MP tries life as a postman

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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TORY MP Andrew Jones swapped the comforts of the House of Commons for the life of a postie today, February 20.

He experienced what’s involved in delivering the mail when he joined local postman Chris Bennett on his delivery round in Knaresborough.

Mr Jones, MP for Harrogate and Knaresborough, was among a number of local MPs invited to accompany postmen and women across the region to see the lengths Royal Mail goes to in order to deliver the post.

The purpose of the visits is to give MPs an insight into the challenges of delivering mail to every house and business in their constituency, six days a week.


Local delivery office manager John Leadley said: “The visit gave us the opportunity to show how we are modernising the organisation as we respond to the changing nature of the modern postbag.

“We are delivering more parcels and fewer letters than ever before and the tools for the job need to reflect that.”

Mr Jones added: “Postmen and women perform an important function in our communities, not just delivering communication, but being one of the institutions in society that binds us together for the common good.”

“I wanted to get a real understanding of the work that goes into delivering the mail on a daily basis. There can be no better way of getting that insight than actually going out and doing the job alongside a delivery postman. I was just glad I could keep up.”

[cinemasaint]

Sounds familiar? Pose for the local press then off claiming expenses for doing diddly squat, pretending to care about the electorates needs whilst lining their pockets

[Lincox]

So, if we are so good at binding the communities together for the common good, why the f.ck are we not being paid the bonuses that managers are getting for doing basically paperwork.

[fishtank]

MP tries life as a postman

Was he told he had performance issues,pressured into working overtime and then refused payment,was he threatened with wilful delay,refused time off for a hospital appointment,moved around the office from one duty to the next because the line manager can't manage,was he dumped on the worst duty in the office,given a map and told to get on with it?
Did he get his pension ripped to shreds?
Did he go home absolutely f****d knowing he had to get up the next morning and face the same s**t again...and again for the next 40 odd years?

Did he try the life of a postman...did he f**k.

[HeilMoya]

MP tries life as a postman

Was he told he had performance issues,pressured into working overtime and then refused payment,was he threatened with wilful delay,refused time off for a hospital appointment,moved around the office from one duty to the next because the line manager can't manage,was he dumped on the worst duty in the office,given a map and told to get on with it?
Did he get his pension ripped to shreds?
Did he go home absolutely f****d knowing he had to get up the next morning and face the same s**t again...and again for the next 40 odd years?

Did he try the life of a postman...did he f**k.

[knackeredneedadayoff]

[houseoflords]

Yes I bet he never turned up until 9am aswell, I couldn't see any MP getting up at the time we all do, useless little wet behind the ears mummy's boy MP.

[chooch]

the 'Comments' page awaits your replies postmen of Knaresborough.. you know you want to..

[UnhappyGremlin]

What Fishtank said.

[wabbithunta]

Can we do a jobswap then?