What Did The Postie Bring?

[Cate Fox]

Latest on the post strike:

Union leaders are meeting to review the dispute, which developed into a war of words after Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier accused the CWU of talking "cobblers".
Responding to accusations of "slavery", Mr Crozier said the Royal Mail was only trying to make people work the hours for which they were paid.
He said the two sides were close to reaching an agreement on pay and pensions, leaving flexibility as the outstanding issue.
Mr Crozier said: "I doubt there is a company out there that does not ask its people to work all the hours they are paid for."

 

[bocadillo]

Latest on the post strike:

Union leaders are meeting to review the dispute, which developed into a war of words after Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier accused the CWU of talking "cobblers".
Responding to accusations of "slavery", Mr Crozier said the Royal Mail was only trying to make people work the hours for which they were paid.
He said the two sides were close to reaching an agreement on pay and pensions, leaving flexibility as the outstanding issue.
Mr Crozier said: "I doubt there is a company out there that does not ask its people to work all the hours they are paid for."

The Fire Brigade have had similar problems with night-time staffing, when there is less need and crews have customarily slept their nights away - many of them being refreshed enough to work full-time the following day.

 

[homer]

The Fire Brigade have had similar problems with night-time staffing, when there is less need and crews have customarily slept their nights away - many of them being refreshed enough to work full-time the following day.

I would add them to the burn list, but I am guessing that the workshy feckers would be able to find a way to get themselves out of trouble

 

[highland fox]

The Fire Brigade have had similar problems with night-time staffing, when there is less need and crews have customarily slept their nights away - many of them being refreshed enough to work full-time the following day.

Those soldiers are the same,do feck all in Peacetime

 

[highland fox]

I would add them to the burn list, but I am guessing that the workshy feckers would be able to find a way to get themselves out of trouble

They wouldn't put themselves out..

 

[Babylon]

I get a bloody pay rise about once every 3 years if i'm lucky, there's no pension either... and these greedy buggers want it all for shoving letters through a hole.

Sack em all and get the Poles in.

 

[Jeff]

11 letters plus a parcel from Amazon. None of them for me though.

 

[lazzer]

11 letters plus a parcel from Amazon. None of them for me though.

:icon_roll Stiil waiting on Rubber Rita ?

 

[Biff]

Those soldiers are the same,do feck all in Peacetime

but there mummies and daddies have plenty to say when they actually go to war and do the job that was expected of them.

old chinese proverb says.......

'when it gets difficult to work for somebody,
see how difficult it is to work for yourself'

ive been self-employed for 25 years :icon_wink

 

[bocadillo]

Those soldiers are the same,do feck all in Peacetime

Soldiers in peacetime are not at all comparable with either firemen or postmen. They have plenty of duties to fill their working time. Not at all the same as firemen sleeping away their duty periods or postmen going home whilst still being paid.

 

[bocadillo]

Letter, posted in Leicester yesterday - unfortunately containing neither my Scunthorpe nor my Chelsea tickets.

 

[highland fox]

Soldiers in peacetime are not at all comparable with either firemen or postmen. They have plenty of duties to fill their working time. Not at all the same as firemen sleeping away their duty periods or postmen going home whilst still being paid.

So firemen should be paid per fire then ?

 

[Melton Fox]

Firemen are the only emergency service I have any respect for.

They are the only paid emergency service that will put their lives at risk to save a member of the public.

Coppers and ambulancemen are instructed not to go into any situation if they are at risk of any form of danger.

I'm happy for a fireman to sit around doing nothing, it means the world isn't burning.

 

[highland fox]

Firemen are the only emergency service I have any respect for.

They are the only paid emergency service that will put their lives at risk to save a member of the public.

Coppers and ambulancemen are instructed not to go into any situation if they are at risk of any form of danger.

I'm happy for a fireman to sit around doing nothing, it means the world isn't burning.

But some of them get paid for doing nothing,got it easy some of them

 

[Melton Fox]

But some of them get paid for doing nothing,got it easy some of them

Well we pay them out of our wages, and I'm happy to carry on doing so even if they're playing pool.

 

[bocadillo]

So firemen should be paid per fire then ?

I'm not saying that at all - any more than I would suggest that soldiers should be paid per war. But they should not expect that they have a right to sleep their working hours away. Nor should they be so resistant to the idea of more of the 'quiet hours' being covered by retained men (who are, in effect, paid per fire - so perhaps the answer is yes.)

 

[bocadillo]

Firemen are the only emergency service I have any respect for.

They are the only paid emergency service that will put their lives at risk to save a member of the public.

Coppers and ambulancemen are instructed not to go into any situation if they are at risk of any form of danger.

I'm happy for a fireman to sit around doing nothing, it means the world isn't burning.

There are plenty of examples of fireman being subject to similar instructions these days - sadly!

 

[Feriol]

Soldiers in peacetime are not at all comparable with either firemen or postmen. They have plenty of duties to fill their working time. Not at all the same as firemen sleeping away their duty periods or postmen going home whilst still being paid.

My Brother is in the Army, and his job is basically to keep the men on the barracks where he is, busy. They work for the sake of it because lack of work would lead to lack of discipline.

Of course there are many vital everyday tasks, but nowhere near enough for all the enlisted men and women, even now with so many stationed at different places around the world.

I'm sure they could fill in for the postmen.

 

[pds]

4 letters for my uncle for ****s sake.
He lived here for a couple of weeks back in 1996 and we are still receiving his post.

 

[stevewalshwasgod]

a canandian holiday brochure