At considerable discomfort to my few remaining braincells, I have been
listening to the arguments from boths sides regarding the industrial
action by the postal workers.

Is it my imagination or are the postmen and their union reps really to
most lazy, selfish and detatched from reality workers in the entire
country?

Is Crozier the most overpayed and poorest manager/moderniser in the
country?

The Post Office is a national service, if it continues as it is it
will soon be bankrupt and out of business.

Come on, you guys, get real.

Lemon

On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:07:19 -0700, lemon wrote:

> At considerable discomfort to my few remaining braincells, I have been
> listening to the arguments from boths sides regarding the industrial
> action by the postal workers.

By now your head must be jam packed with shite!
 
> Is it my imagination or are the postmen and their union reps really to
> most lazy, selfish and detatched from reality workers in the entire
> country?

Suffice it to say, the postal service is jam packed with un-delivered
mail yet the postal union has urged us all to write to our MP! How long
do they think it takes for mail to get through? Head up the arse syndrome
once again.

> Is Crozier the most overpayed and poorest manager/moderniser in the
> country?

It doesn't matter! They need a good gut out. That isn't going
to happen.  

> The Post Office is a national service, if it continues as it is it
> will soon be bankrupt and out of business.
> Come on, you guys, get real.
> Lemon

Get real! Get competitive that will do for a start. My letters get
delivered up and down the street. I get mail for folks a mile away.
We run an honour system here. We re-deliver each others mail. 
Yes we have complained.....what do we get.... a lecture on the 
problems of getting good staff!

They should all be dumped, management and all.

Mandrake.
-- 
¡I will not allow house prices to get out of control 
and put at risk the sustainability of the recovery.¢ 

Gordon Brown in 1997 Budget Speech

On 9 Oct, 13:20, Mandrake  wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:07:19 -0700, lemon wrote:
> > At considerable discomfort to my few remaining braincells, I have been
> > listening to the arguments from boths sides regarding the industrial
> > action by the postal workers.
>
> By now your head must be jam packed with shite!
>
> > Is it my imagination or are the postmen and their union reps really to
> > most lazy, selfish and detatched from reality workers in the entire
> > country?
>
> Suffice it to say, the postal service is jam packed with un-delivered
> mail yet the postal union has urged us all to write to our MP! How long
> do they think it takes for mail to get through? Head up the arse syndrome
> once again.
>
> > Is Crozier the most overpayed and poorest manager/moderniser in the
> > country?
>
> It doesn't matter! They need a good gut out. That isn't going
> to happen.  
>
> > The Post Office is a national service, if it continues as it is it
> > will soon be bankrupt and out of business.
> > Come on, you guys, get real.
> > Lemon
>
> Get real! Get competitive that will do for a start. My letters get
> delivered up and down the street. I get mail for folks a mile away.
> We run an honour system here. We re-deliver each others mail.
> Yes we have complained.....what do we get.... a lecture on the
> problems of getting good staff!
>
> They should all be dumped, management and all.
>
> Mandrake.
> --
> ¡I will not allow house prices to get out of control
> and put at risk the sustainability of the recovery.¢
>
> Gordon Brown in 1997 Budget Speech

Oh dear, I did not mean to give you apoplexy!

I wonder if we could persuade some of those nice Polish plumbers to
retrain as postmen? Should take about half an hour.

Lemon

On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:53:38 -0700, lemon wrote:

> On 9 Oct, 13:20, Mandrake  wrote:
>> On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:07:19 -0700, lemon wrote:
>>> At considerable discomfort to my few remaining braincells, I have been
>>> listening to the arguments from boths sides regarding the industrial
>>> action by the postal workers.
>>
>> By now your head must be jam packed with shite!
>>
>>> Is it my imagination or are the postmen and their union reps really to
>>> most lazy, selfish and detatched from reality workers in the entire
>>> country?
>>
>> Suffice it to say, the postal service is jam packed with un-delivered
>> mail yet the postal union has urged us all to write to our MP! How long
>> do they think it takes for mail to get through? Head up the arse syndrome
>> once again.
>>
>>> Is Crozier the most overpayed and poorest manager/moderniser in the
>>> country?
>>
>> It doesn't matter! They need a good gut out. That isn't going
>> to happen.  
>>
>>> The Post Office is a national service, if it continues as it is it
>>> will soon be bankrupt and out of business.
>>> Come on, you guys, get real.
>>> Lemon
>>
>> Get real! Get competitive that will do for a start. My letters get
>> delivered up and down the street. I get mail for folks a mile away.
>> We run an honour system here. We re-deliver each others mail.
>> Yes we have complained.....what do we get.... a lecture on the
>> problems of getting good staff!
>>
>> They should all be dumped, management and all.
>>
>> Mandrake.
>> --
>> ¡I will not allow house prices to get out of control
>> and put at risk the sustainability of the recovery.¢
>>
>> Gordon Brown in 1997 Budget Speech
> 
> Oh dear, I did not mean to give you apoplexy!
> 
> I wonder if we could persuade some of those nice Polish plumbers to
> retrain as postmen? Should take about half an hour.
> 
> Lemon

Half an hour? Too long.

