Royal mail rant - postman

[Baron99]

On 11/24/2018 at 2:00 PM, boysheff said:

I am totally angry.  this has happened before. 

 

waiting on an important parcel to turn up today( (a part I ordered online), so I unlocked my gate in case they cant get it through post box and waited. I saw the postman, from my cctv, post something, so went out to see if parcel arrived. But just a letter. with no parcel note (little red card to say pick up next working day),  I thought <removed>! before ordering the part I called the company up to check which option for postage.  I was told guaranteed to be here Sat. anyway a few minutes later the postman come back and posts something, thinking it was the parcel, I went out and saw it was the red card. 

 

I thought you lazy so and so and decided to catch him, but he was in the  van and gone. got into my car and followed,  he was parked bottom of road. as he was walking back to his van I called him, waving the red card. I asked him why he didn't deliver the parcel and just shoved the card through, he says he knocked.  which he didn't, as its recorded on cctv (just posted the card and he didn't even have the parcel in hand. cut a long story short & the bottom line was he was too LAZY to bring the parcel back, open the gate and knock on the door, just easier to post a card. this is the 3rd time this happened, but caught him this time. the other postman open the gates and knocks the door. 

 

people pay for delivery that you don't get. this needs to stop Royal mail.  

Not having a go at you but If you saw the postman arrive via your cctv with this important parcel that was probably never going to fit through a letter box, why didn't you go & meet him at the door rather than chasing him down the road in your car? 

[Tim1]

We had an issue this week with Yodel, the guy did not even try to give us the package he just took it straight next door! I think it was because next door had a parcel too. I caught him claiming the wall to shove a card through the door. I asked him what his game was! I pointed out there were 3 other people in the house so don’t even think about playing the “He knocked” game as I would be forced to check the cctv! I also pointed out if he had gone to the front door the A4 sign pointing to the fact to go to the back door would not be missed. He apologised and said he would fetch the parcel from next door. The next day he fetched another parcel and came to the back door and knocked very loud lol. 

[DumDom]

On 11/26/2018 at 4:06 PM, bassett one said:

JOINED A BIG QUEUE to fetch our parcel today at woodseats,my wife thought there must be more collected than delivered,but the woodseats branch must cover a large area

Woodseats does cover a fairly big area, what we did so we didn’t have to queue ( we are also in Woodseats area) was we bought a large parcel box, best thing we ever did.

You can buy online, prices vary from £50 upwards, our was £100, best £100 ever spent.

No more queuing up, postie simply lifts the lid, pops in the packer/parcel. Shuts lid, turns lock.

The only problem we had is when 2 parcels by different couriers are delivered same day. But that rarely happens.

Buy one, you won’t regret it, no more queuing in the rain , snow & wind.

 

[bassett one]

that sounds a great idea,didnt know about that idea,sounds like its a low cost investment over several years

[lil-minx92]

Hermes literally dropped a delivery over my back gate on to the patio in the rain.  The gate wasnt even locked.  I know they dropped it over because I could hardly open the gate because of it. The cardboard box was falling to pieces when I picked it up out of the puddle. 

I dont think they use 'professionals' though. Its usually some random using their own car.

[Crosser]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWB1u4Ej2wc

 

How to deal with this situation

[Muddergoose :-)]

Do you really think it’s less effort for the Postie to write out the card to put through your letter box and then carry the undelivered item back to the  Delivery Office than it is to just knock on a door and hand the item over?  

[Hook]

5 hours ago, Muddergoose :-) said:

Do you really think it’s less effort for the Postie to write out the card to put through your letter box and then carry the undelivered item back to the  Delivery Office than it is to just knock on a door and hand the item over?  

It is when they have delivery targets to meet. At least one of our cover posties pre-writes the cards before setting off on his delivery round so he can just post them straight through the door. 

 

It’s a lot quicker for him than hanging around waiting for people to answer doors. Our regular postie doesn’t ever do this, but I assume as he knows the route inside out it takes him

less time to do!

[Guest busdriver1]

7 hours ago, Muddergoose :-) said:

Do you really think it’s less effort for the Postie to write out the card to put through your letter box and then carry the undelivered item back to the  Delivery Office than it is to just knock on a door and hand the item over?  

You are assuming that they actually take the parcels with them. In my experience they often dont. 

[olilew]

10 hours ago, Hook said:

It is when they have delivery targets to meet. At least one of our cover posties pre-writes the cards before setting off on his delivery round so he can just post them straight through the door. 

 

It’s a lot quicker for him than hanging around waiting for people to answer doors. Our regular postie doesn’t ever do this, but I assume as he knows the route inside out it takes him

less time to do!

From a postman. We do not have 'delivery targets' to meet. 

8 hours ago, busdriver1 said:

You are assuming that they actually take the parcels with them. In my experience they often dont. 

This would be dismissal for wilful delay of mail for any postman who did not take all his parcels out. Where would he put them? If the manager saw them in the office, (he has to do a sweep of the office everyday to make sure it is clear). I have been a postman for 14 years and I have never seen this done by any postman. It's just not worth getting fired for.