Random Irritations

[GB72]

All the talk about reducing the number of days you get post, living in a rural community, that is what we already get. We only get post at a weekend if there are tracked parcels to be delivered, never get post at weekends otherwise. Where my mum lives the postman has confirmed that he only delivers 3 times a week.

 

[PJ87]

All the talk about reducing the number of days you get post, living in a rural community, that is what we already get. We only get post at a weekend if there are tracked parcels to be delivered, never get post at weekends otherwise. Where my mum lives the postman has confirmed that he only delivers 3 times a week.

Considering the amount of actual letters now days it's not surprising once it was sold off the private sector don't want to run a loss service

We have a lot of stuff via email so don't get post for days on end . Surely as the modern world grows this change is inevitable

 

[Imurg]

I doubt we average more than a letter a week.......and even then it's normally junk.

 

[PJ87]

I doubt we average more than a letter a week.......and even then it's normally junk.

Last time I saw the postman was Tuesday and he was collecting a parcel off me

 

[Imurg]

Watching the golf I've just seen an ad for a vitamin/energy/lifestyle drink that's supposed to be a great way to start your day...

It's green.....

It looks like stagnant, manky pond water.........

C'mon Guys at least make it an appealing colour.....

 

[GB72]

Considering the amount of actual letters now days it's not surprising once it was sold off the private sector don't want to run a loss service

We have a lot of stuff via email so don't get post for days on end . Surely as the modern world grows this change is inevitable

Change is inevitable but it is the current debate that the post office must offer a 6 day service when it is already not doing so that is the irritant.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Change is inevitable but it is the current debate that the post office must offer a 6 day service when it is already not doing so that is the irritant.

It's pure posturing, and going down a line of discussion we can not go

Avoiding the political side of things, I have not written a letter for years. The only post we send at work is physical samples, never letters, quotes or invoices. All of those go by email.

Email has changed the game and the PO/RM are hamstrung by a Heartbeat image of the service that simply doesn't exist any more.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Staff that really should have retired years ago not pulling their weight and not knowing the basic day to days tasks and still needing supervision. Getting to the point where I need to go down the capability line and recruit with someone that can do the role without nurse maiding and get better service

 

[Slab]

Dunno if it's an irritation or a gladden post

Need some whisky for making sauce to go with tonight's haggis

Back of the cupboard we find an unopened golf prize, a balvenie 12 single malt that's must've been there 6+years

So now a £50 bottle is open to make sauce!
Might have to have a nip now

 

[patricks148]

planned a decent gravel ride tonight with a few other guys, will be my first group ride with lights, forecaste was good and was nice and dry at lunchtime, just looked out the window and its lashing it down

 

[Dando]

a disabled actor is fuming as an able bodied actor has been cast as Richard III.

it's been labelled as misrepresentation but conveniently doesn't say anything about the cast actor being female

 

[Neilds]

a disabled actor is fuming as an able bodied actor has been cast as Richard III.

it's been labelled as misrepresentation but conveniently doesn't say anything about the cast actor being female

The complainer is saying the actor doesn’t have the lived experience - not sure who has the experience of a Middle Ages character

 

[Lord Tyrion]

The complainer is saying the actor doesn’t have the lived experience - not sure who has the experience of a Middle Ages character

Who is also a monarch. It's a very small pool of people when you get down to it

 

[Hobbit]

Considering the amount of actual letters now days it's not surprising once it was sold off the private sector don't want to run a loss service

We have a lot of stuff via email so don't get post for days on end . Surely as the modern world grows this change is inevitable

Change is inevitable but it is the current debate that the post office must offer a 6 day service when it is already not doing so that is the irritant.

It's pure posturing, and going down a line of discussion we can not go

Avoiding the political side of things, I have not written a letter for years. The only post we send at work is physical samples, never letters, quotes or invoices. All of those go by email.

Email has changed the game and the PO/RM are hamstrung by a Heartbeat image of the service that simply doesn't exist any more.

If the volume of letters etc has dropped off, then the number of staff can be reduced. Not every house was delivered to every day anyway. The need has reduced, and as awful as it is just reduce the number of staff but retain a 5-6 day delivery.

The biggest cost is staff. Reduce that number to match the number of deliveries required. Honestly, the company have already reduced the number of staff but want to reduce it further, along with the number of delivery days purely for profit. This is a public service, just like local buses used to be. Profit shouldn’t enter the equation. Yes, don’t make massive losses but surely looking at staffing levels whilst still retaining a credible service is really what should be the prerequisite. Fairly certain the SLA, service level agreement like for the buses, was in place… why isn’t regulator enforcing.

 

[PJ87]

If the volume of letters etc has dropped off, then the number of staff can be reduced. Not every house was delivered to every day anyway. The need has reduced, and as awful as it is just reduce the number of staff but retain a 5-6 day delivery.

The biggest cost is staff. Reduce that number to match the number of deliveries required. Honestly, the company have already reduced the number of staff but want to reduce it further, along with the number of delivery days purely for profit. This is a public service, just like local buses used to be. Profit shouldn’t enter the equation. Yes, don’t make massive losses but surely looking at staffing levels whilst still retaining a credible service is really what should be the prerequisite. Fairly certain the SLA, service level agreement like for the buses, was in place… why isn’t regulator enforcing.

It's not a reduction in staff because they are focusing on parcels, I see my postman every day delivering parcels

It's letters that they want to drop to 3 days a week

Parcels come seperate to letters

 

[Lord Tyrion]

If the volume of letters etc has dropped off, then the number of staff can be reduced. Not every house was delivered to every day anyway. The need has reduced, and as awful as it is just reduce the number of staff but retain a 5-6 day delivery.

The biggest cost is staff. Reduce that number to match the number of deliveries required. Honestly, the company have already reduced the number of staff but want to reduce it further, along with the number of delivery days purely for profit. This is a public service, just like local buses used to be. Profit shouldn’t enter the equation. Yes, don’t make massive losses but surely looking at staffing levels whilst still retaining a credible service is really what should be the prerequisite. Fairly certain the SLA, service level agreement like for the buses, was in place… why isn’t regulator enforcing.

If it's a public service and you want a certain level of service then we have to accept it will need subsidies. At the moment it's making a whopping loss and they are being chastised for it. People either need to accept the losses or change how it operates. No private sector company would touch its business, it doesn't work with the restrictions in place.

 

[PJ87]

If it's a public service and you want a certain level of service then we have to accept it will need subsidies. At the moment it's making a whopping loss and they are being chastised for it. People either need to accept the losses or change how it operates. No private sector company would touch its business, it doesn't work with the restrictions in place.

That's why you shouldnt sell of public services to private sectors for profit . But that's another story

 

[Hobbit]

Staff that really should have retired years ago not pulling their weight and not knowing the basic day to days tasks and still needing supervision. Getting to the point where I need to go down the capability line and recruit with someone that can do the role without nurse maiding and get better service

Staff consistently underperforming is a management performance issue. Manage them back on track, which doesn’t happen overnight, or manage them out of the business. If a manager doesn’t do either, they are part of the (underperforming) problem.

 

[Hobbit]

If it's a public service and you want a certain level of service then we have to accept it will need subsidies. At the moment it's making a whopping loss and they are being chastised for it. People either need to accept the losses or change how it operates. No private sector company would touch its business, it doesn't work with the restrictions in place.

See Post #43,590.

The U.K. has the most expensive public transport network in Europe. It wasn’t when it was ran by the local councils.

 

[Fade and Die]

See Post #43,590.

The U.K. has the most expensive public transport network in Europe. It wasn’t when it was ran by the local councils.

TFL is not a private company it’s a local government organisation but The London Underground is the most expensive Metro system in the world