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This Friday, lasting 24 hours. Make sure you time those magic orders right! Not sure how much disruption the strike will cause, though; RM reckon 90% of their staff will be at work.

all thats going to do, is hold up my next credit card statement

bu**er. I've just ordered a load of Sempertex 160s for Sunday. They're usually sent out to arrive on Saturday.

Tomo wrote:bu**er. I've just ordered a load of Sempertex 160s for Sunday. They're usually sent out to arrive on Saturday.

strange.. I no longer respect you...

balloons?

We don't seem to be getting much around here anyway. I'm sitting here with my tongue hanging out waiting for a pay cheque, and all that came was Sainsbury's money-off vouchers.

daleshrimpton wrote:

Tomo wrote:bu**er. I've just ordered a load of Sempertex 160s for Sunday. They're usually sent out to arrive on Saturday.

strange.. I no longer respect you...

balloons?

Yes! Balloons!
One day it will all become clear.

Lawrence wrote:Yes! Balloons!
One day it will all become clear.

Very clear indeed.

Muahahahahaaaaah!

Tomo wrote:bu**er. I've just ordered a load of Sempertex 160s for Sunday. They're usually sent out to arrive on Saturday.

I read that as "semtex". Tomo the Naked terrorist.

Replicant wrote:I read that as "semtex". Tomo the Naked terrorist.

Does my bomb look big in this?

daleshrimpton wrote:

Tomo wrote:bu**er. I've just ordered a load of Sempertex 160s for Sunday. They're usually sent out to arrive on Saturday.

strange.. I no longer respect you...

balloons?

Hadn't you heard? Tomo realised that balloons would get him far closer to vulnerable children than the power of suggestion...

I don't really understand the strike. If Royal Mail employees wanted to cause disruption and inconvenience, they should just continue their usual service. Giving the general public warning that this Friday the service will be especially cr@p, as opposed to the usual arrangement whereby we just have to take our chances, is actually an improvement

Farlsborough wrote:Hadn't you heard? Tomo realised that balloons would get him far closer to vulnerable children than the power of suggestion...

you're not going to be working on a children's ward are you farlsey?

First rotation, starting 4th of August

Farlsborough wrote:I don't really understand the strike. If Royal Mail employees wanted to cause disruption and inconvenience, they should just continue their usual service. Giving the general public warning that this Friday the service will be especially cr@p, as opposed to the usual arrangement whereby we just have to take our chances, is actually an improvement

Ain't that the truth. Where we live, we often have days where we get no post at all. Looks like Friday will be just another one of those days.

Replicant wrote:

Farlsborough wrote:I don't really understand the strike. If Royal Mail employees wanted to cause disruption and inconvenience, they should just continue their usual service. Giving the general public warning that this Friday the service will be especially cr@p, as opposed to the usual arrangement whereby we just have to take our chances, is actually an improvement

Ain't that the truth. Where we live, we often have days where we get no post at all. Looks like Friday will be just another one of those days.

Yup, there are days when parcels arrive at the sorting office, but don't make it out for delivery. I know this because the postie tells me that there's stuff that can be picked up every now and again when I see him doing his rounds.

It's not that the postie is negligant - he's not. He's a really good guy and works bloody hard.

The problem is that people have been leaving the postal service, but the Royal Mail haven't replaced them. So the remaining staff are being stretched further with larger rounds and longer days, and very often, there's just too much post to be delivered with the available people.

It's cost-cutting managerial scheitt that's to blame. Not the front-line postal workers. Although they're sure to be the ones that get in in the neck from tabloid hacks...

Pete

Farlsborough wrote:Hadn't you heard? Tomo realised that balloons would get him far closer to vulnerable children than the power of suggestion...

Well, the tramps weren't interested.

Actually, my style is becoming, I suppose you'd call it, "blue".