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yet another courier "SPECIAL"

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thehobbit
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yet another courier "SPECIAL"

Post by thehobbit »

first time every time , deliver to a neighbour , this is on the same day we are told that we are emptying pillar boxes as we go usual question are we going to get time to do this , usual answer it will only take seconds to do , so no !! :crazy: :crazy: still we were all told deliver to a neighbour would not take any time extra as well , did any one belive that ????
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Post by spiderj »

thehobbit wrote:first time every time , deliver to a neighbour , this is on the same day we are told that we are emptying pillar boxes as we go usual question are we going to get time to do this , usual answer it will only take seconds to do , so no !! :crazy: :crazy: still we were all told deliver to a neighbour would not take any time extra as well , did any one belive that ????
Nope./.....propaganda rag straight in the bin
I won
datasaint
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Post by datasaint »

Easy bit of docket though if you get rid of all packets with neighbours easily add another 30 mins to your round. Do management really consider this? If offices up and down the country suddenly had a big increase in hours they'd be up in arms.
PostieSP1
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Post by PostieSP1 »

This is nothing new rural posties been doing this forever,prob why rural customers prefer RM to the couriers whereas Towns even the couriers don't cock things up as much:p
dave72
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Post by dave72 »

Is this the WTL stuff we never get?
mlw
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Post by mlw »

PostieSP1 wrote:This is nothing new rural posties been doing this forever,prob why rural customers prefer RM to the couriers whereas Towns even the couriers don't cock things up as much:p
WHAT IS THE POINT OF US EMPTYING BOXES WHEN THEY ARE EMPTIED AT 5 PM ARE THEY GOING TO STOP COLLECTIONS THEN OTHERWISE IT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL
redneck
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Post by redneck »

mlw wrote:
PostieSP1 wrote:This is nothing new rural posties been doing this forever,prob why rural customers prefer RM to the couriers whereas Towns even the couriers don't cock things up as much:p
WHAT IS THE POINT OF US EMPTYING BOXES WHEN THEY ARE EMPTIED AT 5 PM ARE THEY GOING TO STOP COLLECTIONS THEN OTHERWISE IT MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL
It's got to be combined with a reduced SA collection later. 100% nailed on. They'll be hopingto make the saving there, although it could increase docket/ot on a round that has collections earlier added to it?
97gaz
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Tuffers1875
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Post by Tuffers1875 »

norm wrote:Easy bit of docket though if you get rid of all packets with neighbours easily add another 30 mins to your round. Do management really consider this? If offices up and down the country suddenly had a big increase in hours they'd be up in arms.
Then the goal posts will be moved once again :cuppa

Seen it all before, don't give a flying anymore :Very Happy
OnAFlyer
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Post by OnAFlyer »

Heard today it's Amazon that are pushing this, especially Tracked (tracked are all our managers are bothered about as they're getting hassled over it). Apparently Amazon are dangling the carrot of all their Christmas parcels if RM manage a first time delivery rate of over 90% on tracked.
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Post by pinstripe »

OnAFlyer wrote:Apparently Amazon are dangling the carrot of all their Christmas parcels if RM manage a first time delivery rate of over 90% on tracked.
How can you deliver 90%+ of packets when people are at work? Even neighbours work.
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Post by newtimes »

pinstripe wrote:
OnAFlyer wrote:Apparently Amazon are dangling the carrot of all their Christmas parcels if RM manage a first time delivery rate of over 90% on tracked.
How can you deliver 90%+ of packets when people are at work? Even neighbours work.
"Lies - damn lies - and statistics"
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Post by 5plusbonusball »

As for these flyers, Moya must have shares in the printing firm and that chuffing video production firm that provides us with all the childish cartoons and graphics in wtl videos.
Why are lino's paid full-time ??
keigun56
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Post by keigun56 »

Still waiting for it to delivered. Probably been delivered to a neighbour!
PhilPott
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Post by PhilPott »

I'd sooner deliver to a neighbour than have a frustrated customer - It's a service we now provide and a long overdue one at that. I've not noticed it adding time to my delivery but it's certainly saved me time messing about checking packets back in and taking redeliveries. Time I can now spend getting the next days D2D's in.

Win Win.