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Postie Tracey wades through flood water to deliver mail

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Postie Tracey wades through flood water to deliver mail

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A POSTWOMAN refused to allow the floods to stop the mail getting through – so she waded through the water to complete her rounds.

On seeing floodwater reach a foot deep in parts of Canvey, Tracey Coble, 41, of Shell Beach Road, left, decided she would still deliver.

Mrs Coble, a postie for 14 years, said: “I went round my sister’s and borrowed her flip-flops, then went out to do my job.

“My manager told me ‘if you can’t get down there, you can’t get down there’, but people deserve the service. I wasn’t doing it for Royal Mail’s sake. People have gone through enough stress. They don’t want to be even more isolated.

“For some of them, it was the second time it had happened. The Government needs to sort Canvey out.

“People are just by themselves. We’ve been helping neighbours, as they can’t do it themselves.”
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:d'oh!
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Tracey is now off on S/L due to Weil's Disease , septicemia and the effects of falling into an open drain. :arrrghhh
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noggin1969 wrote:Tracey is now off on S/L due to Weil's Disease , septicemia and the effects of falling into an open drain. :arrrghhh

She should not delivered the mail it was unsafe she could of drowned
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noggin1969 wrote:Tracey is now off on S/L due to Weil's Disease , septicemia and the effects of falling into an open drain. :arrrghhh
and when she returns will be conduct coded for wearing flip flops :no no
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And the mail falls through the letter box onto somebodys flooded hall way and is totally useless to anyone
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PHARRY wrote:She should not delivered the mail it was unsafe she could of drowned
Or been electrocuted.

What happened to H&S Hazard assessment? If she had been injured or worse, Royal Mail would say it was her own fault.
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And all her customers were over the moon with the delivery of virginmedia,pizzahut and a flyer for DFS furniture.
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DB1100 wrote:And all her customers were over the moon with the delivery of virginmedia,pizzahut and a flyer for DFS furniture.
That could be handy because the cookers would be useless and they'd need new furniture - win win :cuppa
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dvbuk55 wrote:
DB1100 wrote:And all her customers were over the moon with the delivery of virginmedia,pizzahut and a flyer for DFS furniture.
That could be handy because the cookers would be useless and they'd need new furniture - win win :cuppa
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Sooo When is She getting Her disciplinary hearing :roll: