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Dont expect boxing news anytime soon
Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 08:26
by REAL_DEAL
Us posties go on strike on Friday due to them not giving me enough time off to go to boxing shows

There is a romour that monday is also another strike day so you might not get it till tuesday/wednesday throught the door. that before i read it

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 08:38
by boxingchat
as long as the pensions, Giro's paychecks etc etc get through aye
Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 09:23
by lowersmiths
wondered why i didnt get it today. i always read it cover to cover as soon as i get it but it looks like i'll have to make idle chat with the wife later on

Re: Dont expect boxing news anytime soon
Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 10:22
by Chambers2
REAL_DEAL wrote:Us posties go on strike on Friday due to them not giving me enough time off to go to boxing shows

There is a romour that monday is also another strike day so you might not get it till tuesday/wednesday throught the door. that before i read it

Sack the lot of em, everybody should use e-mail
Re: Dont expect boxing news anytime soon
Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 10:26
by m1kee50
REAL_DEAL wrote:Us posties go on strike on Friday due to them not giving me enough time off to go to boxing shows

There is a romour that monday is also another strike day so you might not get it till tuesday/wednesday throught the door. that before i read it

bastards, lol, can you not drop mine round?
Re: Dont expect boxing news anytime soon
Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 10:54
by kevo
Chambers2 wrote:REAL_DEAL wrote:Us posties go on strike on Friday due to them not giving me enough time off to go to boxing shows

There is a romour that monday is also another strike day so you might not get it till tuesday/wednesday throught the door. that before i read it

Sack the lot of em, everybody should use e-mail
Ever tried sending a parcel via e-mail?
This is my first official strike, I can't wait!

Posted: 26 Jun 2007, 09:09
by oliverfennell
lowersmiths wrote:wondered why i didnt get it today. i always read it cover to cover as soon as i get it but it looks like i'll have to make idle chat with the wife later on

Do you really get BN in Thailand? If so, how, and how much later after it hits UK shelves?
Posted: 26 Jun 2007, 09:18
by lowersmiths
i get it sent out, it arrives on the monday 99 times out of 100.
i would be lost without it, and that's no joke.
every since i was a teenager my life has stopped for a couple of hours as soon as i've been able to get my hands on a copy.
Posted: 26 Jun 2007, 09:32
by oliverfennell
That's great, I always thought Thailand Post was unreliable and delays were par for the course.
Posted: 26 Jun 2007, 09:39
by lowersmiths
BN comes in a see-through plastic cover so the thais know it isn't stuffed full of banknotes and leave it alone.
i get it sent to work too which probably helps.
Posted: 26 Jun 2007, 11:36
by oliverfennell
So when I sent my next instalment to Pattaya Babydolls Matchmaking, I'll know to insert the cash inside pages of a magazine. Thanks for the tip

Posted: 26 Jun 2007, 12:31
by KOJOE90
Posted: 26 Jun 2007, 19:01
by el_grande_mauro_mina
I swear that photo is from 'on the buses' isn't that not Blakey, Stan and Butttttler!

Posted: 27 Jun 2007, 05:31
by stepper
Another ex-postie here. I got sacked in 1978 because I asked for time off to go on a mini cruise to Esberg and they refused but I went anyway.
Monday morning they were waiting at the gate and sacked me on the spot. With a crowd watching I handed over my pouch, hat, bike and shabbed mail. (Shabbed mail is stuff you can't be bothered to deliver because the front garden is too long or the house is isolated or there's a snarling dog. You wait until you have a handful for them and provide about 3 deliveries a week)
Anyway, the little crowd were tutting as I turned away to make the long walk home in the crisp early morning air of Hemel Hempstead when a PHG (Postman Higher Grade) called Tom approached, he was the father of an ex-girlfriend and he gave me the reference to get the job, "You've let me down" he said.
Ohhh I feel uncomfortable remembering it.
Posted: 27 Jun 2007, 12:29
by KO Artist
If they strike, sack em.
There are plenty of others who can fill their shoes.
All these public workers expect too much.
What contribution do they make.
My brother in law is a postman and he is a lazy cnunt. Starts at 6am, home by 10am. He calls that a full day. And those hours incude breakfast halfway through his round at his mums.
Sack the bastards
Posted: 27 Jun 2007, 13:34
by kevo
KO Artist wrote:What contribution do they make.
They deliver and process mail. Thought that was pretty obvious
KO Artist wrote:My brother in law is a postman and he is a lazy cnunt. Starts at 6am, home by 10am. He calls that a full day. And those hours incude breakfast halfway through his round at his mums.
Don't judge us all by one fella's actions. There are plenty of postmen on walks that work a full day, delivering to the some of the worst housing estates/areas in Britain, all the while being constantly harassed by smackhead and gangs of youths. They're also out come rain or shine for hours on end.
KO Artist wrote:Sack the bastards
Kiss my arse you dirty scab!

Posted: 27 Jun 2007, 13:36
by Autobarn
wonderful. looks like it's W/C revolt time. cover the bashturds in boiling chip fat, that'll teach 'em.
Posted: 27 Jun 2007, 13:39
by m1kee50
Why is my post never there till 10 in the morning eh? And no, we have no long drive or dog in the garden... also I get mail 2 to 3 days after everyone else (for stuff posted at the same time eg)
Ive still got the hump about this BN thing.
Posted: 27 Jun 2007, 14:15
by Autobarn
yeah, postal service is shite. i always get parcels late. always. it's like there's a guy in a van who does the parcels and only comes round these parts once every week. what are we paying extra for? nothing.
Posted: 27 Jun 2007, 14:28
by Old bones Ian
Support the Posties, you think you'd get a cheaper service if it went private?
Posted: 27 Jun 2007, 14:46
by Neri
Autobarn wrote:yeah, postal service is shite. i always get parcels late. always. it's like there's a guy in a van who does the parcels and only comes round these parts once every week. what are we paying extra for? nothing.
The postal service is one of the few bargains left in this country. Sending a letter across the world for 32p isn't exactly ripping the public off. Alcohol, ciggies, nearly everything you can name has sky-rocketed in line with inflation.
The service you get reflects your local district office service, not the business as a whole. Once a week is ridiculous, you should complain. I know in my building, everything runs on dispatch times. 99% of the time the mail is cleared on time. I read about RM losing millions of items per year and how it's now a poor service, it just doesn't reflect where I work.
Anyway back us up, I need to start saving for the Hatton-Mayweather PPV.

Posted: 28 Jun 2007, 15:17
by kevo
Old bones Ian wrote:Support the Posties, you think you'd get a cheaper service if it went private?
Bingo!
In the coming years, watch companies like TNT and UKmail start hiking up there prices because of lack of business. Also, watch them start fcuking everything up. Royal Mail have been doing this for a long time, and still have problems.
Another little fact for you. Check your mail in the morning, and you'll notice in the top right hand corner there is a logo, be it for Tnt, or any number of new mail companies. Who do you think sorts and delivers
all of their mail for them?

Posted: 28 Jun 2007, 15:24
by KOJOE90
FIGHT THE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: 28 Jun 2007, 15:25
by kevo
KOJOE90 wrote:FIGHT THE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Right on brother!

Posted: 29 Jun 2007, 04:35
by Chambers2
You bone idle bastards back at work yet????