Royal Mail one day Strike 19th December

ArmitageShanks

tbf the royal mail only has one letter to deliver a day, so how they can mess that up I don't know.

shoppaholic_returns

I am astounded that in this day and age people are considering striking,especially when so many other people who have lost their jobs, would only be too pleased to have a job/income etc, are out there to fill the postions.

What do these union people think is happening on the job front these days,they should be grateful for a job!! Never mind the millions of peoples christmases they ruin,through striking.

mermaidpinkwine

has anyone come across bemypostie.com - they appear to have removed all their registration and listing fees as a response to the postal strike - worth a look maybe?

custardy

shoppaholic_returns wrote: »

I am astounded that in this day and age people are considering striking,especially when so many other people who have lost their jobs, would only be too pleased to have a job/income etc, are out there to fill the postions.

What do these union people think is happening on the job front these days,they should be grateful for a job!! Never mind the millions of peoples christmases they ruin,through striking.

Work from Liverpool will be transferred to a Warrington site in 2010, losing 600 sorting jobs in the city and leaving it as the only major centre without its own sorting office.

frugallass

custardy wrote: »

:rolleyes:
yes they are big machines running at speed so it could get destroyed
2nd was a typo
well you may not believe thisbut theres not one lorry with one item delivered point to point
millions of items mean things can get put in the wrong box/sack

i posted to show what can and does happen but maybe easier if i said i was out spending £80 in vouchers today

I wonder - can you provide any statistics as to how much mail is actually destroyed by these machines in, lets say, a month? Or how much mail is reported as 'lost or stolen' on a weekly basis?

wullie

What rubbish people write... OK on my round today i had...
three cards with no numbers... a 71 and 73 for the person at number 76...a 50 for the person at number 8.. a number 4 for the person at number 11c and a 74 for number 47 ( lucky i know the peoples names)....a packet with no postage which i let go...and a packet that was so badly packed it was falling apart...and average day for me...

custardy

frugallass wrote: »

I wonder - can you provide any statistics as to how much mail is actually destroyed by these machines in, lets say, a month? Or how much mail is reported as 'lost or stolen' on a weekly basis?

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/royal_mail_group

feel free to find out yourself.
i like that you clearly think i make things up.it gives me a festive glow

frugallass

custardy wrote: »

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/royal_mail_group

feel free to find out yourself.
i like that you clearly think i make things up.it gives me a festive glow

I never said that I thought you made things up

I asked a question - thanks for pointing me in the direction of an answer !

custardy

wullie wrote: »

What rubbish people write... OK on my round today i had...
three cards with no numbers... a 71 and 73 for the person at number 76...a 50 for the person at number 8.. a number 4 for the person at number 11c and a 74 for number 47 ( lucky i know the peoples names)....a packet with no postage which i let go...and a packet that was so badly packed it was falling apart...and average day for me...

did you get any with the question mark after the address? those make me smile
the one that gets me are the people sending cards year on year for people who died/moved away years ago.
if you havent had contact all year,why send a card

mazza111

Nice job Wullie, ppl don't realise that most posties sort this kind of thing out everyday instead of just posting through the doors that are marked on the address.But don't you sometimes think people complain for the sake of complaining. A lady called me up yesterday, telling me she hadn't received any mail for a week(2nd complaint), told her we'd investigate and get back to her. Spoke to manager who actually personally delivered her mail on Saturday to see if her complaint was valid, ofc she denied getting any mail on saturday