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Failing a special.
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halfull
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Failing a special.
Ive had a member fail a special delivery in my unit today. The special was delivered around 13:20, the pair on the park & loop duty forgot about it. They are both stressed for their jobs,its the 1st time for both of them & ive told them they will prob just have a warning & it will be put on their records. Just wondered if any other reps on here or anyone can shed some light on the same situation of a failed special. Many thanks.
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bigal383
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Re: Failing a special.
just a training warning and abit of coaching....s**t happens
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gb93
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Re: Failing a special.
Nothing to worry about. A quick counselling ( be careful try not to let it happen again word) from dom.
End of.
End of.
This ain't no baseball game, you get only one chance and you blew it.
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resperin
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Re: Failing a special.
Loads of reg fail in the office I worked for this week, no one said nothing, but my usual office threaten conduct code
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halfull
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Re: Failing a special.
so 1pm specials dont have to be delivered for 1pm on a Saturday?resperin wrote:specials aren't guaranteed for sat delivery; only the ones with sg on it - neither need to be done by 1300 on sat
Loads of reg fail in the office I worked for this week, no one said nothing, but my usual office threaten conduct code
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k979aaa
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Re: Failing a special.
Did they use a PDA why did they not use the old paper P4550 card and fiddle the time on it afterwards? they do take a stern line in our office you deliver them late on the PDA system hence the back up plan I use if I ever need to.halfull wrote:Ive had a member fail a special delivery in my unit today. The special was delivered around 13:20, the pair on the park & loop duty forgot about it. They are both stressed for their jobs,its the 1st time for both of them & ive told them they will prob just have a warning & it will be put on their records. Just wondered if any other reps on here or anyone can shed some light on the same situation of a failed special. Many thanks.
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IcanthelpthewayIam
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Re: Failing a special.
not quite true, SG are guaranteed for their delivery time on a saturday, from the royal mail website:resperin wrote:specials aren't guaranteed for sat delivery; only the ones with sg on it - neither need to be done by 1300 on sat
Loads of reg fail in the office I worked for this week, no one said nothing, but my usual office threaten conduct code
http://www.royalmail.com/personal/uk-de ... 6-19350052" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Can I have something delivered on Saturday?
For a small fee, Post Offices throughout the UK will accept your items on Friday for 9:00am* or 1:00pm delivery on Saturday.
Other specials should be taken out and attempted unless its a business who has a shut notice for the saturday, these other normal specials are not guaranteed for anytime on a saturday
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k979aaa
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Re: Failing a special.
Royal Mails site http://www.royalmail.com/personal/uk-de ... 6-19350054" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; not entirely clear but it says if item is received at office and Saturday guaranteed if it was one of those.halfull wrote:so 1pm specials dont have to be delivered for 1pm on a Saturday?resperin wrote:specials aren't guaranteed for sat delivery; only the ones with sg on it - neither need to be done by 1300 on sat
Loads of reg fail in the office I worked for this week, no one said nothing, but my usual office threaten conduct code
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mandelsons_toenail
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Re: Failing a special.
I was late the other Saturday
Haven't heard anything don't worry lol
Haven't heard anything don't worry lol
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IcanthelpthewayIam
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Re: Failing a special.
its pretty clear on therek979aaa wrote:Royal Mails site http://www.royalmail.com/personal/uk-de ... 6-19350054" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; not entirely clear but it says if item is received at office and Saturday guaranteed if it was one of those.halfull wrote:so 1pm specials dont have to be delivered for 1pm on a Saturday?resperin wrote:specials aren't guaranteed for sat delivery; only the ones with sg on it - neither need to be done by 1300 on sat
Loads of reg fail in the office I worked for this week, no one said nothing, but my usual office threaten conduct code
"For a small fee, Post Offices throughout the UK will accept your items on Friday for 9:00am* or 1:00pm delivery on Saturday."
SG's are guaranteed for their appropriate delivery times on a saturday, others should still be taken out but are not guaranteed
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k979aaa
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Re: Failing a special.
Did it have the SG yellow sticker on it?
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halfull
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Re: Failing a special.
the silver sticker 1pm ones they saidk979aaa wrote:Did it have the SG yellow sticker on it?
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k979aaa
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Re: Failing a special.
Well let us all know if anything happens sometimes I worry myself about things like that but why did they not use the paper card P4550 once they realised it was late would have save you and them a lot of bother.
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halfull
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Re: Failing a special.
i would have thought that would be even more risky being dishonest, but thanks for the helpk979aaa wrote:Well let us all know if anything happens sometimes I worry myself about things like that but why did they not use the paper card P4550 once they realised it was late would have save you and them a lot of bother.
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exetererica
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