Postman and Royal Mail Signed For service

custardy

lovinituk wrote: »

Unfortunately it is very, very common up and down the country. Not enough staff/time to adequately complete the rounds. I realise this is not an excuse but it is a fact.

Do you really think that's the reason? So has this been the case for years?

Hermione_Granger

custardy wrote: »

Why would you tell the Post Office?

In your rush to try and act superior by posting one of your favourite points, you seem to have missed the fact that the OP has already been informed that the postal worker is employed by Royal Mail and not the Post Office.

custardy

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

In your rush to try and act superior by posting one of your favourite points, you seem to have missed the fact that the OP has already been informed that the postal worker is employed by Royal Mail and not the Post Office.

Thanks for your usual to rush in to have a dig at me, with no input relevant to the thread.

keyser666

My postman has signed for me for years without me asking him to and I am thankful for that which is shown every xmas

shaun_from_Africa

keyser666 wrote: »

My postman has signed for me for years without me asking him to and I am thankful for that which is shown every xmas

Personally, I don't see a problem with this sort of arrangement (RM bosses may well disagree) but you obviously know it's going to happen so I presume that you also know where the signed for items will be left.
This is very different to the situation that Gra76 found themselves in with no knowledge of who signed for the packages or where they had been left.

geerex

keyser666 wrote: »

My postman has signed for me for years without me asking him to and I am thankful for that which is shown every xmas

Does your husband know?

lovinituk

custardy wrote: »

Do you really think that's the reason? So has this been the case for years?

I was actually trying to defend the postie somewhat but if it's not the case then they really don't have any excuse. If there's enough hands on deck and enough time to complete the rounds, then maybe a culling of those that are negligent is in order after all.

dodger1

tomtontom wrote: »

Rather than reporting the postman, who clearly thought he was doing you a favour, why not take this as an opportunity to review your home security? You are aware that the postman could lose his job if you report him - signing for items is a sackable offence?

Postman would have put a note through the letter box explaining where the parcels were if he was genuinely trying to do a favour, that's what mine used to do, "parcel in shed" "parcel through cat flap" etc.

Sooler

Gra76 wrote: »

Doing me a favour by breaking into my locked garage

Rubbish lock.

SuperAllyB

Ours normally scribbles a note on another piece of mail, which has been missed before. Fortunately there are only a couple of places to check if something is overdue, neither of which is locked.