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DHL probe furious mum's claims driver had poo next to home

DHL has pledged to investigate

A delivery firm is investigating a claim that one of its drivers was caught having a poo outside a house in the Midlands.

Courier firm DHL said while it has not yet established that one of its drivers was involved, it is investigating as "a matter of priority".

It comes after a woman named Nadine told BBC Radio Nottingham that she had arrived home from work last Tuesday afternoon, and heard a strange noise as she opened her door.

She said she looked down the side alley next to her house in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, to see a white male with a red and yellow DHL t-shirt on.

He had his boxer shorts down and was wiping his bottom on her fence post, she said. He then pulled his pants up as he ran past her, and went to a van parked nearby.

She said she had to go to her childminder to pick her son up, but when she returned home she had a look and saw faeces in the alleyway. Her husband dealt with it later and also took a photo of it. She now says she wants an apology from the firm. A spokesperson for DHL said today:"Based on the information provided we are yet to ascertain if the individual in question is a DHL employee.

"However, we are investigating this as a matter of priority as this is clearly unacceptable."

Ask yourselves, Why would a driver not have time to find a toilet? Would it be anything to do with the workload placed on him? Two months down the line from the original story I cannot see an update anywhere.

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Three years later

I'm sure that the DHL response to my previous post would be that it was a historical issue. Reviews had been made, things had changed.

Whatever, to quote the youth of today.
If that is the case then why does it still happen?
DHL employees complained about not being able to take a break when I was still working there and I was speaking to a DHL driver the other day. Tuesday, in fact.
It was approximately 16.30 and he hadn't taken a break at that point. He said that it was the norm.

DHL and Working time regulations

HH01 Under target, NO BREAK and leaving early with no additional volume!!

HH02 NO BREAK

HH03 Under target, NO BREAK and leaving early with less volume!!

HH04 PART BREAK, also not arriving/clearing his scanner on return to SVC which is adding ORH’s.

HH05 PART BREAK

HH06 NO BREAK

HH07 PART BREAK, leaving early with no additional volume.

HH08 Under target, Not fulfilling break and leaving early with less volume

HH09 NO BREAK

HH10 Under target, NO BREAK, Leaving early with less volume.

HH11 Not fulfilling Break

HH12 Under target, NO BREAK, leaving early with volume. The question arises if correctly flexed this route wouldn’t need to run with volumes offset against routes running under.

HH13 Same as above.

HH14 NO BREAK

HH16 NO BREAK. Also his scanner is not being arrived/cleared due to his material being collected by meet courier which is adding ORH. He needs to be educated on this.

Details of an email sent by Karl Harrison, 24th August 2015
It's not a good idea to highlight your own failings on an email. Yes, some of those are our routes, but why would our drivers need to work through their breaks?
Volume of work.
My book will show that according to Karl we were running three routes short. That is why drivers were having to work through their breaks. Whilst some of the routes show under target, according to Karl, these planned volumes were just made up.