Reply to: So how long is this bloody strike for?

[DBA_bloke]

wouldn't go as far as calling them scum, but i think that the union could be doing more to ensure the survival of the post office and make sure that the posties still have jobs in 5 years.

Er, that's what they ARE trying to do. No chance. But trying.

[Spacecadet]

wouldn't go as far as calling them scum, but i think that the union could be doing more to ensure the survival of the post office and make sure that the posties still have jobs in 5 years.

[DBA_bloke]

I find myself wondering about posties. And what I'm wondering is this...

WTF?

They've got such a cushy number and if someone tries to drag them kicking and screaming into the late 20th century that they are concerned about it? Sod 'em. Give the jobs to the long-term unemployed.

Genius! Pure genius!

Couldn't possibly be that the Mail chiefs, who have often been abroad during the important talks, have an agenda from on-high? No. Silly idea. Never mind.

Once the private firms have stepped into the breach, secured long-term relations with businesses, and the Great British Public have been converted to the "Posties are coonts" philosophy, it'll be deliciously satisfying when all the currently whinging twonks who live in remote areas, or areas simply deemed uneconomical to deliver to, fail to get mail delivered to their doors. I suggest that there'll be several thousands, if not tens of thousands, of, effectively, cut-off folk. Happy days.

Oh, and that's when businesses realize that if they want to deliver goods/invoices to customers in such places (and those places are increasing in number, as the towns and villages fill-up), then they'll have to pay more.

I'm just being silly, though, aren't I? Those bloomin' posties: scum of the Earth; Commies; Luddites; filth; etc., etc., etc.

[chasingtheaurora]

I find myself wondering about posties. And what I'm wondering is this...

WTF?

They've got such a cushy number and if someone tries to drag them kicking and screaming into the late 20th century that they are concerned about it? Sod 'em. Give the jobs to the long-term unemployed.

[DBA_bloke]

Its not just the pay they were striking about

Shockingly, royal mail bosses were asking staff to do other duties once they had finished their own regular duties. Occasionally this could even mean mail sorters sorting mail for a different postcode area to the area they usually sort!!

This is an example of current working practice that the union is fighting to keep:
Collection drivers can expect overtime pay for doing collections outside their route even if it is done within normal working hours.

Ah! Thanks so much for boiling it down to the essential truths. Understand it all, now.

[Spacecadet]

Sulky halfwits. Do it properly for the amount you agreed or do something else with your silly little lives.

Its not just the pay they were striking about

Shockingly, royal mail bosses were asking staff to do other duties once they had finished their own regular duties. Occasionally this could even mean mail sorters sorting mail for a different postcode area to the area they usually sort!!

This is an example of current working practice that the union is fighting to keep:
Collection drivers can expect overtime pay for doing collections outside their route even if it is done within normal working hours.

[DBA_bloke]

Sack 'em all and give their jobs to people who are willing to work for a living. Which excludes me. Probably some immigrants then. I got some mail today, some of which was left outside for no apparent reason, and some of which was half crammed through the letterbox. Sulky halfwits. Do it properly for the amount you agreed or do something else with your silly little lives.

Scum... you, not them.

[SueEllen]

Sulky halfwits. Do it properly for the amount you agreed or do something else with your silly little lives.

Agreed.

Unfortunately from my various sources who work/have worked for this institution, permanent post office workers are hard to sack. They sack the temps if they look too good at their job. There is also a waiting list for some of the jobs at the post office.

[shoes]

Sack 'em all and give their jobs to people who are willing to work for a living. Which excludes me. Probably some immigrants then. I got some mail today, some of which was left outside for no apparent reason, and some of which was half crammed through the letterbox. Sulky halfwits. Do it properly for the amount you agreed or do something else with your silly little lives.

[TheFaQQer]

Are you insinuating that scowsers nick things?

scousers

eh eh eh eh eh - calm down!

[Muttley08]

Are you a scowser then? Or a scouser?

I've been getting mail since Saturday morning. All of it junk or bills.

Neither - a geordie...just trying to start a scowser / scourser fight....

[SueEllen]

Are you insinuating that scowsers nick things?

Are you a scowser then? Or a scouser?

I've been getting mail since Saturday morning. All of it junk or bills.

[Gonzo]

Are you insinuating that scowsers nick things?

scousers

[Muttley08]

Is it your own mail, or are you just helping yourself from the mail bags in Liverpool?

Are you insinuating that scowsers nick things?

[TheFaQQer]

we have been getting mail up north for the last couple of days.

Is it your own mail, or are you just helping yourself from the mail bags in Liverpool?