POSTMAN wrote:dv,make your mind up mate,on one hand we've the streets of gold with 10hr days and less than 3hr walks,the next,we're going to chat ourselves out of a job.
Wanna transfer?
Good god no - I'd only be able to afford a Wickes shed in your back garden - the sort of wages we're on in the North would hardly pay for a 2nd class rail ticket - a car is out of the question.
In any case I'd soon get bored on a 10 hour shift and nothing to do
If you transfered to London, you'd get the same money as Postman, so that's hardly a valid argument. And if you're worried about not having enough work to do, you could always volunteer for absorbtion.
So it really comes down to a simple question now: Do you have Family ties, which would make life too difficult moving to London. Or are you afraid of being proved wrong?
Of course I have family ties, children, grandchildren, two sheds, wife - but most of all my beloved collie dog - he would miss the lakes and rivers and greenery and would be blinded by the sun glinting off the pavement.
As for the money - I mean I haven't the stamina to be working 2 days on SA - even on a 1 and a half hour delivery - so the extra money for living somewhere that is so expensive - I'll bet a £1 lottery ticket is miles more expensive there and a £4.49 MacDonalds - could be as much as £4.50.
No, it's just the accomodation costs that are higher in London. The normal living costs are about the same.
You can get a nice 4 bed detatched house, where I live. For what it costs for a small 2 bed flat near the centre of London. Which means you need a bigger mortgage, or pay higher rent, to live there. That's what the suppliment is for.
Sorry if I caused you any offence with my previous post.
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andy2007 wrote:No, it's just the accomodation costs that are higher in London. The normal living costs are about the same.
You can get a nice 4 bed detatched house, where I live. For what it costs for a small 2 bed flat near the centre of London. Which means you need a bigger mortgage, or pay higher rent, to live there. That's what the suppliment is for.
Sorry if I caused you any offence with my previous post.
Don't be daft Andy - I never take offence at any post - I give and I expect to receive - most of my posts are tongue in cheek to see who's going to bite and some do...........................
My brother actually lives near Windsor and his house though no larger than mine is probably worth twice as much - maybe 400 to 450k ? which is a 4 bed detached as it happens - so I am not totally "out of the picture" so to speak
Kinda childish dv with your 'i'll post and see who bites' attitude,some of your crap could do more harm than good.
Use the canteen forum to play games eh.
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It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been. My BFF Clash The daily grind of having to argue your case with an intellectual pigmy of a line manager is physically and emotionally draining.
POSTMAN wrote:Kinda childish dv with your 'i'll post and see who bites' attitude,some of your crap could do more harm than good.
Use the canteen forum to play games eh.
andy2007 wrote:No, it's just the accomodation costs that are higher in London. The normal living costs are about the same.
You can get a nice 4 bed detatched house, where I live. For what it costs for a small 2 bed flat near the centre of London. Which means you need a bigger mortgage, or pay higher rent, to live there. That's what the suppliment is for.
Sorry if I caused you any offence with my previous post.
For goodness sake why are some people so jealous and bitter about the London posties receiving London Waiting?
The whole point of this allowance and the RRIS supplement (which we get) is to stop the high turnover of staff these offices have.
You could say it's a case of market forces (supply & demand). Few people want to be posties in London whereas in other parts of the country the opposite is true.
andy2007 wrote:No, it's just the accomodation costs that are higher in London. The normal living costs are about the same.
You can get a nice 4 bed detatched house, where I live. For what it costs for a small 2 bed flat near the centre of London. Which means you need a bigger mortgage, or pay higher rent, to live there. That's what the suppliment is for.
Sorry if I caused you any offence with my previous post.
For goodness sake why are some people so jealous and bitter about the London posties receiving London Waiting?
The whole point of this allowance and the RRIS supplement (which we get) is to stop the high turnover of staff these offices have.
You could say it's a case of market forces (supply & demand). Few people want to be posties in London whereas in other parts of the country the opposite is true.
Wonder how true that will be once unemployment starts to rise - and with a 10 hour day and a 2.5hr delivery I'm surprised they're not flocking in from all over the world..............................
Jimmy Carr`s laugh wrote:Fair play to them I say - this coming from a person paying £1600 a month Mortgage in Preston
WOW! I didn't know prices were that bad there! I thought it was just London that had ludicrous prices. I pay about a quarter of that for a 2 bed semi!
Ah you see Andy we are quite posh in the North West - Jimmy must live in a moated castle paying that sort of money, I just hope I'm not paying for his duck house on his lake. He is a postman isn't he? I mean £1600 a month is £400 a week - I'll just bet he lives in the expensive suburbs.
Jimmy Carr`s laugh wrote:Fair play to them I say - this coming from a person paying £1600 a month Mortgage in Preston
WOW! I didn't know prices were that bad there! I thought it was just London that had ludicrous prices. I pay about a quarter of that for a 2 bed semi!
He must live in a 5 bedroomed house on the posh side of town!
Do a search on http://www.findaproperty.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and see how cheap prices are up there! £20000, £30000 come on! There's no such thing as a £20000 house down here. Not even on the sh*ttiest side of town!
20 to 30 grand for a house?
That's good. You couldn't buy a house in the worst part of my area for less than 40 grand. In the better estates (a couple of miles from me) you can pay 80 grand for a semi-detatched.
And I also live in the north of England.
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Jimmy Carr`s laugh wrote:Fair play to them I say - this coming from a person paying £1600 a month Mortgage in Preston
Sell up .buy 3 acres and a tent ;grow your food and fuel and kiss the s**t face rat arses goodbye There's 7.2 million of us now, according to official stats. One life ,your rules
A tent wouldn't be very practical in the winter. But I suppose a decent static caravan would be a better idea. So long as there aren't too many problems with planning permission (if it's neccessary).
Don't knock Insanity
it's just another outlook on Reality!
I thought it was just London that had ludicrous prices. I pay about a quarter of that for a 2 bed semi!
There's 7.2 million of us now, according to official stats. One life ,your rules