Rincewind Posted 10 October 2007 Author Posted 10 October 2007 There was another letter when I arrived home this afternoon but it was for no. 7 *** where as my houde is no. 3. Very difficult to tell the difference after 7 hours work.
Babylon Posted 10 October 2007 Posted 10 October 2007 i have a lot of sympathy for binmen too ( they have occasionally needed to strike to improve their lot) and believe they also do great work but when you went out on strike you would no doubt get the same ridiculous arguments as used against the postmen ( get another job , get more education , be grateful for what you've got etc etc ) i don't know if the average postie gets 19k a year of if it is just a bit of adam crozier spin as i believe he is quite adept at that Well I do great bleeding work, more stressful and skilled worked than a postman has to do. 19k a year for putting pieces of paper in a hole in the wall is daylight bloody robbery. If anything they should get a pay cut!!! How anyone can stick up for these money grabbers is beyond me. Great work Mr postman, you managed to match a number on the letter to the number on the door... my hero!!!!
Babylon Posted 10 October 2007 Posted 10 October 2007 There was another letter when I arrived home this afternoon but it was for no. 7 *** where as my houde is no. 3. Very difficult to tell the difference after 7 hours work. He knew damn well where it should have gone, but they'd of had to back track the route to do that. If they did that they wouldn't be able to finish at 11.30 (even though they get paid until 2).
Daggers Posted 10 October 2007 Posted 10 October 2007 I didn't get any post today. So, normal service resumed. Wahey!
Daggers Posted 10 October 2007 Posted 10 October 2007 Wait, oh yes wait a minute mister postman Wait, wait mister postman Mister postman look and see If there's a letter in your bag for me I been waiting such a long time Since I heard from that girl of mine There must be some word today From my girlfriend so far away Please mister postman look and see If there's a letter, a letter for me I been standing here waiting mister postman So patiently For just a card or just a letter Saying she's returning home to me So many days you passed me by See the tear standing in my eye You didn't stop to make me feel better By leaving me a card or a letter Please Mr. Postman, look and see If there's a letter, oh yeh for me, I've been waiting, a long long time Since I've heard from that girlfriend of mine. You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute You gotta check it and see, one more time for me Wait Wait Wait Deliver the letter, the sooner the better You lazy bunch of overpaid bastards
Nationwider Posted 10 October 2007 Posted 10 October 2007 I'm gonna write a little letter Gonna mail it to my local DJ It's a rockin' rhythm record I want my jockey to play. Roll over Beethoven, except don't, because it won't get there for over a week.
Daggers Posted 10 October 2007 Posted 10 October 2007 Love letters straight from you heart via a sorting office in Liverpool that has been closed for an additional working day creating a backlog that will take the best part of three weeks to sort out as long as no more days are lost to further industrial action
AoWW Posted 10 October 2007 Posted 10 October 2007 aye, it won't be long 'til the teachers start moaning too. we're always moaning - it keeps us happy.
Rincewind Posted 11 October 2007 Author Posted 11 October 2007 He knew damn well where it should have gone, but they'd of had to back track the route to do that. If they did that they wouldn't be able to finish at 11.30 (even though they get paid until 2). Actually the post was after midday which was strange if they finish 11.30. must have been on overtime.
Zingari Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 Well I do great bleeding work, more stressful and skilled worked than a postman has to do. 19k a year for putting pieces of paper in a hole in the wall is daylight bloody robbery. If anything they should get a pay cut!!!How anyone can stick up for these money grabbers is beyond me. Great work Mr postman, you managed to match a number on the letter to the number on the door... my hero!!!! i'll take your word for it; you don't seem to have much time on your hands for idle chit chat (on here and i suppose other chat rooms) stressful ; yeah right
andyh1884 Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 I found out yesterday part of the reason they're striking is because the bosses want to end their flexibile working patterns so that instead of them just going home when their individual work is done, even if it's before the end of their shift, they want them to stay & help others finish their work & work the whole of the shift they get paid for. This to me is a perfectly reasonable change & one which is common in pretty much any other business & I can't see how they've got issues with this
hairy Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 I found out yesterday part of the reason they're striking is because the bosses want to end their flexibile working patterns so that instead of them just going home when their individual work is done, even if it's before the end of their shift, they want them to stay & help others finish their work & work the whole of the shift they get paid for.This to me is a perfectly reasonable change & one which is common in pretty much any other business & I can't see how they've got issues with this The issue is that when they had finished their work, if they returned to the depot to help out they got paid overtime for doing so. Now they wont. Must agree with you. I have no sympathy for them. They should work their contracted hours and anything over and above that is overtime.
