We get that too... Thinking about digging a large hole and then throwing a net and grass over it
Bloody Postmen
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We get that too... Thinking about digging a large hole and then throwing a net and grass over it
That's awesome!
thomas_red
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My postman is a lazy *******, everytime when has little bit bigger parcel to deliver, leave it in the car and trying to sneak to my door to drop "undelivered notice". Was cought few times as i have a great view to driveway from my living room.
I wish him that RM will sign contract next year to deliver Argos catalogues to all households :]
I wish him that RM will sign contract next year to deliver Argos catalogues to all households :]
When I lived in Morningside in Edinburgh the postman never brought parcels with him. You'd only ever get the, "We tried to deliver but you weren't in" cards. They got wise to us busting them, so they started putting the previous days date on the card. Occasionally we'd get a card dated from before it was posted...
The problem with all delivery services is that for any parcel to get from A to B it has to be passed to and from a lot of different people. To get there safely the parcel has to manage to get through the system without encountering anyone lazy/incompetent/malicious/crooked. Its a sad fact of life that all large orgainisations will end up with a few of those in.
To be fair to the Royal Mail, I've had a lot more problem free deliveries from them than I've had cock-ups. With other couriers the ratio of problem free:cockup is a lot worse.
The problem with all delivery services is that for any parcel to get from A to B it has to be passed to and from a lot of different people. To get there safely the parcel has to manage to get through the system without encountering anyone lazy/incompetent/malicious/crooked. Its a sad fact of life that all large orgainisations will end up with a few of those in.
To be fair to the Royal Mail, I've had a lot more problem free deliveries from them than I've had cock-ups. With other couriers the ratio of problem free:cockup is a lot worse.
Hope you've made that complaint in writing ... and not just winged here
Complaining in writing to Royal Mail is about as effective as installing a handbrake in a canoe.
Hehehehehhehehe
I remember very well the day I noticed that post wasn't coming early in the morning any more. I was the office manager of an insurance company and I'd complained by phone the previous couple of mornings when we simply hadn't received our post. Because of the nature of our work I had to either send someone to the depot to pick it up or go myself. Then shortly after the whole issue came out that there wasn't really a "second post" and that from now on there would only be one delivery and they'd make it when they are good and ready. There are few companies of such significance that have dropped the ball as breathtakingly as the Royal Mail. Remember that year when they were called "Consignia". Idiots.
And as for lazy postmen - check! I've been working from home only to go to the door and find the red card in the porch, on a number of occasions.
Here's one:
Every day, a postman brought the get well soon cards for hospital patients into the ward and delivered them to each person (some kind of fantasy obviously) but he was dismayed to see one little old man at the end of the ward who never received anything.
Back at the sorting office, he told his colleagues and they all dipped in and bought the old fella a card saying get well soon. The collection also meant they could put a tenner in as a gift.
The next day as he walked away from the old man's bed he looked back to see him open the card and take out the ten pounds and the way the old man's face lit up almost made him cry. It had been a wonderful gesture. The next day as he made his rounds, the old man called him over. "Dear fellow, he said, would you mind giving this letter to whoever gave you the card to deliver, there was no return address but hopefully you can trace it somehow?"
Postie reassured him and took the letter back to the depot.
"Lads, we've got a reply", he announced, opening the letter and taking it out to begin reading.
"Dear friend, he began, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart as you have made an old man much happier in his last few days". Some of the post staff were visibly moved, but there was more so the postman continued. "I have spent the money you very gratiously gave me on a newspaper, some boiled sweets and flowers to brighten up the place, so I am very grateful for your kind gift". It ended, yours truly, Reginald Spence, cmdr 4th regiment, under which it read:
PS: Just to warn you, the envelope wasn't sealed and you have to be careful with that, because of those dirty, thieving, b******ds at the post office.
And as for lazy postmen - check! I've been working from home only to go to the door and find the red card in the porch, on a number of occasions.
Here's one:
Every day, a postman brought the get well soon cards for hospital patients into the ward and delivered them to each person (some kind of fantasy obviously) but he was dismayed to see one little old man at the end of the ward who never received anything.
Back at the sorting office, he told his colleagues and they all dipped in and bought the old fella a card saying get well soon. The collection also meant they could put a tenner in as a gift.
The next day as he walked away from the old man's bed he looked back to see him open the card and take out the ten pounds and the way the old man's face lit up almost made him cry. It had been a wonderful gesture. The next day as he made his rounds, the old man called him over. "Dear fellow, he said, would you mind giving this letter to whoever gave you the card to deliver, there was no return address but hopefully you can trace it somehow?"
Postie reassured him and took the letter back to the depot.
"Lads, we've got a reply", he announced, opening the letter and taking it out to begin reading.
"Dear friend, he began, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart as you have made an old man much happier in his last few days". Some of the post staff were visibly moved, but there was more so the postman continued. "I have spent the money you very gratiously gave me on a newspaper, some boiled sweets and flowers to brighten up the place, so I am very grateful for your kind gift". It ended, yours truly, Reginald Spence, cmdr 4th regiment, under which it read:
PS: Just to warn you, the envelope wasn't sealed and you have to be careful with that, because of those dirty, thieving, b******ds at the post office.
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
Write them a nice letter complaining about their appaling job of your delivery. They should know about the flaws in their service.
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If that handbrake drops an anchor it'd be very effective indeed
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I hear a lot of this and it makes me wonder why the funk anyone with half a brain would even contemplate doing such a thing? People like that don't deserve a job.