Royal Mail Strikes for the Next Two Weeks

Slogan said:
No. Your postman will take it home, open it and be fragging n00bs big style whilst you wait anxiously in your house for the letterbox to flap.
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Lmfao quality.

no but seriously? :( my beautiful razer mat :(
 
divine_madness said:
*smashes head into wall*

All i'm trying to do is point out it is far from the 'just walking around' you seem to think it is.

I suggest you try it for a month, see if you still think it's as **** easy then. I can assure you, it is not as simple as 'just walking around'
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edit out the sweary mate
and, i haven't mentioned it as 'just walking around' for a few posts, it is no harder than any other 'crap' paid menial job, people do it because they want a living, almost everyone in a menial job will think theirs is the worst, but THEY AGREED TO THOSE CONDITIONS WHEN THEY SIGNED THEIR CONTRACT, THEY AGREED TO THE PAY, THE HOURS ETC. they are not forced at gun point, they are not lied to and then have it sprung on them, they do a job, jobs arent necessarily meant to be fun, i work in a god damn supermarket, i would rather work as a postie, they get far better pay for a similar job (ie on feet for most of day, putting items in the appropriate place etc etc) but not everyone can have what they want, i don't cry about what i do, or take up civil action, because i know i can leave for a new job if i feel like it, and i know those conditions/pay/hours etc were laid out before i signed the contract.

how hard is that to understand?

divine_madness said:
I don't even know why I bother making posts sometimes when this forum seems to have the collective IQ of a goldfish when it suits people...
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i see, you are a student.
have you ever worked full time? if not, why do you, someone who has never worked full time think he can call the shots on which jobs are harder? how can you tell without experience?
 
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bringerofdecay said:
and, i haven't mentioned it as 'just walking around' for a few posts,
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No, you've been too busy somehow becoming obsessed making one small example I used into some kind of huge issue.

bringerofdecay said:
i see, you are a student.
have you ever worked full time? if not, why do you, someone who has never worked full time think he can call the shots on which jobs are harder? how can you tell without experience?
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I don't see how you working in a supermarket makes you any more qualified than me to judge the work of a postie? You've not done it, you don't know what it's like. I've not done it, however I know a good friend who currently does, so probably know more about the 'inside story' on what it's like as a job than you do anyway.

And yes, I am a student. Hopefully getting an education will preclude me from needing to work full time stacking shelves for a living.
 
divine_madness said:
4am start everyday of the week.

Not quite as easy as you may think as it somewhat destroys your ability to have a social life during the week. Generally too tired to do anything Friday, so Saturday night maybe to see mates and that's it.
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And when were your forced to be a postie !!
 
Aww only a 2.5% pay rise and bringing their pensions into the real world. Bunch of whining numpties tbh, plenty of people get lower pay rises than that. Shortsightedness in the extreme yet again from the unions. RM is now in a competitive marketplace and must adapt and modernise to survive. Of course the unions can't see that and will probably just about kill Royal Mail. At least my holiday tickets arrived this morning though :p
 
divine_madness said:
My friend has been threatened with a knife for 'trespassing' on numerous occasions. Bitten by several dogs. Physically assaulted. Verbally Abused.
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You think this happens to just postmen?
 
bringerofdecay said:
it is no harder than any other 'crap' paid menial job, people do it because they want a living, almost everyone in a menial job will think theirs is the worst, but THEY AGREED TO THOSE CONDITIONS WHEN THEY SIGNED THEIR CONTRACT, THEY AGREED TO THE PAY, THE HOURS ETC. they are not forced at gun point, they are not lied to and then have it sprung on them, they do a job, jobs arent necessarily meant to be fun, i work in a god damn supermarket, i would rather work as a postie, they get far better pay for a similar job (ie on feet for most of day, putting items in the appropriate place etc etc) but not everyone can have what they want, i don't cry about what i do, or take up civil action, because i know i can leave for a new job if i feel like it, and i know those conditions/pay/hours etc were laid out before i signed the contract.
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This is what irks me the most about the situation.

If I don't like the conditions of a job, eg pay, working conditions, hours, etc, I don't take the job! It's really that simple. Now maybe I am in a better position then some of these postmen, but it's all relative.

Sack the unions.
 
Slinwagh said:
What !?!?

If you are referring the use of thw word "postie" I believe you can class that as a colloquialism.
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If I can't see the error in what you typed then I'm not pointing it out for you.
 
platypus said:
You think this happens to just postmen?
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It's not the sort of thing your average run of the mill shelf stacker faces day in day out is it?

Besides, if the pay is in fact that damn awesome for 'just walking around' why aren't all of you lining up to do it?
 
divine_madness said:
It's not the sort of thing your average run of the mill shelf stacker faces day in day out is it?

Besides, if the pay is in fact that damn awesome for 'just walking around' why aren't all of you lining up to do it?
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well, could be the fact royal mail are trying to streamline the service they give the public, meaning there is less chance of being able to get in as more machines take over the sorting (decreasing the time it will take post to reach the public)


and how dare you, you think knowing someone who does it can compare to having experienced menial work yourself, you have a lot to learn, perhaps you should look to this thread
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17762132
to avoid potential embarasment, when were doing better than you in life you ignorant fool.
 
If you're going to resort to personal insults all you're going to accomplish is getting this thread closed, so don't do it.
 
divine_madness said:
It's not the sort of thing your average run of the mill shelf stacker faces day in day out is it?

Besides, if the pay is in fact that damn awesome for 'just walking around' why aren't all of you lining up to do it?
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There are plenty of low paid jobs where the staff face troubles every day.

I'm not lining up to do it, because I can do a skilled job. And earn a lot more..
 
Even though some are crossing the picket lines isnt it a little pointless if the distribution centers are striking? You're not going to have any mail to sort...
 
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