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enjoy it, redbag. the odd blank day does no-one any harm
Postie just been and i will be going in for my shift later.
I just had my meter read with the man deserves a medal and some skis
redbag...have you got to give the time back ? .we had the choice of going home at 9am but have to pay the other 4 hours back. option 2 was to take boxes of lightbulbs, or just stay in the office till 2pm.
we should have all stuck together and stayed till 2pm but most chose to go and pay the hours back over the comming week and some decided to take lightbulbs....that left about 8 of us standing our ground and arguing the toss that if it was safe for some to go out with lightbulbs the rest of the office should have been told to take lightbulbs.
delivery manager told us that the decision to not send us out was the fact that there was no mail and not that it was dangerous....therefore surely everybody should have been told to take the bulbs and not given the option to go early....
anyway the 8 of us left were totally p1ssed off with the lack of support decided to fook off and pay them back 20-30 min a day and that my friend is why there is no chance of us winning any argument against management in the future when all the workers are cared about is an early finish.
we should have all stuck together and stayed till 2pm but most chose to go and pay the hours back over the comming week and some decided to take lightbulbs....that left about 8 of us standing our ground and arguing the toss that if it was safe for some to go out with lightbulbs the rest of the office should have been told to take lightbulbs.
delivery manager told us that the decision to not send us out was the fact that there was no mail and not that it was dangerous....therefore surely everybody should have been told to take the bulbs and not given the option to go early....
anyway the 8 of us left were totally p1ssed off with the lack of support decided to fook off and pay them back 20-30 min a day and that my friend is why there is no chance of us winning any argument against management in the future when all the workers are cared about is an early finish.
my dads a postie and wanted to work today but been sent back. They are scared stiff if someone falls or gets injured somehow there will be a bigpayout. That's the only reason. He isn't best pleased he's not had a day off in 30 years.
i repeat... the only reason we were sent home was the lack of mail and not the conditions being atrocious.they couldn't give a sh1t about us, and i'm betting redbag will come on and say they don't have to pay the time back as we in the north east get sh1t on from a very great height.
My postie's just arrived and said it's not that bad out there. He says he's only delivering to people who gave him a Christmas bonus though and binning the rest.
redbag 06 Jan 11:24
gotta pay the time back as well :(
i apologise :)
gotta pay the time back as well :(
i apologise :)
Our postman wont know theyve been sent home til he rolls out of bed around midday.
Lazy**
Lazy**
busta. our office had no mail sent down. apart from first lot. so we had to take fkin damart catalogues, packets and clear office of those fkin lightbulbs which btw are not supposed to be sent out in the first place.
paperboy made it, lazy workshy posties cant be bothered
An energy company has been criticised for sending out millions of low energy light bulbs to meet its target under a household energy cutting scheme.
The Green Party accused Npower of taking "inexcusable" shortcuts instead of investing in more effective measures such as loft insulation.
Unsolicited mail-outs of light bulbs as an option under the scheme were stopped by the government as of this month.
Npower said the bulbs were "part of a mix of energy-efficient measures".
The regulator Ofgem said it had expressed concern with Npower about the practice of unsolicited mail-shots.
They should be viewed in the wider context of the 120 projects undertaken by NPower every hour of every day at a cost of over £100m
Npower
Your comments on bulb giveaway
The government ordered energy companies to help pay for measures to cut household energy consumption - such as cavity wall or loft insulation, or by issuing low energy light bulbs - two years ago.
Low energy light bulbs were scrapped as an option in June 2009 - and the ban came into force at the new year. Npower - Britain's third-largest energy supplier - sent an unrequested selection of low energy bulbs to all of its three million customers before the deadline, the Times reported.
That met the company's requirements under the scheme, but will only cut a fraction of the energy that other measures such as cavity wall or loft insulation will achieve, critics claim.
Reduce emissions
Other major energy firms, including British Gas, are thought to have distributed light bulbs before the practice was banned. It was stopped because it was not clear whether the bulbs were being used.
In July, a consultation paper revealed that energy suppliers have sent households about 200 million bulbs as part of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) scheme.
Energy suppliers' research had suggested that 6% of the bulbs would be unused.
A Green Party spokesman said: "It is inexcusable to take short cuts by sending out millions of unsolicited light bulbs instead of taking more effective measures such as cavity wall or loft insulation."
