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Most of us get our post delivered to our address six days a week by the postman, even if the Postman Pat stereotype isn't quite the reality of what they do - I have to admit that it is nice to see that my local postman has delivered something even if it a bill or something like that, and in December it is great to receive Christmas cards from friends around the country. After all, the postage is still good value for money, and just before Christmas I ordered a few packs of stamps online which I am still using. I sent something in the post to somewhere in Chesterfield during the weekend between Christmas and New Year, and that seemed to have vanished for some reason.
Last week I ordered a book online which was a paperback and it had a few hundred pages inside it and received it yesterday - well, I say that "I had received it", although I didn't get to open the Jiffy bag until today. I arrived hours late home because of the snow and Storm Ciera, and I saw a manila A5 envelope sticking out of the letterbox - it was wedged in the hole and I tried to get the damn thing loose but couldn't. As my letterbox is outside, and it was obviously cold, I spend the best part of ten minutes trying to free the item. First thing this morning, I even telephoned my local Housing Association as the letterbox belonged to them, who said that it was a Royal Mail matter which I originally dismissed at first. So I telephoned the good old Royal Mail and was given a reference number.
Local deliveries in my area happen around midday (it could have something to do with postboxes in the suburbs only having a "first thing in the morning" collection on weekdays, usually no later than 9.30 am), and as well as the suburban area, I also think that are postmen don't want to deliver first thing, probably due to a flexy-time arrangement. Anyway, they came around 12.15 pm - I happened to be on the toilet (never a good time, is it?) when the intercom buzzer went, and I answered it. "Did you know you have got an envelope wedged in your letterbox?" I was asked, and I said that I did know about it, and said to then that I had tried to dislodge it myself a few times yesterday. The postman who did it was a different one yesterday to the one today - they had a letter for me today, so it was a good thing that it got the postman's attention. I unlocked the letterbox and he took a couple of minutes to release the package which he did, and I am thankful for it! Managed to open the package and get the book out.
Usually, they would press the buzzer and bring the package up with me - when the item if too big for the box or it needs a signature, otherwise they would leave a "something for you" card and I would need to collect from the local Royal Mail Sorting office the next working day, and according to the size of the item, it would have been one of those items to have that treatment. I bet that the snow and the storm has probably made some impact as to why it was delivered like that - at least I needn't have worried about anyone stealing the package even if it was sticking out of the box with the majority inside it - no one would have managed to have got it out of there. I was wondering whether the door would have had to have come off because of it being wedged inside the box. Anyway, no harm was done and I got my item freed at least!
Has anyone had any "dealings" with Royal Mail or local postmen such as what I have had yesterday? - I have heard of silly postmen putting items "for safe keeping" inside places like recycle bins of all places, which sounds silly but it was even more sillier when it happened to be the day of the week that the recycling collection happens on! I still have good faith with in the Royal Mail and our local postmen - I wouldn't swap them for any other delivery service out there!
Last week I ordered a book online which was a paperback and it had a few hundred pages inside it and received it yesterday - well, I say that "I had received it", although I didn't get to open the Jiffy bag until today. I arrived hours late home because of the snow and Storm Ciera, and I saw a manila A5 envelope sticking out of the letterbox - it was wedged in the hole and I tried to get the damn thing loose but couldn't. As my letterbox is outside, and it was obviously cold, I spend the best part of ten minutes trying to free the item. First thing this morning, I even telephoned my local Housing Association as the letterbox belonged to them, who said that it was a Royal Mail matter which I originally dismissed at first. So I telephoned the good old Royal Mail and was given a reference number.
Local deliveries in my area happen around midday (it could have something to do with postboxes in the suburbs only having a "first thing in the morning" collection on weekdays, usually no later than 9.30 am), and as well as the suburban area, I also think that are postmen don't want to deliver first thing, probably due to a flexy-time arrangement. Anyway, they came around 12.15 pm - I happened to be on the toilet (never a good time, is it?) when the intercom buzzer went, and I answered it. "Did you know you have got an envelope wedged in your letterbox?" I was asked, and I said that I did know about it, and said to then that I had tried to dislodge it myself a few times yesterday. The postman who did it was a different one yesterday to the one today - they had a letter for me today, so it was a good thing that it got the postman's attention. I unlocked the letterbox and he took a couple of minutes to release the package which he did, and I am thankful for it! Managed to open the package and get the book out.
Usually, they would press the buzzer and bring the package up with me - when the item if too big for the box or it needs a signature, otherwise they would leave a "something for you" card and I would need to collect from the local Royal Mail Sorting office the next working day, and according to the size of the item, it would have been one of those items to have that treatment. I bet that the snow and the storm has probably made some impact as to why it was delivered like that - at least I needn't have worried about anyone stealing the package even if it was sticking out of the box with the majority inside it - no one would have managed to have got it out of there. I was wondering whether the door would have had to have come off because of it being wedged inside the box. Anyway, no harm was done and I got my item freed at least!
Has anyone had any "dealings" with Royal Mail or local postmen such as what I have had yesterday? - I have heard of silly postmen putting items "for safe keeping" inside places like recycle bins of all places, which sounds silly but it was even more sillier when it happened to be the day of the week that the recycling collection happens on! I still have good faith with in the Royal Mail and our local postmen - I wouldn't swap them for any other delivery service out there!
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