Bloody Postmen

scrappysphinx

scrappysphinx

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I have been waiting for sata-ide adapter from china for about 2-3 weeks now.

I finally received it today.

It was delivered to me by an elderly gentleman who has struggled in the snow with his walking stick.

He lives on the other side of the estate at number 34, i live at number 134, but we even have different street names.

What makes it even worse is he said he found it in the middle of his garden buried in the snow with just the corner sticking up out of the ground.

How does a postman get the wrong street, wrong door number and leave the parcel in the snow?

Bloody postman does my head in.

Now i've had my moan let normal service resume.
 
I guess he didn't fancy walking up the steps to your place :D

Dave G :cool:
 
according the guy who brought it to me, neither did he.

He said if he'd have known there were steps he wouldn't have brought it and i don't blame him, especially in the snow and ice that's all over the steps.

But then he said he thought he should as it had chinese writing on the envelope and he figured it must be something electrical and since he enjoyed playing with electricals when he was younger he didn't want to deprive the owner.

He was a very nice guy though.
 
I am getting fed up with my post getting left next door, despite that the posty will see a big sign in my window pointing out that my door is a little further on.:mad:
 
I received a 42" UVB tube for one of my lizards and the whole thing had been shattered! There were 3 big dents/creases in the tube packaging (which is quite solid!) and it was also covered with the word 'FRAGILE'.

The seller won't refund the return cost as he/she said they can't claim it back because i had signed for it... Which i hadn't!! I never signed anything despite there being a recorded delivery sticker on the tube! I went to return it and was told i can't send it via recorded delivery because it's over 90cm in length, so i had to send it via standard delivery... Royal Mail have been a bit messy and careless wih this one :thumbsdown:
 
It always amazes me when you go to post a parcel in the Post Office and they ask if it's valuable and offer me insurance on it. Insurance against their own employees stealing it?

Where's the trust?
 
Our post is delivered by a nice young lady called Jane and we've not had anyone else's mail delivered since she took over delivering the post. Previously, it was at least 3 mis-delivered items of post per week.

She's prompt, well mannered, polite and always has a smile on her face. Quite a few other local Royal Mail personnel could learn some lessons from her.
 
Today I had to venture 4 miles to and from the sorting office to collect my uIEC/SD + 2 x IEC cables that I had paid the customs charge on more than a week ago.

"Sorry. It [the reference number] didn't print with all the rest [of the 'needs to pay extra for delivery]".

I went on my bicycle. I did quite a lot of walking because there were bits along the path that were just ridiculous. Rain + snow + ice = sketchy moments on a bike.
 
StrontiumDog said:
Our post is delivered by a nice young lady called Jane and we've not had anyone else's mail delivered since she took over delivering the post. Previously, it was at least 3 mis-delivered items of post per week.

She's prompt, well mannered, polite and always has a smile on her face. Quite a few other local Royal Mail personnel could learn some lessons from her.
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Same :) Apart from ours is called Ian, also he is not a lady but you could almost set your watch to him turning up with the right stuff :) Mind you I do get a lot of parcels, gets worse over xmas with kids presents always turning up so I do give him a little tip each year :thumbsup:
 
@scrappysphinx

that poor old man i hope you offered him a hot drink :p

when i came to yours i nearly got lost them stairs would be very scary with snow and ice on
 
my postie is a bit thick sometimes, the other week i got a card saying that there is extra to pay as there wasnt enough stamps on the package to cover costs, (even though it was a stamped addressed envelope i sent specifically) so i put my quid or so in stamps on the card and posted it as per instructions.

3 days later it was put back through my letter box so i went after the postman and asked where my package was, he looked at the card and told me to pay the money and i'll get it, i showed him where i had paid and that royal mail had stamped it, then he looked worried, shouted to his gaffer, who then shouted back 'what you having a go at, you've got yer parcel aint ya?' i had to explain and show him and ask him when i 'll get it as it was important, then he said he would try to bring it tomorrow if he gets time!

eventually i got my package (which contained 1 cd in a jewel case in an envelope with a large letter stamp on it that hadnt even been stamped/marked by royal mail). so in the end i paid a couple of quid more than i should have, got spoken to like an idiot and had to wait an extra week because they didnt do their job

and to really annoy me they always walk over my garden to get to next door, my little girl shouts 'bloody postman' whenever they do it now
 
johnim said:
@scrappysphinx

that poor old man i hope you offered him a hot drink :p

when i came to yours i nearly got lost them stairs would be very scary with snow and ice on
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Yeah i offered him in and a drink but he just wanted to get home again.

The steps can be quite icy and dangerous but fortunately my wife usually buys salt in large quantities lol
 
@ Scrappysphinx....

Perhaps the postman only got halfway up the path before dying of hypothermia, and was then dragged away by the local poodles and Jack Russells, to be eaten later. With his last ounce of stength he launched your parcel at the letterbox in a last heroic, yet vain attempt to deliver it before his life ebbed away, as the dog circled around him.







Then again, he may just have dropped it, but that would make a short and pretty uninteresting advert for the Post Office, wouldn't it?


*Goes off to sell the rights to the movie of "The Hero Postman" film, starring Kevin Costner; no,maybe Mel Gibson. No, better yet, Gerard Butler...*
 
Merlin said:
@ Scrappysphinx....

Perhaps the postman only got halfway up the path before dying of hypothermia, and was then dragged away by the local poodles and Jack Russells, to be eaten later. With his last ounce of stength he launched your parcel at the letterbox in a last heroic, yet vain attempt to deliver it before his life ebbed away, as the dog circled around him.

Then again, he may just have dropped it, but that would make a short and pretty uninteresting advert for the Post Office, wouldn't it?

*Goes off to sell the rights to the movie of "The Hero Postman" film, starring Kevin Costner; no,maybe Mel Gibson. No, better yet, Gerard Butler...*
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/me thinks somebody's been sniffing the sugar bowl again :lol:
 
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