Hi does anyone know if the ndc is near the Eddie Stobart depo on Celtic way (A5)?
Thanks
Instead of turning left at the roundabout for ES turn right, turn left at the next RDBT and it on your left,
royal mail is on danesway…from m1…to 1st island…turn right…(parklands)…next island turn left and its on your rright.
Thanks Lads
Can’t miss it you can see it on the right from the motorway before you get to the junction 
…amongst the slackest of places I have ever been - though that was about five years ago doing a one-off agency job working out of Amazon & could’ve been symptomatic of the PO in general?
Happy Keith:
…amongst the slackest of places I have ever been - though that was about five years ago doing a one-off agency job working out of Amazon & could’ve been symptomatic of the PO in general?
Royal Mail , Keith, Royal Mail. The Post Office is summat else .
Mike-C:
Happy Keith:
…amongst the slackest of places I have ever been - though that was about five years ago doing a one-off agency job working out of Amazon & could’ve been symptomatic of the PO in general?Royal Mail , Keith, Royal Mail. The Post Office is summat else .
Hmmm, sorry …I must have been at the Greendale ‘Crick’
Nice easy bays to back up for a newbie 
Happy Keith:
…amongst the slackest of places I have ever been - though that was about five years ago doing a one-off agency job working out of Amazon & could’ve been symptomatic of the PO in general?
You know what time you’re leaving, canteen, clean work and if you drive for them, good pay. What’s the problem?
wibble:
Happy Keith:
…amongst the slackest of places I have ever been …’You know what time you’re leaving, canteen, clean work and if you drive for them, good pay. What’s the problem?
I’ll leave it vague, but being aware at how much stuff (apparently) still goes, er, ‘missing’ - I guess that the institution remains the same. As long as the stack time and grub are both known & OK I suppose the customer’s kit and whether it ever arrives will sort itself …it was & remains beyond my pay scale to have problems with it.
Happy Keith:
wibble:
Happy Keith:
…amongst the slackest of places I have ever been …’
please clarify, i would be very interested in what you mean.
postman pat:
Happy Keith:
wibble:
Happy Keith:
…amongst the slackest of places I have ever been …’please clarify, i would be very interested in what you mean.
Ditto
wibble:
‘… please clarify, i would be very interested in what you mean…’
Please forgive my reluctance to give a free entree to those dabbling this forum with less than pure intent, but other than suggesting ‘seals’ …I will disclose no more. Suffice to write that in my humble experience, retail practice currently places a higher emphasis of security on nappies & cat food, etc than the lot we’re on about appeared to practice when supposedly ‘securing’ unknown parnds worth of customer’s kit.
Happy Keith:
wibble:
‘… please clarify, i would be very interested in what you mean…’Please forgive my reluctance to give a free entree to those dabbling this forum with less than pure intent, but other than suggesting ‘seals’ …I will disclose no more. Suffice to write that in my humble experience, retail practice currently places a higher emphasis of security on nappies & cat food, etc than the lot we’re on about appeared to practice when supposedly ‘securing’ unknown parnds worth of customer’s kit.
That is not the answer I was hoping for, I work at the above site, so I would suggest, unless you have CAST IRON FACTS about the working practices at this royal mail site, it would be very wise and sensible of you, to keep your dreamy propaganda to yourself, instead of spouting your stupid nonsense rumours on this forum, now be a good boy and crawl back under the rock you came from.
p.s. I do not ’ dabble’ on this forum, I voice my opinion on this forum and I also try to understand somebody else’s point of view on subjects raised on this forum, clearly this is something you find extremely difficult to do.
postman pat:
‘… That is not the answer I was hoping for…’
My response was to polite Wibble. Who asked for your obnoxious neb?
postman pat:
‘…I work at the above site, so I would suggest, unless you have CAST IRON FACTS about the working practices at this royal mail site, it would be very wise and sensible of you, to keep your dreamy propaganda to yourself…’
In a ‘…wise and sensible…’ response to your rude tirade, be told toe-to-toe with spit on your nose from this ‘…boy…’ that I did two x full load runs out of Crick to within the M25 without the trailer being sealed: After I’d loaded I then asked a supervisory chap about sealing arrangements: He was clueless and shrugged ‘…you’ll be alright…’ and bimbled off - so I also left accordingly. This is not rumour - and as distressing as it appears to the sensitive, it happened. So if that dismal carry-on is a good standard of security then I’ll nosh your cat, because I could’ve had anything away from out the back.
