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lapsing finish

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postmankev
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lapsing finish

Post by postmankev »

HAS ANY ONE BEEN TOLD WHEN THERE LAPSING STOPS, HEARD SOME OFFICES FINISH THIS WEEK, SOME OFFICE HAVE HAD NONE
city1983
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Re: lapsing finish

Post by city1983 »

Who knows? probably go on for ever,thought it stopped when the schools
went back
daveyeff
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Re: lapsing finish

Post by daveyeff »

ours ends this week
postmanplod69
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Re: lapsing finish

Post by postmanplod69 »

Think ours finishes next week to coincide with the schools going back but I'm not holding my breath :neutral:
eastie
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Post by eastie »

ours stops this week
Sergeant Blast
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Post by Sergeant Blast »

ours never ends. will probably still have it at xmas. :crazy:
celerycelery
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Post by celerycelery »

Who cares when it starts or ends? Let it last year after year if the sad managers want it to. But and its a big BUT you only lapse when you have the time to do it. If you don't then you say NO. Its that easy. Let them worry about getting the extra bits out not you.
kybear
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Post by kybear »

Our lapsing never stops,never has and never will.
DirtyHarry
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Post by DirtyHarry »

That's the beauty about lapsing, it don't matter what time of the year it is, if you run around like a blue-arse fly because you somehow think it's still 'job & finish,' you will always have time in which management can point a finger at you, laugh themselves silly, and get you to do extra which enables them to get a nice, fat, juicy bonus.

Meanwhile, all the mugs get is an extra hour or two of daytime TV. :roll:
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Post by TrueBlueTerrier »

DirtyHarry wrote:That's the beauty about lapsing, it don't matter what time of the year it is, if you run around like a blue-arse fly because you somehow think it's still 'job & finish,' you will always have time in which management can point a finger at you, laugh themselves silly, and get you to do extra which enables them to get a nice, fat, juicy bonus.

Meanwhile, all the mugs get is an extra hour or two of daytime TV. :roll:
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mushy124
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Post by mushy124 »

i only lapse if i have time think about it do the job as it should be done start on time take a meal break dont have time
philip spiby
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Post by philip spiby »

Start on time, take your breaks, don't run around, finish on time, no need to lapse is what any normal person who wants to protect his job should do, but were not talking normal people who work for Royal Mail, it's come in 30 min early, not take any breaks, run round, climbing over fences, then blame the rep cos they got to lapse, but still finish an hour before someone who has done the job correctly. Next thing you know we're lapsing some more duties, problem easily solved start work 45 min earlier and run round faster, meanwhile the person who takes his breaks, starts on time, does not panic, and finishes on time and still does not lapse. My question is who will be 6 feet under 1st, the postman who runs round cos he got to get home to watch Jeremy Kyle or the postman who just accepts he is working till his time?
mushy124
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Post by mushy124 »

you got it phill :crazy:
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Post by clashcityrocker »

"Doing the job properly" does mot mean you do not have time to lapse.
Traffic being at or above model week** means you do not have time to lapse.

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DirtyHarry
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Post by DirtyHarry »

I never have time to do part of somebody else's walk. :cuppa