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Lost a recorded letter today

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ad0128
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Lost a recorded letter today

Post by ad0128 »

:d'oh! :sad:

100%never posted it through door cos had it 2 hours later towards end of delivery. Have a hole in bottom of bag so could have fallen out on way back to office. Went back out and checked for a good 20 minutes. No joy. Managers all finished so been told to report it on monday. It was the only thing i had to return.

This happened to anybody before? What happened?

Should i be as worried as i am? :sad:


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madelin4
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Post by madelin4 »

Yea, happened to me b4 as well, think i dropped it! i put a wait docket thro the door and customer came in . Managers told but nout ever came of it.Id say if you do it a lot you may get in trouble. So long as you are honest with them and tell them on monday.
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Post by dvbuk55 »

It will largely depend on the manager and what your record is like. If the worst comes to the worst you would get a warning. Make sure you have a witness when you tell them the bad news and it would stand you in good stead if you wrote a report as to where it was for, what type of letter/packet it was, what you did on discovery of loss and hand that in keeping a copy. Somebody may have found it and if it is in a reasonable area they may have popped it back in the letter box and it may come through again.

Don't worry too much there isn't anything you could have done that you didn't do. If there is a shortage of pouches at your DO then using one with a hole in may well be a mitigating circumstance.
newpostie
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Post by newpostie »

somthing similar yesturday, had 2 recordeds and half way thru my round i fort im sure i had 2 recordeds like u do, well u see i bundle them up with the normal letters i got one signed for, then i pursume i posted the other one, i fink totall by accident i may add!
ronaldo
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Post by ronaldo »

Its classed as not Safe guarding mail if your dums a TW-T.
wakkono
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Post by wakkono »

your fate totally depends on your dom ....... if he wants to take it further he can and probably will if he is pretty cool perhaps just a few words in your ear will sort it
how much have you pissed him off recently
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Wild Cat
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Post by Wild Cat »

I have got 2 pouches with holes in the bottom of the Recorded/Special compartment.

It appears to be that the standard of manufacture of pouches has deteriorated recently and incidents like this are going to increase and will probably lead to more warnings being given out.

It is time we let the screws know we are not happy with the crap standard of the new pouches.
ad0128
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Post by ad0128 »

thanks for reply's

been in the job 5 months and never had a single confrontation with any manager. I just get on with it,
claiming all overtime if its heavy. Managers are actually seem pretty fair. I just thought there may be a
standard procedure in this case (a policy :crazy: that can be fairly applied to all). Royal mail is a pretty big
organisation ya know
leiwolf
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Post by leiwolf »

I lost a recorded last year, told the manager asap, was completely straight with him and he was sorted and told me to see what happened. Thought I lost a reggie once, again told the manager and well let just say he happy about that until its was reveals that I dekivered and it was signed for but I thought It was a recorded from abroad, the look of disappointment from his face, priceless.

But if your straight about something and it was a mistake, 9 times out of 10 you be ok
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Post by POSTMAN »

:funneh
ad0128 wrote: (a policy :crazy: that can be fairly applied to all).
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
saru
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Post by saru »

POSTMAN wrote::funneh
ad0128 wrote: (a policy :crazy: that can be fairly applied to all).
Someone's still in the "honeymoon period"! :chuckle :chuckle
smokerjim
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Post by smokerjim »

Wild Cat wrote:I have got 2 pouches with holes in the bottom of the Recorded/Special compartment.

It appears to be that the standard of manufacture of pouches has deteriorated recently and incidents like this are going to increase and will probably lead to more warnings being given out.

It is time we let the screws know we are not happy with the crap standard of the new pouches.
Would it not be sensible to not have to rely on the screws to "organise" good condition pouches for you & instead have them as part of your uniform? - then you could call up and order on when needed. Surely you wear the pouch just as much as the strides, shirt or jacket, and as it has the hi-vis strip, it could be classed as part of your PPE?

:hmmmm
I don't suppose your mouth bleeds every 28 days, does it?

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Spedley
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Post by Spedley »

I take it you actually mean recorded and not registered?

I don't think anyone would bother in our office if I lost a recorded but losing a SD would be a totally different matter. :shock:
doveston
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Post by doveston »

ad0128 wrote:thanks for reply's

been in the job 5 months and never had a single confrontation with any manager. I just get on with it,
claiming all overtime if its heavy. Managers are actually seem pretty fair. I just thought there may be a
standard procedure in this case (a policy :crazy: that can be fairly applied to all). Royal mail is a pretty big
organisation ya know
ffs been in the job 5 minutes and hes telling me rm managers are fair :left: and rm is a big organisation :Applause
don't you hate it when someone starts a topic asking for advice then don't tell what what the results were?
doveston
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Post by doveston »

5 months in the job and you've got a hole in your pouch?you do carry it on your shoulder and not drag it along the ground? ;liar