20 December 2010
13:5085596#1
Just been told by a friend whos a postman that we shouldnt expect any delivered hand mail as its to dangerous for the posties to walk in parcel deliveries are unaffected but i think that depends where you live .
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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20 December 2010
13:5285597#2
Good, no bills today then!
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20 December 2010
13:5985603#3
Just a bigger bundle when they land on the mat lol
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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20 December 2010
14:0285604#4
Its pathetic. Another example of our insane health and safety culture. Whatever happened to being expected to take a bit of care...
20 December 2010
14:0785605#5
Very true Barry is annoying when they have such a back log just shows a lack of loyalty towards their customers.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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20 December 2010
14:0985608#6
not where i live barry, the pavements are treacherous and the steps up and down to people's houses are bad enough without any snow and ice.
the milklady finally delivered this morning, last delivery was on wednesday.
20 December 2010
14:1185609#7
Absolutely, BarryW! I don't want to sound VictorMeldrewish, but we used to get 2 deliveries, deliveries on Sundays, and all in the mornings!! And the H&S thing is such a travesty - it has just led to a rash of claims that, even if they don't succeed, have taken considerable time and money to hear. As you say, just take some care!!
20 December 2010
14:1485613#8
Agreed the pavements are grim - I have just been out and I called my Mother to tell her to stay indoors - but overall, the H&S stuff is a disgrace. An excuse to do less.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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20 December 2010
14:2385620#9
The posties in Essex must be hard. Six inches of snow Saturday and eight last week and we've had post everyday except one day when the first heavy snow fell.
20 December 2010
14:5085629#10
Essex blokes........good chaps!!
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20 December 2010
15:5885640#11
And that may have been due to deliveries not getting to the sorting office Jeanne....
This really is absurd. What a wimpy attitude they have at our local sorting office - from what Jeanne says it does sound like a local ruling.
Bern is so right - I have not known the post to be stopped before for such reasons.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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20 December 2010
16:1385646#12
the essex postpersons are excellent indeed, one can hear their jewellery rattling from the moment they enter your road.
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20 December 2010
17:1585670#13
I have to say the postmen and women here are excellent, they really do go above and beyond the call of duty sometimes. Example - I mentioned to our regular postman a few months back that I was waiting for an urgent package. He double checked his bag and said it definitely hadn't arrived yet. He got back to the sorting office and found it had since turned up there so he dropped it round to me on his way home! Having endured the postal service in North London for many years I can say Essex is postal heaven!
Brian Dixon
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20 December 2010
17:3585674#14
howard,your milkperson only just made your road so she told me,oh by the way howard she has run out of whisky flaverd yoghert.
20 December 2010
17:3585675#15
How lovely! It is so nice to find people who will go the extra mile - literally, in the case pf postmen! It is so good to be able to say some nice things, thank you Jeanne!
Keith Sansum1
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20 December 2010
17:3885678#16
purely because i use companies that use other courier companies i have to say none of the companies i have used has let me down so far, in fact many have got stuff to me within 24 hours
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20 December 2010
17:3885679#17
So........ if they can do it...................?
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
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20 December 2010
17:4185681#18
so whilst not wanting to defend royal mail, courier companies probably dont have the high amounts of mail to move around.
but if its correct that royal mail didnt employ enough casuals for the xmas period then those managers should be looked into as to whether or not they should stay in employment
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20 December 2010
17:4385682#19
Good post there Keith (#16). I repeat what I said previously, time to privatise Royal Mail, after all if even Keith has seen how private enterprise do it better and acted accordingly - it really must be time... That and getting some sense into the idiotic H&S rules.
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20 December 2010
17:4785684#20
Is it right they get the day off with full pay under such circumstances AND then get paid overtime to clear the backlog?
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
