Are there many jobs more tiring?

[Gilly856]

And I piss on me boots to make walking easier like the ' grunts' lol!

[Acca Dacca]

Easy job by some margin and I'm 50 plus, there are hundreds of harder jobs than going for a walk with or without a trolley.

Looking back at your post history, pretty much every single post you make is saying how much of a ''piece of piss'' our job is. No matter what thread it is you make the same comment.

You're a troll and probably not even a postie.

And if you ARE - count yourself lucky your one of the few with a great walk. Not everyone is the same.

But you aren't a postie.

I am a postie and I find it easy with plenty of time to do extra, with my lack of seniority but not in age I do not have an easy walk as I am a reserve who does different walks daily and weekly .

No you aren't.

The game is up.

[Gilly856]

Abraham Dacca you are wasted as a fellow postie you should be a detective in Rotherham

[jimmynailsalive]

Easy job by some margin and I'm 50 plus, there are hundreds of harder jobs than going for a walk with or without a trolley.

Looking back at your post history, pretty much every single post you make is saying how much of a ''piece of piss'' our job is. No matter what thread it is you make the same comment.

You're a troll and probably not even a postie.

And if you ARE - count yourself lucky your one of the few with a great walk. Not everyone is the same.

But you aren't a postie.

I am a postie and I find it easy with plenty of time to do extra, with my lack of seniority but not in age I do not have an easy walk as I am a reserve who does different walks daily and weekly .

You should write in to the courier and see if they'll give you a prize as the only reserve who gets punted around daily who can finish with plenty of time to spare. As a reserve I find you lose a good 20 minutes getting out as I don't know the frame or if the walks are tied loop to loop and then you need at least 2 minutes per bag to get instructions of where to go which adds another 15-20 minutes. If I'm on my own walk I would be digging out my mate a few times but as a reserve on an unfamiliar duty I can't exactly jump into the van and deliver parcels and specials or help my mate with the end of a loop or two as usually no idea in which direction he'll appear so easily 30-40 minutes gets wasted on a new walk.

[Gilly856]

Some are biting so hard there teeth must be cracking. It's an easy job do your shift go home do plenty for the rest of the day.

[cyrus]

Some are biting so hard there teeth must be cracking. It's an easy job do your shift go home do plenty for the rest of the day.

Got you, your in an easy office.

[postslippete]

The only cushy duties at our depot are all indoors

Mind you, they do plenty of walking in the callers office - from the customer desk to the packet frames 10 yards away at the back



Anyway good for you Gilly, the leave reserves at our office are either on sick or are always whinging about being on different duties every week. Mind you, the ones that crack on and get the job done usually come in a few hours earlier before their time - understandable as they don't always know the frame. So a few of them maybe do finish before their time.

[Gilly856]

The only cushy duties at our depot are all indoors

Mind you, they do plenty of walking in the callers office - from the customer desk to the packet frames 10 yards away at the back



Anyway good for you Gilly, the leave reserves at our office are either on sick or are always whinging about being on different duties every week. Mind you, the ones that crack on and get the job done usually come in a few hours earlier before their time - understandable as they don't always know the frame. So a few of them maybe do finish before their time.

I never really said I finish before my time someone assumed, I said finish early 1418 and do other things. I do not work any minutes that I don't get paid for and I don't run.
I embrace the different walks and challenges which I enjoy and find easy, and love getting paid for keeping fit.

[Acca Dacca]

The only cushy duties at our depot are all indoors

Mind you, they do plenty of walking in the callers office - from the customer desk to the packet frames 10 yards away at the back



Anyway good for you Gilly, the leave reserves at our office are either on sick or are always whinging about being on different duties every week. Mind you, the ones that crack on and get the job done usually come in a few hours earlier before their time - understandable as they don't always know the frame. So a few of them maybe do finish before their time.

I never really said I finish before my time someone assumed, I said finish early 1418 and do other things. I do not work any minutes that I don't get paid for and I don't run.
I embrace the different walks and challenges which I enjoy and find easy, and love getting paid for keeping fit.

No you don't cause you are not a postie.

[OnAFlyer]

I used to work in a clothes shop, it was a hell of a lot more tiring as every hour seemed to last a week. I also worked on building sites and that was far harder physically. I don't find being a postie particularly tiring other than the odd day when I feel tired before I start, for whatever reason.

You must have one piss easy walk, if you found working in a clothes shop tiring.

Try standing in a shop for 8 hours with nothing to do but help the odd customer or fold jumpers - you'd soon change your mind. It's so boring the days last forever, as a postie the working day flies.

Nah, I wouldn't change my mind because. I done it for years, it's not tiring just boring.

Same thing when you've been that bored for 8 hours, I didn't last a week. I did a spell on a building site and that was totally knackering physically. I got on at RM in the 90's and couldn't believe how great it was, yeah it's a different job now but I still don't think it's particularly tiring if you're decently fit. I go for runs and bike rides after work and at weekends, plus I have a young family too. And I'm very nearly the wrong side of 40.

[Gilly856]

Well said on a flyer

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[cyrus]

I used to work in a clothes shop, it was a hell of a lot more tiring as every hour seemed to last a week. I also worked on building sites and that was far harder physically. I don't find being a postie particularly tiring other than the odd day when I feel tired before I start, for whatever reason.

You must have one piss easy walk, if you found working in a clothes shop tiring.

Try standing in a shop for 8 hours with nothing to do but help the odd customer or fold jumpers - you'd soon change your mind. It's so boring the days last forever, as a postie the working day flies.

Nah, I wouldn't change my mind because. I done it for years, it's not tiring just boring.

Same thing when you've been that bored for 8 hours, I didn't last a week. I did a spell on a building site and that was totally knackering physically. I got on at RM in the 90's and couldn't believe how great it was, yeah it's a different job now but I still don't think it's particularly tiring if you're decently fit. I go for runs and bike rides after work and at weekends, plus I have a young family too. And I'm very nearly the wrong side of 40.

...and like I said, you work in an easy office....Heart attacks, strokes, done in knees, hip replacements,bad backs are norm in my office.I work with a few ex army,ex pro sport,ex fitness instructor types.Before I started this job I was super fit myself(resting heart rate of 45 bpm). The wear and tear of walking up hilly paths, long gravel roads and house's with never ending stairs has taken it's toll.

[Budfrog]

Not sure how up to date this table is but it gives you an idea on the Relaxation Allowances that need to be added to the basic (allowed) time for all manual work.

[wannabeek]

I'm not sure I'm reading that chart correctly. It says 5 percent of my 'basic time' (does that mean my working day?) is required for 'personal needs'. 5% of an 8 hr day is 24 mins. That is one very long wee. It would take a lady over 33 mins to do it apparently. Is that because they wash their hands after?

Also if I lifted 25kg (that's a full sack of potatoes, quite doable if healthy and lifted correctly) I'd need over an hour to recover? I must be reading it wrong.