Phube Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 The most shocking thing is; if they take 3 hours to do their round... they get paid for 8 hours work!!!!! If they go back and do another round (within their 8 hours) they get overtime!!!!! Lazy f***ing b@stards!!! You should get paid the hours you work... everyone else bloody does!!!!!!
Unit Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 I bought a contract sim off o2 on friday/saturday and it didn't arrive until 5 minutes ago, thus I have paid for about 5 days of contract that I never got the chance to use
Phube Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 I bought a contract sim off o2 on friday/saturday and it didn't arrive until 5 minutes ago, thus I have paid for about 5 days of contract that I never got the chance to use Sue the work-shy layabouts!!!! :grin: On a separate note... who'd have thought the scousers would have carried on thier strike longer!!! Some stereotypes just fit!!!
Daggers Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 I believe postmen had something to do with Madeleine's disappearance, the falling value of property and the death of The People's Princess. Lazy, overpaid, murdering bastards!
BigGibbo Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 Wait, oh yes wait a minute mister postmanWait, wait mister postman Mister postman look and see If there's a letter in your bag for me I been waiting such a long time Since I heard from that girl of mine There must be some word today From my girlfriend so far away Please mister postman look and see If there's a letter, a letter for me I been standing here waiting mister postman So patiently For just a card or just a letter Saying she's returning home to me So many days you passed me by See the tear standing in my eye You didn't stop to make me feel better By leaving me a card or a letter Please Mr. Postman, look and see If there's a letter, oh yeh for me, I've been waiting, a long long time Since I've heard from that girlfriend of mine. You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute You gotta check it and see, one more time for me Wait Wait Wait Deliver the letter, the sooner the better You lazy bunch of overpaid bastards Is that the track my space tune samples?
The People's Hero Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 Babylon is so right. £19k. That's what bloody teachers start on. Teachers might get bloody long holidays etc, but at least they don't do 3 hours work (of the 8 hours they're contracted to do) and then demand overtime to do any extra! Sack the lot of them, there are loads of people who'd do that job for £19k. Arseholes.
BigGibbo Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 This thread is doing a bloody good advertisement for a job as a postman
Zingari Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 This thread is doing a bloody good advertisement for a job as a postman maybe so but most of the whingers still won't get off their arses to go and apply
purpleronnie Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 My dad who's just retired was on 14 grand a year not 19. Yes he did finish early sometimes 2 hours early but he also (like lots of other postman) went in way before his start time so he could finish early. Others use cars to finish early, others run round, my dad aalso said in 20 years he's neer seen one postman take his 45 minute meal relief. And is it easy work...not really getting up in the middle of the night, having to sort the mail for hours then preparing your 4 hour delivery, then add a sack full of packets then recorded and special deliveries, then out in all weathers - all this without a sit down. Don't believe everything you read.
purpleronnie Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 I'd do it. Start early, finish early. Do some studying. Great plan.It's not like some posties are moonlighting, which is why they don't want their working practices changing.... Thats what they are trying to stop, the one very good thing about being a postman. Forget pay etc...Thats the main reason.
Zingari Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 My dad who's just retired was on 14 grand a year not 19.Yes he did finish early sometimes 2 hours early but he also (like lots of other postman) went in way before his start time so he could finish early. Others use cars to finish early, others run round, my dad aalso said in 20 years he's neer seen one postman take his 45 minute meal relief. And is it easy work...not really getting up in the middle of the night, having to sort the mail for hours then preparing your 4 hour delivery, then add a sack full of packets then recorded and special deliveries, then out in all weathers - all this without a sit down. Don't believe everything you read. some sense at last
purpleronnie Posted 11 October 2007 Posted 11 October 2007 Nobody is saying that they don't do a good job, it's the nature of the job. When I think of the types of jobs that are paid over the average minimum wage, and when I think of pushing bits of paper through a letter box, even those with tight springs, I can't see how they can justify such a salary. And if they were successful, don't you think that people in other professions start to push for higher salaries, after all, we can't be seen to be paid the same as a postie. Then the cost of living rises, inflation rises, interest rates rise etc etvc, and the postal workers end up in the same situation that they are in now. So all in all they will have achieved nothing. If they still have a job, because where do you think the rises will come from?If they want more money, what's to stop them going to University, bettering their education and joining a profession that pays more? Again, 19 grand maybe in london but thats far away from the average most posties work overtime to pay the bills.
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