fez2i16v

me personally i think there all a bunch of winging bastards as said before with the firemen they dont get payed enough, our firm do all the doors at firestations in yorkshire and if a fireman farts wrong hes in the shit if they go down a tight street or somewhere they cant get the engine down there not allowd to go down it if they scrach it there up the shitter same as if they hit the doors and these lazy posties winge on like they have a hard life get a grip and do your job

sidewaysdave

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what makes me laugh is they moan about pay but they can aford to strike? i lost my job in march, with bonuses i was on 40k a year, im now earning 15k a year just to cover my familys bills as i didnt want to sign on, i would be happy to earn 17k at the min, they should think themselves lucky they have a job, theres going to be a lot of familys out there a LOT worse off than them. i makes my blood boil, if i had my way i would sack the fucking lot of them and give there jobs to people who want to go and earn a honest living

cozzfather

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cutting corners isn't a good example, i would tell him to f off but i like having my mail delivered and do not want it going walkies.

i have complained in the past and even went into chester head office and complained,fat lot of good it did. We seem to get a new postie every year and they are all the same,cut across me flipping garden.

i also think using a l reg astra to deliver the mail and humpin your mail out the boot isn't a good example for buisness.
didn't use to be like that,which corporate divvy thought that was a good idea ???

749steve

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try reading the rest of the thread!!!

oh and who said we earn 17k i wish
may basic wage is Ł15800

749steve

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as i said ask him politely
and the management are responsible for the cut backs which is what we are complaining about

fez2i16v

i just think some things are better left alone the old system is better put it back like it was

cozzfather

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don't think he would hear me
ours is always wearing ear phones with music blaring,i would call that a hazard meself.

in the old days i used to race the postie on my bmx while they smoked a rolly delivering the post,surely the RM should make them get on their bikes instead of the car.
think of the carbon footprint ? using a clapped out old banger isn't very enviromentally friendly.funny how you never see a twatted around royal mail pusher yet them sherpas and escorts and now trannys and combos look like they have been blown up by the taliban.

749steve

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you should see our bikes,they are shot and we cant seem to get them repaired(budget issues)
my guess is there may not be any bag drops so he has no where safe to store them. and the maximum bag weight is 16kg for the first 2 or 3 bags then the weight drops a couple of kg for every bag after that(due to fatigue)
so he cant carry them all with him,due to health and safety

cozzfather

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steve your gonna have me crying in my beer in a mo ,lets face it the jobs fooked and us customers of the royal mail are watching with interest waiting for the shit to fly.
its going to be good on the news tonight what with question time and the BNP giving it some and Postman Pat striking.
i'll know its a proper strike when the oil drum is burning outside our main depot.

749steve

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im just trying to make people realise that there are some serious issues
not that we just want a day off and more money
i dont want to/cant afford to strike but we either strike and put royal mail at risk or sit back and let royal mail management destroy the company and sell it off cheap to companys like TNT that they all have shares in

fuzzy

what does striking achieve? nothing nowadays as it isnt a closed shop anymore. theres plenty viable alternatives and the loss of business will kill the po.
whos going to use the po when they cant guarantee uninterrupted business?

cozzfather

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i can't see today not tommorow delivering a letter for 24p second class.
thats the rm's problem,they are too cheep and don't make enough.

plus i still get letters with unfranked stamps,i steam them off and re use them.
i never knew it was a crime to do that,bit like leaving red fookin rubber bands on my drive or worse me fookin garden

749steve

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but its the governments regulator body that sets the price of postage not royal mail
thats why they let tnt,etc send letters through royal mails system cheaper than royal mail is allowed to sell them
and we still have to deliver them at a loss

cozzfather

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steve them twats can't run the country properly never mind know how much it costs to send a letter,you need a big number of Pats to put the heat on the government to charge more,i think if a cheep birthday or xmas card is a quid and a nice one say Ł2.50 yet a second class stamp to send it is a bargain 25p it would not hurt to charge say 5 p more imo for both classes.
that will sort out profits no end as the last time they stuffed the prices up they solved the last crisis iirc

Dangerous Malcolm..

I'm here!

The distribution side was on strike today, we're on strike tomorrow..............


