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terry2972
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what happened

Post by terry2972 »

What happened to the mail today I don't think I have ever known such low volume of mail, is everybody the same or have I just been lucky
eastie
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Re: what happened

Post by eastie »

letters weren't heavy but 5 packet bags and 5 D2D's made up for it
donein
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Re: what happened

Post by donein »

terry2972 wrote:What happened to the mail today I don't think I have ever known such low volume of mail, is everybody the same or have I just been lucky


wait till tomorrow bub the word is doomed :pray
A2B
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Post by A2B »

very little mail, reasonable amount of packets but 90% went through the letterbox and only brought 4 back, earliest finish for a long while but will pay for it tomorrow :sad:
electronica500
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Re: what happened

Post by electronica500 »

quarter of a tray of mech, :confused
not one xmas card to be seen
the calm before the storm! maybe.......
Postie45
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Re: what happened

Post by Postie45 »

same in my office, very quiet
kirstyx
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Re: what happened

Post by kirstyx »

very quiet in my office to but we had our work time learning this morning and was told to enjoy today and good luck for the next 2 weeks as they are expecting the rest of this week to be packet heavy and next week to be letter heavy. im kinda relieved to be on resricted duties right now max 1 1/2 delivery
OnAFlyer
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Post by OnAFlyer »

I worked last night and threw some sequencing off on a commercial walk, there was a grand total of 80 letters for the entire walk in the tray! The top row had 8 letters in it and all that was left to throw in was the last wave of sequencing (half a bundle) and last bit of IPS mail.
OnAFlyer
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Re: what happened

Post by OnAFlyer »

kirstyx wrote:very quiet in my office to but we had our work time learning this morning and was told to enjoy today and good luck for the next 2 weeks as they are expecting the rest of this week to be packet heavy and next week to be letter heavy. im kinda relieved to be on resricted duties right now max 1 1/2 delivery
Lol why do we need 'good luck'?' Finish time is the same whether 1 packet bag or 20.
miles_peters
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Re: what happened

Post by miles_peters »

packets were crazy today. black Friday hit us bigtime. I bought back 25 packets to the office, must have taken out over 100 packets
tiggle
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Re: what happened

Post by tiggle »

terry2972 wrote:What happened to the mail today I don't think I have ever known such low volume of mail, is everybody the same or have I just been lucky

yep pretty quiet only 20 minutes extended
Barbel
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Re: what happened

Post by Barbel »

Very quiet mail wise but lots of parcles.
Lounge Lizard
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Re: what happened

Post by Lounge Lizard »

Yes, very quiet mail wise but lots of parcels.
SW17
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Re: what happened

Post by SW17 »

The calm before the storm :sad:
postslippete
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Re: what happened

Post by postslippete »

Hardly any letters but big parcels filled half the van
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