"Thankfully the vast majority of items are securely delivered to customers, but if we believe a customer is not at home, we will attempt to deliver the item to a neighbour and leave a card. Our postmen and women work extremely hard to deliver to mail to customers across the country, six days a week, in all weathers.
I reckon virtually every round in the country has at least one of those."Ī Royal Mail spokesperson said: "Every single item of mail is important to us. They don't understand the journey their thing has taken. Usually stuff from China, cheapest postage.
'I was in the f***ing shower, I heard you the f***ing first time.' Form left after that."Ī second said: "It's psychological, I have someone on my round always thinking I'm holding back their parcels, it's personal. I had someone swear at me because I rang the bell three times because I knew she was in. Meanwhile, other postal workers were quick to comment sharing their own experiences with rude customers, with one writing: "There's always one idiot. "Any note left on door saying waiting for a Christmas present or passport leave with neighbour or some other place, no can do bud, enjoy your trip." In June 2020, he wrote: "I'll gladly stand in the p***ing rain and cold to write out a 739 for someone like that, they will never get off the naughty list as long as I'm on the duty. He wrote: " told not to deliver to them and ignore them for now until it gets looked into."īut, this isn't the first time Dave has found himself clashing with customers, having previously bragged about writing a naughty list, with anyone who leaves notes for posties going straight on there. "Don't know about anyone else but I love carrying parcels around with me all day making my bag heavy," one postie joked, while another questioned: "Why do people never think that it's actually much easier for us to get packets delivered and not have to take them back to the office."ĭave, who had been completing that round for the past decade, says it's the second time he's been spoken to like this and that he has no plans to deliver there again in the future.įor more of the news you care about, straight to your inbox, sign up for one of our daily newsletters here.
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It's fair to say that Dave was not happy with the message, and later posted a photo of the note on a social media group of postmen and women, saying he hopes the family "enjoy collecting their mail from the post office over Christmas."Įnraged postmen and women rallied behind their colleague, condemning the resident's "cheeky and awful attitude" pointing out that no postie would want to hold onto someone's mail longer than necessary.ĭozens backed Dave's stance and suggested he issue P739s from here on - Royal Mail's code for their 'sorry we missed each other' attempted delivery red note.
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