Crikey, it's like looking in a mirror this response!
Our collections are 61, 97 & 51 for Mon, Tue and Wed. If they make the call early morning saying we can't collect today, then you can plan accordingly. But we've had it when they've made said decision with an hour to go before collection time.
Absolute carnage.
Never known it to be so bad. Account manager at DPD told us that the strikes with RM/PF have hit them hard. I have slight sympathy, but they do not help themselves with the extra work that they take on. We got sent an Excel spreadsheet where deliveries to 2774 postcodes were...