Exausted

Post by **aiden01** » 21 Apr 2020, 07:15

joewyan wrote:
aiden01 wrote:
Celgar wrote:I think the exhaustion is coming from when we get more delivery/outdoor work to do instead of the sorting & prep we usually do in our duty hours. It's not generally coming from any overrunning as the DOMs, or at least our one, is keen for us not to knacker ourselves up. Trouble is doing just delivery is an extra hit and really wears you down.
Here's hoping Boris gets on the case soon and looks at changing the restrictions. Another month of this and most people will want to move back at least a little to how we usually do things.
Another 3 wks at least personally think it will be at the least another 3 months.
What planet are you on? Some restrictions etc yes but not a lockdown like this. The country would be bankrupt and why would be lockdown longer than anyone?

Same planet as you a lockdown is a lockdown wheter its partial or not. don't forget some experts are predicting wave after wave of this virus.

norris9 · Post by **norris9** » 21 Apr 2020, 09:06

Chelseablue wrote:One in a van could last a good few months ?

I am done with one man in a van.

Post by **aiden01** » 21 Apr 2020, 11:19

joewyan wrote:
aiden01 wrote:
Celgar wrote:I think the exhaustion is coming from when we get more delivery/outdoor work to do instead of the sorting & prep we usually do in our duty hours. It's not generally coming from any overrunning as the DOMs, or at least our one, is keen for us not to knacker ourselves up. Trouble is doing just delivery is an extra hit and really wears you down.
Here's hoping Boris gets on the case soon and looks at changing the restrictions. Another month of this and most people will want to move back at least a little to how we usually do things.
Another 3 wks at least personally think it will be at the least another 3 months.
What planet are you on? Some restrictions etc yes but not a lockdown like this. The country would be bankrupt and why would be lockdown longer than anyone?

Doctor in northern ireland has said this morning we could be looking at a lockdown for another 18 months.

Chelseablue · Post by **Chelseablue** » 21 Apr 2020, 17:51

1 in a van will last a few months , happy enough with that the way things are at the moment .

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 21 Apr 2020, 17:57

A few newspapers have mentioned the possibility of the lockdown lasting till the end of the year

Seymour Buts · Post by **Seymour Buts** » 21 Apr 2020, 20:05

I doubt the lockdown at the current level will last for the rest of the year, but certain measures certainly will do. It may be eased but I don't think 'normal' will be returning anytime soon and I'm just writing 2020 off frankly.

dazer0070 · Post by **dazer0070** » 22 Apr 2020, 13:47

Apart from the parcel increase our office has been brilliant. Staggered starts (6am and 10am), IPS and delivery frames moved to 2m apart, certain toilets cubicles shut off so no two are open next to each other, hand sanitiser given out and gloves available. It sounds like our office is one of the better run units. Considering there’s 250 in the building and it’s only a DO!!
I’m in working at 6am and finishing between 12.30/1.30.
My only gripe is D2D’s!!

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 22 Apr 2020, 20:58

dazer0070 wrote:Apart from the parcel increase our office has been brilliant. Staggered starts (6am and 10am), IPS and delivery frames moved to 2m apart, certain toilets cubicles shut off so no two are open next to each other, hand sanitiser given out and gloves available. It sounds like our office is one of the better run units. Considering there’s 250 in the building and it’s only a DO!!
I’m in working at 6am and finishing between 12.30/1.30.
My only gripe is D2D’s!!

