Blummin postmen!

[sheddie]

Hi,

I've just answered the door to our postie to take delivery of a delicate bare root plant - on passing the window going to the door, the postie was standing there spinning my parcel up in the air and catching it - like a baton twirler!

Bah, what a cheek - needless to say I gave him a bit of grief - no wonder they get themselves a bad name!

I heard someone comment the other day that when they were kids - they used to play 'knocky nine door' (knocking on someone's door and running away)...they have the same thing now....execpt they call it 'Parcelforce'...

::)
sheddie

[sheddie]

[goodlife]

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needless to say I gave him a bit of grief  ;D I would have loved to see that.. ;D
I've stopped being now too polite with our postmen..those couple of regulars are ok..they stop and have a chat but now and then we have odd plonker too.. ::)..and that's when things go wrong. Now I just march into their depot that is close by and make complaint..last time I did it by sending email... ::). What a waste of time of that was. When I finally got my anwer from customer services..they more and less just repeated my words but in different order and said its now resolved.. >:( I felt like making a complaint about the customer services not doing their job properly..but I ran out of steam..I just couldn't be bothered anymore.
Next time something goes wrong..good old fashion face to face, like you've done, is going to be in agenda...that's if I catch them before they run off.. ::)

[sheddie]

Ha ha Goodlife, you go mate!..

trouble is, I'm a bit worried he might exact revenge next time and stamp on the parcel....he wasn't our usual postie, so not sure if he'll be back.

Trouble is its January now...I always find they go out of their way to be friendly and helpful leading upto Christmas (the binmen too) and then the helpfulness just disappears in January...curious eh?... ;)

sheddie

[gazza1960]

just to balance this we have been having the same postie for years and all our lotty bits and my fishing bits all arrive intact and if were out he will sneak them into our recycle bins out of sight for me to find and will write me a note and post it ...so there are good ones out there...that said I do hear your moans as me mums is an arrrrrrse..!!!!!!!!!!    and im forever going to the sorting office to have a good pregnant dog  !!!!

Gazza

[goodlife]

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...so there are good ones out there Oh indeed..our regular 'oldies' are fine..its these young 'non-regular' ones that are trouble. This particular one..when he comes..he has earphones on..music plasting and he is in 'world of his own' when he's walking about.. ::) Other non-regular I don't like..he tries to sneek card through letter box when delivering parcels..and not even knocking the door.. >:( ..to top that..somebody doesn't even give card..you just end up waiting and waiting and then going to depot to ask if there is any parcels for me... >:( ::)
The regulars know where or who to leave parcels if I'm not home..failing that at least there is card left behind..
I'm starting to rant now..

[cornykev]

Same as Gazza.    ;D

[Borlotti]

I just love my postman, especially when I get a premium bond win (dream on), always hoping.  I just love the post coming, but unfortunately it is usually bills, but still get excited when I hear the post coming. Sad, I know.

[cornykev]

Very SAD, me thinks you need a hobby.   :P      :D

[Borlotti]

I hate Kev.  Did apply for postman/woman at Christmas, but was too old,  ??? ???but do like walking the streets.  ;D ;D ;D especially if I got paid for it. (joke).

[Deb P]

Well I have nothing bit praise for my wonderful postman Adrian.......we get quite a few parcels and he knows from which cars/vans are on the drive if I am working nights so doesn't bang on the door and wake me up, leaves parcels in a pre designated hidey hole and writes on one of the letters what he has done to make sure we get them, fab! He never tries to shove seed parcels through the door but rings so they won't get damaged....wonderful bloke.

We know when he is on holiday as we start getting next doors mail, the numbers go out of sequence halfway down our street for the unwary postie. And he always wears shorts whatever the weather, and is unfailingly cheery bless him! ;D

[cambourne7]

Happy in his work :)

Our local postie is ace he will even take back anything i need posting (as long as it has a stamp) lives a few doors away :)

[sheddie]

Hmmmm,

All these positive repsonses means I may have to think about moving?! ha ha!

I think its the constant influx of temporary workers that is our problem. When we had the same guy for years, he was very helpful - again, he'd hide things in the greenhouse etc to save me going to the sorting office. Unfortunately I've just heardfrom a neighbour that he got sacked...for crashing the van too many times..he always was in a hurry bless him.

Perhaps they should have looked at why he HAD to drive around so fast...i.e. did he just have too much to do for one person to cope with..makes you wonder.

Hope we get another regular postie soon!

Sheddie

[Kea]

Yes the regular ones are good but not the temporary. Waiting for a special delivery......son is at school waiting for the lunch he left behind this morning....school lunch time fortunately starts at 13.05 and special delivery is by 13.00...going to be interesting will the postie make it in time?

[sheddie]

Good luck Kea!

The parcel postie with the van has just turned up here with my whitecurrant bush, Jostaberry and my bargain £3.95 strawberries from Fothergills (for 10 and free p&p!).

So he's in my good books now at least!
;D
Sheddie

[Kea]

He arrived about 20 mins after. Took my son (18) his lunch waited outside school frantically sending text messages until finally I get a call...just got your message and just got home could i have my lunch  :-X

[sheddie]

aaahhh - nightmare! :o

sheddie

[artichoke]

My most upsetting postal experience was when someone I had done work for rang me up to ask why the large cheque they had sent to me was returned with "Not known at this address" stamped on it. Had I moved?

Turned out that a new postman had decided that one name only (2nd husband's surname) lived at that address. It was pure chance that I found this out because of my client's phone call.

Anything that came for me using my longstanding professional name, or for my adult children (varied names, using us as a convenient postal address while abroad etc) was simply not being delivered.

Charged down to the Post Office, very indignantly, politely insisting that the address should take precedence over the names, and gave them a list of possible names - not to mention visitors who might be staying with us and having their mail forwarded.

I can still hardly believe this was allowed to happen, but it did.

[Obelixx]

When we go away on hols we can have our post held at the local Post Office rather than stuffed into an overflowing external mailbox.  We have to give the names of every individual, company and organisation that may receive mail at our address so no, just the address is not sufficient.  They like names too - and I have to give both maiden and married names as woemen keep their maiden name for official documents sucha s passports, id cards, credit cards, bank cards, tawes, health services and so on......

Given that  OH runs an itinerant golf club for ex-pats in his spare time and I am secretary of a dance club as well as leader of a gardening group our list can get quite long.   The service is good though.

[artichoke]

It was the unannounced change in practice that rattled me - for several years all our post had arrived at our address whatever the name on the envelope or parcel, including the previous owner.

And how can you predict who is going to stay with you? A friend convalesced here for 2 weeks, for example, and asked family to write to her here. A recently divorced friend lost his home and stayed with us for a month. Three people were flooded out of their homes and stayed with us for 2 months. German grandchildren stayed with us for 3 months to improve their English.

It is only common sense to deliver to the address, not the name.

This was a one off in the village, anyway; other people complained as well, the individual postman was Spoken To, and the deliveries settled down again.

[Palustris]

We must be lucky then. Our regular postman is brilliant. And we have just been talking to a relief man who was trying to deliver a letter addressed to someone at a non existing address. He was asking if we knew someone of that name so hecould give them the letter.