Can I have a little rant regarding Royal Mail please?

pigpen

If I got a red card rather than a parcel I would be furious. Whoever paid for the service of sending a parcel to my house paid for it to be brought to my house not for it to be left somewhere so I have to go collect it.

Our postie brings little parcels and his chum has a van for slightly bigger ones.

Some, as in every profession, are just lazy gits and cant be bothered to knock, wait for you to get to the door and hand over a parcel. I made our van deliverer go back across the road and retrieve my parcel from the neighbour he had left it with after knocking and walking straight away and I gave him a flea in his ear about waiting to give me chance to get to the door.. it is 56ft from my kitchen to the front door I cannot teleport instantaneously.

custardy

pigpen wrote: »

If I got a red card rather than a parcel I would be furious. Whoever paid for the service of sending a parcel to my house paid for it to be brought to my house not for it to be left somewhere so I have to go collect it.

Our postie brings little parcels and his chum has a van for slightly bigger ones.

Some, as in every profession, are just lazy gits and cant be bothered to knock, wait for you to get to the door and hand over a parcel. I made our van deliverer go back across the road and retrieve my parcel from the neighbour he had left it with after knocking and walking straight away and I gave him a flea in his ear about waiting to give me chance to get to the door.. it is 56ft from my kitchen to the front door I cannot teleport instantaneously.

Thats the old RM delivery style
soon to be phased out(already is in many areas)
enjoy the good times

Owain_Moneysaver

pigpen wrote: »

I it is 56ft from my kitchen to the front door

You're just showing off you've got a big house now ...

pigpen

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

You're just showing off you've got a big house now ...

I'm considering an electric scooter for getting about indoors lol

Mr_Toad

I think a lot depends on the individual postie. As it happens the ones who deliver to my place are excellent.

I'm told that some don't take heavy or bulky packages out with them and leave a red card. They shouldn't but.....

Then there are the really helpful ones who know you and even if something is signed for will deliver even when you're out. At my last address the postie would go round to the back and put the package through the cat flap. I suspect the 'signature' was an illegible scrawl.

It saved me a journey to collect it which is great but would you want it to happen on stuff you send?

Whatever happens the RM can't seem to win. How long should they stand at the door waiting for a response? They have no way of knowing if you're in, out or in the bathroom.

lilymay1

I still don't understand how posties benefit by not delivering packages? If they don't do it one day, they will need to do it the next and if they try to take it straight to the collection office they would most likely be caught and face disciplinary action. As pigpen said, smaller packages are taken by the postie and larger ones go round in a van.

Also, those posties not getting a signature for 'signed for' items are idiots and deserve to get caught. There job isn't to make life an easy as possible for Joe Public.

Posties do a hard job and the majority don't deserve the criticism they get.

mazza111

Suzie your postie is taking the proverbial. He should be taking packets out with him, end of story.

RM don't account for people with big houses and the time they get to the door or disabled/elderly. I used to wait for some oldies to get to the door if I knew them, but if I was on a strange round, one knock, start writing card, 30s 2nd knock... no answer by time card was written, card got posted

They just don't allow the posties time to wait and see

Gillyx

I've bolted out After mine to enquire about the card that's been left (apartment block, he has a special code to get in) and he's shrugged looked embarrassed and said he doesn't have it with him... Don't know what is gained from that so I either re-arrange delivery which can take another 2 days or walk a 4 mile round trip to collect it from the sorting office. V annoying. On the whole though I do like my postman tbf.

pigpen

Mr_Toad wrote: »

Whatever happens the RM can't seem to win. How long should they stand at the door waiting for a response? They have no way of knowing if you're in, out or in the bathroom.

Longer than 'knock at the door run across the road' only to knock on another door wait for that person to answer give them someone elses parcel while the person you were supposed to give the parcel too puts down an item of clothing that was being stuffed in the washing machine and walks 50odd ft to the door and stand there a bit looking confused as there is noone there.

More than 10 seconds would be nice.. I used to collect payments for a window cleaner and would knock twice and wait about 30 seconds, gives people time to finish a pee and get to the door.

haribo862003

go on royal mail website and have it redelivered, see if it turns up.