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shorts banned
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edgearsenal
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shorts banned
This a.m we have been told we are not aloud to where shorts as it is a health and safety risk. Because it is to cold what a joke, at 6 a.m this morning. on the drive in to work it was recording 9.5c in my car hardly cold imo.
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digitaljudge
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Re: shorts banned
what a load of crock, i believe i read a story somewhere about a postie who wears his shorts all year round, i can remember seeing a pic of him in the snow with them on. 
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edgearsenal
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Re: shorts banned
A lad in my office was pictured in the snow in his shorts wears them all yeardigitaljudge wrote:what a load of crock, i believe i read a story somewhere about a postie who wears his shorts all year round, i can remember seeing a pic of him in the snow with them on.
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fishtank
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Re: shorts banned
Funny that because the Courier and myroyalmail always has it's annual "daft lad wearing shorts in the snow" picture.
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TrueBlueTerrier
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Re: shorts banned
Do they ban trousers in Summer - the same lack of logic applies.
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General Mannerheim
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Re: shorts banned
Yes it's called care in the community.edgearsenal wrote:A lad in my office was pictured in the snow in his shorts wears them all yeardigitaljudge wrote:what a load of crock, i believe i read a story somewhere about a postie who wears his shorts all year round, i can remember seeing a pic of him in the snow with them on.
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The DDA/Equality Act demands action,NOT words......adjustments NOT Occupational Health referrals.Case No:2505901/09
Royal Mail is an Equal Opportunities Employer..It discriminates against everybody.
The DDA/Equality Act demands action,NOT words......adjustments NOT Occupational Health referrals.Case No:2505901/09
Royal Mail is an Equal Opportunities Employer..It discriminates against everybody.
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Yan Panik
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Re: shorts banned
I have worn shorts throughout the past two winters including December 2010 when temperatures dropped to minus 15c.
My fingers ears and nose feel the cold but my knees have never bothered me. Its a hell of a lot better than walking around in wet trousers or lumps of ice clinging to the bottom of your trousers.
My fingers ears and nose feel the cold but my knees have never bothered me. Its a hell of a lot better than walking around in wet trousers or lumps of ice clinging to the bottom of your trousers.
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doorstepped
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Re: shorts banned
well said Yan.
My dim last year told me to start wearing trousers around november time, I told him to get lost, wore my shorts until Xmas Eve and started wearing them again in February.
bare legs dry so much faster than wet trousers, yes its cold when you first go out, but once you start moving you soon heat up, I also wear short sleeved shirts and a blue sleeveless body warmer as I find wearing RM jackets etc make my arms sweat too much so I would rather go without.
personal choice as long as you are wearing RM uniform, I dare say I could get away with a skirt if we still had them ;)
My dim last year told me to start wearing trousers around november time, I told him to get lost, wore my shorts until Xmas Eve and started wearing them again in February.
bare legs dry so much faster than wet trousers, yes its cold when you first go out, but once you start moving you soon heat up, I also wear short sleeved shirts and a blue sleeveless body warmer as I find wearing RM jackets etc make my arms sweat too much so I would rather go without.
personal choice as long as you are wearing RM uniform, I dare say I could get away with a skirt if we still had them ;)
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fishtank
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Re: shorts banned
We do but they are classed as indoor although one of our's wears it on delivery.doorstepped wrote: I dare say I could get away with a skirt if we still had them ;)
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General Mannerheim
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Re: shorts banned
wow what great logic!
I wonder if Scott of the Antartic wouldn't have had to have eaten his mate Captain Oakes if he had just worn shorts.Makes you think!

I wonder if Scott of the Antartic wouldn't have had to have eaten his mate Captain Oakes if he had just worn shorts.Makes you think!
Royal Mail managers.....about as popular as a t.urd in a swimming pool!
The DDA/Equality Act demands action,NOT words......adjustments NOT Occupational Health referrals.Case No:2505901/09
Royal Mail is an Equal Opportunities Employer..It discriminates against everybody.
The DDA/Equality Act demands action,NOT words......adjustments NOT Occupational Health referrals.Case No:2505901/09
Royal Mail is an Equal Opportunities Employer..It discriminates against everybody.
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TeeferTiger
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Re: shorts banned
I ordered the culottes because I didn't want the shorts (they were too, erm, short IMO) but they just looked like my trousers had had an argument with my ankles and I looked even more of a kn*b in my uniform than I usually did 
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eastie
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Re: shorts banned
I have worn shorts all year round for at least 6 years, albeit I work on the south Coast
Your legs dont get cold when you are walking anyway.
People laugh in winter but so what. when it rains its better to have shorts because trousers get wet and chafe especially when the water runs off the coat and legs dry quickly anyway.
I also only ever wear short sleeved shirts as well but I get problems when trying to order 3 shirts every 6 months and 2 pairs of shorts a year.
Even when I tell the Uniform Dept that I dont use long sleeved shirts or trousers and must save RM money they still wont give me extra .
My DOM ends up ordering them for someone else and then give them to me.
Maybe its just me and I don't feel the cold
Your legs dont get cold when you are walking anyway.
People laugh in winter but so what. when it rains its better to have shorts because trousers get wet and chafe especially when the water runs off the coat and legs dry quickly anyway.
I also only ever wear short sleeved shirts as well but I get problems when trying to order 3 shirts every 6 months and 2 pairs of shorts a year.
Even when I tell the Uniform Dept that I dont use long sleeved shirts or trousers and must save RM money they still wont give me extra .
My DOM ends up ordering them for someone else and then give them to me.
Maybe its just me and I don't feel the cold
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fishtank
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Re: shorts banned
I had to google that and came up with this....TeeferTiger wrote:I ordered the culottes
To be honest Teefer that would make a supermodel look like a kn*b.
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POSTMAN
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Re: shorts banned
Ignore,as others have said,it's in the courier EVERY year.
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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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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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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.