Reply To: [unofficial weekender] Second to last of 2024

[pagan8th 14035xp 1]

Not bothered with terrain fest as too much other stuff going on.

Work has been an absolute pile of crap. Xmas is when royal mail gets really busy with parcels and cards and they usually hire extra staff, but this year they didn’t… so it’s been a nightmare…

Managers insist we prioritise tracked items over all things… so letters are getting delayed and every day some of the bags have two days mail which makes them very heavy. We are not appreciated my the managers in any significant way… a few chocolates and couple of oatcakes is not much compensation.

And I don’t feel appreciated by my customers. I know that tipping the postman is far down the priority list, much like tipping the window cleaner, or the bin man… but we (and they) work hard all year round in all sorts of weather. This year the sum total of my tips is one box of chocolate biscuits.

Obviously… none of you are on my delivery… but I would ask that if you see your postman… give him a couple of quid…

If every house (not person) on my duty gave me £1 then I would have around £900 and a single pound is nothing today.

So in answer to your ‘bonus question’ @sundancer… no I don’t feel loved or valued.

Sorry for the downer, but it’s been a bad month.