Courier
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- M62 - M1 - M18 triangle
Regarding vehicles the repair and refurbish thing was an accounting procedure taken to extremes with the MMB and it’s tankers when it knew it’s demise was imminent…
The End Of Royal Mail?
- Thread starter bluebell
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- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Chopped one up in cyfronydd layby some years ago bits and boobies all over the A458
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
Sounds good to me , I'd rather sit in car than the lergy HQ !
So many people don't know the truth. Imagine your employer saying we will take some of your allowances off you and pay them back cleverly disguised (everbody else is told) as a pay rise (not) in exchange for you working 7 days a week, starting and finishing much later which all significantlyaffects yourhome and family life. Would you accept this??? I doubt it. That's all these postmen and women who worked right through the pandemic are doing. Time for a reality check for some commenter on here.
We are 6mins from PRH and tend to drop the patient, and run. I pop and grab a coffee at a local garage, or go Home.
I had dropped Herself off for a visit and I decided to go and check some sheep 10mins away, I just got there, and she demanded instant pickup "as it is raining"...! I pointed out I had told her to call me BEFORE leaving the clinic.
But even that is better than trying to park there!
Theres been so many posts on here over the years about keeping staff with pay/working conditions/the importance of flexibility etc and how other perks are more important than just the money. The way I understand it off our regular postman the change to these is more of the issue. Many on here will never of had the tie of 9-5 where its just not possible to do many things during the day. Nip into certain places that arent open when your at work, an hr on the phone to some customer services to sort something out etc somethings just arent possible to do at a weekend or a half hr dinnerbreak, so for them to be able to race round for an early finish if they need it is a big help. Other issue our postie was talking about was use of agency staff, our local office has been short staffed for years if many are off they say cant afford anyone or sometimes get agency that are paid far more but then only end up doing half a round and come back saying ran out of time and couldnt find places etc. I think theres something about that in the strike argument, but like i said before he's not striking because he doesnt agree with everything there arguing about and cant afford to lose the money.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Fair point , but it diddles the figures as your not in a n e !!! So the politicians can tell us they can manage the nhs
Rich_ard
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You have to accept change though. Our posty said it's about conditions, he also said they are short staffed. If they are short staffed then I think a pay rise is acceptable. Most other jobs now have flexibility built in.
our one was driving a 15 year old hire van... He said it had been on hire all that time... Thats a well run company...
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Bet the hire Company have a big smile
ollie989898
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I'm confused. How are they overwhelmed and how does it help if you sit in the car?
s line
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- Location
- Gloucestershire uk
Just had a Christmas card delivered today.
Pistonbroke
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Electric bill from 16th December today and a red reminder for it aswell
thats early
ollie989898
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You know you have real friends when they send you next years Christmas cards in January.
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Pass i dont know , i think it will make it worse but if your waitimg in car your not in a n e making figures look bad , which id say wjat they are up to .
Hindsight
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
I am still waiting for a letter addressed to Rural Payments Agency Worksop accepted on December 15th at Grantham Post Office using the First Class Signed service to be delivered. I have now assumed it has been lost/dumped. I sent a replacement of December 27th using the Guarenteed Next Day service. Have been loyal to RM but shall look for alternative service providers in future for important tracked postage.
- Location
- North Wales
Courier
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- Location
- M62 - M1 - M18 triangle
Royal Mail and their subsidiaries won’t accept that a delivery is failed at under 28 days whatever the “service” it is sent on. Whereas a mainstream business express carrier (not Hermes, Evri or Yodel) has a totally different attitude to tracking packages, but will not accept a delivery to a PO Box number and their tracking systems show your packages last known whereabouts within seconds of scanning.
Use a timed service (pre 12) and then you as the sender can track and chase up the item promptly if there is no Proof of Delivery by the allotted time.
Items sent on a “next day” basis are not deemed “late” until they have arrived back in the delivery depot having been “taken for a ride in the delivery van” along with an unreasonable number of other ubiquitous packages.
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While I agree that’s not good, I would not know who to send you to to get a better service.
my advice is special delivery for any important items, Royal Mail treat them as top priority, in fact if staff fail to deliver them, it is a call into the office offence for staff, a 3 strike rule and then the boot Level stuff.