howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,888
For years this country had one of the best mail services one could wish for, now it is awful. Letters being routinely delivered late lunchtime here in the middle of town is disgraceful. What happened to the early morning post that we used to get, even in rural Tilmanstone we used to get our post around 11.00am.
I am not blaming the frontline postmen, it is the Royal Mail system and management.
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
- Posts: 7,819
Society has gone downhill since the only thing that mattered was the base line on the dividend. Cut jobs and services to the quick, they still run, but are so threadbare as to be wafer thin. A slight cog in the wheel goes missing and thats it...threadbare. Its all since the Americans invented time and motion study..before that we had cohesive society.
Guest 655- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,247
I do 90% of my shopping on-line.
Just waiting now for a final present that is two days late, but should be here in plenty of time. Then I have my main Xmas shop from Sainsbury all booked up and awaited for Friday.
I hate shopping specially when the shops are crowded.... on-line works great for me.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 3,037
I do a lot of shopping online and not just at Christmas. Thankfully here in Essex we are blessed with a wonderful regular postman and cheerful and helpful sorting office staff. The longest I have had to wait in the sorting office is about 15 minutes and that is rare. I have never had to wait outside the building either. Post is normally delivered between 11-11:15 am, you can practically set your watch by it. I appreciate not all areas of the country are similarly blessed.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
on line shopping is perfect for people who work for home or if one of the family is at home all day.
however the report refers to delivery persons sticking a card through the door without even knocking, many people i know have complained of that.
the other main courier companies do try harder, they seem to try quite a few houses before giving up as they do not have a close at hand depot where people can collect.
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
I had a Christmas card delivered to me today from Southampton addressed to 284 Long Hill Road, Dover, New Hampshire USA!
I reposted it, I doubt if it will get there in time!
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
a lady in westbury road had a card addressed to someone in dorset, neither the road name, town or post code were similar to her own.
how do they slip through the state of the art sorting machines?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Guest 663- Registered: 20 Mar 2008
- Posts: 1,136
Even the great Fortnum and Masons are having difficulty, would hate to be waiting on a delivery just think of the disappointment if your parcel does not arrive in time.
PaulB has asured me my hamper is on its way LOL
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
jan,the 2nd of january betwween 12 noon and 6pm.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
best to have a quiet word with posh barry, he can usually pull a few strings.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
I ordered a Christmas present online on 9th. of November and it hasn't arrived yet, so I've had to buy something else - very annoying.
Roger
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
roger,i bet they took your dosh quick enough.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
- Posts: 2,868
Jan- you said: "even in rural Tilmanstone we used to get our post around 11.00am."
We still get an excellent service here from the postmen, with letters and parcels,
but as I think our village is at the end of a round, we don't get early post any more, it is very often mid day or later.
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