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Lost Spare Van Key.....

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RetroJunkie
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Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by RetroJunkie »

What's best to do if I can't find it?
spiderj
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Re: Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by spiderj »

Call your lino asap
Better to be honest than try n hide it
Good luck
:thumbup
I won
Straight4ward
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Re: Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by Straight4ward »

Spare key?

Relax. :cuppa

One of ours lost a spare van - and he's still with us. :Very Happy
"Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway."
RetroJunkie
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Re: Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by RetroJunkie »

Straight4ward wrote:Spare key?

Relax. :cuppa

One of ours lost a spare van - and he's still with us. :Very Happy
Yeah each driver and passenger has a key each per van, just used if the driver isn't back and to save you just standing there each loop.
rehabron
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Re: Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by rehabron »

By your posting I assume that you lost the spare key this morning so make sure that you report the loss of key when you return to work tomorrow morning to your DOM. Don't panic there has been no failure on delivering of mail which is paramount in RM eyes and at worst requires the van locks to be changed. Report this also to your union rep so he/she is aware and it is a matter of waiting to see which course management are going to take.
bustedflush
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Re: Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by bustedflush »

I lost the spare once in a pretty rough estate. The permanent postie on the round I was paired with told me to keep quiet and see if it turned up. He rang me the next week when I was on a different round to say a kind member of the public had dropped it over the van aerial when he got back to it!
Kudos to the person who returned the key, we still don't know who it was. Nobody was the wiser fortunately.
PHARRY
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Re: Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by PHARRY »

RetroJunkie wrote:What's best to do if I can't find it?
Easy buy another and don't tell anyone
newtimes
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Re: Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by newtimes »

Just going off topic but still about van keys, some keys will lock different vans, but will not unlock them, is there any truth in this, told this has happen by a mechanic.
arnold cheshire
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Re: Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by arnold cheshire »

PHARRY wrote:
RetroJunkie wrote:What's best to do if I can't find it?
Easy buy another and don't tell anyone
a van key will be at least 120 pound :left:
north london driver
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Re: Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by north london driver »

bringon4dayweeks wrote:
PHARRY wrote:
RetroJunkie wrote:What's best to do if I can't find it?
Easy buy another and don't tell anyone
a van key will be at least 120 pound :left:
thats more than my vans worth.
Postie45
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Re: Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by Postie45 »

always report losing things like this, accidents happen. Yes you make get a slap on the wrist, but you will at least still have a job, if you dont report it and wrong person finds it, or someone turns it into the manager at the office and you havent reported it then you could be in much bigger trouble.
tyl
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Re: Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by tyl »

RetroJunkie wrote:What's best to do if I can't find it?
Dont worry, it happens. Tell your gaffa and thats it.
arnold cheshire
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Re: Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by arnold cheshire »

tyl wrote:
RetroJunkie wrote:What's best to do if I can't find it?
Dont worry, it happens. Tell your gaffa and thats it.
yes i wonder what the jaffa said ?
tyl
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Re: Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by tyl »

bringon4dayweeks wrote:
tyl wrote:
RetroJunkie wrote:What's best to do if I can't find it?
Dont worry, it happens. Tell your gaffa and thats it.
yes i wonder what the jaffa said ?
What happened?
freelunch
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Re: Lost Spare Van Key.....

Post by freelunch »

A colleague lost spare van key a short while back, no biggy - he's done much worse!
He reported it to DOM, got a replacement within a week.
DOM also ordered a couple of keys for vans where spare wouldn't start engine.
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