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Royal Mail

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  • earthstorm
    earthstorm Posts: 2,134 Forumite
    lincroft1710 wrote: »
    It's the Undercover branch of Royal Mail.
    they are Yodel drivers disguised as RM drivers, thats why Yodel are rubbish their drivers moonlight as secret RM drivers
  • Tallaght
    Tallaght Posts: 1,632 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Royal mail have leased white vans for years as it is proving better financially.
  • likelyfran
    likelyfran Posts: 1,818 Forumite
    bod1467 wrote: »
    WOOOOOOSH!


    The sound of this thread whizzing over the heads of most of the respondents. ;)

    Is OP a postie/Royal Mail worker? :D
    *Look for advice, not 'advise'*
    *Could/should/would HAVE please!*

    :starmod:     “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” ~ Krishnamurti. :starmod:
    :dance:
  • Azari
    Azari Posts: 4,317 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    likelyfran wrote: »
    Is OP a postie/Royal Mail worker? :D

    No, but the whole thread was just a joke based on people's propensity for expecting compensation for the tiniest of problems.

    Unfortunately, Poe's Law demonstrated its veracity very clearly.
    There are two types of people in the world: Those that can extrapolate information.
  • dealer_wins
    dealer_wins Posts: 7,334 Forumite
    Next time this happens OP ask if he has got any cheap mattresses on the van to sell you.
  • Azari
    Azari Posts: 4,317 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    dealer_wins wrote: »
    Next time this happens OP ask if he has got any cheap mattresses on the van to sell you.

    Great idea!

    The money I save would keep me in Subway sandwiches for a month.
    There are two types of people in the world: Those that can extrapolate information.
  • donnac2558
    donnac2558 Posts: 3,651 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Damn right, get the compo.

    Bloody cheek, you tell them you want the proper red van or nothing!
  • mattyprice4004
    mattyprice4004 Posts: 7,492 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    banger9365 wrote: »
    !!!!!! you on about ,compensation for the postie using wrong coloured van,

    you must be bored today

    Only in Yorkshire... :D
  • Money-Saving-King
    Money-Saving-King Posts: 2,044 Forumite
    Can I claim compensation from reading all of Azari's 3201 posts? (for distress)
  • earthstorm
    earthstorm Posts: 2,134 Forumite
    Money-Saving-King wrote: »
    Can I claim compensation from reading all of Azari's 3201 posts? (for distress)
    You can try for 1,000.000.000 but i dont think DSR or SOGA will cover it
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