Are we considered key workers :: PM: Key workers ( delivery drivers ) pupils should attend school on Monday : Proper list to come out soon

Woody Guthrie · Post by **Woody Guthrie** » 18 Mar 2020, 20:04

The USO wasn't written by God.
It's null and void in an emergency scenario.

wazer · Post by **wazer** » 18 Mar 2020, 20:07

Woody Guthrie wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:
Mark_F wrote:If it does go on for a few months then upper management need to have some idea of what absolutely has to go out, and who is available to sort it before it gets to the DOs, clogging them up.
It'd still have to be stored in DOs as MCs won't have the room to store it. RM would need to get OFCOM to change the USO before it could happen anyway
Do you honestly think all this crap is going to keep coming when we go into full lockdown?
Who's going to be holding a massive final furniture sale ends Tuesday in these circumstances?

DFS

Woody Guthrie · Post by **Woody Guthrie** » 18 Mar 2020, 20:13

That takes me back.
Haven't seen DFS in our area for at least 10 years.
Used to come in boxes for every door but completely unsorted.
Happy days.. not.

ViperF · Post by **ViperF** » 18 Mar 2020, 20:22

health workers
police officers
supermarket delivery drivers
workers looking after the vulnerable and elderly

While a full list has not yet been revealed, this could also include:

Teachers and nursery nurses
Police officers, Community Support Officers and some civilian police staff
Prison officers and some other Prison staff
Probation Service staff
Social workers, educational psychologists, and therapists
Local Authority Planners
Firefighters
Connexions Personal Advisers
Some Ministry of Defence personnel
Environmental Health Officer
Highway Agency Traffic Officers

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 18 Mar 2020, 20:41

I would say we are an essential service and so we will carry on as long as we are fit to do so. In an extraordinary situation we will help to hold onto some semblance of ordinary life. The alternative is that everything goes down the toilet and we almost end up at year zero. Capitalism is arguably a broken system but if we were to move to a different system then this virus would not be an ideal method to facilitate it.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 18 Mar 2020, 20:51

Woody Guthrie wrote:The USO wasn't written by God.
It's null and void in an emergency scenario.

Not until the government suspends it

ssdd · Post by **ssdd** » 18 Mar 2020, 21:09

ViperF wrote:health workers
police officers
supermarket delivery drivers
workers looking after the vulnerable and elderly

While a full list has not yet been revealed, this could also include:

Teachers and nursery nurses
Police officers, Community Support Officers and some civilian police staff
Prison officers and some other Prison staff
Probation Service staff
Social workers, educational psychologists, and therapists
Local Authority Planners
Firefighters
Connexions Personal Advisers
Some Ministry of Defence personnel
Environmental Health Officer
Highway Agency Traffic Officers

Bin Men

olilew · Post by **olilew** » 18 Mar 2020, 21:09

If the scenario arises where we are not classed as key workers and goodness knows how many posties have to go off to look after their children, who's going to cover their shifts?

Phelim21 · Post by **Phelim21** » 18 Mar 2020, 21:20

Bin the d2d at this time. More important mail and parcels to be delivered

Seymour Buts · Post by **Seymour Buts** » 18 Mar 2020, 23:21

ViperF wrote:health workers
police officers
supermarket delivery drivers
workers looking after the vulnerable and elderly

While a full list has not yet been revealed, this could also include:

Teachers and nursery nurses
Police officers, Community Support Officers and some civilian police staff
Prison officers and some other Prison staff
Probation Service staff
Social workers, educational psychologists, and therapists
Local Authority Planners
Firefighters
Connexions Personal Advisers
Some Ministry of Defence personnel
Environmental Health Officer
Highway Agency Traffic Officers

Retail workers surely?

I doubt we'll be on it unless were tasked with delivering food.

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 19 Mar 2020, 06:49

Seymour Buts wrote:
ViperF wrote:health workers
police officers
supermarket delivery drivers
workers looking after the vulnerable and elderly

While a full list has not yet been revealed, this could also include:

Teachers and nursery nurses
Police officers, Community Support Officers and some civilian police staff
Prison officers and some other Prison staff
Probation Service staff
Social workers, educational psychologists, and therapists
Local Authority Planners
Firefighters
Connexions Personal Advisers
Some Ministry of Defence personnel
Environmental Health Officer
Highway Agency Traffic Officers
Retail workers surely?

I doubt we'll be on it unless were tasked with delivering food.

We already do deliver food to a degree, it's not unusual to see a few food items pass through on the Tracked

norris9 · Post by **norris9** » 19 Mar 2020, 07:17

Mark_F wrote:The question is at what point it becomes necessary (if it gets to this point) to separate the important stuff out and ensure it's delivered while putting the rest on hold.

We don't know what's inside most of the letters or parcels.

-Some people might have important documents from their bank, a house purchase that's going through, a doctor's letter....

-Some people will be ordering face masks, sanitiser, toilet roll, vitamins, medicine....

The door 2 doors might as well be left, no1 will be buying anything. But, maybe the government might put out leaflets about coronavirus for us to deliver?

And then the addressed junk mail.

So if anything is going to stay behind it's likely going to just be any junk mail, but I'd assume we'd still deliver it anyway as we'll still be going to those houses. Just maybe the addressed junk mail can be delayed if it's the only thing for that house.

norris9 · Post by **norris9** » 19 Mar 2020, 07:26

SpacePhoenix wrote:We already do deliver food to a degree, it's not unusual to see a few food items pass through on the Tracked

-Vitamin tablets are essentially food.
-I have delivered chocolates before.
-Those boxes of nuts or whatever (Graze boxes) are common too.
-We also deliver MyProtein type stuff.
-We also deliver alcohol.

V-STROMER11 · Post by **V-STROMER11** » 19 Mar 2020, 09:56

I work on t24 in the mail center this last week we've been getting loads of big boxes of disinfectant and other industrial cleaning supplies...

Woody Guthrie · Post by **Woody Guthrie** » 19 Mar 2020, 10:43

norris9 wrote:
SpacePhoenix wrote:We already do deliver food to a degree, it's not unusual to see a few food items pass through on the Tracked
-Vitamin tablets are essentially food.
-I have delivered chocolates before.
-Those boxes of nuts or whatever (Graze boxes) are common too.
-We also deliver MyProtein type stuff.
-We also deliver alcohol.

V-STROMER11 wrote:I work on t24 in the mail center this last week we've been getting loads of big boxes of disinfectant and other industrial cleaning supplies...

The amount we deliver makes it irrelevant.
All that can be done by the supermarket chains much more efficiently.

Unless they radically change what we do we're not essential in times like these.