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cheers bald eagle1 1st time for lochaber and looking forward to it mind you how anyone can look forward to running a marathon is beyond me
lol
Ah Sunday.......
aren't they WONDERFUL
Oh dear, just after moaning that RM haven't got in touch with me....they now have...and I've got an interview/assessment on Thursday for a Parcelforce collections/delivery driver in Edinburgh!
Anyone out there do this or is everyone on here a postie?
Have a RM Running club based here, always looking for new memebers, they run most lunchtimes
Or put the parcel in the blue recycling bin on collection day
Sorry had a bad day once for PF.
Dronfield runner is this club the one through Rowland hill?
Although have yet to go out with them , prefer running at later, cannot handle that bright red Glow after a run and trying to work afterwards. Normally run with Steel City Striders on a Wed
Hill faery - good luck for your interview with Pafcel Farce tommorrow let us know how you get on
Cake - did you get a useful answer from the upstairs people?
Comerade Postie - great new pic were you talking to thed office clown at the time?
I decided not to go for the interview after all because I'm enjoying my current job of working in an outdoor equipment store too much.....yes I'm actually enjoying work after leaving the Police!!
....no stress whatsoever and a relaxed work atmosphere where I'm actually appreciated....
!
The shop is in a convenient location where I can run or cycle to work as it's only 6 miles there. So I don't have to think about petrol money as well as a 55 mile round trip commute or working compulsory overtime which would interfere with my life and my running. (Police did enough of that!)
PP- did you mean to type 'Farce' instead of 'Force'? Trying to warn me off? LOL
Postie, Got somewhere with the folks upstairs but finding it hard to get the time to follow it up because of the shares effort. There is a sports social site on the internal inter-net but no one seems to wants to own up to running it.
Hill faery Parcel farse is the nick name every one else in the business uses. Could be worse the bit I work in is know as tw*t city
Cake- can the intranet only be accessed from work computors?
I think you've had a lucky escape Hill faery your job sounds better than mine
Think you can get it from any if you know the secret links but I don't. It's a good excuse to "borrow" your line manager's pc
Been told it's on there but can't find the bit needed so anyone else out there with access if you can spot it great. Just don't put the link on there is we will all be in the parcelfarce with work
Before my brief rant, I'd like to thank Cake for directing me here
Working right at the end of the line in a medium-small delivery office, the main reason for late deliveries round my way is a previous DOM totally messing up the office revision when RM changed to single delivery. He was looking to impress the top brass by promissing massive savings but everything went horribly wrong as the revised deliveries were either way too big, or in some cases far too easy. My current DOM is trying but failing to rectify this problem 5 years on as RM won't increase our budget to accomodate extra duties. I've heard about the same problem at numerous other offices which I think sums up the quality of management at our company
. It's profit, profit, profit as far as Leighton and Crozier et al are concerened so any return to decent service won't be coming unless they change their priorities sharpish.
postieboy
This is an all too familiar story. Ours is a relatively large delivery office which changes DOM's on a regular basis. Each new DOM brings in a new revision cutting jobs inspite of an average annual increase in drops per delivery of around 10%. This means more work, less postman and an increase in stress related illnesses and the top gaffers think this is more efficient. If they had half a brain they would be dangerous.
Nice to hear from you and keep on running as its the only way you going to be able to complete a delivery in 3 1/2 hours.
If our guvnor's had half a brain, they might get a half decent job done! I do mainly rural deliveries so it's 4 - 5 hours per day in a van therefore I need to run after work in order to shake off the cobwebs of cockpit slumber from my system. As for the town deliveries in my office, you have to be super fit in order to complete them in under 3 1/2 hours.
Who'd have thought that a knackering activity like running would be my perfect cure for the stresses and strains of a knackering job!
Dude's DOM don't have a brain it's how they get the job
Still can't find the link for the web page on the social going to be a slow day tomorrow because of the bank holiday Monday so will give it my full attention.
I noticed in the RM courier (now lining the cat litter tray) that a couple of gaffers have managed to do something useful for once and raise a load of cash for charity in the FLM. Congratulations to the other two posties who did just as well.
Anyone other than comrade postie racing soon?