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Will it be busy.....

Postal workers discussion forum. Discuss the day to day life in a Blue Shirt.
2yearpostie
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Re: Will it be busy.....

Post by 2yearpostie »

blacov wrote: ↑
04 Jun 2022, 17:33
Mail fairly low but honestly I was expecting letters to be even lower. Parcel very heavy for Saturday, especially given we are in the middle of long weekend approaching our supposedly quietest period.
But they were really Thursday parcels remember
xPandabear1992x
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Re: Will it be busy.....

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qwerty2 wrote: ↑
04 Jun 2022, 07:35
Loads of people will call in sick I bet :arrrghhh
Happened in mine today. Never seen so many failed walks because so-and-so didn’t turn in.
xPandabear1992x
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Re: Will it be busy.....

Post by xPandabear1992x »

Mail was bad for a saturday on mine.

Parcels even worse. Completed 4 out of six loops and cleared 100+ parcels on mine and the paired walk.

40 mins over.

Now got double mail on 10 loops for monday :confused
1617mel
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Re: Will it be busy.....

Post by 1617mel »

Haha to you all, if you haven't noticed since covid started over 2 years ago it's been like Christmas every day, so your answer is we are busy every day now, and the liars at the top keep spinning the lies! :cuppa
Wolf91
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Re: Will it be busy.....

Post by Wolf91 »

I finished, back at office about 12:45 Saturday. Parcels were quite busy, oversized not bad at all though. Letters lighter than I thought it would be.
WalkerX
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Re: Will it be busy.....

Post by WalkerX »

I thought Monday might be busy, so came in early, but it was n`t so bad. Saturday was busier than usual.
twoloops
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Re: Will it be busy.....

Post by twoloops »

Asked to come in early or voluntary :Very Happy
mjd24
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Re: Will it be busy.....

Post by mjd24 »

WalkerX wrote: ↑
06 Jun 2022, 19:42
I thought Monday might be busy, so came in early, but it was n`t so bad. Saturday was busier than usual.
Did you get paid for coming in early?
denhamhoop
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Re: Will it be busy.....

Post by denhamhoop »

1617mel wrote: ↑
05 Jun 2022, 08:03
Haha to you all, if you haven't noticed since covid started over 2 years ago it's been like Christmas every day, so your answer is we are busy every day now, and the liars at the top keep spinning the lies! :cuppa
100% Agree I work in SD Locker on Mondays and Tracked Tuesday-Friday Nights at Greenford MC on Nights. Before covid Tuesday Nights needed 2 people in my work area to clear now 3 most Tuesdays and some Tuesdays 4 Wednesdays used to be me on my lonesome bar an hour at end to clear. Now 2 from get go and a 3rd at end Thursday a 2nd person halfway through the shift now 2 all night with a 3rd halfway through. Friday on my own and clear comfortably now 2 with a 3rd at end but remember Work is dropping off. The SD Locker used to process somewhere between 10k and 12 k on a Monday night now somewhere between 13k and 15k and last night just over 20k but remember Work is Dropping OFF ;liar
WalkerX
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Re: Will it be busy.....

Post by WalkerX »

mjd24 wrote: ↑
07 Jun 2022, 11:01
WalkerX wrote: ↑
06 Jun 2022, 19:42
I thought Monday might be busy, so came in early, but it was n`t so bad. Saturday was busier than usual.
Did you get paid for coming in early?
Voluntary on the docket :dance