Reply to: Fecking blind postman

[TheMonkey]

I've moved as much reliance on the mail as possible and can now almost throw everything away that comes through the letter box as its either junk/not meant for me, or from the IR. Most bills are DD and I get warned by email of their imminent payment whereas before I would suddenly get a red bill when I've never received the original. Royal Mail are just putting themselves out of business. If the HMRC used email I would not need the Royal Mail at all.

I'm going to patent my new letterbox with attached shredder - finger safe of course

Register for this - my mail box is pretty much dead these days:

http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/mpsr/

[privateeye]

I've moved as much reliance on the mail as possible and can now almost throw everything away that comes through the letter box as its either junk/not meant for me, or from the IR. Most bills are DD and I get warned by email of their imminent payment whereas before I would suddenly get a red bill when I've never received the original. Royal Mail are just putting themselves out of business. If the HMRC used email I would not need the Royal Mail at all.

I'm going to patent my new letterbox with attached shredder - finger safe of course

[janey]

So, in a nutshell,

A Paid-For Service which accepts Item A and should deliver it to Person A, instead delivers it to Person X, or doesn't deliver it at all ?

Mate....open the curtains, take a look outside...it may surprise you but we are in the UK. It's not about quality anymore, it's about cheap as possible.

totally agree.

I lived in Thailand for a while and the level of service (no jokes please!) you get is outstanding and it's all done with friendliness and a smile. Relocating back over here was a real crash back to reality. More often than not you are made to feel you should be grateful to be receiving a service which you are paying for... bollox.

*rant over*

[Board Game Geek]

So, in a nutshell,

A Paid-For Service which accepts Item A and should deliver it to Person A, instead delivers it to Person X, or doesn't deliver it at all ?

Mate....open the curtains, take a look outside...it may surprise you but we are in the UK. It's not about quality anymore, it's about cheap as possible.

Perhaps this book will explain everything.



Order here....

[The Lone Gunman]

I'm very aware of these things and have my house number in Braille, Urdu, Gujarat, Hindi, Punjabi, Chinese (Mandarin and the other one) as well as hex, binary and Vedic Sanskrit.

There you go you see. Yours is the only house in the street your postman understands (unless he speaks English and works to Decimal).

[Joe Black]

And what about those with a hearing deficit then!!!

[privateeye]

I'm very aware of these things and have my house number in Braille, Urdu, Gujarat, Hindi, Punjabi, Chinese (Mandarin and the other one) as well as hex, binary and Vedic Sanskrit.

Well theres the problem you haven't shoved it up the postmans arse, he is sure to remember your number then.

[DimPrawn]

I'm very aware of these things and have my house number in Braille, Urdu, Gujarat, Hindi, Punjabi, Chinese (Mandarin and the other one) as well as hex, binary and Vedic Sanskrit.

[Joe Black]

Mr Prawn, have you considered the possibility that your house number might possibly be a few millimetres too small for the aforementioned postman to read?

[Not So Wise]

You can call your local sorting office to complain but tbh it is pointless, over the last 3 years done something like 6 registered complaints over misdelivered mail. Problem is the postman keeps changeing so much it is totally pointless, by the time a complaint gets actioned the guy is already gone

[Gold Dalek]

I've been waiting for an important PIN number from a business bank and it appears that although it was posted on the 3rd April, I never received it.

Now of course I have to deal with the bank, whose IT systems can't cope with the concept of a missing PIN and anyhow it's all in India, and no one speaks English anyway, oh what's the fecking point....

Vote with your feet - do not use finance houses with offshore call centres - I was talking to a lurvly Scottish girl last night (at First Direct- & yes I know they are HBOS) and thoughts soon wandered to (de)flower(ing)(girls) of Scotland & baby Daleks... but not quite the same when you talk to a bloke (why are they always blokes ?) at Cater Allen in Romford

[wendigo100]

Only asking, in case I'm forced to install ramps and duckboards across my gravel drive to accommodate them.

[Gold Dalek]

Have there ever been any postdaleks?

Are you stalking me?

[threaded]

Have there ever been any postdaleks?

At the Mails research place in Swindon, incidentally the place where the only chap with a license for a sawn off shotgun works, they often trot out the idea for robots to deliver the mail, they have a few meetings, but then realise it is too difficult at the moment. But they do look at it, seriously, quite regular.

[DimPrawn]

I've been waiting for an important PIN number from a business bank and it appears that although it was posted on the 3rd April, I never received it.

Now of course I have to deal with the bank, whose IT systems can't cope with the concept of a missing PIN and anyhow it's all in India, and no one speaks English anyway, oh what's the fecking point....