The old wage packet .

[soulman101]

Remember when you got this brown envelope on a Friday.
You Ist looked at the back, which showed your net,gross and tax deductions.
Some week it was bulging if you did a lot of over time , then you had to count it to make sure it was correct.
You felt different than when you got paid in the bank .

[Grand Wazoo]

I used to like picking that rubbery snot like glue off before looking at how much tax I had been screwed for.

[soulman101]

One of my work mates , used to hate dirty or creased notes he used to storm over the office demanding new notes .
They would label him OSD nowadays .

[soulman101]

Another mate , we worked for BT , his wife used to wait outside the depot for his wage packet ,
Other wise it would be all gone to the bookies on his lunch break .

[DaveP67 is back!]

Ours used to have the corner of the envelope cut away so you could count it before opening, was always something quite wholesome about been paid weekly in cash, does anyone get weekly pay nowadays?

[Bombers right foot]

Another mate , we worked for BT , his wife used to wait outside the depot for his wage packet ,
Other wise it would be all gone to the bookies on his lunch break .

What did you do at BT, I also worked there for 37 years

[soulman101]

What did you do at BT, I also worked there for 37 years

Hi ,I started off as a GPO apprentice,on finishing training I went straight onto the Customer works group installing PABX 's all major business.

[Bombers right foot]

Another mate , we worked for BT , his wife used to wait outside the depot for his wage packet ,
Other wise it would be all gone to the bookies on his lunch break .

Hi ,I started off as a GPO apprentice,on finishing training I went straight onto the Customer works group installing PABX 's all major business.

I started as a t2a installer, then went fitting business systems ended up in the OMC, then a year on Frames Control, enjoyed my time apart from the last 3 years which were far too stressful, ended up taking early retirement

[soulman101]

I started as a t2a installer, then went fitting business systems ended up in the OMC, then a year on Frames Control, enjoyed my time apart from the last 3 years which were far too stressful, ended up taking early retirement

Hi , I started off working working in the B'ham telephone area .
I got itchy feet to try something else and left to join Chubb alarms , after another year another alarm firm offered me a job with a better salary and a company car.
Then there was a twist of fate ,I had been out all night on call just got to bed at 6-30 am .
The phone rang at 7 am can you do a call in Walsall,we can't get anyone else . The rules was if you was out all nighht you got a least a morning off .
So I ended up going to this tyre place by Walsall Manor hospital .
I had to work on a roller shutter door and I dropped my side cutters . I went down the ladder and a voice said these are GPO cutters .
It was my old Level 1 manager .
He asked how I was , I told him I was fed up off being used .
He said would I like to come back with the GPO , I said once you leave you couldn't get back on .
Leave it with I'll phone you tonight .
2 days later had an interview and I was back ,this time working in Wolverhampton did another 24 years .
Enjoyed every day , last 10 years I was on maintenance major business ,Monarchs ,heralds and Dx's etc .
I also had my own business fitting alarms and Data cabling in London .
I would do a day for BT in Wolverhampton ,then get the train to London and do 6 hrs working in Banks and Finance house doing Data cabling .
Often going straight back to work with BT the next morning .
I earned great money but doing 70 hours a week wrecked my body .
I didn't need the money but was addicted to work and pushing myself , should have listened to my wife .
I took my BT redundancy and did another couple of years subbing ,then retired early to look after my Mom with vascular dementia .

[Bombers right foot]

Another mate , we worked for BT , his wife used to wait outside the depot for his wage packet ,
Other wise it would be all gone to the bookies on his lunch break .

Hi ,I started off as a GPO apprentice,on finishing training I went straight onto the Customer works group installing PABX 's all major business.

Goodness me, sounds like you were a workaholic, I remember the Herald and Monarch systems better to work on than the old key and lamp system and the one I can?t remember the name of that used a 41 wire