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Whats the longest day you have worked as a postman?

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rusty nails
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Re: Whats the longest day you have worked as a postman?

Post by rusty nails »

We had a dim support who did all the overtime, work 65 hours a week. He was genuinely useless. Rumour has it he and his parter once was out till 9:30pm doing very little like usual, he did the office ot so got paid every minute. Nice guy actually.
Gold Fox
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Re: Whats the longest day you have worked as a postman?

Post by Gold Fox »

19 and half hours........ 0430 am till mid night ( most Saturdays) done it for years and years in 80s. and then come in next day Sunday 8am till 6 pm .... mega money in those days ..earned more in those days than now .....
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Re: Whats the longest day you have worked as a postman?

Post by Jpro747 »

ratchet wrote:20th of June :whistle
Was that sunrise to sunset? :wink:
glenfiddich
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Re: Whats the longest day you have worked as a postman?

Post by glenfiddich »

Jpro747 wrote:
ratchet wrote:20th of June :whistle
Was that sunrise to sunset? :wink:

No sunset to sunrise :left:
Barbel
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Re: Whats the longest day you have worked as a postman?

Post by Barbel »

On delivery at Christmas last year. Started at 6.30 and finished at 5.
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Re: Whats the longest day you have worked as a postman?

Post by TeeferTiger »

When I used to do the RLE, I sometimes opened the office just before 5am and then locked it up again not long after 6pm ish. Did that for 3 weeks at one point. I also used to work at an office 28 miles away as a supervisor and in 2010 when we had the bad snow, it took me 4 hours to get home. I set off for work before 6am, got home about 7pm.
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ShropshireLad
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Re: Whats the longest day you have worked as a postman?

Post by ShropshireLad »

About 5 years ago - started at 5am, put my last letter in at 7.15pm! Big rural round with loads and loads of packets.
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Re: Whats the longest day you have worked as a postman?

Post by ShropshireLad »

ShropshireLad wrote:About 5 years ago - started at 5am, put my last letter in at 7.15pm! Big rural round with loads and loads of packets.

Should have said...........it was Christmas!