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Absorbing rounds

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philip69
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Absorbing rounds

Post by philip69 »

Anyone else out there have to absorb or are we the only slaves?
houseoflords
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Re: Absorbing rounds

Post by houseoflords »

We do, they want it everyday, it's here to stay but I dont rush or go over so it rarely gets done. Time for a nice stroll lino, bye bye enjoy your day.
loverman shabba
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Re: Absorbing rounds

Post by loverman shabba »

If it impacts on your duty time don't take it simple as that. They can't force you to work over
sophie97
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Post by sophie97 »

Been absorbing since march and still going...
farstrider
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Re: Absorbing rounds

Post by farstrider »

come in on time take your breaks and do the job as should be done v.. that means using trolleys and equipment supplied , no one should need to do absorbtion
Post1977
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Re: Absorbing rounds

Post by Post1977 »

farstrider wrote:come in on time take your breaks and do the job as should be done v.. that means using trolleys and equipment supplied , no one should need to do absorbtion
100% right.
But it's a shame we all work with so many twats that start early and run around :arrrghhh
freelunch
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Re: Absorbing rounds

Post by freelunch »

farstrider wrote:no one should need to do absorbtion
Apparently, if we want to take our annual leave we should :cry
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pokos27
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Re: Absorbing rounds

Post by pokos27 »

please slow down and stop coming in early
bigcol
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Re: Absorbing rounds

Post by bigcol »

If you're absorbing your walk is too short.
arnold cheshire
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Re: Absorbing rounds

Post by arnold cheshire »

bigcol wrote:If you're absorbing your walk is too short.
we absorb at 850 am :thumbup
fishtank
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Re: Absorbing rounds

Post by fishtank »

farstrider wrote:come in on time take your breaks and do the job as should be done v.. that means using trolleys and equipment supplied , no one should need to do absorbtion
That's not really true.
If you are resourced to 100,000 items and only 50,000 come through the door you'll be absorbing no matter how you do the job.
Doing the job properly will reduce the scope for lapsing outside of the recognised framework but it won't stop it in circumstances where there is genuine scope.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
arnold cheshire
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Re: Absorbing rounds

Post by arnold cheshire »

fishtank wrote:
farstrider wrote:come in on time take your breaks and do the job as should be done v.. that means using trolleys and equipment supplied , no one should need to do absorbtion
That's not really true.
If you are resourced to 100,000 items and only 50,000 come through the door you'll be absorbing no matter how you do the job.
Doing the job properly will reduce the scope for lapsing outside of the recognised framework but it won't stop it in circumstances where there is genuine scope.
so when its a heavy wednesday why do they have our office absorbing 80 drops ?
fishtank
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Re: Absorbing rounds

Post by fishtank »

bigcol wrote:If you're absorbing your walk is too short.
If you're not absorbing at all I would suggest your walk is too big or your model week is too low.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share
arnold cheshire
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Re: Absorbing rounds

Post by arnold cheshire »

fishtank wrote:
bigcol wrote:If you're absorbing your walk is too short.
If you're not absorbing at all I would suggest your walk is too big or your model week is too low.
MODEL WEEK ? fantasy land for kno'££ :wave
fishtank
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Re: Absorbing rounds

Post by fishtank »

bringon4dayweeks wrote:so when its a heavy wednesday why do they have our office absorbing 80 drops ?
I don't know,I'm not in your office but if you're absorbing when you genuinely don't have the scope to do it somebody needs a slap(not literally),It might be the rep or the members or both and it's almost certainly the manager but a slap is due somewhere.
good times, bad times you know I've had my share