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photos of parcels
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worktotime
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photos of parcels
can you tell me if the company or the cwu have really risk accessed this new product for customers ? , as it wont be long before there is a increase on dog attacks to delivery staff because of this , as i have had dogs run out of properties when you would normally put parcel on step , knock and walk down the path and shut the gate and parcel there delivered or not , but now you have to stand there and take a photo with the door open with more chance of dogs getting out , these people are clueless how much stress this is causing .
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qwerty2
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Re: photos of parcels
Taking photos of little packets halfway through letterbox
and some idiot pulls it through before you take it
Also in the spring/summer when people are outside what do you do?
and some idiot pulls it through before you take it
Also in the spring/summer when people are outside what do you do?
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2yearpostie
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Re: photos of parcels
The way i do it is, scan it, get to the photo page put it on the door step, knock on the door, leg it to the end of drive/jump in the van all the time watching the door so that when it opens its a simple press of the button to get the pic.worktotime wrote: ↑18 Mar 2022, 20:28can you tell me if the company or the cwu have really risk accessed this new product for customers ? , as it wont be long before there is a increase on dog attacks to delivery staff because of this , as i have had dogs run out of properties when you would normally put parcel on step , knock and walk down the path and shut the gate and parcel there delivered or not , but now you have to stand there and take a photo with the door open with more chance of dogs getting out , these people are clueless how much stress this is causing .
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Acca Dacca
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Re: photos of parcels
You take a picture from the van?!2yearpostie wrote: ↑19 Mar 2022, 07:46The way i do it is, scan it, get to the photo page put it on the door step, knock on the door, leg it to the end of drive/jump in the van all the time watching the door so that when it opens its a simple press of the button to get the pic.worktotime wrote: ↑18 Mar 2022, 20:28can you tell me if the company or the cwu have really risk accessed this new product for customers ? , as it wont be long before there is a increase on dog attacks to delivery staff because of this , as i have had dogs run out of properties when you would normally put parcel on step , knock and walk down the path and shut the gate and parcel there delivered or not , but now you have to stand there and take a photo with the door open with more chance of dogs getting out , these people are clueless how much stress this is causing .
If you tolerate this, then your paid break will be next
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2yearpostie
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Re: photos of parcels
Yeah if i can get near enough to the front door and i know a nasty dog is around absoultely, i just pan the camera down so the top of the picture is level with the letterboxAcca Dacca wrote: ↑19 Mar 2022, 13:16You take a picture from the van?!2yearpostie wrote: ↑19 Mar 2022, 07:46The way i do it is, scan it, get to the photo page put it on the door step, knock on the door, leg it to the end of drive/jump in the van all the time watching the door so that when it opens its a simple press of the button to get the pic.worktotime wrote: ↑18 Mar 2022, 20:28can you tell me if the company or the cwu have really risk accessed this new product for customers ? , as it wont be long before there is a increase on dog attacks to delivery staff because of this , as i have had dogs run out of properties when you would normally put parcel on step , knock and walk down the path and shut the gate and parcel there delivered or not , but now you have to stand there and take a photo with the door open with more chance of dogs getting out , these people are clueless how much stress this is causing .![]()
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Kenfandango
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Re: photos of parcels
Our depot ran out of 739s 4 days into the "take a picture of everything" debacle, and I've had 3 people complain to me that I didn't just doorstep them (this was on a route that's a good 5 miles from the post office the parcels go to)
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TopperGas
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Re: photos of parcels
"complain" or just ask why you'd stopped doing it? I can't understand why the company hasn't sent out a leaflet explaining the change, they sent one for parcel collect, which nobody hardly uses but not for something widely used by our customers.Kenfandango wrote: ↑19 Mar 2022, 14:30Our depot ran out of 739s 4 days into the "take a picture of everything" debacle, and I've had 3 people complain to me that I didn't just doorstep them (this was on a route that's a good 5 miles from the post office the parcels go to)
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Acca Dacca
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Re: photos of parcels
Because doorstepping has never been official policy so technically nothing should be changingTopperGas wrote: ↑19 Mar 2022, 17:21"complain" or just ask why you'd stopped doing it? I can't understand why the company hasn't sent out a leaflet explaining the change, they sent one for parcel collect, which nobody hardly uses but not for something widely used by our customers.Kenfandango wrote: ↑19 Mar 2022, 14:30Our depot ran out of 739s 4 days into the "take a picture of everything" debacle, and I've had 3 people complain to me that I didn't just doorstep them (this was on a route that's a good 5 miles from the post office the parcels go to)
If you tolerate this, then your paid break will be next
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TopperGas
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Re: photos of parcels
Clearly taking photos on the doorstep has changed and whilst doorstepping wasn't official policy you only have to look on here, FB and Workplace to know that it was regularly taking place. Although leaving parcels in previously agreed safe places is not really the same as doorstepping.Acca Dacca wrote: ↑19 Mar 2022, 19:34Because doorstepping has never been official policy so technically nothing should be changingTopperGas wrote: ↑19 Mar 2022, 17:21"complain" or just ask why you'd stopped doing it? I can't understand why the company hasn't sent out a leaflet explaining the change, they sent one for parcel collect, which nobody hardly uses but not for something widely used by our customers.Kenfandango wrote: ↑19 Mar 2022, 14:30Our depot ran out of 739s 4 days into the "take a picture of everything" debacle, and I've had 3 people complain to me that I didn't just doorstep them (this was on a route that's a good 5 miles from the post office the parcels go to)
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WalkerX
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Re: photos of parcels
I regularly have dogs rushing out to me, 2/3 a day. Luckily they just lick me, but one day.......... Obviously a risk assessment has only been done in a half-arsed way and then been discounted, as we want to be able to "compete".worktotime wrote: ↑18 Mar 2022, 20:28can you tell me if the company or the cwu have really risk accessed this new product for customers ? , as it wont be long before there is a increase on dog attacks to delivery staff because of this , as i have had dogs run out of properties when you would normally put parcel on step , knock and walk down the path and shut the gate and parcel there delivered or not , but now you have to stand there and take a photo with the door open with more chance of dogs getting out , these people are clueless how much stress this is causing .
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Foxel
- EX ROYAL MAIL
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Re: photos of parcels
Bit harsh to call them idiots they don't know our protocols. Best save that word for the development teams.
I'm turning purple!
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qwerty2
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Dorset Plodder
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Re: photos of parcels
Yep caught me a few times before I twigged.
Like all Wage Slaves, he had two crosses to bear: The people he worked for and the people he worked with! (Stephen Vizinczey.)
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1560loopsayear
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Re: photos of parcels
Sorry if a customer I know is at their car or in their garden/driveway, there's no way I'm telling them to go back inside and stand at their door.... I take a photo at arms length before giving them their parcel. Might be a bit blurry but hey-ho. All in the name of keeping up good customer relations and not leaving them with a scowl on their face.
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SpacePhoenix
- MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
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Re: photos of parcels
The customer is the person sending it not the person receiving it1560loopsayear wrote: ↑20 Mar 2022, 09:19All in the name of keeping up good customer relations and not leaving them with a scowl on their face.