A Department of Energy and Climate Change spokeswoman said unsolicited mail-outs of light bulbs had been stopped because it was not clear whether they were being used and research suggested enough had been distributed to satisfy demand.
Energy efficiency drive
She said the ban "means energy suppliers will have to fulfil their obligation by providing more installations of loft and cavity wall insulation instead, which will further reduce emissions and permanently lower fuel bills".
"We've recently increased and extended the obligation meaning even more money will be made available into making homes more efficient," she added.
Npower said it was committed to the CERT scheme and "was doing the right thing by [its] customers and energy efficiency".
A spokesman said: "These low energy bulbs are part of a mix of energy-efficient measures (including cavity wall or loft insulation) - some of which are inherently more expensive than others.
"They should be viewed in the wider context of the 120 projects undertaken by Npower every hour of every day at a cost of over £100m."
Npower customers who have already received low energy bulbs may still contact the company and request financial support for additional carbon reducing measures and will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
The Green Party accused Npower of taking "inexcusable" shortcuts instead of investing in more effective measures such as loft insulation.
Unsolicited mail-outs of light bulbs as an option under the scheme were stopped by the government as of this month.
Npower said the bulbs were "part of a mix of energy-efficient measures".
The regulator Ofgem said it had expressed concern with Npower about the practice of unsolicited mail-shots.
They should be viewed in the wider context of the 120 projects undertaken by NPower every hour of every day at a cost of over £100m
Npower
Your comments on bulb giveaway
The government ordered energy companies to help pay for measures to cut household energy consumption - such as cavity wall or loft insulation, or by issuing low energy light bulbs - two years ago.
Low energy light bulbs were scrapped as an option in June 2009 - and the ban came into force at the new year. Npower - Britain's third-largest energy supplier - sent an unrequested selection of low energy bulbs to all of its three million customers before the deadline, the Times reported.
That met the company's requirements under the scheme, but will only cut a fraction of the energy that other measures such as cavity wall or loft insulation will achieve, critics claim.
Reduce emissions
Other major energy firms, including British Gas, are thought to have distributed light bulbs before the practice was banned. It was stopped because it was not clear whether the bulbs were being used.
In July, a consultation paper revealed that energy suppliers have sent households about 200 million bulbs as part of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) scheme.
Energy suppliers' research had suggested that 6% of the bulbs would be unused.
A Green Party spokesman said: "It is inexcusable to take short cuts by sending out millions of unsolicited light bulbs instead of taking more effective measures such as cavity wall or loft insulation."
A Department of Energy and Climate Change spokeswoman said unsolicited mail-outs of light bulbs had been stopped because it was not clear whether they were being used and research suggested enough had been distributed to satisfy demand.
Energy efficiency drive
She said the ban "means energy suppliers will have to fulfil their obligation by providing more installations of loft and cavity wall insulation instead, which will further reduce emissions and permanently lower fuel bills".
"We've recently increased and extended the obligation meaning even more money will be made available into making homes more efficient," she added.
Npower said it was committed to the CERT scheme and "was doing the right thing by [its] customers and energy efficiency".
A spokesman said: "These low energy bulbs are part of a mix of energy-efficient measures (including cavity wall or loft insulation) - some of which are inherently more expensive than others.
"They should be viewed in the wider context of the 120 projects undertaken by Npower every hour of every day at a cost of over £100m."
Npower customers who have already received low energy bulbs may still contact the company and request financial support for additional carbon reducing measures and will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
My cheery postman just delivered a package from Hong Kong ordered 23 dec.
Excellent service!
Excellent service!
waiting for courier to pick tv up "collect and repair" service. should be interesting ;-)
i only had about 20 items in my frame.we just sat about until ater 8-30am as nobody could make a decision till the dom had a conference call even though everybody had been told there was no more maill coming through as team valley was non operational....during that time numerous mates had phone calls from their kids who's different schools had been closed (obviously they had people in charge who could make a decision)......union as usual a waste of space.
UKMAIL UPDATE. they will arrive at my address between 1pm and 5.30 pm on wednesday 6th january to collect item. STILL WAITING !!! lazy workshy feckers .
BillKiller 06 Jan 09:12
I only ever get bills
I only ever get Charlies
I only ever get bills
I only ever get Charlies
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