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Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

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knackeredjointsRUS
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by knackeredjointsRUS »

hewittinspain wrote:
knackeredjointsRUS wrote:Came off the ips today at 08.25 to find my delivery had not been looked at , let alone touched :

1. 4 boxes of mech + every single hole crammed full with letters on the ips frames
2. doubled up layers of flats & large letters on my frame and the top of my frame
3. 5 D2D's
4. the floor surrounding my frame was covered in packets

And when I complained that it was unfair other deliveries were getting thrown off and mine had not I was told my attitude was bad ??
WTF.... I don't even want to think about the next 3 weeks because our office is going to be a nightmare :cuppa
that's gotta be down to a slack DOM. Our Dom walks around the frames regularly and he will usually have one person (your partner) prepping two frames. There is never a frame left untouched especially at 08.25.When you have finished the IPS then 80% of your frame shouldve been prepped up. Think your DOM needs telling. 08.25 is a joke.
The method your mention is the way we have normally been doing it BUT the dom has changed everything for xmas pressure thinking his new method was more suitable and efficient, the guy hasn't a clue :arrrghhh let's put it this way if it continues with his method the office has no chance :d'oh!
who's more the fool, the fool , or the fool that follows the fool ?
knackeredjointsRUS
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by knackeredjointsRUS »

fishtank wrote:
Came off the ips today at 08.25
We had zero IPS today.
All done by the good people on the nightshift.
The joys of the Christmas agreement.
Once the cards hit it won't be so cushy though...

We don't get our second van load till gone 07.30
who's more the fool, the fool , or the fool that follows the fool ?
windermeredave
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by windermeredave »

light day here, but 5 lots of D2Ds to chuck in :roll:
daveyeff
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by daveyeff »

holiday brochures to look forward to after chrimbo. :Very Happy
Pokermon
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by Pokermon »

daveyeff wrote:holiday brochures to look forward to after chrimbo. :Very Happy
Will be a walk in the park after 400 bastard PARCELS a day for the next month :cry
5plusbonusball
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by 5plusbonusball »

That's the good bit, no junk flats for a while , plenty of cards though. After the big day the flats go through the roof but at least they post straight through, not like packets. Merry Chrimbo if we live that long :Very Happy
Why are lino's paid full-time ??
OnAFlyer
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by OnAFlyer »

hewittinspain wrote:
knackeredjointsRUS wrote:Came off the ips today at 08.25 to find my delivery had not been looked at , let alone touched :

1. 4 boxes of mech + every single hole crammed full with letters on the ips frames
2. doubled up layers of flats & large letters on my frame and the top of my frame
3. 5 D2D's
4. the floor surrounding my frame was covered in packets

And when I complained that it was unfair other deliveries were getting thrown off and mine had not I was told my attitude was bad ??
WTF.... I don't even want to think about the next 3 weeks because our office is going to be a nightmare :cuppa
that's gotta be down to a slack DOM. Our Dom walks around the frames regularly and he will usually have one person (your partner) prepping two frames. There is never a frame left untouched especially at 08.25.When you have finished the IPS then 80% of your frame shouldve been prepped up. Think your DOM needs telling. 08.25 is a joke.
We never have a single letter in the frame when we come off IPS. The only ones that do are those that are throwing off 2 walks and working with a PTer, and those that come in early.

So yes, we cut off regularly at this time of year, at least those of us who don't come in early do.
bustedflush
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by bustedflush »

Pokermon wrote:
daveyeff wrote:holiday brochures to look forward to after chrimbo. :Very Happy
Will be a walk in the park after 400 bastard PARCELS a day for the next month :cry
We love parcels.
postypie
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by postypie »

I am trying to work out how I am gonna get the time to prep up d2d's on the walk I am on this week as it has over 800 delivery points(residential)..dozens of big businesses ....and to make matters worse it has one of them rm2000 fittings with four delivery points to each slot and being new to this type of fitting today(not the walk)..I was squinting my eyes half the time trying to find room in each slot and to put the mail in the correct order(flat 806 a 806 b.806 c.806 d 806 e...etc..)....oh and compared with how the fitting was b4...this one sucks. The planners got this one wrong big time. They even left some big firms out....the postie who does the round told me last week it didn't come out the way he told the planners how he wanted it...now being spare I have to pick up the pieces...and struggle on...oh well. Soon be Christmas.... :nana :nana :mad :mad
halfull
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by halfull »

knackeredjointsRUS wrote:Came off the ips today at 08.25 to find my delivery had not been looked at , let alone touched :

1. 4 boxes of mech + every single hole crammed full with letters on the ips frames
2. doubled up layers of flats & large letters on my frame and the top of my frame
3. 5 D2D's
4. the floor surrounding my frame was covered in packets

And when I complained that it was unfair other deliveries were getting thrown off and mine had not I was told my attitude was bad ??
WTF.... I don't even want to think about the next 3 weeks because our office is going to be a nightmare :cuppa
so did you complete or cutoff?
mandelsons_toenail
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by mandelsons_toenail »

I don't see a problem

2 points.

1. You know your start time
2. You Know your finish time

Anything else is your managers problem :Very Happy
Postie45
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by Postie45 »

mandelsons_toenail wrote:I don't see a problem

2 points.

1. You know your start time
2. You Know your finish time

Anything else is your managers problem :Very Happy
THIS ^
knackeredjointsRUS
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by knackeredjointsRUS »

halfull wrote:
knackeredjointsRUS wrote:Came off the ips today at 08.25 to find my delivery had not been looked at , let alone touched :

1. 4 boxes of mech + every single hole crammed full with letters on the ips frames
2. doubled up layers of flats & large letters on my frame and the top of my frame
3. 5 D2D's
4. the floor surrounding my frame was covered in packets

And when I complained that it was unfair other deliveries were getting thrown off and mine had not I was told my attitude was bad ??
WTF.... I don't even want to think about the next 3 weeks because our office is going to be a nightmare :cuppa
so did you complete or cutoff?
I cut off, the delivery I'm on is unachievable on normal days let alone christmas :crazy:
who's more the fool, the fool , or the fool that follows the fool ?
justdeno
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by justdeno »

mandelsons_toenail wrote:I don't see a problem

2 points.

1. You know your start time
2. You Know your finish time

Anything else is your managers problem :Very Happy
Yeah I knew this when I went home today( not that anything was left) :shock: :Very Happy
CT10
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Re: Day 1 of Xmas pressure...what a joke !

Post by CT10 »

For every york we finished last night, 3 more had been added each time. The parcels are unbelievable right now :O