Royal Snail are taking the P now

[Gavster]

Had some concentrates coming through the post today that i had to wait in for (First Class signed for).
The post is pretty late for me where i live, and is always between 1.15-1.30pm.
The post did come today....but guess what time the postman arrived............

4.15pm
Just as i was leaving the house. Shocking.

[Raffles]

Gavster... BUT did you get your goodies?

[Gavster]

True Raffles, but i've never known the postman to come that late before

[Raffles]

Apr 16, 2014 20:01:16 GMT Gavster said:

True Raffles, but i've never known the postman to come that late before

I have known postmen provide 'other' services on their rounds... it's not just the milkman you need to be wary of!

[Deleted]

The post is being split with T&T now. Some days you can expect two deliveries. I couldn't tell who gets what to post but I can say we have two to stalk now

[teethcv]

Apr 16, 2014 19:43:30 GMT Gavster said:

Had some concentrates coming through the post today that i had to wait in for (First Class signed for).
The post is pretty late for me where i live, and is always between 1.15-1.30pm.
The post did come today....but guess what time the postman arrived............

4.15pm
Just as i was leaving the house. Shocking.

post can come anytime up to 5pm weekdays mate but i have know them to come up till 6pm befor now when they are busy it just depends on what time they have there breakfast lol

[Perpetua]

Anyone remember the days of 2 deliveries in a day from RM, 1st post of the morning and the second after lunch time when that was considered to be a ' standard ' service . . .


It would make a nice fairy story now, to tell the grandchildren.

[Raffles]

Apr 16, 2014 21:25:09 GMT Perpetua said:

Anyone remember the days of 2 deliveries in a day from RM, 1st post of the morning and the second after lunch time when that was considered to be a ' standard ' service . . .


It would make a nice fairy story now, to tell the grandchildren.

Yeah... but it was only 'brown' envelopes... which even now, frighten me to death, especially if they've got a Royal Seal on them.

ETA: All I get now is junk... leaflets, pizza offerings, insurance offers etc., so once a day is enough.

[Perpetua]

Apr 16, 2014 21:30:44 GMT Raffles said:

Apr 16, 2014 21:25:09 GMT Perpetua said:

Anyone remember the days of 2 deliveries in a day from RM, 1st post of the morning and the second after lunch time when that was considered to be a ' standard ' service . . .


It would make a nice fairy story now, to tell the grandchildren.

Yeah... but it was only 'brown' envelopes... which even now, frighten me to death, especially if they've got a Royal Seal on them.

Lol . . . which leads on to the question, why do bills always get delivered more promptly than other regular mail. ???

[ronaldo]

I remember 7.30 1st delivery 11.30 2nd delivery and in December 14.30 3rd delivery by Christ I must be getting old I will need to go and have a lay down

[Raffles]

Apr 16, 2014 21:36:03 GMT ronaldo said:

I remember 7.30 1st delivery 11.30 2nd delivery and in December 14.30 3rd delivery by Christ I must be getting old I will need to go and have a lay down

You either had a lot of friends or a lot of bills.

[ronaldo]

I had a lot of parts getting delivered at the time as I had my own tv repair shop happy days

[collie2011]

I'm only 28 and I remember that your post used to be there when you got up in a morning and then your got another delivery after lunch.

I also remember binmen that used to come and get your bin out of your bin cupboard, take it to the bin truck and then bring it back and put it back in the bin cupboard! Big metal bins too, none of this plastic with wheels.

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[buggritt]

Welcome to the world of selling all national assets on the cheap to friends of politicians. We are all guilty of sleep walking in to the current situation, which will only get worse. Our national response is doing nothing while it's happening, then moan about it.
We had, and still have for now, the best postal system in the world. You owned it. They sold it.
It's currently happening to another vital service to the less capable members of society, the Post Office. Done by stealth though, "franchising" to private owners.
We swallow the mantra of private enterprise improving service, despite the fiasco of the railways, monstrous utility bills and food banks proliferating in the country.
Orwell was not a fiction writer. He was the modern Nostradamus.

[collie2011]

Orwell wrote it as a warning, not as a guide!