PhillipM
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So lack of dislipine and respect then.
What were the senior staff doing?
Knowing the warehouse managers there? Either organising it or placing bets.
So lack of dislipine and respect then.
What were the senior staff doing?
Parcelforce are union controlled still.So lack of dislipine and respect then.
What were the senior staff doing?
Amazon put a card through my son's door today. Just said BIN.Amazon van yesterday had parcels stacked up over passenger seats and dashboard.
did some agency driving on a very casual basis over a number of years. All the multi drop outfits are the same. One guy I picked up from sold model railways. His parcels just got thrown about with everyone else’s.You must be joking, I did some time at Parcelforce while I was at Uni, it was 99% british lads working there at the time and they all used to play "See who could kick the fragile parcels the furthest down the warehouse"
Nothing to do with race or origin, you pay peanuts you get monkeys.
If I had a card that said "bin" that's the first place I'd look for it.Amazon put a card through my son's door today. Just said BIN.
I went outside and looked around and decided it had been nicked...just about to tell him and on the off chance opened the Bin...yes you guessed inside was the parcel. Are these people stupid?
I wonder what they might say about my missing bracelet.Parcelforce are union controlled still.
We were asked to collect some tyres from one of their depots as they weighed just 1kg over their limit. I spoke to the depot manager and asked why they were so strict for the case of 1kg. Apparently the shop steward was on duty the night it came in and nobody could argue with him or there would be a walkout. Still run like something from the 70s
Inside it??? With all the ****ty smelly rubbish?If I had a card that said "bin" that's the first place I'd look for it.
Ah, that's a bit different. A recycling (cardboard/plastic etc.) one maybe but not a stinky general rubbish one, that really is unacceptable.Inside it??? With all the ****ty smelly rubbish?
I saw someone selling a record 23 vice on eBay recently. They’d made a propah plywood enclosure to contain its 25odd kilos of iron in to ship it. Imagine what sort of wrecking ball that would have made flapping about in a van
So you went in and broke their agreed union rules then. If the limit is there, It's for a reason. Get out for the company as well. If someone had injured themselves lifting over the agreed weight, Their lawyers would have had any claim laughed out of courtParcelforce are union controlled still.
We were asked to collect some tyres from one of their depots as they weighed just 1kg over their limit. I spoke to the depot manager and asked why they were so strict for the case of 1kg. Apparently the shop steward was on duty the night it came in and nobody could argue with him or there would be a walkout. Still run like something from the 70s
There is one in my warehouse like that. Dropped and cracked. Not safe either. Really not good to ship like that pure laziness.When i bought my Record 25 the seller wrapped in it a bin bag and stuck a postage label on it.
The bin bag probably wasn't even neccessary..
1kg over! Coal men used to carry 1cwt sacks!So you went in and broke their agreed union rules then. If the limit is there, It's for a reason. Get out for the company as well. If someone had injured themselves lifting over the agreed weight, Their lawyers would have had any claim laughed out of court
Max load of vehicle is one point - I get bird food regularly delivered, it's labelled as 20kg bag, it's not, it's 2 x 12.75kg (25.5 kg) soon mounts up if you have a lot of these to deliver, and it's the driver who is responsible for loaded weight - if you start pushing the limits soon it will become 5kg over then 10 kg then more, at some stage someone will injure themselves.So you went in and broke their agreed union rules then. If the limit is there, It's for a reason. Get out for the company as well. If someone had injured themselves lifting over the agreed weight, Their lawyers would have had any claim laughed out of court
Loads of our customers lie through their teeth regarding pallet and parcel weights to save money. Amazing how many pallets of tiles only weigh 500kg when they are actually 1000kgMax load of vehicle is one point - I get bird food regularly delivered, it's labelled as 20kg bag, it's not, it's 2 x 12.75kg (25.5 kg) soon mounts up if you have a lot of these to deliver, and it's the driver who is responsible for loaded weight - if you start pushing the limits soon it will become 5kg over then 10 kg then more, at some stage someone will injure themselves.
Rules are put in place to protect both the employee and the employer.
I can remember the days when nobody in the bus industry paid any attention to drivers hours - schedules and OT limits were fixed. Then due to shortages we could work a 13 day fortnight (not me) and the accident rate went up due to fatigue, guess who the company tried to blame?
USED to. That's before people woke up to the fact that manually handling heavy loads constantly, was bad for their health. You didn't say they had been put on a pallet.1kg over! Coal men used to carry 1cwt sacks!
They put them on a pallet and customer paid us to collect. How is that breaking union rules?
My solid fuel delivery last month was in 50kg bags, all one tonne of it - the two guys delivering swung them around like bin liners . . . I was rather less impressive when I shifted them the few extra feet into the bunkers . . .USED to. That's before people woke up to the fact that manually handling heavy loads constantly, was bad for their health. You didn't say they had been put on a pallet.
I got one the other day that said "Garage", thought that's a bit odd, the garage is locked, but there's a brick missing for ventilation so maybe he found the hole and stuffed it through. Nope, turns out it was in the shed.If I had a card that said "bin" that's the first place I'd look for it.
My solid fuel delivery last month was in 50kg bags, all one tonne of it - the two guys delivering swung them around like bin liners . . . I was rather less impressive when I shifted them the few extra feet into the bunkers . . .