It's all very well for those posties that get to continue to work at their current duty times but not so fine for the unfortunate souls that get to start work at 8am, 10am, or even later. The main plus point of being a postie has always been the opportunity to finish work in the early part of the afternoon and have the rest of the day to use for whatever you want or need to do. Rumours and hints of where Rico et al wish to take the business are starting to take form and it looks very ugly indeed.
Sounds like the earlier shift would do all the sorting, prep, throwing up D2Ds, redirections. The later shift would just do delivery. Just doing delivery, which is what is happening in DOs under virus conditions at the moment is really exhausting for anyone not in their twenties and would destroy 'older' posties in a relatively short period of time.
What RM are half suggesting they are interested in deploying, or continuing with current methods of virus avoidance, is not physically possible to continue with in the medium to long term.

norris9 · Post by **norris9** » 22 Apr 2020, 21:03

Celgar wrote:The later shift would just do delivery. Just doing delivery, which is what is happening in DOs under virus conditions at the moment is really exhausting for anyone not in their twenties

Does this rumour have any substance? Posties will be dead doing 2 rounds a day.

Post by **rambo1** » 22 Apr 2020, 21:08

Celgar wrote:
dazer0070 wrote:Apart from the parcel increase our office has been brilliant. Staggered starts (6am and 10am), IPS and delivery frames moved to 2m apart, certain toilets cubicles shut off so no two are open next to each other, hand sanitiser given out and gloves available. It sounds like our office is one of the better run units. Considering there’s 250 in the building and it’s only a DO!!
I’m in working at 6am and finishing between 12.30/1.30.
My only gripe is D2D’s!!
It's all very well for those posties that get to continue to work at their current duty times but not so fine for the unfortunate souls that get to start work at 8am, 10am, or even later. The main plus point of being a postie has always been the opportunity to finish work in the early part of the afternoon and have the rest of the day to use for whatever you want or need to do. Rumours and hints of where Rico et al wish to take the business are starting to take form and it looks very ugly indeed.
Sounds like the earlier shift would do all the sorting, prep, throwing up D2Ds, redirections. The later shift would just do delivery. Just doing delivery, which is what is happening in DOs under virus conditions at the moment is really exhausting for anyone not in their twenties and would destroy 'older' posties in a relatively short period of time.
What RM are half suggesting they are interested in deploying, or continuing with current methods of virus avoidance, is not physically possible to continue with in the medium to long term.

My regular (full time) start time is 8am!

Woody Guthrie · Post by **Woody Guthrie** » 22 Apr 2020, 21:15

norris9 wrote:
Celgar wrote:The later shift would just do delivery. Just doing delivery, which is what is happening in DOs under virus conditions at the moment is really exhausting for anyone not in their twenties
Does this rumour have any substance? Posties will be dead doing 2 rounds a day.

The way they look at it you're only hitting about 60-70% of the doors you were hitting 10 years ago when the bulk of these van share duties were put in place, if they also take away the large parcels and tracked two duties is really only one slightly larger duty.

It's a simplification but that's basically the mindset of senior management.

Dorset Plodder · Post by **Dorset Plodder** » 22 Apr 2020, 21:35

I don't care what type of bridge they're proposing...... I'll jump off it WHEN I get to it

I'm not going to lose any sleep over the latest rumours about what Baron Rico's got planned.

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 22 Apr 2020, 22:40

norris9 wrote:
Celgar wrote:The later shift would just do delivery. Just doing delivery, which is what is happening in DOs under virus conditions at the moment is really exhausting for anyone not in their twenties
Does this rumour have any substance? Posties will be dead doing 2 rounds a day.

Under the current virus conditions in our DO some posties are just doing delivery. It is already knackering us up. It is not a rumour. It is not going to be possible to continue to do this until say September or this time next year. Posties are literally going to break mentally & physically. Regarding the lockdown my feelings are that it will not be possible to continue beyond another month of the current structure. I sense the government will go the route of everyone wearing masks when they leave the house. The alternative is that many businesses will go bust and how we live/d will never be the same again. I realise it's only money but we really are not far from breaking point.

clashcityrocker · Post by **clashcityrocker** » 25 Apr 2020, 15:38

I have found I have more energy since I started taking Domestos via an intravenous drip.

Post by **blue1873** » 25 Apr 2020, 16:19

clashcityrocker wrote:I have found I have more energy since I started taking Domestos via an intravenous drip.

Played your TRUMP card there Clash