Royal Mail problems!!

[TheDaddy]

Please spare a thought for the poor sods who deliver your trinkets. I'm one of them.
Temporary agency driver, delivering parcels on the late shift.
Ever shift is a shitshow.
Each van is filthy inside and out. Most are clapped out little Corsa vans. The interior is lit by a 3W bulb normally used on the inside of a fridge. You're lucky if the wing mirrors can be adjusted.
There's nothing in the back of the van in terms of racks, sacks, hoppers or bins - everything just slides about. Stuff is sometimes three layers deep. Even if you load your van in route order, you still end up diving in to try and find the parcel you need.
The twatnav is supposed to take you straight to the door, but in practice you still spend ages searching in the dark for "Flat D" or "Dunroamin".
Traipse up three dozen steps to someone's front door with a case of beer, to find they're out. Now you've got to complete the red card in the rain and lug the thing back again.
Trip over garden gnomes and step into puddles. Last night I trod in a dog turd in the dark.

I'm either

• delivering parcels in the dark and the rain
• drunk
• asleep and dreaming of delivering parcels in the dark and the rain

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I have the upmost respect for Royal mail workers , But , I don't take any rudeness from any staff from anywhere like Stevebm1 mentions. A woman spoke to me like shit in KFC once , She looked about 12. There is no need for it , Suffice to say she caught me in a wrong day and got both barrels. No need to be rude to others IMO.

Dave.

 

[neo-geo-mvs]

Can you please check if my 3 missing parcels from August are in that van....




My postie is great. No complaints there 👍

 

[digweed]

Better to do tracked 48 then its tracked all the way

I booked a collection from RM on tracked 48. They collected my parcel but did not put my prepaid label on it. Anyway parcel went missing for a week when the person I had posted the item received a card stating they I had to pay £7 for not paying for postage... So I had to pay the cahrge even though I had already paid for postage....

 

[stevebm1]

when we had a regular postie,he was a great bloke,knew everyone by surname on the street,used to give recorded parcels to neighbours if you were not in and everyone used to tip him at xmas,post always came between 7-9am,but when royal mail started making changes to shift patterns and working practises,he had enough and quit,so we now have any tom,dick or harry delivering,it's a different face every day,different time everyday,it's no wonder it's such a mess these days

 

[CMYKhazi-Dan]

We have a few different posties but the main one saw me in town as he drove past me with my parcel. He knew I wouldn't be in so delivered it a bit later in the day. Super guy 🤘

 

[Spanky]

When I'm standing on your doorstep in the wind and the freezing rain, clutching your baubles, there's nothing like a Ring doorbell to lift my mood. As it uploads my mugshot to some server in the US without my permission, there's its chime. dung dung DUNG dung dung DUNG
Perhaps it's not the doorbell I'm hearing, rather the incessant lament of broken dreams ringing in my ears.
Anyway, that's not all. It then goes "Bleghh!!!! It's The Grinch!!! Blah!!!"
My understanding is that this is your personality. You're really witty! It's the sixth time this shift I've heard this, but it never gets old. Thanks for thinking of me. I do appreciate it.

 

[Bods]

When I'm standing on your doorstep in the wind and the freezing rain, clutching your baubles, there's nothing like a Ring doorbell to lift my mood. As it uploads my mugshot to some server in the US without my permission, there's its chime. dung dung DUNG dung dung DUNG
Perhaps it's not the doorbell I'm hearing, rather the incessant lament of broken dreams ringing in my ears.
Anyway, that's not all. It then goes "Bleghh!!!! It's The Grinch!!! Blah!!!"
My understanding is that this is your personality. You're really witty! It's the sixth time this shift I've heard this, but it never gets old. Thanks for thinking of me. I do appreciate it.

I'm amazed most people seem to have no concern about CCTV, Facial Recognition, Audio Capture (Alexa) Finger print scanners literally appearing everywhere, seems promoting such things with shit shows like Big Brother and Selfies has conditioned most to accept this lovely future with open arms and faces

 

[DaveR]

another royal fail today,got carded twice this week,whilst we were out at work,so took the 2nd card to the sorting office this morning to collect my parcel,only to be told they have not got it at the sorting office,I asked "where is it then,as I have been carded twice" .the guy just shrugged his shoulders and said "im no good at finding a needle in a haystack this time of year,I suggest you try and claim for a lost parcel mate",then pulled the shutter down on me,

W@nker$

information will be on the card !!
Yes we deliver and card twice, the second attempt should get a card with all the info on it. You have a tracking number somewhere (or from the sender email), you can Send it elsewhere, pick it up or have it re-delivered. I dont see the problem? Shutters slammed? really? must have upset him then.

