Diary Tuesday 22nd November 2016

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My first day on the new temporary job went very well though it was very tiring. To get there on time I had to get up at 4.30 AM, to catch a bus an hour later. I managed that easily and arrived at the postal sorting station twenty minutes early. There were about fifty new starters and our first few hours were just an induction talk and tour of the large facilities, going over basic health & safety rules, etc. The work itself initially involved my cutting open incoming mail sacks and tipping the contents into tubs ready for sorting by others who were given bar code scanners to use. Later as this dried up I was assigned to assembling large mobile cages and setting them out for use by other staff. It was quite physically demanding. I arrived home aching all over from far more physical exertion than usual. The staff and management are very friendly. Twenty-two more such shifts to go before Xmas, (actually we were warned that some days we may not be needed as work is not coming in as fast as expected). Arthur Chappell