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We are now a COVID test delivery company

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FirstPost
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We are now a COVID test delivery company

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70% of the tracked that I delivered today was test kits!
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nightcrawler
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Re: We are now a COVID test delivery company

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And they still expect you to deliver D2Ds on top of all the test kits ffs
sixfoottwo
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Re: We are now a COVID test delivery company

Post by sixfoottwo »

Dim had to bring two full drop bags out to us as it was going to be another hour till they were sorted in the office, brought loads back as too much.
trixie
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Re: We are now a COVID test delivery company

Post by trixie »

Same scenario at our office. Dom thinks tesrs have been out or stock in last fer days, so now back in stock they've all arrived together
wazer
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Re: We are now a COVID test delivery company

Post by wazer »

Yep our office same today.Piles of test kits. Test kits and tracked.No post going out again. Majority of walks full of letters.grey drop bags all over the place. Managers given up .Been there 10yrs this is the worst I've ever seen it. SIMPLE SOLUTION... MORE VANS AND STAFF. Wot a joke
nightcrawler
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Re: We are now a COVID test delivery company

Post by nightcrawler »

Letters on a lot of the walks in our office just aren’t going out. One walk in particular the guy had counted 47 trays/boxes of letters! 47!! That’s just insane.
TopperGas
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Re: We are now a COVID test delivery company

Post by TopperGas »

nightcrawler wrote: ↑
18 Dec 2021, 19:19
Letters on a lot of the walks in our office just aren’t going out. One walk in particular the guy had counted 47 trays/boxes of letters! 47!! That’s just insane.
That's got to be most of December's post still in trays/boxes, imagine if you lived on that walk and had no card or letters for weeks, what happens in January, does he start delivering the cards then? Assuming COVID doesn't then put the office totally out of action!

I can't understand why we're delivering D2D next week, surely they can wait 'til the new year when, letters/cards wise, it should be a bit quieter in most DO's.
EdRush
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Re: We are now a COVID test delivery company

Post by EdRush »

think everyone is crossing their fingers in hope for a positive result to get a week off work? :Very Happy

better order a second kit just incase you get 7 false negatives
aiden01
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Re: We are now a COVID test delivery company

Post by aiden01 »

EdRush wrote: ↑
18 Dec 2021, 20:00
think everyone is crossing their fingers in hope for a positive result to get a week off work? :Very Happy

better order a second kit just incase you get 7 false negatives
Actually 10days an would put you insane been there done it.
EdRush
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Re: We are now a COVID test delivery company

Post by EdRush »

Actually 10days an would put you insane been there done it.
youve got to be insane to work for rmg :crazy: