Sometimes a picture speaks a thousand words

[NiceCupOfTea]

Thanks postie

[grim_d]

give them some credit, at least it arrived, which is unusual for royal mail.

[mybrainhurts]

You've been certified...? Hell, sorry to hear that...

[Poledriver]

Could have been worse, if it's really serious they phone you and ask you to go to the clinic!

[NiceCupOfTea]

[Balmoral Green]

Makes you wonder why there isn't a minimum size for a letter box anyway, to take an A4 envelope without folding. It's not as if there isn't much mail that's A4 sized. Not delivering it to you would be the only other option, and you'd have to go and fetch it from the local sorting office.

I hand deliver many of my quotations, they are on A4 paper, in an A4 folder in an A4 envelope, and that's hardly unusual is it? Yet I have to fold the damn things to post them.

[Famous Graham]

Balmoral Green said:

Makes you wonder why there isn't a minimum size for a letter box anyway, to take an A4 envelope without folding. It's not as if there isn't much mail that's A4 sized. Not delivering it to you would be the only other option, and you'd have to go and fetch it from the local sorting office.

I hand deliver many of my quotations, they are on A4 paper, in an A4 folder in an A4 envelope, and that's hardly unusual is it? Yet I have to fold the damn things to post them.

Not defending the practice of folding or owt, but aren't most postboxes over 50 years old now? AFAIK they only get replaced when the monarch changes, so the embossing needs amending.

[NiceCupOfTea]

True, however, this was one of those envelopes where the back is cardboard, it takes some effort to fold and you know you're doing it.

[SamHH]

Famous Graham said:

Not defending the practice of folding or owt, but aren't most postboxes over 50 years old now? AFAIK they only get replaced when the monarch changes, so the embossing needs amending.

I think he means the ones on your front door.

[Balmoral Green]

Famous Graham said:

aren't most postboxes over 50 years old now? AFAIK they only get replaced when the monarch changes, so the embossing needs amending.

I meant peoples letter boxes on their front doors

[Famous Graham]

SamHH said:

Famous Graham said:

Not defending the practice of folding or owt, but aren't most postboxes over 50 years old now? AFAIK they only get replaced when the monarch changes, so the embossing needs amending.

I think he means the ones on your front door.

Excellent point, well made.



(most businesses will deliver/have collected their mail in those red/green bags so no need for an actual postbox)

I blame Building Standards and the other pointless regulatory bullst

Edited by Famous Graham on Wednesday 8th July 22:35

[NiceCupOfTea]

Our guy is usually pretty good, I suspect it's a cover postie. There was an A4 letter in the post today as well which possibly obscured it, but cardboard is pretty obvious when you're trying to bend it...

I'm sure the kids who've worked hard to pass their music exams won't mind

[f13ldy]

My mate is a postman. Anything with the words please do not bend on it, gets bent just to if it actually can bend.

[EDLT]

NiceCupOfTea said:

Our guy is usually pretty good, I suspect it's a cover postie. There was an A4 letter in the post today as well which possibly obscured it, but cardboard is pretty obvious when you're trying to bend it...

I'm sure the kids who've worked hard to pass their music exams won't mind

Iron them.

[NiceCupOfTea]

f13ldy said:

My mate is a postman. Anything with the words please do not bend on it, gets bent just to if it actually can bend.

What a tt.

Why is it that some people try to do their job as shoddily as possible?

[eldar]

NiceCupOfTea said:

f13ldy said:

My mate is a postman. Anything with the words please do not bend on it, gets bent just to if it actually can bend.

What a tt.

Why is it that some people try to do their job as shoddily as possible?

The alternative is to return it as undeliverable, because the receiver has such a brilliant design it can't take a bigger-than-electricity bill envelope. Kind of dumb vs stupid.

[interloper]

Postie picks up parcel and studies it...


"Hmmm whats this? Do not bend eh?"

Skilfully postman crap places the package over his knee and with one swift movement...

"Ha! Yes it bloody does!"

Gotta love Royal Fail.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Yes, either that or take it back to the sorting office and put a card through the letterbox. The way they're supposed to.

[Rabbitinthelight]

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO NOT PRESS THE RED BUTTON!

You know you're gonna do it.....

[Neil_H]

Rabbitinthelight said:

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO NOT PRESS THE RED BUTTON!

You know you're gonna do it.....

Isn't that not double negative?

One of our postmmen once left a rather expensive 12" record on my doorstep in a heavy rain storm. Cue a ruined sleeve and label. Royal Mail are a terrible organisation though, and they don't even have the decency to go bankrupt, despite being a shower of inefficient st.