Get off your f**king lazy postal arses and do some f**king work you moaning bastards!
It reminds me of the Firemans strike. They moaned about pay? Why, they work 4 days on and 4 days off. Two of those 4 working days were nights, and they would be tucked up in bed.
I know of private organisations I have previously worked in and the professionalism compared to Public sector work is absolutely awful, but people can't do nothing about it.
Gerrr ron wiv it!
Not sure if everyone is going to be happy getting their parcels delivered by courier companies. I am out all day, but my postie knows where to leave stuff, and if there is something I need to sign for, it is no big deal to nip down to the post office and collect. Last time I missed a courier delivery I had to drive thirty minutes to a grim industrial estate in the back end of nowhere in order to pick it up.
The post office cannot compete because offering a universal service rather than cherrypicking contracts costs money. And post office workers are not dumb; for Turkeys to vote for Christmas industrial relations have got to be pretty bad.
A friend received a shiny new laptop complete with MS office licence key. The delivery man handed over two boxes. One was the laptop, and another large box which turned out to be the MS office licence key.
After two boxes, bubble wrap, an envelope and another smaller card, the licence key is the size of a credit card. No CD or anything else!
Quote: Timbo @ October 24 2009, 9:47 PM BSTNot sure if everyone is going to be happy getting their parcels delivered by courier companies. I am out all day, but my postie knows where to leave stuff, and if there is something I need to sign for, it is no big deal to nip down to the post office and collect. Last time I missed a courier delivery I had to drive thirty minutes to a grim industrial estate in the back end of nowhere in order to pick it up.
True.
I had a bang at the door at 9:50 at night, week night, and a bloke stood there who looked like a very angry Robbie Coultrane with a parcel in his hands and a fag in his gob. Behind him was his rusty white transit, engine still running, and then asked me to sign for this parcel. I said 'who are you'...he said 'Delivery'. I signed in his box, and opened it, it was the 'Madagascar' DVD. Nice.
Quote: Scottidog @ October 24 2009, 9:42 PM BSTGet off your f**king lazy postal arses and do some f**king work you moaning bastards!
Yeah!
My cousin's husband is a postie, I wonder what he's doing...
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 23 2009, 2:55 PM BSTWe've only been getting mail maybe two days a week now for months. It's caused lots of problems for me personally and I hope Love Film change to another courier asap.
Very good. 
Quote: Scottidog @ October 24 2009, 9:42 PM BSTI know of private organisations I have previously worked in and the professionalism compared to Public sector work is absolutely awful, but people can't do nothing about it.
I work in the Public Sector and our last three Chairman came from the private sector, and each has made a bigger screw up of running it than the last. Staff disaffection is at an all time high, but what seems to piss off staff more than anything is that sheer f**king shambles gets in the way of getting any work done.
Why does the postal service employ so many thieves?
I quite fancied being a post person. I like walking. But the uniform's not much cop is it.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 24 2009, 10:02 PM BSTWhy does the postal service employ so many thieves?
I quite fancied being a post person. I like walking. But the uniform's not much cop is it.
No Jimmy Choos and Christian la booty wellies wouldn't go down well with a 20kg navy blue bag Dolly.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 24 2009, 10:02 PM BSTWhy does the postal service employ so many thieves?
As Sootyi suggests the problem is most likely to be agency staff; it would be difficult for a permanent employee to get away with it for any length of time.
Quote: Timbo @ October 24 2009, 10:06 PM BSTAs Sootyi suggests the problem is most likely to be agency staff; it would be difficult for a permanent employee to get away with it for any length of time.
I know of dodgy posties from back in the early 90s.
Quote: Scottidog @ October 24 2009, 10:05 PM BSTNo Jimmy Choos and Christian la booty wellies wouldn't go down well with a 20kg navy blue bag Dolly.
Contrary to what people might think I actually own a couple of pairs of sensible hiking boots and riding boots. It's the nylon bits of the uniform I don't like and the rain coat.
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ October 24 2009, 10:02 PM BSTWhy does the postal service employ so many thieves?
I quite fancied being a post person. I like walking. But the uniform's not much cop is it.
I've done it as a temp job a couple of times.
The walking was nice, and I didn't have to wear the uniform.
Quote: Ben @ October 24 2009, 8:05 PM BSTHas anyone here ever had their surname spelled spectacularly wrong on a bit of mail?
Frequently.
* wrongly
Quote: don rushmore @ October 24 2009, 9:58 PM BSTVery good.
You say that like you know what you're talking about.
My dad was telling me his postman wasn't the brightest bulb in the box who hadn't worked out it would be easier to sort out odd and even numbered letters before he started his round and would see him zig-zag his way down the road as a consequence.