It's no wonder that Royal Mail spunks away money at a stupid rate. Certain things are just great excuses for Royal Mail to waste shit loads of cash for no good reason but while hiding behind Health and safety legislation.
One of our vans had a puncture this morning. Several of our posties volunteered to change it but sadly someone had already told management about it.
This meant that anyone showing initiative and changing the tire themselves would get into trouble as they haven't been trained in changing wheels.
Imagine the trouble that could happen if someone changed a wheel without having had any Royal Mail approved training! Why, the wheel could fall off afterwards or the van could fall over and land on someone who would then explode!
Sadly the van driving Postie had to wait for the RAC to turn up. This meant that mail was late going out (yup, I'm still dealing with the complaints) and I hate to think how much the RAC charge for such a service.
Everyone who drives a van has to go through some bullshit training session anyway so why they can't have a quick training session then I don't know (actually I do, it's cos management are fuckwits and have no common sense or forethought).
The excuse that this is a dangerous or difficult procedure is bollocks too. I've changed a few wheels in my time. The first time I ever did it was while I was in scouts aged about twelve.
I've since found out that not being trusted to change a wheel is actually pretty tame.
Posties aren't even allowed to repair punctures on their own bikes. The bikes have to be taken back to our local metropolis and repaired there.
Idiots.
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