I "wasn't" in to receive my mail...

chuckley

probably coz u live in a flat... ie, too many stairs, too many doors, e.t.c... basically they cant be bothered.

julie03

just google royal mail delivery office "your town" and you can normally find a direct number, you cut out the middle man then and can talk directly to the delivery office

custardy

chuckley wrote: »

probably coz u live in a flat... ie, too many stairs, too many doors, e.t.c... basically they cant be bothered.

bit like text speak from days gone by

custardy

julie03 wrote: »

just google royal mail delivery office "your town" and you can normally find a direct number, you cut out the middle man then and can talk directly to the delivery office

not always true
there are some offices with numbers that direct to the redelivery system
so called 'high impact' offices

booler

amcg100 wrote: »

This is just bad service from your postie - they bring the cards rather than the parcels so that they can finish their round early - the parcels stay in the van. Complain to delivery office, eventually they get found out and sacked.

How is filling in and delivering a card any quicker than delivering the parcel?

cabriolean

booler wrote: »

How is filling in and delivering a card any quicker than delivering the parcel?

I suppose they might do it so they can do the whole lot of flats in one go, as there are ~500 tenants, but over Christmas, when I was genuinely not here, the old delivery guy just dropped them off at reception, using the man who was there as a neighbour, and that was fine with everyone, and he didn't even have to go door to door.

Dave_C_2

chuckley wrote: »

probably coz u live in a flat... ie, too many stairs, too many doors, e.t.c... basically they cant be bothered.

I think you mean:

Probably because you live in a flat, I.E. too many stairs, too many doors, etc. Basically they can't be bothered.

Just typing seven more letters and using the shift key makes the post much more readable. Using text speak makes you sound juvenile.

custardy wrote: »

bit like text speak from days gone by

Quite

Dave

chuckley

u have far too much time on ur hands...

Azari

chuckley wrote: »

u have far too much time on ur hands...

Not really, he's doubtless made a few people laugh at the chav and his 'dumb teenager' posting style. :rotfl:

RosiPossum

booler wrote: »

How is filling in and delivering a card any quicker than delivering the parcel?

Cards are a lot lighter than parcels. If you had 10 people on a route who had biggish packages (small enough to carry but lots when they're added up), I don't blame the postie for just taking cards.
That being said, I absolutely hate it when it's a 'sorry you weren't in' card.