RedBagMan wrote:Not convinced ... according to my official guide ...
they're still called packets ...
... it might say 2/6d on the book but ... I've not seen an update yet ...
This is not the official postman manual, it's quite clearly an amateurish fake.
1. He isn't wearing hi vis
2. His shoes are shiny
3. His van looks clean
4. No obvious damage to the van
5. No customer running up to him asking "am i too late"
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RedBagMan wrote:Not convinced ... according to my official guide ...
they're still called packets ...
... it might say 2/6d on the book but ... I've not seen an update yet ...
Seriously! Does everbody have to quote the pics everytime they post in this thread!?
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.
fmrPOSTIE wrote:I just have this gut feeling that Royal Mail is hanging on to Parcelforce (and what seems a good idea given the historical plans by the tories to sell-off Parcelforce in the 90s) so that it can bring it back under Royal Mail proper. This would mak sense rather than have service agreements etc between 2 companies that are owned by the same Group, surely?
It's already happened, we all now work for a business unit called UKLIP, or UK Letters, International & Parcels. Happened a few months ago.
sparkx wrote:It's already happened, we all now work for a business unit called UKLIP, or UK Letters, International & Parcels. Happened a few months ago.
Close but the priorities are different.
It's actually UK Parcels, International and Letters (UKPIL).
fmrPOSTIE wrote:I just have this gut feeling that Royal Mail is hanging on to Parcelforce (and what seems a good idea given the historical plans by the tories to sell-off Parcelforce in the 90s) so that it can bring it back under Royal Mail proper. This would mak sense rather than have service agreements etc between 2 companies that are owned by the same Group, surely?
If they do that then they might move Tracked and Specials over
