strange things overheard at the PO

Loz01

Some of these stories are making me laugh :rotfl: - in my local one theres ALWAYS a bloke who has a shop on ebay and he must send hundreds of parcels a week, he's ALWAYS there and he always has about 8/9 bin bags full of parcels, one time he took an hour and 20 minutes to send all his stuff (counter man told me after he was gone!) - he's a nightmare. :rolleyes:

Also whenever I seem to go theres always older people queueing up to buy the TINIEST thing queued the other day behind an old woman for about 10 mins, got to the front and she wanted one 15p plain postcard! The woman told her they sold them in packs of 10 for about a quid and she started complaining that buying ONE postcard is her right :eek:

OwtForNowt

Couple of years ago on a Monday. I go into the post office just after it had opened. There was an old lady at one of the counters complaining about waiting outside for an hour. The Member of staff told her that this is the time they opened every week. The woman asked to see the manager. he came over, the old lady gave him an ear bashing bout opening late.

Just as I was being served the manager asked her if she had remembered to put her clock forward (Or back, i forget which one) on the saturday night?

"Erm............................. NO!!!!! ........................... I was wondering why Heartbeat was on so late lastnight!"

*Scottish*Lass*

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: OwtForNowt

fairylilly

:rotfl::rotfl: this thread has made me burst out laughing some ppl are so funny lol

Hermia

A couple of months ago there was a guy in my local PO trying to post a parcel which had no writing on it whatsoever. The girl on the counter kept pointing out that they wouldn't know where to send it. They guy refused to leave so the girl called the manager. The manager explained it all again to him, but the customer said, "I know how clever your machines are. They will know the right address". The guy absolutely refused to leave so eventually the manager said. " I am happy to take your money and post the parcel, but it will never be seen again". The guy paid up and cheerfully walked out of the PO.

Another time a woman came in and asked for some viagra in a loud voice. The whole room went silent and she just stood there saying' "what's wrong?!". The bloke behind the counter told her and she went, "oh, I meant stamps!". She just stood there going redder and redder whilst everyone desperately tried not to laugh and two of the staff members were clearly only just managing to keep their composure!

Claire_Bear

I wouldn't have accepted it, what if it was a bomb or something? Or some other dangerous object that they'd probably unwrap at the lost parcels office? I read an article once where a woman working in the sorting office for lost and unlabelled post said they would often find needles, razor blades and all sorts of horrible stuff hidden away :eek:

Lobell

Claire_Bear wrote: »

I wouldn't have accepted it, what if it was a bomb or something? Or some other dangerous object that they'd probably unwrap at the lost parcels office? I read an article once where a woman working in the sorting office for lost and unlabelled post said they would often find needles, razor blades and all sorts of horrible stuff hidden away :eek:

They do. I worked there for a summer when I was a student and my Mum has worked there for the last 12 years or so. They have also found explosive devices and all manner of other potentially lethal substances. It doesn't happen that often, but it does happen.

Claire_Bear

Yeah, the guy can't have been stupid enough to think his package would have gotten to where he wanted it to go without an address? That's really scary, why would anyone want to do that kind of thing?

Norma_Desmond

Funny thread!
Just a few things I've seen/heard in my PO in the last year or two;

'Where's Liverpool? Is it in Britain?'

'I haven't got a stamp for this letter - if I write the price on it and pay you, will that do?' :eek:

'That's too expensive - I'll deliver it myself!' (I looked and the address was in Kent)

And finally;

A chap wearing full deep sea diving gear.....and a kilt.

Claire_Bear

Norma_Desmond wrote: »

Funny thread!


'I haven't got a stamp for this letter - if I write the price on it and pay you, will that do?' :eek:

It's like that photo doing rounds on the internet, with a letter with loads of coins taped on, and a note saying 'Sorry, didn't have time to buy a stamp' then there's another coin with an arrow pointing to it saying 'for your troubles':rotfl: