not sure if it will work if i link here but will give it a shot...
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Chopperver1
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[quote="tut"]My postie has not been on strike so I have been getting mail, but probably only local stuff and not from overseas which is what I am waiting on.
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Mr Tut you dont have to send away for those Danish magazines anymore its all on the computer...
(I can't believe I have just had the temerity to insult a world wide Lotus community famous person here
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Mr Tut you dont have to send away for those Danish magazines anymore its all on the computer...
(I can't believe I have just had the temerity to insult a world wide Lotus community famous person here
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bertieduff
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Was just thinking about all of you waiting on things through the post. Other than physical items I've bought online (which are rarely time-essential although they sometimes are I guess), I really don't need to wait for stuff in the post.
My bills are paid direct debit or online, I converse with friends and family by email, I renew my tax disc online so even if it isn't posted promptly I've kept the right side of the Fecking Treasury cos they've got my money.
I don't even go to the post office to buy Special Delivery, I get it online then print the labels and drop the parcel at our Sorting Office which happily relocated just round the corner from me!
The usage of and need for Postal Services is very, very different today to what it was maybe 10 years ago. Perhaps if RM had joined the Broadband Revolution as a supplier instead of gazing at their boots for a few years, they'd be less worried about the current state of affairs...which, helpfully, the Government is trying to "fix" in their predictable way by selling off to private sector or introducing "competition". And to lose the Amazon shipping contract is a great example of the RM's ineptitude.
I had relatives in the postal service, so I am tugged by some sympathy...but I also had a big argument with the father-in-law at the weekend to the effect that the Unions just jumped in with their usual line and seemed unable to look at the simple reality of the jobs that need doing, for what rate of pay and under what (generally realistic) conditions. I'm sure he wandered off muttering "capitalist blairite" under his breath but I'll never know
Campbell
My bills are paid direct debit or online, I converse with friends and family by email, I renew my tax disc online so even if it isn't posted promptly I've kept the right side of the Fecking Treasury cos they've got my money.
I don't even go to the post office to buy Special Delivery, I get it online then print the labels and drop the parcel at our Sorting Office which happily relocated just round the corner from me!
The usage of and need for Postal Services is very, very different today to what it was maybe 10 years ago. Perhaps if RM had joined the Broadband Revolution as a supplier instead of gazing at their boots for a few years, they'd be less worried about the current state of affairs...which, helpfully, the Government is trying to "fix" in their predictable way by selling off to private sector or introducing "competition". And to lose the Amazon shipping contract is a great example of the RM's ineptitude.
I had relatives in the postal service, so I am tugged by some sympathy...but I also had a big argument with the father-in-law at the weekend to the effect that the Unions just jumped in with their usual line and seemed unable to look at the simple reality of the jobs that need doing, for what rate of pay and under what (generally realistic) conditions. I'm sure he wandered off muttering "capitalist blairite" under his breath but I'll never know
Campbell
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We sometime use a work principle know as the "job & knock" - normally when we are working against really tight timescales.
Essentially one the guys have done what we want they are on their way home with all the booked hours paid for - so if it's an 8 hour job and they get done in 4 then they get paid for being at home for 4 hours.
Whilst I don't agree with the being paid overtime for contracted hours what you will find is that their postal route will take twice as long and they will expand the work into the time available.
Net result is that unless your at the start of a postal run then you mail will get later and later.
Mac
Essentially one the guys have done what we want they are on their way home with all the booked hours paid for - so if it's an 8 hour job and they get done in 4 then they get paid for being at home for 4 hours.
Whilst I don't agree with the being paid overtime for contracted hours what you will find is that their postal route will take twice as long and they will expand the work into the time available.
Net result is that unless your at the start of a postal run then you mail will get later and later.
Mac
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