Postman in hospital after struck by his own van in Fobbing.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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A POSTMAN was hospitalised after being struck down by his own vehicle as it was stolen.

The attack happened at 10.00 am on Thursday morning on High Road, Fobbing.

The 31-year-old postie from Stanford-le-Hope was making xmas deliveries when a male jumped into the van and stole it.

The postman attempted to prevent the theft of his vehicle and in doing so was struck as the vehicle made off.

He suffered from severe bruising and was taken to hospital but was discharged soon after.

The van was recovered a short time afterwards in Howell Road, Corringham.

Any information should be passed to the Serious Crime Team at Grays police station on 101 or Crimestoppers 0800 555 111.

[NWpostie]

and he will have a P45 waiting for him.

yet another one bites the dust for leaving keys in the ignition

[k979aaa]

Why do they do it I lock my van if I close the door and walk away from it never ever leave the key in it.

[La Poste]

It would be interesting to see what happens here, I would like to know the eventual outcome, if the Postie is sacked.

[RedBagMan]

Still trying to get my head around "Fobbing" ...

... and why oh why are there so many miserable - nay self-righteous bastards - on here - always so quick to say "bye bye" to a team member ...

Obviously they've NEVER done any "off the official line" themselves - too many "Peter f*cking Perfects" on here at times - and Merry effing Christmas to you all ...

[k979aaa]

Still trying to get my head around "Fobbing" ...

... and why oh why are there so many miserable - nay self-righteous bastards - on here - always so quick to say "bye bye" to a team member ...

Obviously they've NEVER done any "off the official line" themselves - too many "Peter f*cking Perfects" on here at times - and Merry effing Christmas to you all ...

Why cut corners what the hell is the gain I cannot change what this man did or did not do I can only warn postmen/women what not to do!. Get off your high horse drink your milk and grow up!.

[DGP1]

We've been told that if you leave your van running and it's stolen then you'll get sacked, if you get caught by IB doing the same thing then it's lucky that you don't end up with a 2 year suspended dismissal.............so why are people still doing it??

If it does happen then you can always say you were robbed for it and they forced you to give up the keys but I personally find it's best to avoid the situation all together by taking the keys out of the van when you leave the drivers seat.

[mandelsons_toenail]

One of my members got van nicked

Keys in van running

I got him two year serious as opposed to the sack

[TeeferTiger]

We were all made to sign a van security procedures whatsit a few years ago. If I got the van stolen whilst on duty through negligence, I would expect to be sacked as it's a bloody stupid thing to do-RM are looking for much easier ways to get rid of people so why hand it them on a platter?!

I obviously hope he doesn't get sacked, but I'd be very surprised if he wasn't

[RedBagMan]

Why cut corners what the hell is the gain I cannot change what this man did or did not do I can only warn postmen/women what not to do!. Get off your high horse drink your milk and grow up!.

I don't have a problem with warnings (i.e. not aimed at you !) - it's the throwaway comments like "P45 on Monday"/"another one bites the dust" etc etc that get my goat - shows a total lack of compassion with a fellow worker who probably knows damn well that he's now in the sh*t ...

I thought the "kick a man when he's down" attitude came from higher up (management/government) - not from fellow workers ...

Dismounts/drinks beer ...

[DB1100]

Still trying to get my head around "Fobbing" ...

... and why oh why are there so many miserable - nay self-righteous bastards - on here - always so quick to say "bye bye" to a team member ...

Obviously they've NEVER done any "off the official line" themselves - too many "Peter f*cking Perfects" on here at times - and Merry effing Christmas to you all ...

Thank f=-k,somebody else who thinks like me,half the people on here would grass there own mothers up,thank god I don't work with them.

[La Poste]

I think you will find that a lot of comments like bye bye Postie and another one bites the dust are not aimed at the Postman, it's sarcasm aimed at Royal mail itself and the general attitude of the business towards the people working within it.

[DGP1]

Still trying to get my head around "Fobbing" ...

... and why oh why are there so many miserable - nay self-righteous bastards - on here - always so quick to say "bye bye" to a team member ...

Obviously they've NEVER done any "off the official line" themselves - too many "Peter f*cking Perfects" on here at times - and Merry effing Christmas to you all ...

Thank f=-k,somebody else who thinks like me,half the people on here would grass there own mothers up,thank god I don't work with them.

OK, RM is doing it's best to remove staff as cheaply as possible and having your van stolen is the surest way to get the sack these day, I'm just really disappointed that people could still do leave their engines running while they are delivering to a house, even with all the warnings that have been given.

[bunkerland]

We've been told that if you leave your van running and it's stolen then you'll get sacked, if you get caught by IB doing the same thing then it's lucky that you don't end up with a 2 year suspended dismissal.............so why are people still doing it??

Same with leaving packets in bins,lost count of how many final warning briefings i've heard about this but still.......
I guess it's just human nature to think it's not going to happen to you.

I'm sure a lot of these cases are probably because the postie feels pressurized for time or harassed through being busy,but it's still not worth giving some egotistical manager the chance to sack you.And no,i'm certainly not perfect but i like to think i learn from my mistakes and hearing about the mistakes of others.

PS-Hope the postie involved keeps his job,i'd be gutted to lose mine,even if i do complain about it sometimes/often.

[NWpostie]

Why cut corners what the hell is the gain I cannot change what this man did or did not do I can only warn postmen/women what not to do!. Get off your high horse drink your milk and grow up!.

I don't have a problem with warnings (i.e. not aimed at you !) - it's the throwaway comments like "P45 on Monday"/"another one bites the dust" etc etc that get my goat - shows a total lack of compassion with a fellow worker who probably knows damn well that he's now in the sh*t ...

I thought the "kick a man when he's down" attitude came from higher up (management/government) - not from fellow workers ...

Dismounts/drinks beer ...

I think you will find that these comment is more directed at RM's own procedures that doesn't take any prisoners these days, leaving the keys in the ignition and having the van stolen is virtually guaranteed you a sacking, I would not want him sacked, that said he is the architect of his own misfortune he like many drivers will have been warned often enough but to go ahead and do it in spite of warning beggars belief, he is paying the price of not thinking of his job first.

There is every chance he will have P45 waiting for him, unless he has done something exceptional in the past or is under stress that may be a mitigating circumstances, it would have to be a bloody good one.