Mandrake
-- 
¡I will not allow house prices to get out of control 
and put at risk the sustainability of the recovery.¢ 

Gordon Brown in 1997 Budget Speech

"lemon"  wrote in message 
news:1191931639.751603.286730@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
> At considerable discomfort to my few remaining braincells, I have been
> listening to the arguments from boths sides regarding the industrial
> action by the postal workers.
>
> Is it my imagination or are the postmen and their union reps really to
> most lazy, selfish and detatched from reality workers in the entire
> country?
>
> Is Crozier the most overpayed and poorest manager/moderniser in the
> country?
>
> The Post Office is a national service, if it continues as it is it
> will soon be bankrupt and out of business.
>
> Come on, you guys, get real.
>
> Lemon

Many years ago I used to work at the Ipswich Sorting Office at Christmas ( 
for about 7 years) to earn a bit of extra cash. I always maintained that had 
some of the official postmen done less skiving, chattering, and generally 
fooling around like kids, they wouldn`t have needed casual workers at all.

One even told me to "slow down - you`re showing us up!!!"  Naturally that 
only resulted in me going at it even harder!

BT, with whom I "Temped" for about 17 years were mainly from the same mould. 
Nice people, but they really had no idea what a full day`s work meant!

Pat

On 9 Oct, 18:44, "Pat P"  wrote:
> "lemon"  wrote in message
>
> news:1191931639.751603.286730@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > At considerable discomfort to my few remaining braincells, I have been
> > listening to the arguments from boths sides regarding the industrial
> > action by the postal workers.
>
> > Is it my imagination or are the postmen and their union reps really to
> > most lazy, selfish and detatched from reality workers in the entire
> > country?
>
> > Is Crozier the most overpayed and poorest manager/moderniser in the
> > country?
>
> > The Post Office is a national service, if it continues as it is it
> > will soon be bankrupt and out of business.
>
> > Come on, you guys, get real.
>
> > Lemon
>
> Many years ago I used to work at the Ipswich Sorting Office at Christmas (
> for about 7 years) to earn a bit of extra cash. I always maintained that had
> some of the official postmen done less skiving, chattering, and generally
> fooling around like kids, they wouldn`t have needed casual workers at all.
>
> One even told me to "slow down - you`re showing us up!!!"  Naturally that
> only resulted in me going at it even harder!
>
> BT, with whom I "Temped" for about 17 years were mainly from the same mould.
> Nice people, but they really had no idea what a full day`s work meant!
>
> Pat- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Oh how right you are! I did two stints of casual at the GPO, one in
the fifties (delivering) and one in the seventies (night sorting). We
were so busy that we were able to invent a whole new sport called
"Yerdling". This involved the metal postbag frames for targets and the
small weighted sacks as the pitching ball. Us temps were so smart we
anihilated the regular Posties every night.And we got paid for it.

Lemon

"lemon"  wrote in message 
news:1191956130.074542.136920@v3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> On 9 Oct, 18:44, "Pat P"  wrote:
>> "lemon"  wrote in message
>>
>> news:1191931639.751603.286730@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > At considerable discomfort to my few remaining braincells, I have been
>> > listening to the arguments from boths sides regarding the industrial
>> > action by the postal workers.
>>
>> > Is it my imagination or are the postmen and their union reps really to
>> > most lazy, selfish and detatched from reality workers in the entire
>> > country?
>>
>> > Is Crozier the most overpayed and poorest manager/moderniser in the
>> > country?
>>
>> > The Post Office is a national service, if it continues as it is it
>> > will soon be bankrupt and out of business.
>>
>> > Come on, you guys, get real.
>>
>> > Lemon
>>
>> Many years ago I used to work at the Ipswich Sorting Office at Christmas 
>> (
>> for about 7 years) to earn a bit of extra cash. I always maintained that 
>> had
>> some of the official postmen done less skiving, chattering, and generally
>> fooling around like kids, they wouldn`t have needed casual workers at 
>> all.
>>
>> One even told me to "slow down - you`re showing us up!!!"  Naturally that
>> only resulted in me going at it even harder!
>>
>> BT, with whom I "Temped" for about 17 years were mainly from the same 
>> mould.
>> Nice people, but they really had no idea what a full day`s work meant!
>>
>> Pat- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> Oh how right you are! I did two stints of casual at the GPO, one in
> the fifties (delivering) and one in the seventies (night sorting). We
> were so busy that we were able to invent a whole new sport called
> "Yerdling". This involved the metal postbag frames for targets and the
> small weighted sacks as the pitching ball. Us temps were so smart we
> anihilated the regular Posties every night.And we got paid for it.
>
> Lemon

We may well have been there at nearly the same time in the seventies!  I 
know I rather enjoyed it (well, I wouldn`t have kept going there for seven 
years otherwise.)  I used to start at around 8 a.m, and finished late 
afternoon or mid evening, as I recall.

Pat