dan_m1les
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Haven't received any post for the last few weeks which was odd, spoke to the postman who comes to my work and he said that Royal Mail were testing a new scheme of halfing the number of vans and putting two posties per van in the SL1 and SL2 post codes.
Of course this failed, and he said there is a huge back log of mail at the depots, and they have been told to only send out that days post and we will be lucky to see what we are missing.
Would it be possible to collect from the depot??? As long as I have Id etc...?
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Gary
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Would have thought so.
Usless cunts. Surely they are breaching some contract they have in place when someone posts something.
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Russ
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i dont know, ask the postman you spoke to 
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Cavey
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They're trying to implement this scheme everywhere to save money on postman.
Essentially, 2 walks, 2 people, 1 van, they do all the stuff for that walk, mail and parcels, as opposed to having a driver specifically for all the parcels. So posties will be carrying more, walking slower, and expected to do more in their time
Everyone thinks it's a fucking stupid idea, and it seems like it is.
Not sure about collecting your mail though, it's probably un-sorted collecting dust in a corner somewhere. But it might be worth a go
Fucking stupid only sending out the days post though, the management is a complete farce.
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Cavey
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quote:
Originally posted by glb
Would have thought so.
Usless cunts. Surely they are breaching some contract they have in place when someone posts something.
There are laws about delivery of mail, or non-delivery of mail, can get people sacked and jailed for it
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bullock106xsi
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fuckin serious! thats wilful delay a sackable offence. you should report your delivery office, i would and im a postman myself lol. we are testing that 2 to a van scheme in the north east from next march i think. sounds promising......not. and you can collect your mail if its there. might of been returned to the sorting centre or returned to sender...
[Edited on 09-11-2010 by bullock106xsi]
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Ben G
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what if your bills weren't direct debits? you'd be fucked royally up the arsehole for not paying them on time due to royal fail being twats.
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Sam
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First I've heard of this!
Still separate postie/vans round here thank fuck!
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Tomnova16
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same at my work and at home, post comes between 12 and 3 now sometimes not at all
at home it comes randomly sometimes not at all
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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Whittie
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3 Special Next Day Delivery 9am Items have gone missing in the last 7 days for me. I'm absolutely livid, when you phone up all they say is you have to file a lost form for the item after 15 days.
But hey, what can you do, there's no private company who deliver post like there should be! If I had the money, i'd start one.
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Tomnova16
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xmas avatar already whittie
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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oceansoul
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Lazy cunts. I remember the days when post was delivered before going out to school/work, and then there was the 2nd post.
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Tomnova16
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yep, those were the days
we're getting old
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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Whittie
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quote:
Originally posted by Tomnova16
xmas avatar already whittie
Refresh, i'll put the one with her hat back on on 1st Dec.
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dan_m1les
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I'm awaiting insurance doucments, phone bill, bank statement etc.. :@
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Tomnova16
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
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Originally posted by Tomnova16
xmas avatar already whittie
Refresh, i'll put the one with her hat back on on 1st Dec.
pmsl
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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Gareth F
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Makes me laugh when people take it out on the posties delivering the mail. Do people even realise they dont have a say in anything and they usually laugh and just go along with these radical plans to prove a point. Down our road of about 200 houses it was split from one round into the end of 7 other rounds!
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antnee
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It took 5 days for Snail Mail to deliver a parcel 2.3 miles to me! If I had known the factory was so close I would of picked it up! 
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Cavey
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quote:
Originally posted by Gareth F
Makes me laugh when people take it out on the posties delivering the mail. Do people even realise they dont have a say in anything and they usually laugh and just go along with these radical plans to prove a point. Down our road of about 200 houses it was split from one round into the end of 7 other rounds!
What he said, the vast vast majority of people delivering think the new system is shit. I would much prefer to go in at 4 every day, get delivering for 7, and home for 11, people would get their mail earlier, before work etc... which I think most people want, and i'd get the day to myself to do whatever.
There's 1 round in 10 or so (roughly) at our office that's been made "lapsing" so every day we do our proper rounds, then have to split the other one between us, if there's no time they send it out on overtime, so the poor bastards who live on that 1 walk don't get their mail till 2pm onwards
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Liam
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quote:
Originally posted by Whittie
But hey, what can you do, there's no private company who deliver post like there should be! If I had the money, i'd start one.
There are private companies sending mail (DHL/TNT) but they all use Royal Mail to deliver the mail.
[Edited on 09-11-2010 by Liam]
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Gareth F
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Royal mail then have to deliver their mail for peanuts and get all the shit for it.
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naz-gsi
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may be why no parcel full of gsi skirts nooooo
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Liam
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quote:
Originally posted by Gareth F
Royal mail then have to deliver their mail for peanuts and get all the shit for it.
Exactly true, but alot people wouldn't know this I assume.
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DaveyLC
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We used to get two deliveries, one about 8:30am and the other about midday. Now we get one if we're lucky and its always at a totally random time.
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Gareth F
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quote:
Originally posted by Liam
quote:
Originally posted by Gareth F
Royal mail then have to deliver their mail for peanuts and get all the shit for it.
Exactly true, but alot people wouldn't know this I assume.
They just find it easier to place blame on people without knowing the facts.
I hear about all the shit that goes on all the time, like bulking up deliveries on trolies beyond legal weight and then shaving 20 minutes off the time allowed to deliver
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