Pauline on Q&A

[wide eyed and legless]

It seems pretty clear that the muppet running Auspost wants it to look like its performing badly so he could justify increased prices and reduced service in their letter delivery service.

I don't think thats the case, they would be independently audited, best thing the government could do is bite the bullet and either scrap the letter posts within Australia or put the prices up on stamps.They do employ a **** load of contractors (non union) and contracts have a use by date, and I suspect the guy stu met in the pub would be a contractor or working for a contractor.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

and I suspect the guy stu met in the pub would be a contractor or working for a contractor.

There you go again... presuming you know all

He was not a contractor but he said a lot of contractors do the shorter regional mail sorting centers.

 

[Dave70]

I was talking to an Auspost driver on Monday arvo at the pub. He comes up every fortnight and does a change over bringing the truck from Sydney then taking the Casino one back then he does other runs.

2 B Doubles choc full go the coast from Sydney just to service the east coast to Casino ( not including Newcastle ) every night,

I didnt ask what they payed him, but judging that he was drinking New wearing tracksuit pants made me think he earnt slightly less than a train driver

Was it choc full of same sex marriage plebiscite ballot papers?

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Possibly

 

[wide eyed and legless]

There you go again... presuming you know all

He was not a contractor but he said a lot of contractors do the shorter regional mail sorting centers.

Hence the use of the word suspect, as you did point out he was wearing expensive clothing, no mention of uniform. So did he make a point of saying I am not a contractor and I earn slightly less than a train driver?

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Hence the use of the word suspect, as you did point out he was wearing expensive clothing, no mention of uniform. So did he make a point of saying I am not a contractor and I earn slightly less than a train driver

Just cause he was wearing expensive clothing was no reason to doubt him. He did actually ,make a point that he was an Auspost employee, since we sort of got onto that discussion on the 2nd beer

And he is just a truck driver so he may earn more than a train driver...

 

[WarmerBeer]

And he is just a truck driver so he may earn more than a train driver...

Pffft! As if anyone earns more than a train driver.

 

[Vini2ton]

It's a shame children aren't allowed to drive. Offering contracts to them would open the market up to more flexability and competition thus keeping costs down for the consumer. They could sit on the old telstra phone-books to see over the wheel. Agile and innovative.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

It's a shame children aren't allowed to drive. Offering contracts to them would open the market up to more flexability and competition thus keeping costs down for the consumer. They could sit on the old telstra phone-books to see over the wheel. Agile and innovative.

Volvo are already all over it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kx67NnuSd0&feature=youtu.be

 

[Vini2ton]

But if she was sitting on the phone-books actually driving the truck? Naah... those spectacles. If it comes to that, I think I'll travel by train, confident in the knowledge that it's been driven by a well trained and adequately renumerated professional.

 

[madpierre06]

Volvo are already all over it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kx67NnuSd0&feature=youtu.be

Yeah, at Fortesque.

 

[lost at sea]

I was talking to an Auspost driver on Monday arvo at the pub. He comes up every fortnight and does a change over bringing the truck from Sydney then taking the Casino one back then he does other runs.

2 B Doubles choc full go the coast from Sydney just to service the east coast to Casino ( not including Newcastle ) every night,

I didnt ask what they payed him, but judging that he was drinking New wearing tracksuit pants made me think he earnt slightly less than a train driver

small world, a few years back i was doing another "safety course" for my line of work in the offshore. and a new guy was there trying to get into the industry,
he was a B double driver for auspost as well, told me he had the best job on the coast as a truckie (which still sucked) as he did syd to coffs (or casino i cant remember) where he would meet with a truck coming from brisbane, they would immediately swap trucks and drive back the direction they just came, he did that every day back and forth, he said he had the cream job as he got ONE night a week in his own bed at home. the rest of the time was in the truck......**** THAT. wage was approx 100k i think. no wonder he was trying to get offshore.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Spent 17yrs on the NSW Railways travelling all over the state as a Comms Tech

You soon get sick of Hotel-Motel rooms after a while,

It was hard work and so many blokes I worked with complained about not being at HOME with the family

Yes the money was good, but at what price

Living out of a suitcase is a really **** lifestyle

 

[lost at sea]

my entire working life has been living from a sea-bag, coming up to 15 years at sea for me now, i know no different. i currently spend 6 months per year at sea in oil & gas away from my partner and baby and people have the hide to tell me i'm over paid haha, come do a week at sea in a super-typhoon and tell me that, luckly now days we have a poor excuse for internet on board to keep in touch. but thats only a recent addition, when i was a young tuna-fisherman, we had jackshit, 5 - 7 other blokes you probably wouldnt want to be in a prison yard with, let alone a tuna-boat for 280 days a year at sea.

working away is cool :blink:

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

when I was a young tuna-fisherman, we had jackshit, 5 - 7 other blokes you probably wouldnt want to be in a prison yard with, let alone a tuna-boat for 280 days a year at sea.

Bloke I work with, who now just just programming on the company DBS/biling system was an ex Skipper...off the south of NZ. ( he went to Uni at 45 )


And the company owner is an ex Skipper and dive master.

And I thought Goulburn/Yass/Canberra was a cold **** of a place prick of a cold place in winter untill they told me some stories

 

[lost at sea]

when I was a young tuna-fisherman, we had jackshit, 5 - 7 other blokes you probably wouldnt want to be in a prison yard with, let alone a tuna-boat for 280 days a year at sea.

Bloke I work with, who now just just programming on the company DBS/biling system was an ex Skipper...off the south of NZ. ( he went to Uni at 45 )


And the company owner is an ex Skipper and dive master.

And I thought Goulburn/Yass/Canberra was a cold **** of a place prick of a cold place in winter untill they told me some stories

yeah i did my share of southern bluefin seasons off the south coast of nsw/vic, THAT was cold enough on deck all night in winter, let alone southern NZ. mentals. still the best decision i ever made to run away and join the tuna-boats as a young bloke, no matter how hard that job was, i saw more in 5 years than most would see in a lifetime lol

 

[goomboogo]

my entire working life has been living from a sea-bag, coming up to 15 years at sea for me now, i know no different. i currently spend 6 months per year at sea in oil & gas away from my partner and baby and people have the hide to tell me i'm over paid haha,

I would suggest, anyone who tells you that you're overpaid hasn't given any real thought to what's involved.

 

[Vini2ton]

You try telling that to young people today.

 

[idzy]

Living out of a suitcase is a really **** lifestyle

working away is cool :blink:

Definitely sucks. Used to do it at for part-time work when I was younger. Then at the start of my career and as I type I am away interstate. Being away from the wife, kid, family and friends, even for a short time, is a real sacrifice, so I have been trying to avoid it at all costs. Does get hard if your job demands it though.

 

[arctic78]

Like lost at sea I also work at sea but not offshore and my time away from my wife and kid ranges from 6 weeks for a short trip and up to 3 months for a long trip but we are required to do back to back trips and this could end up being 4.5 months in one stint. just to add this is a union job before you think otherwise lost at sea.
People who have never had to do this don't realise just what sort of demands it puts on your home life and how hard it is. I know the first thing someone who has no idea says is get anther job . Like it is just that easy.