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Hey I'm off out of studentville
sussex here we come
Now theres a topic for discussion
why don't we ever ever ever get an increase in the D2D money?
Oh and I asked the DOM for the island allowance... he said only if a deliver by boat
PP was first out the door this morning, thanks to "special" favours
straightjacket, we don't get any docket for delivering election material anymore (certainly not in my office) but every item is worth at least twice as much as regular households.
We used to get 1 hour per party unless they had personel addresses on them and then we didn't get any extra apart from polling cards which was 1 hour aswell. If you don't want to deliver them you can get out of it by writting a letter citing ethical grounds to your DOM but they will argue the toss as they will have to find someone else to do it instead.
Cake: Have you got anymore questions to annoy the DOM with?
Plenty,
Why the funk do they always pass on important info at 12.45 on a friday for a start
Really they do and drives me mad sometimes. Hows everyone doing on plod land? 
Can they make you work over your hours if you have child care commitments?
Made it roubd just in time today as it was quite light but will probably adhere to my contract from next week and see what happens if I clock up a load of hours off in lieu.
How do gaffers turn around in corridors with such long noses?
Had three teeth pulled today, no different to working for Royal Mail I supposed
Prob won't make it to starting line tommorow, that will be interesting if they make you lot cover me on a Friday
I was a postman for a year after leaving my main career after 30+ years.
Royal Mail were totally dishonset cos they employed me on a 25 hours contract but I was still expected to do a full walk (round), often without the sorting help they promised, so I was frequently working 6 to 7 hours a day without a break - and then they got sniffy about the overtime I was claiming!
Having said that, I did enjoy doing the walk and met some great people at the sorting office.
I did find it difficult going on training runs though as I was often too tired and my times for a half marathon suffered from 1hr 52 to 1hr 58
Can I ask a quick post related question?
If customs have pulled a parcel for me, how much longer than normal post will it take to arrive?
I ordered some stuff from the US, first half arrived last Saturday, second bit hasn't yet, all advice is customs have got it
Any ideas?
If Customs have it, they'll probably be having a look inside and then decide how much VAT/import duty/excise duty (delete as appropriate) you need to pay for the item(s). You'll get a note very soon saying how much to pay before you can have it.
Sorry it's not good news.
Managed to clock up some time off in lieu hours (well 15 minutes) and asked the gaffer if I could take them either at the end of my duty, with a guarenteed finishing time 15 minutes earlier than normal, or during the morning sorting time so I could prep part of my delivery in "my time" enabling me to finish early. Both options were refused and was told that any time owed would have to come off at the start of my duty. How is this flexible? It seems to me that flexibility is only flexible in RM's favour not ours as they decide when we work extra and only claim the time back when it suits them and not us.
The connection with running is that I end up "running" around like a blue arsed fly trying to continue to meet my own famillies needs inspite of the continuing demands of RM.
Comrade Postie: how are the teeth doing you toothless old git?
I don't want a walk-out, there's a super-active 9 month old baby for me to run after at home. I need to be at work for a rest!
I could do with some extra running though, I'm considering doing the Birmingham 1/2 marathon on top of the Cardiff 1/2 a week earlier. Sounds a bit barmy I know, but the atmosphere of a good race day can't be beaten.
The gaffer's had to suck it up and play piggy in the middle last time it kicked off. A lot of comrade's left the CWU in disgust after some of the things that went on and then slagged off the top gaffer's for making us cross picket lines.
Being the little cake that I am I managed to avoid most of it by saying well I'm just not important enough and hiding in the corner.
CP grad to hear the teeth are better, Just don't eat anything from Romec and your will be fine