{"id":10990,"date":"2024-01-29T20:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=10990"},"modified":"2024-01-30T04:41:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T04:41:50","slug":"days-out-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=10990","title":{"rendered":"DAYS OUT\/WORK:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Trolley, emptied!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Today I had a three hour Flex shift, entirely within Peterborough City. The first third thereof was in the snazzy modern blocks of flats, near HM Passport Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m in the lift in one of these, having unloaded my handy little collapsible trolley, in the top pic\u2019. Foxy-eyed observers might note one final remaining package?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially I hated delivering to blocks of flats. Now that I have this trolley it\u2019s a lot less onerous. But the Flex app\u2019s routing leaves a lot to be desired! More often than not, one needs to re-order the drops into a more geographically rational sequence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mid-deliveries, poss Clarkson House?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The latter part of the shift – mostly around Priestgate and Cowgate – was even more arduous, including several drops where I simply couldn\u2019t access properties, with customers who didn\u2019t reply to texts or calls. All leading to a record no. (for me) of returns – five packages – to the depot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some reason I find these urban delivery routes not just the least enjoyable, but downright unpleasant. They\u2019re very stressful. And unlike country routes, I\u2019m confronted with urban ugliness, and \u2018human pollution\u2019, in stark contrast with the abundance of stuff, on countryside routes, that lifts my spirits, and tempts me to take the occasional snap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trolley is so<\/em> helpful. Partic\u2019 on multiple deliveries. And even more so in \u2018flocks of bats\u2019, as I call \u2018em. But I might benefit even more from one with some form of (detachable?) storage bag? If the boxes are big \u2018n\u2019 rectangular, all is well. But little and irregular packages tend to fall orff!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I had a three hour Flex shift, entirely within Peterborough City. The first third thereof was in the snazzy modern blocks of flats, near HM Passport Office. I\u2019m in the lift in one of these, having unloaded my handy little collapsible trolley, in the top pic\u2019. Foxy-eyed observers might note one final remaining package? … <\/p>\n

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