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Park & Loop Packets

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Ossie From Preston
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Park & Loop Packets

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Managers are now starting to send out walk holder drivers on Park and Loop that are struggling to complete their walks with packets as early as 7 am and the guys that are on light duties in the office have been told jump on their walk while they are out delivering to help pull their time back, bit concerned about this as some rough places to deliver at 7 am plus the dark mornings are arriving rapidly, R M really looks after your safety nowadays. What next one wonders?
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Ossie From Preston wrote:Managers are now starting to send out walk holder drivers on Park and Loop that are struggling to complete their walks with packets as early as 7 am and the guys that are on light duties in the office have been told jump on their walk while they are out delivering to help pull their time back, bit concerned about this as some rough places to deliver at 7 am plus the dark mornings are arriving rapidly, R M really looks after your safety nowadays. What next one wonders?
Do they even have any runs from the local MC by 07:00?
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SpacePhoenix wrote:
Ossie From Preston wrote:Managers are now starting to send out walk holder drivers on Park and Loop that are struggling to complete their walks with packets as early as 7 am and the guys that are on light duties in the office have been told jump on their walk while they are out delivering to help pull their time back, bit concerned about this as some rough places to deliver at 7 am plus the dark mornings are arriving rapidly, R M really looks after your safety nowadays. What next one wonders?
Do they even have any runs from the local MC by 07:00?
They wont be fresh packets i assume, more than likly these will be packets that have been hanging around at the foot of the fitting for a couple of days.

Ohhh to dream of delivering large packets on the day they arrive at the D.O. Those were the days, my friend
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Ossie From Preston wrote:Managers are now starting to send out walk holder drivers on Park and Loop that are struggling to complete their walks with packets as early as 7 am and the guys that are on light duties in the office have been told jump on their walk while they are out delivering to help pull their time back, bit concerned about this as some rough places to deliver at 7 am plus the dark mornings are arriving rapidly, R M really looks after your safety nowadays. What next one wonders?

um what happened in the good old days when we were all out at that time?
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7.00am is the earliest you can deliver.
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Hitcher wrote:7.00am is the earliest you can deliver.
7 am is the a good safe time to deliver while everyone is in bed on a rough estate . but you could wake you a nasty w ££nker
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bringon4dayweeks wrote:
Hitcher wrote:7.00am is the earliest you can deliver.
7 am is the a good safe time to deliver while everyone is in bed on a rough estate . but you could wake you a nasty w ££nker
The same type who is likely to be in bed at 11am
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bringon4dayweeks wrote:
Hitcher wrote:7.00am is the earliest you can deliver.
7 am is the a good safe time to deliver while everyone is in bed on a rough estate . but you could wake you a nasty w ££nker
If you feel there's a risk then notify your manager.
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fng wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Ossie From Preston wrote:Managers are now starting to send out walk holder drivers on Park and Loop that are struggling to complete their walks with packets as early as 7 am and the guys that are on light duties in the office have been told jump on their walk while they are out delivering to help pull their time back, bit concerned about this as some rough places to deliver at 7 am plus the dark mornings are arriving rapidly, R M really looks after your safety nowadays. What next one wonders?
Do they even have any runs from the local MC by 07:00?
They wont be fresh packets i assume, more than likly these will be packets that have been hanging around at the foot of the fitting for a couple of days.

Ohhh to dream of delivering large packets on the day they arrive at the D.O. Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end. We'd sing and dance forever and a day. We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way.
Indeed they are fresh packets as they have the early bird sorters in at 5. 30 instead of 6 30 the bulky bags are exploding by the time I get in.
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Why should it matter to you? Just go out and deliver...........then come back and finish prep, pull out, load up and go out..........and if you need to cut off/leave behind/claim OT then do so.

People need to get it into their heads that 8 hours work for 8 hours pay............and if they mess your duty around then it will take longer and you'll have less time to deliver.
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SpacePhoenix wrote:
Ossie From Preston wrote:Managers are now starting to send out walk holder drivers on Park and Loop that are struggling to complete their walks with packets as early as 7 am and the guys that are on light duties in the office have been told jump on their walk while they are out delivering to help pull their time back, bit concerned about this as some rough places to deliver at 7 am plus the dark mornings are arriving rapidly, R M really looks after your safety nowadays. What next one wonders?
Do they even have any runs from the local MC by 07:00?
only because you let them :crazy:
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DGP1 wrote:Why should it matter to you? Just go out and deliver...........then come back and finish prep, pull out, load up and go out..........and if you need to cut off/leave behind/claim OT then do so.

People need to get it into their heads that 8 hours work for 8 hours pay............and if they mess your duty around then it will take longer and you'll have less time to deliver.
Its not about working 8 hours for 8 hours pay its the fact of sending a lone driver out at 7am where anything could happen to him/her and like most offices they don't answer phones if there was a issue to busy tipping met boxes in front of you instead.
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Slightly confused about this 7am business,as a driver pre P&L,me and the other drivers at my place do this 6 days a week.
This has been the norm at my place and many others no doubt in the business,give or take the heavy days when it's between 7 and 7:30.

Didn't you guys used to do this when we had early,then earlyish starts?
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