 

[DaveR]

When I'm standing on your doorstep in the wind and the freezing rain, clutching your baubles, there's nothing like a Ring doorbell to lift my mood. As it uploads my mugshot to some server in the US without my permission, there's its chime. dung dung DUNG dung dung DUNG
Perhaps it's not the doorbell I'm hearing, rather the incessant lament of broken dreams ringing in my ears.
Anyway, that's not all. It then goes "Bleghh!!!! It's The Grinch!!! Blah!!!"
My understanding is that this is your personality. You're really witty! It's the sixth time this shift I've heard this, but it never gets old. Thanks for thinking of me. I do appreciate it.

Ring does my head in, I heard it from many a door... I also Knock as the person that has the Ring App installed might not actually be there but someone else is. All we want as a postie is that door to open quickly !

 

[DaveR]

Please spare a thought for the poor sods who deliver your trinkets. I'm one of them.
Temporary agency driver, delivering parcels on the late shift.
Ever shift is a shitshow.
Each van is filthy inside and out. Most are clapped out, poverty spec little Corsa vans. The interior is lit by a 3W bulb normally used on the inside of a fridge. You're lucky if the wing mirrors can be adjusted.
There's nothing in the back of the van in terms of racks, sacks, hoppers or bins - everything just slides about. Stuff is sometimes three layers deep. Even if you load your van in route order, you still end up diving in to try and find the parcel you need.
The twatnav is supposed to take you straight to the door, but in practice you still spend ages searching in the dark for "Flat D" or "Dunroamin".
Traipse up three dozen steps to someone's front door with a case of beer, to find they're out. Now you've got to complete the red card in the rain and lug the thing back again.
Trip over garden gnomes and step into puddles. Last night I trod in a dog turd in the dark.

I'm either

• delivering parcels in the dark and the rain
• drunk
• asleep and dreaming of delivering parcels in the dark and the rain

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Ha, I am on Tracked LAT's.. Hate the Corsa's, but mostly get a Pug. Yes that sat nav dot is good but the roads connecting to it is a guess and I have to use the website 'dorsetexplorer' to find the real directions as its O/S maps. Let along new estates where the roads dont exist.

We got there tho, got mine delivered. A few more shifts before New Years Eve

 

[Spanky]

Well I quit today. Yesterday they gave me an ashtray on wheels for a van. This morning when I opened the door to the spare room, where my coat was hanging to dry, the stench hit me, and that was the final straw. Every van I've been given to drive has been skanky inside and out. So sod it.

 

[DaveR]

Well I quit today. Yesterday they gave me an ashtray on wheels for a van. This morning when I opened the door to the spare room, where my coat was hanging to dry, the stench hit me, and that was the final straw. Every van I've been given to drive has been skanky inside and out. So sod it.

oh no, thats so sad... especially with that bonus plan which I heard gets paid on Jan31st. The vans in our place are now getting dated, smoking is banned in vans, should be a sticker up. So your the one that leaves when the smoker stays, talk to the union I would if thats possible as others can be stage 1 including managers.

I am 8 years in, I am thinking of leaving but I need enough Arcade /Pinball and CRT repair work to carry me thru, I started making plans as I dont want to be there ten years.

I hope you find something better, sadly the other couriers are more difficult then RM and thats why I am sticking as much as possible with them. Good Luck

 

[Spanky]

oh no, thats so sad... especially with that bonus plan which I heard gets paid on Jan31st. The vans in our place are now getting dated, smoking is banned in vans, should be a sticker up. So your the one that leaves when the smoker stays, talk to the union I would if thats possible as others can be stage 1 including managers.

I am 8 years in, I am thinking of leaving but I need enough Arcade /Pinball and CRT repair work to carry me thru, I started making plans as I dont want to be there ten years.

I hope you find something better, sadly the other couriers are more difficult then RM and thats why I am sticking as much as possible with them. Good Luck

I was just an agency temp. To be honest, yesterday's van didn't contain fag ash - just the centre console contained a layer of leaf tobacco. The filthy bastards at my delivery office seem to revel at wallowing in their own filth. Every shift I've done, I've wiped the dashboard with antibacterial wipes and removed all the empty fizzy drink cans. If RM can't provide me with a clean working environment, then fuck 'm.
I thought at least I might be provided with a yellow jacket or something, but no, bugger all.

 

[kingtreelo]

had a brand new RM delivery person today, was excellent as usual

every single RM delivery person from the past few years has been absolutely spot on for me(think we have had about 6 different people), super polite, friendly and doing what they should do.

the conditions sound terrible though, so its a testament to the delivery people on how good they are if they are being treated like crap in the workplace