Letters on a Sunday - get ready

[rambo1]

People don't want letters on a Sunday. They don't even expect their parcels! Delivering pks on a Sunday most people say, didn't know you worked on Sunday!! They don't even request their pkts to be delivered Sunday.

[qwerty2]

People don't want letters on a Sunday. They don't even expect their parcels! Delivering pks on a Sunday most people say, didn't know you worked on Sunday!! They don't even request their pkts to be delivered Sunday.

People don’t even want their mail on a Saturday either
Saturdays are bad enough trying to deliver parcels people having a lie in
imagine what a Sunday will be like

[norris9]

and we keep being told 'letters are down', 'letters are dropping', 'we are a parcel business'.....

Seems we actually have tonnes of letters to deliver if they feel we need to run a Sunday letter service.

[Woody Guthrie]

I genuinely don't think this has any legs at all.
I think it's just someone who doesn't know what they're talking about having a brain fart.

[rambo1]

People don't want letters on a Sunday. They don't even expect their parcels! Delivering pks on a Sunday most people say, didn't know you worked on Sunday!! They don't even request their pkts to be delivered Sunday.

People don’t even want their mail on a Saturday either
Saturdays are bad enough trying to deliver parcels people having a lie in
imagine what a Sunday will be like

Actually find you get rid of most of em on a Sunday, better than a Saturday.

[twoloops]

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[Route1]

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Sunday mail wont happen. "Never say never on anything".

Parcels yes. Currently Tracked 24 only.
Likely to eventually include other types ie Track 48, normal parcels, maybe specials.

My perception is they want to cut the days they deliver mail. Not increase it.

[SpacePhoenix]

Get ready https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/ ... t-changes/

Sunday mail wont happen. "Never say never on anything".

Parcels yes. Currently Tracked 24 only.
Likely to eventually include other types ie Track 48, normal parcels, maybe specials.

My perception is they want to cut the days they deliver mail. Not increase it.

Don't think it'll be very long until it's Tracked 48 as well

[yellowbelly]

Get ready https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/ ... t-changes/

Sunday mail wont happen. "Never say never on anything".

Parcels yes. Currently Tracked 24 only.
Likely to eventually include other types ie Track 48, normal parcels, maybe specials.

My perception is they want to cut the days they deliver mail. Not increase it.

My sentiments too, but could be a Premium Sunday SD for letters at an eye watering premium
if you've forgotten Granny's 80th birthday card!

[SpacePhoenix]

Get ready https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/ ... t-changes/

Sunday mail wont happen. "Never say never on anything".

Parcels yes. Currently Tracked 24 only.
Likely to eventually include other types ie Track 48, normal parcels, maybe specials.

My perception is they want to cut the days they deliver mail. Not increase it.

My sentiments too, but could be a Premium Sunday SD for letters at an eye watering premium
if you've forgotten Granny's 80th birthday card!

I'd give it 6 months, a year tops before it also includes at least Tracked 48

[2yearpostie]

SP

Would it mean extra shifts at the mail centre to process tracked to delivery offices? Wonder how distribution would work (no offices arent sending vans to collect its not enviromently sound)

[SpacePhoenix]

SP

Would it mean extra shifts at the mail centre to process tracked to delivery offices? Wonder how distribution would work (no offices arent sending vans to collect its not enviromently sound)

It won't be our distribution staff taking it to the DOs, distribution only just have enough staff as it is. The DOs will have to provide the vans and drivers, don't know if our drivers would have the spare driving hours anyway.

We don't have a Saturday night shift, and we don't have the staff for one, we're very short on staff as it is. It's not unusual to have at least a dozen casuals every shift. If it doesn't arrive in time to get processed and go out on time on Saturday morning for the Saturday morning final dispatch, it won't get processed or sent out until Sunday daytime/night.

If it did include letters, it'd all go as manual as we barely have enough mech trained staff now, even it it was 200k+ of mechable letters

[2yearpostie]

SP

Would it mean extra shifts at the mail centre to process tracked to delivery offices? Wonder how distribution would work (no offices arent sending vans to collect its not enviromently sound)

It won't be our distribution staff taking it to the DOs, distribution only just have enough staff as it is. The DOs will have to provide the vans and drivers, don't know if our drivers would have the spare driving hours anyway.

We don't have a Saturday night shift, and we don't have the staff for one, we're very short on staff as it is. It's not unusual to have at least a dozen casuals every shift. If it doesn't arrive in time to get processed and go out on time on Saturday morning for the Saturday morning final dispatch, it won't get processed or sent out until Sunday daytime/night.

If it did include letters, it'd all go as manual as we barely have enough mech trained staff now, even it it was 200k+ of mechable letters

The problem being sp that the delivery offices wouldnt have the time to collect either, if it dont get to the delivery office it aint our problem! If they want sunday deliveries of tracked then i imagine they are going to have to start and rota in mc staff to do process it somehow, maybe they will give them a day off in the week instead and increase the casuals.

[Woody Guthrie]

Nobody knows how the future will be resourced but I doubt very much Royal Mail is going to pay half a dozen posties in small vans to shlep all these tracked parcels from the mailcentre on a Sunday.

Apart from the expense it's not very eco-friendly is it?

[mjd24]

Nobody knows how the future will be resourced but I doubt very much Royal Mail is going to pay half a dozen posties in small vans to shlep all these tracked parcels from the mailcentre on a Sunday.

Apart from the expense it's not very eco-friendly is it?

They dont seem to care about that in my office, sending vans who get back early out again with 2 or 3 parcels each for the same area. Often on a Monday, Tuesday or Saturday you’ll see 4,5,6+ Royal Mail vans delivering packets to the same road!! Madness!!!