Mobile

[Postie45]

very true ! :) screw em all then !

[NewPostieUK]

"Sorry, your door is locked and I am unable to get to your telephone".

[DGP1]

I don't have a mobile.............at least that's my excuse

[RedBagMan]

if i knew and got on with the customer well enough i probably would call and they could come find me on the delivery and pick up the parcel.

+1

(So that's two community-minded posties left in this country ...)

Tut tut, no handing mail to punters in the street. Asking for trouble if you're found out.

... and b*ll*x to that as well ...

[eastie]

Dont remember ringing people who are out is added to the timings of loops

[UnhappyGremlin]

I had a boss tell me a couple of years ago that I was REQUIRED to use my phone for business purposes, and if I refused I would be disciplined.

I refused. They tried the usual threats, compulsory transfer, removal from duty ,told them that if they wanted me to ring they have to provide me with the means to do so. They said use a phonebox , told them to get me a list of where I could find them, which confused them. They also said I could try knocking on peoples doors and asking them if I could use the phone. Again said no, why should private householders be inconvenienced because Royal Mail are too cheap to provide their staff with the means to do their jobs?

Nothing came of it. Somebody along the line must have pointed out the obvious flaw of the instruction. Or they couldn't find any part of the conduct code that they could apply.

[ripio]

PDA has a phone built into it, but can calls be made from it? I once received a call on mine but it was a wrong number!

[eastie]

apparantly I rang the emergency service on mine once

[Twitch]

Came across this today, had a recorded for flat 3 ???

lol

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[TheCobra]

If the customer was a nice 20 or 30 something female, then I'd give her a call no problem.

[Mr Rush]

apparantly I rang the emergency service on mine once

As did my PDA once, despite the fact it was locked.

[UnhappyGremlin]

PDA has a phone built into it, but can calls be made from it? I once received a call on mine but it was a wrong number!

In theory, yes. But you can only ring pre-programmed numbers on them. I think the PDA's in my unit have some numbers in them, like the RAC and Prio locker. I did try the other day to phone the office on it but it just terminated the attempt. It would be too sensible and logical for RM to programme the number of the office at which the PDA is based, to allow staff to have a means of contact.

Of course, there is the very real probability that making it possible for us to use the them as a phone has been thought of by someone in RM management (unlikely, but possible), but it was probably rejected on grounds of the inevitable increased cost, and the fact they just expect us to use our own personal mobiles.

Or it just could be a massive oversight by the unintelligent management we have.

[motch]

PDA has a phone built into it, but can calls be made from it? I once received a call on mine but it was a wrong number!

In theory, yes. But you can only ring pre-programmed numbers on them. I think the PDA's in my unit have some numbers in them, like the RAC and Prio locker. I did try the other day to phone the office on it but it just terminated the attempt. It would be too sensible and logical for RM to programme the number of the office at which the PDA is based, to allow staff to have a means of contact.

Of course, there is the very real probability that making it possible for us to use the them as a phone has been thought of by someone in RM management (unlikely, but possible), but it was probably rejected on grounds of the inevitable increased cost, and the fact they just expect us to use our own personal mobiles.

Or it just could be a massive oversight by the unintelligent management we have.

wouldn't be very reliable as phones, batteries seem to die all the time and some vans don't have cradles sometimes.

Are they safe anyway? Boffins aren't even sure 100% if mobiles are safe for you, these PDA's have a much stronger signal don't they?

[UnhappyGremlin]

Well, motch, there not reliable as PDA's either, very few of the vans in our office have working cradles, I have driven about 6 different vans in the last 2 weeks and none had a working cradle.

Not heard about them having a stronger signal than normal mobiles though, that's new on me. Might try having a week off sick with it though.
See if I can get away with it.

[BingBong]

Royal Mail dont supply me with a phone to use. Also anyone could of stuck that note on someones door. Think security =D and in short eff off! =)