Lockdown thread

smok3y666 · Post by **smok3y666** » 23 Mar 2020, 20:58

Only thing we deliver as essential is those NHS prescriptions and after those 1.5M letters that's it everything else is non essential, an inconveiniance yes but not essential.

ddtc · Post by **ddtc** » 23 Mar 2020, 20:59

Are post offices open?

Post by **HTPostman** » 23 Mar 2020, 21:05

Dunno about the rest of you but I never signed up to be some kind of invincible heroic postman pat or 4th emergency service. I hope we get told tomorrow to deliver the NHS letters (single deliveries) then shut down. Understand people will have ordered meds etc, they should be easily identifiable and can be picked out, put aside to be delivered by the army in full protective gear.

I’ll await the snowflake comments but we can no longer play Russian roulette with our health.

smok3y666 · Post by **smok3y666** » 23 Mar 2020, 21:07

HTPostman wrote:Dunno about the rest of you but I never signed up to be some kind of invincible heroic postman pat or 4th emergency service. I hope we get told tomorrow to deliver the NHS letters (single deliveries) then shut down. Understand people will have ordered meds etc, they should be easily identifiable and can be picked out, put aside to be delivered by the army in full protective gear.

I’ll await the snowflake comments but we can no longer play Russian roulette with our health.

100% it's a disaster waiting to happen especially on DOs

Post by **CillitBang** » 23 Mar 2020, 21:08

Royal Mail have done absolutely nothing for their staff in this crisis. A disgrace. Why am I not surprised?

malawihap · Post by **malawihap** » 23 Mar 2020, 21:12

smok3y666 wrote:
HTPostman wrote:Dunno about the rest of you but I never signed up to be some kind of invincible heroic postman pat or 4th emergency service. I hope we get told tomorrow to deliver the NHS letters (single deliveries) then shut down. Understand people will have ordered meds etc, they should be easily identifiable and can be picked out, put aside to be delivered by the army in full protective gear.

I’ll await the snowflake comments but we can no longer play Russian roulette with our health.
100% it's a disaster waiting to happen especially on DOs

Its a disaster no doubt, but will it change i doubt we are supposedly key workers so were fcuked

viking1488 · Post by **viking1488** » 23 Mar 2020, 21:14

i think will all need to step back and think about what we are doing here ....are you willing to walk the streets and put your life on the line not just yours everyone who you work with and most of all your family ....you have been told to stay home not go outside ....and go to work if its critical ....rm cancelled the meeting with the union today what does that tell you ..... there is nothing to protect you no masks gloves hand sanitiser nothing you really do need to think before you go to work in the morning staying at home saves lives and this keyworker s**t we are not i dont get paid enough to risk my life for the sake of some f***ing mail ..... think about your kids your wife or husband you get this you will pass it on fact

Post by **ArthurPewty** » 23 Mar 2020, 21:27

viking1488 wrote:i think will all need to step back and think about what we are doing here ....are you willing to walk the streets and put your life on the line not just yours everyone who you work with and most of all your family ....you have been told to stay home not go outside ....and go to work if its critical ....rm cancelled the meeting with the union today what does that tell you ..... there is nothing to protect you no masks gloves hand sanitiser nothing you really do need to think before you go to work in the morning staying at home saves lives

100% agree with you. I'm going in tomorrow where I'll keep my distance, pull out the NHS letter to the vulnerable and deliver them, and them ONLY. I'm then going home and I'm STAYING THERE! If anyone wants to sack me then go right ahead. This is life and death. I don't care less if this job is critical (delivering crap off the internet and gas bills). Mine and my family's life is a lot more critical!

blacov · Post by **blacov** » 23 Mar 2020, 21:41

Surely there must be some answers tomorrow regarding better protection for us. If they're going to continue to dodge the responsibility Royal Mail is going to face unprecedented staff shortages over coming weeks potentially having to suspend all deliveries across the country. There are many people willing to work but they demand better protection when working indoor and more clarity of dealing with potential covid-19 cases within the DO.

world class male · Post by **world class male** » 23 Mar 2020, 21:48

apparently we are stopping van shares from tomorrow, pass on what happens to the excess staff?

world class male · Post by **world class male** » 23 Mar 2020, 21:53

ddtc wrote:Are post offices open?

yes with banks too

twoloops · Post by **twoloops** » 23 Mar 2020, 22:21

So we at work tomorrow or what?

Post by **aiden01** » 23 Mar 2020, 22:23

twoloops wrote:So we at work tomorrow or what?

Yes

PostmanBitesDog · Post by **PostmanBitesDog** » 24 Mar 2020, 15:38

I suppose most of you received a Coronavirus Alert SMS from the UK government today?

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/coro ... s-messages

SMS ALERT.jpg

viking1488 · Post by **viking1488** » 24 Mar 2020, 15:50

PostmanBitesDog wrote:I suppose most of you received a Coronavirus Alert SMS from the UK government today?

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/coro ... s-messages

SMS ALERT.jpg

yes but we are that word which im sick of hearing "keyworker" unless we start doing something that is critical for the country that word is just a word