o/t or ask management to relieve me of the excess workload beyond my contract hours.