The "How was your day" thread.

Up Hill Down Hill · Post by **Up Hill Down Hill** » 10 Jan 2008, 16:39

Here goes the identity (hello gaffa)

In for 6.30 (usual time 8.30)

Out at 10 (should be 9.00)

Finished at 3.42 (should be 1.12)

What a day!

coaster · Post by **coaster** » 10 Jan 2008, 18:16

Pete wrote:Here goes the identity (hello gaffa)

Out at 10 (should be 9.00)

Finished at 3.42 (should be 1.12)

What a day!

Wow, I have a double!

Roughly the same for me!

madelin4 · Post by **madelin4** » 10 Jan 2008, 18:18

Pete wrote:Here goes the identity (hello gaffa)

In for 6.30 (usual time 8.30)

Out at 10 (should be 9.00)

Finished at 3.42 (should be 1.12)

What a day!

a 5 hour delivery? are you a rural or a walk postie? thats mega late!

Up Hill Down Hill · Post by **Up Hill Down Hill** » 10 Jan 2008, 19:07

coaster wrote:
Pete wrote:Here goes the identity (hello gaffa)

Out at 10 (should be 9.00)

Finished at 3.42 (should be 1.12)

What a day!
Wow, I have a double!

Roughly the same for me!

Shocking day or what?

my normal 3 bags on me then 2 full sacks of mail nipped out at 2 different times for when I need them

Up Hill Down Hill · Post by **Up Hill Down Hill** » 10 Jan 2008, 19:08

madelin4 wrote:
Pete wrote:Here goes the identity (hello gaffa)

In for 6.30 (usual time 8.30)

Out at 10 (should be 9.00)

Finished at 3.42 (should be 1.12)

What a day!
a 5 hour delivery? are you a rural or a walk postie? thats mega late!

Walk postie, Odd bits I suppose could be classed as rural, Not a good day at all but they keep paying me

doveston · Post by **doveston** » 10 Jan 2008, 20:47

Pete wrote:Here goes the identity (hello gaffa)

In for 6.30 (usual time 8.30)

Out at 10 (should be 9.00)

Finished at 3.42 (should be 1.12)

What a day!

fookme .........i hope you claimed for every one of those minutes.

so thats 30 mins official prep?

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 10 Jan 2008, 21:56

doveston wrote:
Pete wrote:Here goes the identity (hello gaffa)

In for 6.30 (usual time 8.30)

Out at 10 (should be 9.00)

Finished at 3.42 (should be 1.12)

What a day!
fookme .........i hope you claimed for every one of those minutes.

so thats 30 mins official prep?

That's a delivery only duty but because of management deception they have to come in and prep the duty (all for a bit of OT) saving RM a fortune in wages/holiday pay etc. plus you're more likely to work the OT because your basic is so low.

Up Hill Down Hill · Post by **Up Hill Down Hill** » 11 Jan 2008, 14:05

disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
doveston wrote:
Pete wrote:Here goes the identity (hello gaffa)

In for 6.30 (usual time 8.30)

Out at 10 (should be 9.00)

Finished at 3.42 (should be 1.12)

What a day!
fookme .........i hope you claimed for every one of those minutes.

so thats 30 mins official prep?
That's a delivery only duty but because of management deception they have to come in and prep the duty (all for a bit of OT) saving RM a fortune in wages/holiday pay etc. plus you're more likely to work the OT because your basic is so low.

Summed it up perfectly

4hrs 30mins o/t yesterday

only 2hours 30 prepping today and 15mins o/t after work

I've done the longs... whens the shorts?

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 11 Jan 2008, 14:57

Pete wrote: Summed it up perfectly

4hrs 30mins o/t yesterday

only 2hours 30 prepping today and 15mins o/t after work

I've done the longs... whens the shorts?

The only real shorts you get at Royal Mail are they ones the issue in Winter

BELIAL · Post by **BELIAL** » 12 Jan 2008, 21:45

jockthearab wrote:What a bad day & it never got any better .It was freezing this morning -started off with the central locking on the car was solid defrosted that with 2 hot kettles of water unlocked the door to find the car doors where frozen shut had to boil the kettle again .By the time I did all that the windscreen had frozen over again ,scraped that .Set off to work black ice every where my 10 min journey to work took me 30 mins .
Got in very late got a Dim on my back as soon as I got in the door "where you been " etc "Listen boss we don't all live in town like you ,I live out in the sticks where we have REAL weather"

We were well shafted today you name it we got it to deliver ,thankfully the parcel side of my delivery was light .
Got out to the van to have the same probs as I had with my car .Dropping bags off the drop boxes were frozen solid outwith the trusty ole flame thrower of a lighter I keep in the van for just such occassions ,defrosted the locks in Jig time .

Out to the rural part of my delivery black ice still on all the sideroads took forever ,frozen letterboxes ,frozen gates feck it I was an hour slower than normal resigned myself that I would'nt make the Dundee Utd cup game ,when it came on the radio game was postponed because of ice .
On the town part of my delivery the roads improved the gritters had been out ,but the letterboxes were still frozen
The temp gauge in the van said -5c it was feckin cold
Got back to the office to find my car frozen up again
Feckin shite day

Rickmansworth is a well known frost pocket

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 21 Jan 2008, 13:30

Well I hope everyone survives the floods that are predicted for this week.

Today was a mare even though it was very steady. Soaked to the bone and I only wore RM approved kit.

Royal Mail must be the only firm that supplies wet kit that seems to absorb the rain instead of repelling it.

postmanplod69 · Post by **postmanplod69** » 21 Jan 2008, 17:39

at stockport cdo our office was half flooded when we got in, was in canteen till 8.00am then sent to mail centre to sort manual letters out no sector frames up at mail centre till 9.30am then prepped mail till 10.00am then told to try and sort our walks in some semblence of order and deliver a couple of bundles, think i took a total of 25 letters and 1 flat out it was a total waste of a day.

postie28 · Post by **postie28** » 21 Jan 2008, 17:39

total nightmare.

p**s wet through. ( the norm just lately ) cycled home , opened front door and the bloody sun started to poke it's nose through. had a nice hot bath, got changed and had to nip out to local shop. yes that's right it was pi****g down again . could have

fmjomega · Post by **fmjomega** » 21 Jan 2008, 18:07

Seemed quite light in our office on weight but then realised we had water rates through so although not much mail wenty to nearly all houses, was about halfway round and thought I might beat the rain, errrrrr NO about 10 minutes after thinking it it came down with avengance for 10 minutes got soaked to the bine then it drizzled for the rest of the delivery. So all in all a shite day.

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 21 Jan 2008, 19:36

Rained all day here, got completely soaked (it seems to happen more and more these days). Was very heavy too, lots of Northern Bank fee notifications plus because of flooding several house didn't get any post at all

. So now all my joints ache and I'm now dosed up to the eyes on painkillers