Postman delivering parcels vent

techspec

lovinituk wrote: »

To save time. See my post above - a lot of the time the parcels don't even come out on the delivery.

But mine weighed nearly 2kg and was in his bag. I'd rather wait and get rid of it than carry it around. So still find it weird.

Do they hope to make extra work for themselves by having the same parcel delivered twice .

lovinituk

PasturesNew wrote: »

I was transcribing audio tapes, with a strict 48 hour turnaround time from my client to their client, so if it was done on a Monday, their client had to have it back by Wednesday. They post it to me, it'd arrive Tuesday, I'd type/email the transcription Tuesday and they could forward it to their client on Wednesday having printed it out and signed it.

I had NO idea ever if/when they would randomly arrive... I just knew the morning the packet arrived I had to type it up immediately and email it so they had time to print/sign and get it to their client.

Trouble was.... postman started not bothering to even bring the (very small) packet with him - instead he'd have a card. Postman would arrive about 12ish. Office was only open until 12 to collect, meaning that even if I caught the postman there was no tape.... and no office open until the next day. And that was a capital city, not a backwater.

To be fair, no-one should be relying on standard post services for time sensitive items. I'm not excusing the posties actions but standard post (even 1st class) can take longer than a day so Special Delivery would be more appropriate in this scenario.

kermitfrog

techspec wrote: »

I caught him on the next street and he swore blind he had knocked.

I saw him arrive - and have perfect hearing.But why do they do it - they only have to carry it back?

I think that basically the problem is that they work to such tight schedules that it doesn't actually allow time to deliver mail.

Eventually they'll probably stop delivering all mail completely and everyone will go to the sorting office to collect.

I imagine that they'll continue producing souvenir stamp sets because they're a great money spinner.

lovinituk

techspec wrote: »

But mine weighed nearly 2kg and was in his bag. I'd rather wait and get rid of it than carry it around. So still find it weird.

Do they hope to make extra work for themselves by having the same parcel delivered twice .

I expect some aren't brave enough to leave them at the DO in case someone catches up with them! They still save time by not knocking and waiting - its a lot quicker just to post the card which they have probably written out at the DO before starting their round, whilst waiting for their bags to be ready!