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packets

Post by newspaper »

we are told packets are the future

but for some reason we are now told leave your packets just complete the mail when we say we wont complete our delivery ?
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Re: packets

Post by bensonhedge »

That's because we are a parcel company.Packets don't matter anymore :crazy:
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Post by shepherdess »

because they can fail packets but not mail ?
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Post by DGP1 »

That's because DOMs get their arses kicked if the fail the USO and not if they leave parcels for days on end.
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Re: packets

Post by motch »

incognito wrote:we are told packets are the future

but for some reason we are now told leave your packets just complete the mail when we say we wont complete our delivery ?
only now? has happened on and off in our office for the last decade..
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Post by krussel »

Packets no longer exist within RM, fact.

We only deliver parcels now as the word "packet" is not understood by joe public. :roll:
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Re: packets

Post by JiminyBillyBob »

I wish my managers were that kind, had 2 bags full of parcels yesterday, that's more than i had over xmas, whats going on?
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Post by shepherdess »

Another manager trick when 30 packet yorks turn up they empty 10 out and pack them into the remaining 20. Yes we managed to clear 10 yorks of packets today !!!!!
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Post by fishtank »

krussel wrote:Packets no longer exist within RM, fact.

We only deliver parcels now as the word "packet" is not understood by joe public. :roll:
It's quite sad really.
When i retired i had planned to buy a pub and call it Packet Inn,put my own personal music on the jukebox and sit there getting pissed until it went to the wall.
Parcel Inn makes f**k all sense. :cuppa
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Post by motch »

fishtank wrote:
krussel wrote:Packets no longer exist within RM, fact.

We only deliver parcels now as the word "packet" is not understood by joe public. :roll:
It's quite sad really.
When i retired i had planned to buy a pub and call it Packet Inn,put my own personal music on the jukebox and sit there getting pissed until it went to the wall.
Parcel Inn makes f**k all sense. :cuppa
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Post by SpacePhoenix »

shepherdess wrote:Another manager trick when 30 packet yorks turn up they empty 10 out and pack them into the remaining 20. Yes we managed to clear 10 yorks of packets today !!!!!
When everything eventually becomes trackable management won't be able to pull crap like that as the higher up screws will be able to check the gps to see if the delivery attempt scans were made in the DOs
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Post by fb1969 »

I've been a postie for just on six months and it took me five of them to remember to call packets "packets" and not call them "parcels". Now I find that we are to call them "parcels" from now on. :arrrghhh

What next, D2Ds (or neightbourhoods as they call them in my DO) will in future be called "leaflets" which I spent four months saying :Very Happy
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Post by woofwoof »

SpacePhoenix wrote:
shepherdess wrote:Another manager trick when 30 packet yorks turn up they empty 10 out and pack them into the remaining 20. Yes we managed to clear 10 yorks of packets today !!!!!
When everything eventually becomes trackable management won't be able to pull crap like that as the higher up screws will be able to check the gps to see if the delivery attempt scans were made in the DOs

this got emailed to justsayit@royalmail.com they say its ok letters only under the uso
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Re: packets

Post by 1984 »

I heard if you leave a bundle with say 50 letters, thats 50 items that have failed.

But if you leave 5 packets instead thats only 5 items that have failed
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Re: packets

Post by POSTMAN »

We've been here before,most if not all packets,parcels or whatever you want to call them are part of the USO.
What f***ing comes in must go out anyway!

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