How long has the postman got left?

How long has the postman got left?

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MysteryLemon

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4,968 posts

190 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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This came up in conversation with my missus the other day and I thought it might be worthy of a thead...

How long has the door to door postman actually got left? It struck me that basically everything that comes through the door, delivered by our postman is either crap that we just put in the bin or something that could easily be just emailed or a paper duplicate of an email I already have (statements etc).

Royal Mail have recently changed their rules on postage so that they no longer deal with larger items. They are dealt with by Parcel Farce instead. Posties only carry around much smaller items or letters these days, everything else being dealt with by couriers. Couriers such as collect+ or myhermes now offer a much more cost effective courier service for smaller items, and does anyone actually send personal letters any more?

Surely there isn't really a need for the local door to door postie these days?

Edited by MysteryLemon on Monday 22 September 15:32

sc0tt

18,032 posts

200 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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Not sure.

Chunkymonkey71

13,015 posts

197 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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With the hacking cough and belly that he has, I give my postie another 5 years, tops!

t400ble

1,804 posts

120 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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Postman brings loads of small parcels to our work every day

GTIR

24,741 posts

265 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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When our milkman retired he became a postman.

Ali Chappussy

876 posts

144 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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GTIR said:
When our milkman retired he became a postman.
Talk about bad luck!

P-Jay

10,551 posts

190 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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I'm pretty sure the Royal Mail has grown and grown in recent years - yes we're no longer getting utility bills and personal stuff by post anymore - but Britons spent £70bn online last year, Royal Mail still deals with things up to a "bigger small parcel" (honestly, that's what they call it) and they have a monopoly on next day letter deliveries meaning no one else can provide the same service for less than £1 - I do notice now a lot more bulk crap is sent UK Mail, but even then it's postie who stuffs it though next-doors letter box.

eBay alone kept Royal Mail in the black between 2003 and when they were sold off.

ApOrbital

9,941 posts

117 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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Depends on how long his cat lives for.

TwigtheWonderkid

43,248 posts

149 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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My postman is up for parole next week, so not long left I think.

Ali Chappussy

876 posts

144 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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On a more serious note. My postie has been my postie for the last 10 years, yet the tt still delivers my mail next door or even two or three doors away.

It aint rocket science ffs!

Pickled

2,051 posts

142 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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Good friend of mine is a senior manager at Royal Mail, they are going through a phase of cost cutting at the moment, 1600 management grades (mostly non operational) have been made (mostly voluntary) redundant with more possible in January, they are quite a top heavy company at the moment, with something like 1 line manager for every 10 employees then a lot of seemingly expensive layers of management above, they are also looking to close more mail centres and pushing the delivery times back an hour or two, so getting your post in the late afternoon early evening will be the norm.

The junk mail that most deliver nowadays is in fact one of RM biggest revenue earners!

I know RM were hoping for Scotland to vote yes as it would have seen a saving of around £210 million a year.

On the whole they are still in a very good position, but seem to be slow to react to the competition, I guess having to have everything agreed with the union doesn't help matters.

BTW Parcel Force are still part of RMG so they still get the revenue regardless of wether the postie delivers it or PFW do.

BoRED S2upid

19,641 posts

239 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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A long time yet there is still plenty that gets delivered by post amazon alone must spend millions loads of people get DVDs we get fresh coffee through the post etc...

We have even started to get milk delivered again as prices have come down and aren't far off supermarkets.

ApOrbital

9,941 posts

117 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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Amazon postman is this for the uk?

Chunkymonkey71

13,015 posts

197 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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Ali Chappussy said:
GTIR said:
When our milkman retired he became a postman.
Talk about bad luck!
When things went sour he went postal!

(I'm here all week... Try the veal.)

axgizmo

1,095 posts

152 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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Hopefully a long time!

Stuff going round hand delivering Christmas cards!!! (On the odd year that I remember of course)

Oldred_V8S

3,714 posts

237 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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Ali Chappussy said:
GTIR said:
When our milkman retired he became a postman.
Talk about bad luck!
It's better than walking the streets.

markcoznottz

7,155 posts

223 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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GTIR said:
When our milkman retired he became a postman.
You wouldn't think he'd have the bottle really........

Bedford Rascal

29,469 posts

243 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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Chunkymonkey71 said:
When things went sour he went postal!
laugh

Oldred_V8S

3,714 posts

237 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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Bedford Rascal said:
laugh
Come on guys, stop milking it.

Condi

17,088 posts

170 months

Monday 22nd September 2014
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Everything at work has paper copies sent through the post, so we get heaps of letters send even more.

Its a pain in the arse.