Are there many jobs more tiring?

[Budfrog]

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.

The Basic time is the 'allowed' time for any given task or element at 100Bs .... the percentages are added onto this to give a standard time or a RM planning value.

Assuming someone (male) worked for 8 Hours (480 Mins) and picked up the basic allowances of 5% for personal needs, 4% for basic fatigue and had to stand throughout their working day 2% then the basic time would be 480/1.11= 432.4 Mins which means the portion of the standard time allowed for personal needs would equate to 432.4 x 0.05 = 21.6 Mins/Day

The reason that women have slightly higher personal needs is due to the menstrual cycle.

The allowances for lifting or application of force are only applied to the time spent on elements of work that involve it you would never have a job that entailed 100% of your time lifting a sack of potatoes (although some Amazon employees may beg to differ).

[rusty nails]

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.

24 mins obviously isn't long enough for the toilet at my old office, they were in so much of a rush they left s**t splattered on and around the bowl.

[Jack Rouse]

I think the job gets more tiring the older you get, I've only been in RM for 6 years, I find it more tiring now than I did when I started.

When I was in the Navy as a young and fit lad, I thought nothing of doing watched 4 hrs about, going ashore for hours on end, getting pissed and turning to the moment I dot back, I could run, play football, etc without needing to catch a breath.

RM seem to forget that we are dying very slowly, so things get harder on a daily basis !

[Daniel-san]

24 mins obviously isn't long enough for the toilet at my old office, they were in so much of a rush they left s**t splattered on and around the bowl.

s**t splattered on and around the bowl?
That's good!
They s**t all over the floor and wall at our office!
Disgusting!

[taurus88]

I don't find the job tiring any more.

I used to. I used to find it physically and mentally exhausting. I couldn't find enough time outside of work to do the things I wanted to. I just wanted to sit on my backside and do not a lot until the next day of work. Then, I stopped caring about the job, and that granted me the huge mental shift that has enabled me to get my energy back. I changed my diet so I had more energy, I started training in the gym 3 times a week, and I took up running again. This has all happened this year. I have lots more energy. For the first month or so, it was torture taking on so many physical activities at once, but as soon as that change became routine, I found that everything fell into place. I cut out drinking altogether. I cut down on fast food. I made sure I was getting enough sleep on a daily basis instead of playing catch-up.

Everything got better. The mental fatigue that used to plague me before work (oh, letters, parcels, why don't you sod off?) has evaporated. The whole shift in lifestyle has allowed me to find new enjoyment in the job. I make sure my HCT has the bare minimum amount of mail and parcels in it at all times, if there isn't a drop box, I'm still giving the driver a drop-bag, when it's necessary. I go at whatever pace I can go at without pushing myself beyond my limits. I don't care what pace other people can go at.

There is a caveat. I am a young man. It should be easy. But I still maintain that the job can be made simpler and easier by those who whine the most about it. There are people at my Delivery Office who have more ailments than a hospital. Predictably, they are those who cut the most corners, and carry the most weight. They like to rush out of the office in a morning and get back as early as humanly possible. I am not saying that all those who suffer are guilty of these sins, merely I am saying that many are.

[BarnsleyLackey]

I don't find the job tiring any more.

I used to. I used to find it physically and mentally exhausting. I couldn't find enough time outside of work to do the things I wanted to. I just wanted to sit on my backside and do not a lot until the next day of work. Then, I stopped caring about the job, and that granted me the huge mental shift that has enabled me to get my energy back. I changed my diet so I had more energy, I started training in the gym 3 times a week, and I took up running again. This has all happened this year. I have lots more energy. For the first month or so, it was torture taking on so many physical activities at once, but as soon as that change became routine, I found that everything fell into place. I cut out drinking altogether. I cut down on fast food. I made sure I was getting enough sleep on a daily basis instead of playing catch-up.

Everything got better. The mental fatigue that used to plague me before work (oh, letters, parcels, why don't you sod off?) has evaporated. The whole shift in lifestyle has allowed me to find new enjoyment in the job. I make sure my HCT has the bare minimum amount of mail and parcels in it at all times, if there isn't a drop box, I'm still giving the driver a drop-bag, when it's necessary. I go at whatever pace I can go at without pushing myself beyond my limits. I don't care what pace other people can go at.

There is a caveat. I am a young man. It should be easy. But I still maintain that the job can be made simpler and easier by those who whine the most about it. There are people at my Delivery Office who have more ailments than a hospital. Predictably, they are those who cut the most corners, and carry the most weight. They like to rush out of the office in a morning and get back as early as humanly possible. I am not saying that all those who suffer are guilty of these sins, merely I am saying that many are.

Top Man.