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Post by J.notton »

I just need clarification here, (no too sure how to put it) it is about van share dutys, if I am the driver am I in charge/responsible for the amount of work we take out and to report any problems back to the manager?
If there is a document that relates to this can you attach that in your reply

many thanks
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You both share responsibility for the mail being taken out.
You have, without extra pay, the additional responsibility of the van.
Good luck. :thumbup
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So who has responsiblily of ringing the office if there is a risk of cutting off? Driver/walker or doesn't it matter?
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J.notton wrote:So who has responsiblily of ringing the office if there is a risk of cutting off? Driver/walker or doesn't it matter?
Its not written down, but the most efficient and sensible way would be for the walker to contact the office whilst the driver is moving the vehicle to the next stop. But its not written down so it comes down to common sense.

Of course, if only 1 person wants to finish on time they have the responsibility of calling the office if they have followed the overrunning procedure.
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Also it depends is the driver and /or the non-driver has a mobile phone. :thumbup
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Lounge Lizard wrote:Also it depends is the driver and /or the non-driver has a mobile phone. :thumbup
They have, it's called a PDA
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our office dont answer the calls from pdas :thumbdown
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hans solo wrote:our office dont answer the calls from pdas :thumbdown
Any idea of all PDA phone call activity gets logged? if it does then there should be a record of someone calling the office using a PDA
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SpacePhoenix wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:Also it depends is the driver and /or the non-driver has a mobile phone. :thumbup
They have, it's called a PDA
SP,
Thanks.
If I had had more than three minutes training on the PDAs I might have known that. :Applause
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Lounge Lizard wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:Also it depends is the driver and /or the non-driver has a mobile phone. :thumbup
They have, it's called a PDA
SP,
Thanks.
If I had had more than three minutes training on the PDAs I might have known that. :Applause
afaik even the old PDAs had phone functionality
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SpacePhoenix wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:Also it depends is the driver and /or the non-driver has a mobile phone. :thumbup
They have, it's called a PDA
SP,
Thanks.
If I had had more than three minutes training on the PDAs I might have known that. :Applause
afaik even the old PDAs had phone functionality
SP,
And all those years ago I don't remember more than a few minutes training on them. :cuppa
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Post by yellowbelly »

SpacePhoenix wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:Also it depends is the driver and /or the non-driver has a mobile phone. :thumbup
They have, it's called a PDA
That's if they've bothered to put the correct office/managers numbers in them.....but they can't call you back
on them either (as far as I know).