As daft as it may sound, I don't fully understand why we're going o strike! I'm in the union and they say we are, so I am. But only tomorrow for me, from then on i'm gonna be a scab and work 'cos i can't afford not to be earning!

If anyone's genuinely interested in the reasons why then check out the CWU website, wich I'll be doing myself!!

mcst

Surely thats just buying power, plenty of companies get reduced postage and they collect the mail from their doors. If a company is going to send 0000's of letters a week solely through royal mail and its guaranteed business then it makes sense to sell that postage cheaper to them. They may well be making a loss on individual letters but across all deliveries they are obviously making money if the profits at the top of the food chain are anything to go by.

As mal has stated, i also get the impression from the people i know that work for the RM haven't really got a full understanding of why they are striking, just that the union says so!!!

Chopshop85

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only plus side to the whole strike is alot of people got forza 3 yesterday as companies shipped early due to the strike!

Chip

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Im of the opinion that the union is pissing in the wind trying to prevent a modernisation that the royal mail NEEDS to stay anything like affordable to run.

I think they need to accept that their old cushy jobs dont exist anymore and just be greatful they have a job at all in the current climate.

Rick Astley

Yeh well, striking is definitely worth it then.

I'll let the CWU know!

Chopshop85

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Probably why I said "plus side"

EIL132

Exactly and it's why if they keep playing the strike card the Tories WILL sell it off as soon as they get in power which seems inevitable as they hate strikes/unions. Best thing they can do is come to a solution that will give it at least a chance of survival.

CRAIG HAYTER

they want to hurry up i want my fkn parcles

mercurygreyrsturbo

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hey. thought i'd leave my opinion, i've been a postman for 5 years now, i only work in a small office so i'll tell u about us, when i started there, people would rush around and get done early, then the managers started noticing this so when a chap retired, his 40 hour weekly contract round was split up and put onto everybody else, so now everybody has an extra 30 mins delivery to do, sice then a further 2 rounds been put onto us so in the 5 years i've been there we've gained an extra 60-70 minutes extra delivery. Also after we've spent hours getting our own rounds ready, we have to get 2 rounds ready for delivery b4 the guys come in and deliver it. So this is why people are getting there post later and later, oh and do remember that not all of the postmen are bad, most of us will try to get everything to you as early as possible and with the best service, i've seen 7 managers in my time there so far, and the last was the one 2 make all the changes and he pocketed Ł7000 bonus for it. as for the Ł17k a year, ur part time chap gets more than that. most of us get Ł20k+, oh and royal mail aim to make Ł600m profit each year, greedy shareholders!!! not meant 2 tell u all that but i'm leaving in a few weeks so i dont worry. i'm not striking as its not gonna change anything, the company will still change the way of working and save money where they can, so the top bosses can get there multi million pound salerys. Anyway thats my input

mcst

Agree totally. There was a postie on Radio 1 earlier stating he's been on strike 19 times since july and that he doesn't think he'll be able to pay his mortgage this month. What fucking mentality do some of these goons have to think "I'll lose money because the union says so, never mind if i can't pay my bills"
To be THAT ignorant when so many people are struggling and its out of there control is totally selfish.

Psycho Warren

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Winter of discontent????

posties, firemen, what next the bins?? council workers?? gritters??

Strikes are infectious.

Good way to fuck up britains slow recovery from recession even more. Well done!!
I dont get where the sheer hatred and aggression towards picket line breakers comes from!! Any other situation and it would be immediate dismissal for that kind of abusive behaviour!!

Theres whole communities who dont talk to each other still because of the coal strikes

how fucking pathetic is that??

people need to get a fucking grip!!


I personally cant see anything beneficial for the country in having unions in the way we do in this country. they only seem to make things worse.
Nylon fish line threaded all over the grass will stop them dead mate. If they whinge say you put it to stop cats. Garuntee you after your posties fell on his face a couple of times he will get the message.

Rick Astley

If it takes him a couple of times to learn he needs shooting.

Glenn_

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I think they are striking next week too.

Red16

Hardish job... it's a bloody grown up paper round!

Rick Astley

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8333190.stm

Absolute bunch of jobsworth cuntfuckers!

Retro Al

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Im glad im not a postie anymore,the thing that pissed me off was the fact they said they were loosing millions and change was needed, but the fat cats still managed to find them selfs millions in bonuses every year, wtf!