postman sacked for signing for goods

custardy

not in Edinburgh are you?

madget_2

custardy wrote: »

you have hit the nail on the head,its just not practical for staff to be chasing around for random arrangements
in ye olde days it was fine,regular staff who did duties for years
knew where everybody lived and who wanted what
i used to know my customers doing the school run and would put their packets in my first bag and hand them out at the school gates
i got rid of my packets and they didnt come home to red cards

however as start times change and duty sizes and time pressures change this isnt feasible
my last duty was 900 calls (doors) plus delivery to the businesses in that area as well
RM dont want regular FT staff,they want casual workers
far cheaper
its also cheaper to push FT staff out by any means than paying redundancy

checking a 'data terminal' for each address isnt really feasible as everything is timed nowadays and that would add time
RM are more interested in bigger rounds and more unaddressed mail

We're ever so lucky. Although we occasionally get random postmen, we have 2 main regular ones. Both are fantastic, friendly, helpful and trustworthy. I love them to bits. They do occasionally sign for parcels for us and hand them to me if they see me waiting for a bus or us driving down the street, but they've got to know me over the last few years and know I'm very happy with this. They've helped me with ebay postal queries, and we always have a little bit of banter whenever they knock on the door with a parcel.

However, I must admit that I wouldn't be happy with a postman leaving unsecured mail or parcels they'd signed for themselves if I lived in a block of flats.

From all I've heard, a postie's job is a hell of a lot tougher these days, and I don't envy them their work one little bit.

custardy

madget wrote: »

We're ever so lucky. Although we occasionally get random postmen, we have 2 main regular ones. Both are fantastic, friendly, helpful and trustworthy. I love them to bits. They do occasionally sign for parcels for us and hand them to me if they see me waiting for a bus or us driving down the street, but they've got to know me over the last few years and know I'm very happy with this. They've helped me with ebay postal queries, and we always have a little bit of banter whenever they knock on the door with a parcel.

However, I must admit that I wouldn't be happy with a postman leaving unsecured mail or parcels they'd signed for themselves if I lived in a block of flats.

From all I've heard, a postie's job is a hell of a lot tougher these days, and I don't envy them their work one little bit.

unless they already do 2 to a van deliveries in your area, then that will most likely be changing
the new plan from RM sees all offices doing this,so all duties and deliveries are changed

adouglasmhor

Cat72 wrote: »

My postie reguarily signs for recorded delivery items. I have tried to speak to him about it- as was not happy and he still did it.
Last week he did it twice- worse thing was the letters werent even for me !
I have phonesd and complained before and nothing has ever been done. The other postman know about it- they say its because he wants to go straight home- as his last deliverys are beside where he stays. So if he has any items left he would have to take them back to the post office- so he delivers them no matter what and to whoever as well.
He has left packages on my doorstep when I have been out and put my items though other peoples door because their letter boxes are bigger.
I have therefore signed up with the royal mails postal survey as I am so mad he continues this.

Shhh that's secret, the posties are not suposed to know about the cards with electronic things that feel like pound coins in them you send out in letters.

NonGeographicalMan

Cat72 wrote: »

My postie reguarily signs for recorded delivery items. I have tried to speak to him about it- as was not happy and he still did it.
Last week he did it twice- worse thing was the letters werent even for me !
I have phonesd and complained before and nothing has ever been done.

Making a written complaint on the Royal Mail website usually carries more weight as they are then both logged centrally and then sent on to the manager of the local sorting office. You can do this at https://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content2?catId=400144&mediaId=15400382

If you still have no luck try emailing Mark Higson, Managing Director of Royal Mail letters as shown at www.royalmailgroup.com/portal/rmg/content1?catId=23200554&mediaId=23200558 His email address is [EMAIL="mark.higson@royalmail.com"]mark.higson@royalmail.com[/EMAIL]