Incidentally, my father had been a postie for over thirty years and suggested that it was uncommon for the management give a monkey’s about such stuff. And you write that you work there? You’re digging a big hole, bro. While I’m on, that contract pay was rubbish too. And stuff goes missing? How so…?
‘…Propaganda…’? Huh: Make what you wish out of these these ‘…CAST IRON FACTS…’ (to quote the raised tone) but if they continue to nark you then kindly keep it civil. Review the jumpy rudeness & get a grip, mate?
Hugs n kisses
postman pat:
p.s. I do not ’ dabble’ on this forum, I voice my opinion …blah
In conclusion, your rant has now drawn a response that’ll be an excellent pointer for ■■■■■■ to follow-up. Well done, but see if I care if it’s exposed a slack security savvy from a confessed (but flighty) ambassador at a ‘…Royal Mail site…’ that I am sometimes ashamed of but otherwise support.
I too work for Royal Mail and I think its one of the best class 1 jobs you will find. Although like every job you’ll get people moaning but then they would’nt last 5 mins in the industry outside, because the’ve never done anything else. I moan sometimes but I know where im better off.Thats why ive been there 23yrs.
I’d love to do continental work but all the jobs ive applied for and luckily enough been offered cant pay me what im earning at the moment. Some transport managers have even told me im better off where i am.
Most people that leave wish they hadnt.
The agency drivers at our place will tell you that they wish they had permanent jobs there.
you start at a set time, finish at a set time, no nights out 6 weeks holiday full sick pay and a decent wage compared to other companies.
As for security sealed or not if someone wants to rob you they’ll do it what ever security you have on a trailer, im sure alot of people on here who’ve been robbed while parked up would tell you that.
Until recently Royal Mail plodded along in its old ways but now its trying to modernise and make big profits but its with senior management who have never worked in that sort of industry, have never driven a goods vehicle and in my opinion are going the wrong way about it.
So all i can say in a polite way is dont knock it till you’ve tried it.
I do also agree with you though Keith there are some lazy useless people in Royal Mail
I do a fair bit of agency work on and off, and I can say Royal Mail are defo the best ive worked for, I love the fact I know when I start and finnish, Iam able to plan my life and attend evening football, if your in a new depot then someone always tells you where the canteen is, the depot I work out of has snooker and table tennis tables,When ive been stuck someone has always put me straight.
jessicas dad:
keith, your post of " allegations " has been removed for review unless you can provide proof.
JD. I dont really understand the problem here, I read the original post as did many others, it seems that HK was pointing out that they should tighten up the security procedures. Of course a plastic seal will not protect a load of postal orders, Wii or X Boxes from professional thieves & burglars but they may protect the driver who is later accused of light pilfering down the road.
A seal fitted on the bay could stop the shunter helping himself to a handful of credit cards and blaming the trunk driver.
I used to take groupage parcels into East London Royal Mail depot, the security was non existent and no one even checked my seals. I was able to wander within the bays looking for someone who could use a pen without stabbing themselves in the eye.
Wheel Nut:
jessicas dad:
‘… keith, your post of " allegations " has been removed for review unless you can provide proof…’‘…JD. I dont really understand the problem here, I read the original post as did many others, it seems that HK was pointing out that they should tighten up the security procedures…’
Thanks, Wheelers, you have understood my contribution as it was intended to assist the OP - which is from experience gained during Dec (approx) 2003.
My contributions do not contain allegations, but equally, they are not intended to suggest that ‘…security procedures…’ should be ‘…tighten up…’ since it is their business to use such feedback/intelligence themselves. I am not their Daddy in that regard, but what I experienced has been recounted & reviewed & remains 100% sound without reservation.
[This sentence has been cut & PM’d to JD out of respect to the agencies & security concerns, etc & to deny satisfaction to those on here of abusive persuasion]
Other than my word being my bond, my proven decency, and my just upright and fully accountable & personal detail being within the bosom of your system, I’m becoming done on this issue. If folk are getting jumpy on here, may I constructively suggest that both their attitude akin to ‘horse & high’ are possibly due review whilst the persecution of submitted fact remains otherwise amusing.