Post Office rant

[bobmac]

I had the bad fortune to visit my local post office in town today to post my brother's birthday present off to Scotland.
Nay bother I thought.......
When it came to my turn, I approached the window and noticed there was a mini letter box to test my envelope.
Yeup it fitted through albeit a bit snug.
After what seemed an age, the middle aged rotund face finally looked up and said "next".
That'll be me then standing right in front of her.
After weighing the parcel, she said "pass it through" I decided not to wait for a "Please" and did what I was instructed.
She then passed my envelope through the dummy slot and to my surprised said it would have to go as a small parcel!
I asked why as it easily passed through the slot.
"Well, I had to push it a bit to go through"
After a long Victor Meldrew session I eventually gave up as the envelope has to be in Fife by Wednesday.
Reluctantly paid double the postage and left in a right huff.
Are there any P.O. workers here can explain why a postman cant push an envelope through a 26 mm slot when my letterbox is about 40 mm

 

[Andy]

Money

Andy

 

[grumpyjock]

Its not the money its the old equipment for sorting the letters thats at fault.
No new equipment means we have to pay extra for the same old s**t.

 

[viscount17]

Of late I've had several cards saying there is a letter or card awaiting at the parcel office that have £1.08 to pay, thats 8p under paid, and a £1 for the privelege of collecting my own mail.

You have to make a value judgment whether you want it or not, you're not forced to accept it.

Most of the bigger cards fall foul of this and what guidelines there are seem pretty useless. I suspect they've moved the goalposts anyway.

 

[pokerjoke]

The great news is that new sorters are on there way and letters will soon be sorted by machines and not by hand.I am a postman and trust me when i say its not easy even though im not complaining there are worse jobs out there.Have you ever tried pushing a letter through a box that is so stiff it will take your finger off.Have you ever tried pushing ten letters through a box that is so small you would struggle with a postcard.Why do people do special delivery and then no one bothers to be in to collect.Have you ever wandered why people put a name on a letter with just a street name but no number and moan when it gets sent back.Have you ever wandered why it takes people ages to tell the post office theve moved then wander where there letters have gone[rant over]any way leaving soon hopefully so wont give a sh-t no more.

 

[Fyldewhite]

LOL, as a golfer..... rules is rules !!

 

[haplesshacker]

Not to worry Bob. I get it everyday. The two at our post office couldn't work any slower if they were dead.

 

[centuryg5]

Its not the money its the old equipment for sorting the letters thats at fault.
No new equipment means we have to pay extra for the same old s**t.

Grump..with all due respect,do you know what you are talking about,im a postie,and Royal Mail are currently installing new sorting machines to do 10 times the work of us sorters in a fraction of the time,so job cuts are inevitable,but a machine cant deliver the so called sh** you are referring to