95 degrees today on my walk - you?

twiddledumb · Post by **twiddledumb** » 25 Jul 2019, 20:16

Royal mail give you absolute minimum protection to avoid sun burn and sun stroke, Its borderline negligence on their behalf. They should provide you with sunblock, hats that don't look as ridiculous as the wide beam hats, zero lapsing and no deliveries between 11.00 and 1.00pm if the temp goes above 30 C. If a postie gets skin cancer they should sue Royal Mail, I think they would win that case.

krussel · Post by **krussel** » 25 Jul 2019, 20:21

twiddledumb wrote:Royal mail give you absolute minimum protection to avoid sun burn and sun stroke, Its borderline negligence on their behalf. They should provide you with sunblock, hats that don't look as ridiculous as the wide beam hats, zero lapsing and no deliveries between 11.00 and 1.00pm if the temp goes above 30 C. If a postie gets skin cancer they should sue Royal Mail, I think they would win that case.

I get where you are coming from but.

They cannot provide you with sun block or sun cream in case of allergic reaction. Same thing if you have a headache.

Sledge4211 · Post by **Sledge4211** » 25 Jul 2019, 20:22

Brandy wrote:I am sorry but RM just dont care about the health and safety of their posties,they used to years ago,but not anymore. Its all about money now.

Yeah I totally agree - it’s much worse for people who are pushing HCT trolleys then in vans. Our office started 30mins earlier to get out before the heat! Made the difference for sure

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 25 Jul 2019, 21:24

Four bottles of ice-cold water handed to me from thoughtful residents today.

Awwww, bless.

twiddledumb · Post by **twiddledumb** » 25 Jul 2019, 21:38

"They cannot provide you with sun block or sun cream in case of allergic reaction. Same thing if you have a headache"

So why do they supply hand wash/soap? The same case could be made for them.

The reason is they are a bunch of greedy sods that care more about saving a few pennies here and there then the safety of their workers.

Anyway, they can provide you with the funds to buy your own, just like they do to clean your uniform.

robbertwhitton · Post by **robbertwhitton** » 25 Jul 2019, 22:05

deltaforce wrote:No contingency plans at all other than you can start a bit earlier to get out to avoid peak time heat. Didn’t work. I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t even have a risk assement on the situation. NHS stated that no one should go out between 11 till 3. Pushing your body in extreme heat has dangers including heart attacks and heat stroke. I’m not sure why R M didn’t take this a bit more seriously.. we could have prep the walks and just delivered packets today and cleared up letters tomorrow. It would have left us with less exposure to the heat

Well put,another mismanaged debarkle,we shouldn’t expect anything less,keep the culture of fear alive however hot it gets,a common sense approach once again sadly lacking in this company,with the macho just get on with it fraternity rising to the challenge,I dispair

robbertwhitton · Post by **robbertwhitton** » 25 Jul 2019, 22:15

deltaforce wrote:No contingency plans at all other than you can start a bit earlier to get out to avoid peak time heat. Didn’t work. I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t even have a risk assement on the situation. NHS stated that no one should go out between 11 till 3. Pushing your body in extreme heat has dangers including heart attacks and heat stroke. I’m not sure why R M didn’t take this a bit more seriously.. we could have prep the walks and just delivered packets today and cleared up letters tomorrow. It would have left us with less exposure to the heat

Well said,another mismanaged debarkle,shamefull,but you wouldn’t expect anything less,keep the culture of fear alive in the heat,but the macho fraternity will just say get on with it,big organisations are well prepared and common since kicks in and get praise from employees and good advertising through the media etc,good old Royal Mail,remain quiet and blinkered as per usual as to the contingency plans in this weather,that’s because they haven’t got one,

robbertwhitton · Post by **robbertwhitton** » 25 Jul 2019, 22:22

kashmir58 wrote:Our office the Dom actually cared about the staff after seeing that there Would probably be record temperatures today,deciding on single lapse instead of double not much but at least he realised the risks told us the normal H/S brief plenty of water, hats walk-in shade take your time etc ,after conference call area boss said double lapse and send a person to another office
Looking after the postmen and women.......you should be ashamed Royal Mail

Priceless!!

clashcityrocker · Post by **clashcityrocker** » 26 Jul 2019, 05:35

Should overtime be banned as well?

Postie45 · Post by **Postie45** » 26 Jul 2019, 05:59

You know RM management don't care about our welfare when they insist on lapsing on a day like that and they wonder why they get less and less goodwill from their staff.

Stormproof · Post by **Stormproof** » 26 Jul 2019, 06:41

I wouldn't be surprised if sick goes through the roof today because people will be suffering the after effects of dehydration. My local council sent out a text to residents saying the bin collections had been suspended at noon due to the heat. RM should of used their plan they use in the winter if it snows. A couple of loops and the rest of the delivery doing specials and packets.
I had a bit of a dig at the H&S manager at the office who tried justifying what the computer said. Apparently he had put all the data in the severe weather tool on the computer and it came back as 'Tolerable'...I told him that is probably the highest level it goes to. RM should of got the USO suspended for the day!

Post by **Brandy** » 26 Jul 2019, 10:42

kashmir58 wrote:Our office the Dom actually cared about the staff after seeing that there Would probably be record temperatures today,deciding on single lapse instead of double not much but at least he realised the risks told us the normal H/S brief plenty of water, hats walk-in shade take your time etc ,after conference call area boss said double lapse and send a person to another office
Looking after the postmen and women.......you should be ashamed Royal Mail

Honestly you couldnt make it up!!!!!!!!

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postmanzach · Post by **postmanzach** » 26 Jul 2019, 12:55

Quite breezy, highs of about 24c, just perfect.

Interested-seeker · Post by **Interested-seeker** » 26 Jul 2019, 16:08

Has anyone else's office got rid of plastic cups for the water dispensing machine? Ours got rid of them earlier this summer because of environmental reasons.

world class male · Post by **world class male** » 26 Jul 2019, 17:26

everyone said today they were virtually on their knees after yesterday, we got the "well done" this morning "but if you can help us out due to some ringing in sick"
they put them on the sick!
no respite even though it was a tad cooler and extremely light for a friday,
no consideration to the toil of yesterday, it's like all that's gone now and you've all slept well and raring to go again,
we aren't professional athletes, we need time to recover but not in RM's eyes