blue'n'white
Well-known member
What's to discuss - they're f***ing useless full stop
Been waiting for some CDs that Amazon say were sent on December 6th - obviously some bastard postman's listening to them
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The Royal Mail are useless pr*cks - discuss
- Thread starter redneb
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What's to discuss - they're f***ing useless full stop
Been waiting for some CDs that Amazon say were sent on December 6th - obviously some bastard postman's listening to them
If they were to turn up, you had better come on here and say it, to$$er.
JBizzleBeard
Well-known member
Careful mate I had something sent out to me on the 2nd and it arrived today. Hope you eat your words. Not that you will admit it if it does turn up.
TBH I would be surprised, if after that blinkered keyboard warrior assault on posties, if he was capable to man up and say sorry.
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
As with all the main utility companies new technology and automation has reduced job numbers , instead of speaking to a person a lot of interractions can be done via IVR or online. Also BT offered numerous redundany packages to reduce the directly employed headcount and then replaced them with agency staff. It used to be common to wait a minimum of 20 minutes or more to get through to report a fault or talk about your bill because there were not enough staff available to take the calls.
I had one today that complained their mail was wet but the letter I gave her that was addressed to 31 instead of 21 she didnt even thank me for.
They forget about things like that and have to moan about something.
JBizzleBeard
Well-known member
Yup agree Neil, those moments don't even register.
Easy cop out by Amazon and who's to say it was actually sent out
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Article in today's Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/18/roy-mayall-postman-christmas-post-royal-mail
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/18/roy-mayall-postman-christmas-post-royal-mail
He puts across the bizarre nature of our 'modernisation', well.
Spun Cuppa
Thanks Greens :(
I was waiting for a single record I'd bought on eBay that never turned up, which I wasn't bothered about, as it was a couple of quid and only the second thing that hadn't turned up in about seven years. When I looked at the online PO form to claim for it, it looked far too complicated...
'The claim form should be completed with as much detail as possible, the minimum information required to submit a claim is:
* the names and addresses of the sender, addressee and claimant
* the Royal Mail Product used
* the amount of postage paid and method of payment (e.g. stamp, meter impression, SmartStamp®, online postage etc.)
* place of posting
* date of posting
* the basis for asserting the posting details and product used – such as date of post mark, Certificate of posting and for Special Delivery, Recorded Signed For and Standard Parcels the product documentation
* detailed description of the contents and packaging (for loss and damage)
* date the item was delivered (for part loss, damage and delay)'...
I don't know how many people would just give up and bear the loss
'The claim form should be completed with as much detail as possible, the minimum information required to submit a claim is:
* the names and addresses of the sender, addressee and claimant
* the Royal Mail Product used
* the amount of postage paid and method of payment (e.g. stamp, meter impression, SmartStamp®, online postage etc.)
* place of posting
* date of posting
* the basis for asserting the posting details and product used – such as date of post mark, Certificate of posting and for Special Delivery, Recorded Signed For and Standard Parcels the product documentation
* detailed description of the contents and packaging (for loss and damage)
* date the item was delivered (for part loss, damage and delay)'...
I don't know how many people would just give up and bear the loss
*Gullsworth*
My Hair is like his hair
That item sums up the idiotic drive to privatisation. When i started on the Post Office 26 years ago customers had their mail delivered by mid-day because we started at 4.30...........now we start at 6 and the quality of sevice has nosedived......all thanks to modernisation and the drive to line the pockets of a foreign investor and its shareholders. Will successive goverments not learn that privatisation of certain industries does not work and will not guarantee an improved sevice. Once the Post office has been sold it will be gone forever and customers will be complaining about the new sevice in the same manner that they complain about increased rail travel prices, overcrowding, late trains and cancelled sevices...........................rant over
Hi i'm a postie and have been for about 15 years. I've been watching this thread since it started and i just wanted to have my say. I HAVE NEVER STOLEN ANYTHING.
