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Footwear rationing one pair every 6 months

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cweg
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Re: Footwear rationing one pair every 6 months

Post by cweg »

When will the new trainers be available? My CAT trainers are done and my manager says he can't order any more because they're being discontinued.

Might give the Magnums a go for now.
blue1873
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Re: Footwear rationing one pair every 6 months

Post by blue1873 »

freelunch wrote:Instead of rationing us to one pair every 6 months they ought to let us have one shoe every 3 months.

How's that for thinkin like a Royal Mail manager? - Fcuk yeah :evil/mad
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RedBagMan
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Re: Footwear rationing one pair every 6 months

Post by RedBagMan »

freelunch wrote:Instead of rationing us to one pair every 6 months they ought to let us have one shoe every 3 months.

How's that for thinkin like a Royal Mail manager? - Fcuk yeah :evil/mad
Would this mean having to do your loops "the other way round" every three months ?
"We're under model" - oh no we're not - stick your lapse elsewhere ...
Hitcher
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Re: Footwear rationing one pair every 6 months

Post by Hitcher »

cweg wrote:When will the new trainers be available? My CAT trainers are done and my manager says he can't order any more because they're being discontinued.

Might give the Magnums a go for now.
I keep asking but they don't know. I thought one of them was meant to be available this month but there's no change on the uniform site either.
OnAFlyer
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Re: Footwear rationing one pair every 6 months

Post by OnAFlyer »

cweg wrote:When will the new trainers be available? My CAT trainers are done and my manager says he can't order any more because they're being discontinued.

Might give the Magnums a go for now.
I was told March. Ordered new cat shoes as they apparently came back into stock, but they didn't have my size and I can't try the magnum shoes as they're out of stock as well.

So I've got at least 2 months of winter to go with a pair of trainers with no tread. I do have some cat boots but can only wear them when it snows or is icy as they're too heavy for day to day wear.