Royal Mail RANT!

Oxygen Thief

Expecting my nice new tyres from Nextday Tyres today. Post comes about 12ish. Was awake at 9. I have suspected the postmen round my area are lazy fuckas for a while now so opened the door ready as I was expecting just a card delivered, no knock etc, so I could rush out and ask why?! There was nothing on the mat when I went to open the door.

Quarter past twelve comes I hear things being posted, rush down, a letter, a package from chainreactioncycles and there it is.... a calling card saying item too large for letterbox. I went out and asked the postman. He said it'll have been a big package, making hand sizes something the size of a large TV. I said no it's two folding mountain bike tyres. He said ah the driver will have knocked earlier this morning and you wouldn't have been in. Then he took the card and pointed to the time of 07:25 on it. I laughed and said mate you posted that card minutes ago, I've been up all morning there was nothing on the mat until you just posted it. Lazy fucking bastards, he's lucky I didn't stick the nut in him there and then. I've made a complaint with The Royal Mail to see if they can find out what happened, I know exactly what it is. They don't knock, don't even come round, just post the card and make you go pick it up. Appalling.

Sorting office was closed by the time I got the card and I'm away to London for the weekend so it'll have to wait until Monday. Bunch of pricks.

mrfmilo

Our postmen/women round here a great, always bring parcels, not had 1 card upto now :P

Kiblams

Maybe the Postie used to be in the army...

bails87

Kiblams


jonbonjovial
If you're in London then you won't be using the tyres anyway right?

PITA though.

Oxygen Thief

I'd have been using them today . That's not the point in any case. Point is their service is to deliver parcels, not cards asking you to go pick the parcels up because they're too lazy to carry them around with them just in case the people aren't in!! It's not on. They're on strike half the year, and they want extra pay, for what? Doing a job wrong. I'm going to order something else on Monday for delivery Tuesday, and I'll be waiting just the other side of the door for him, wait til he's about to post and open it catching him posting the card with a time on it from hours before, then he'll be on his way back to the depot to get it or I'll be putting the prick in hospital.

projectsome

my postie comes by 920 sharp any parcels delivered by royal mail have arrived by 12 or just after.

a.palmer

You sound like you need a job if you've got the time to wait behind your door all morning for the post man

Kiblams

A.Palmer wrote:

You sound like you need a job if you've got the time to wait behind your door all morning for the post man

+1

Now don't get down hearted at being a jobless failure, you could always join the army...

Oxygen Thief

Got a job, start in September so I though I'd finish my current job early and have a few months watching the WC and being out on the bike as much as possible. Happy days. AInt mug enough to join the army, plus I think you've got to show a certificate showing that you're slightly retarded in order to get in. Enjoy your day at work

a.palmer

So surely you can just pop on down, whip out your certificate and bob's your uncle?

Oxygen Thief

A.Palmer wrote:

So surely you can just pop on down, whip out your certificate and bob's your uncle?

:roll:

Quite clearly last in the queue when wit and humour was being handed out.

a.palmer

Splottboy

Move to N.Wales...we'z well good up ere, innit..

thekickingmule

jonbonjovial wrote:

Got a job, start in September so I though I'd finish my current job early and have a few months watching the WC and being out on the bike as much as possible.

What is the new job then? And what job did you leave that paid so well you can afford to take a couple of months off!?

Oxygen Thief

Splottboy wrote:

Move to N.Wales...we'z well good up ere, innit..

Haha, nah I'll past on that one. Everyone knows the South is where it's at when it comes to Wales. Vice versa in England.

Oxygen Thief

thekickingmule wrote:

jonbonjovial wrote:

Got a job, start in September so I though I'd finish my current job early and have a few months watching the WC and being out on the bike as much as possible.

What is the new job then? And what job did you leave that paid so well you can afford to take a couple of months off!?

Teaching in a different school. Surplus to requirements in one meant I could get away early. I wouldn't say it pays so well but more than enough to take a couple of months off. How much does sitting in the house and riding a bike cost at the end of the day aint it. Not a lot.

reevie25

Yep, same, we have lazy bugger postmen round here aswell, my postman never gets to the house before 11:30AM, I have to wait even longer for my bike bits!!! :evil:

Splottboy

Reevie 25: He gets to your gaff at 11.30am, coz he was at the first house at 8.30am.

