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The "How was your day" thread.

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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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boogyman wrote:ANY ONE FROM UNION ON HERE! HEARD TODAY AT OFFICE THAT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE YOUR CAR ON DELIVERY( OBVIOUSLY YOU WON'T WHEN NEW DUTIES START) MANAGMENT NOW SAY YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM 2 WEEKS NOTICE OTHERWISE YOU HAVE TO CINTINUE USING YOUR OWN CAR!
Surely not if it's an MOT failure?
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boogyman wrote:ANY ONE FROM UNION ON HERE! HEARD TODAY AT OFFICE THAT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE YOUR CAR ON DELIVERY( OBVIOUSLY YOU WON'T WHEN NEW DUTIES START) MANAGMENT NOW SAY YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM 2 WEEKS NOTICE OTHERWISE YOU HAVE TO CINTINUE USING YOUR OWN CAR!
Its an unagreed document to a procedure that does not have Union support but might be worth checking out RMs PCOD document:

http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... te#p369916" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Q24. If I sign up to use my car, but decide on some occasions not to use it, will I be instructed to use it or have disciplinary action taken against me?
A. No. You have volunteered to use your car and not doing so incurs no sanction. However, if you are unreliable and give no notice of when you will or won’t, or say you will and then don’t, Royal Mail will prevent you from using your car and require you to use official acceleration instead by withdrawing its insurance from you.
and
Q28. Once someone has signed up for the scheme, how much notice will they have to give should they wish stop using their own car, except for the normal reasons, loss of license – broken down etc?
A. There is no formal notice period, as such. We only ask that you give as much notice as you can and be reliable. In other words, treat your manager, as you would wish to be treated yourself. If you are unreliable, Royal Mail reserves the right to stop you using your private car, with immediate effect.
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Another shambles of a day. Never known anything like it, undelivered mail stacked up everywhere, so many large parcels you can't move. I did'nt even bother clearing down my flats today or packet bag and small letters off the IPS are under my bench. Some of the guys along my aisle have at least 10 trays of flats stacked alongside their frames. I've heard a rumour that another DO in the county is turning mail away as they can't fit anymore in the building. Nice one RM P & L is a roaring success :Applause :Applause
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Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets


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Stormproof wrote:Another shambles of a day. Never known anything like it, undelivered mail stacked up everywhere, so many large parcels you can't move. I did'nt even bother clearing down my flats today or packet bag and small letters off the IPS are under my bench. Some of the guys along my aisle have at least 10 trays of flats stacked alongside their frames. I've heard a rumour that another DO in the county is turning mail away as they can't fit anymore in the building. Nice one RM P & L is a roaring success :Applause :Applause
Just wait until the heavy mail starts................let alone Christmas :chuckle :chuckle
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I love heavy days because there is nothing more satisfying than cutting off half a delivery. :dance This revision is obviously working lol
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Stormproof wrote:Another shambles of a day. Never known anything like it, undelivered mail stacked up everywhere, so many large parcels you can't move. I did'nt even bother clearing down my flats today or packet bag and small letters off the IPS are under my bench. Some of the guys along my aisle have at least 10 trays of flats stacked alongside their frames. I've heard a rumour that another DO in the county is turning mail away as they can't fit anymore in the building. Nice one RM P & L is a roaring success :Applause :Applause
Utterly ridiculous. We're pre P&L and I don't think it has a hope in hell of working in our office.

Packets are already going through the roof on my round, am struggling to finish on time now. Anyone else the same? Really not looking forward to Christmas this year
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Another busy day. Not enough staff to do the things that need doing. On the IPS until after break time. People out late. Hammered with packets again. At least it stayed dry... just. :roll:
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Very busy for me today too - a new route I'd not done before and my first time preping too. got it done though in the end :Very Happy Hope it stays dry for the rest of the week :whistle
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Shitty, shitty day, pissed down, 2 hours over time and we left stuff. Planners are in to revise to the P&L's after admitting they're not working. Their answer? Make the duties bigger. Unbelievable.

Anyway in our place it's a bit of a park where you can situation. A space was free this morning so I used it. Got back and the van was blocking me in, despite the fact he could have parked in more than a dozen other places - I didn't have that option this morning. Well lets just say he'll have a bit of a search for his van in the morning... :whistle
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Another bad day. Packets were done... eventually. Never have enough people and not many getting done in time.
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Managed to complete 5 loops out of 6 and some of my customers had their 2nd delivery of the week :roll:
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets


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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Stormproof wrote:Managed to complete 5 loops out of 6 and some of my customers had their 2nd delivery of the week :roll:
:chuckle :chuckle Apparently there's a brewery that needs a piss up organised....................so RM managers aren't going to be able to apply :wink:
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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not posted in ages

yesterday, last letter 12.05
today, last letter 14.05

same traffic figures and almost same first letter time

yes some walks more equal than others

new walk tommorow :hmmmm

and another new one all next week :pray
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Slightly easier today. Most of the packets were already done when I went in early (paid for), so we on top of it. Loads of hours still being thrown in to the IPS.
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Re: The "How was your day" thread.

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Pissing down here and im paired up with a div
who takes over an hour to do a 30 min loop!
So keep on moving, moving, moving your feet
Keep on shuf-shuf-shuffling to this ghost dance beat
Just keep on walking down never ending streets


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