I also want to say i love my round and the people on it, i always try my best for them and always will. It drives me mad that things go missing and sometimes when we have to deliver empty packet and take the flack for the ***** that take the stuff. Our office has a 'clear door policy' that means if they get mail to us we will deliver it that day (nothing left for the next day). I understand that some people get upset but i'm just doing my job as you would 'honestly'. Please don't tar us all with the same brush.
I also want to say i love my round and the people on it, i always try my best for them and always will. It drives me mad that things go missing and sometimes when we have to deliver empty packet and take the flack for the ***** that take the stuff. Our office has a 'clear door policy' that means if they get mail to us we will deliver it that day (nothing left for the next day). I understand that some people get upset but i'm just doing my job as you would 'honestly'. Please don't tar us all with the same brush.
Don't think those of us fellow postie not saying such things are any lesser.
It's just this is type of thread has been all over NSC most of the year, and I for one have got fed up with defending myself against pillocks like Blue 'n ' White.
Royal Mail will always be w@nkers in some peoples opinion and nothing will change their blinkered view.
Until one year after it no longer is Royal Mail, then all of a sudden RM will be the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Make me laugh that most of the people on my round that moan to me about late post saying it was posted 1 or 2 weeks ago . and I ask them who told them that and they said they rung them up and thats what the supplier had said . Then the packet eventually arrives to moans about crap Royal Mail and I tell them the date stamp was only YESTERDAY.
You also get flack for non delivery of packets from various suppliers ie. Next, and you then tell them after their rant that Royal Mail DONT deliver Next parcels.
You also get flack for non delivery of packets from various suppliers ie. Next, and you then tell them after their rant that Royal Mail DONT deliver Next parcels.
Tony Towner's Fridge
Well-known member
Give em a break. The country is in freezedown! Not all their fault. Reminds me of the lovely story from a while back which went like this
There was a man who worked for the Post Office whose job was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day, a letter came addressed in a shaky handwriting to God with no actual address. He thought he should open it to see what it was about.
The letter read:
Dear God,
I am an 83 year old widow, living on a very small pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had "£100" in it, which was all the money I had until my next pension payment. Next Sunday is Christmas, and I had invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with, have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help me?
Sincerely, Edna
The postal worker was touched. He showed the letter to all the other workers. Each one dug into his or her wallet and came up with a few pounds.
By the time he made the rounds, he had collected £96, which they put into an envelope and sent to the woman.
The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of Edna and the dinner she would be able to share with her friends.
Christmas came and went. A few days later, another letter came from the same old lady addressed to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened.
It read:
Dear God,
How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your gift of love, I was able to fix a glorious dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day and I told my friends of your wonderful gift. By the way, there was £4 missing. I think it might have been those bastards at the post office!
Sincerely, Edna
TNBA
TTF
There was a man who worked for the Post Office whose job was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day, a letter came addressed in a shaky handwriting to God with no actual address. He thought he should open it to see what it was about.
The letter read:
Dear God,
I am an 83 year old widow, living on a very small pension. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had "£100" in it, which was all the money I had until my next pension payment. Next Sunday is Christmas, and I had invited two of my friends over for dinner. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with, have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. Can you please help me?
Sincerely, Edna
The postal worker was touched. He showed the letter to all the other workers. Each one dug into his or her wallet and came up with a few pounds.
By the time he made the rounds, he had collected £96, which they put into an envelope and sent to the woman.
The rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of Edna and the dinner she would be able to share with her friends.
Christmas came and went. A few days later, another letter came from the same old lady addressed to God. All the workers gathered around while the letter was opened.
It read:
Dear God,
How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your gift of love, I was able to fix a glorious dinner for my friends. We had a very nice day and I told my friends of your wonderful gift. By the way, there was £4 missing. I think it might have been those bastards at the post office!
Sincerely, Edna
TNBA
TTF
Very good! Made me laugh out loud!