Then his last letter will be around 2.30pm or so.

Best way to get your mail earlier, ask the sorting office to "Hold" it for you and go there, or
Move House, lol!

Oxygen Thief

They're a disgrace.

Splottboy

Try to drive from Nelson, Merthyr or Neath to London with a letter, for under 50p.

See, can't be done!

20 million plus addresses, 10 million pieces of mail each day - more at Xmas.
Waiting a day or so for tyres aint so bad.

There's some people - like the Royals - who only have caviar, pheasant and swan to eat.
See, there's always someone worse off...

Lapierre t 400

royal mail are just rubbish,the French post service is usually much better,our old postman used to bang on the door to give you your parcels personnaly then he'd hang about untill you opened it to see if you got anything interresting

bails87

Lapierre t 400 wrote:

royal mail are just rubbish,the French post service is usually much better,our old postman used to bang on the door to give you your parcels personnaly then he'd hang about untill you opened it to see if you got anything interresting

Nosey b******!

You might like that, but the people at the end of the round won't be so happy when they don't get their post til next week because he stops for a chat at every house!

Anyway, our postman always comes early. It's why my mum's so miserable.

MacAndCheese

bails87 wrote:

Anyway, our postman always comes early. It's why my mum's so miserable.

Chaz.Harding

jonbonjovial

Why the hatred / disgust for the Army, and now the posties?

Just because one individual is a bit shit, doesn't mean all posties are crap.

Did a soldier or a postman (who was obviously bigger, smarter, fitter, stronger and had a bigger set of danglies) recently steal your missus or something?

Either way, I hope for your sake we don't ever cross paths....

Anonymous

i reckon considering his turn of phrase, poor spelling and general demeanour that jonbonjovial is not a teacher at all,

just like the old "i was thinking about the raf then decided to get a proper job" followed by "i started in the raf then got injured" a few post later.

then the old, waiting around all day every day for the postie, being caught out and making up a cock and bull story about enjoying time off between jobs.

clearly a lying fucker, also, he doesnt look old enough to be a teacher.

biff55

A.Palmer wrote:

image taken from the first ever episode of star trek next generation.
all remaining street cred now removed :oops:

cat_with_no_tail

sheepsteeth wrote:

i reckon considering his turn of phrase, poor spelling and general demeanour that jonbonjovial is not a teacher at all,

just like the old "i was thinking about the raf then decided to get a proper job" followed by "i started in the raf then got injured" a few post later.

then the old, waiting around all day every day for the postie, being caught out and making up a cock and bull story about enjoying time off between jobs.

clearly a lying ******, also, he doesnt look old enough to be a teacher.

I was thinking the exact same thing in the previous ranty thread. (apart from the bit about looking old enough, don't recall ever seeing him).

And for the record, our posties are also very awesome. Dead friendly, and lightning quick.

Scarily I find myself agreeing with Splottboy (god, I feel so dirty).
Considering the logistics of what the postal service can pull off in a day or 2, and the money it costs, I'm bIoody impressed.

Chaz.Harding

Sheeps

I think you might be right. Maybe he's got a case of Colin_Trav, er, I mean troll-itus.

cat_with_no_tail

RTW-Chaz wrote:

Sheeps

I think you might be right. Maybe he's got a case of Colin_Trav, er, I mean troll-itus.

Nah, he's like the anti-coltrav. Coltroll was a bit of a Walt if I recall, this one's the exact opposite

Anonymous

i love how as soon as one arsehole has been banned, a new one rises up, it happens everytime, realboy got ousted then this prick has started up.

i really like the last 2 posties we've had, the one here in kent and the last one in essex were both properly friendly happy chappies.

RupertCommunicator

jonbonjovial wrote:

Got a job, start in September so I though I'd finish my current job early and have a few months watching the WC and being out on the bike as much as possible. Happy days. AInt mug enough to join the army, plus I think you've got to show a certificate showing that you're slightly retarded in order to get in. Enjoy your day at work

You're going to make loads of friends on these boards banding around comments like that.

I'm glad someone on the dole is calling me a retard, especially when I very much doubt he earns as much or has as many qualifications as me...