If you've got any bills, throw them away!!

Dropbags Mackenzie · Post by **Dropbags Mackenzie** » 20 Oct 2008, 21:01

If i hear another customer saying that to me again....i swear i'm gonna scream !

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 20 Oct 2008, 21:10

They're not bills, they're yours

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 21 Oct 2008, 13:09

Welcome Dropbags Mackenzie. Or the old chestnut "I suppose there are no cheques" - well if there was I would have delivered them

mrlovepantsuk · Post by **mrlovepantsuk** » 21 Oct 2008, 13:15

or is it a bomb?

Dropbags Mackenzie · Post by **Dropbags Mackenzie** » 22 Oct 2008, 20:14

How about when you knock someones door.
And you're standing there waiting for them to answer.
All of a sudden through the frosted glass you see something moving
and you think "Good somebodys coming, i won't have to write out a docket".
Then after a good while of waiting you realise the movement is from your own reflection in the frosted glass.

I'm also amazed how often it happens to me when the buckle on my postbag gets stuck in a gate almost pulling me back off my feet.

Why is it, when you've walked past a customers house and you are well down the street, they come out and shout "Have you got any parcels for me!".
I always want to say "Yeah i got a parcel for you, that's why i've walked past your house without delivering it !!"

There's customers who accost you in their street asking for their mail , it amazes me that they can't wait for me to reach their door in 12 seconds time, they've gotta have it there and then.

Whenever i see a teenage boy , and you can see it coming,the swagger and the smirk on the face, surrounded by a couple of girls therefore he's in full show off mode.
He starts singing "Postman pat, postman pat, where's your black and white cat buddy??"
Or he might say "Hey buddy, have got any spare giros on you!!"

And when you give someone a parcel, they look at it quizzically and say to you "What is it ??".
i just say "How the hell am i supposed to know what's it is", i know that sounds rude, but now i can't suffer fools gladly anymore, if they something ridiculously stupid i gotta let them know.

simply_the_best · Post by **simply_the_best** » 22 Oct 2008, 20:48

Dropbags Mackenzie wrote:
I'm also amazed how often it happens to me when the buckle on my postbag gets stuck in a gate almost pulling me back off my feet.

Ive lost count of the number of times ive done that

As for the rest of your post, all those things happen in your first week, after 6.5 years they are wearing a bit thin

Post by **POSTMAN** » 22 Oct 2008, 21:10

http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... ?f=1&t=886
There's some funny threads in here,similar to all this.

Dropbags Mackenzie · Post by **Dropbags Mackenzie** » 23 Oct 2008, 05:26

Well, this is my first and last thread here.
I just don't seem to like talking about the job after hours, i thought it would be cathartic, but getting things off my chest about the job doesn't do anything for me really.
The powers-that-be, from the EU, the government, postcomm etc are all determined to see the end of Royal Mail and it'll be the same whatever party is in power.

Time for me to move on i think.

pickaname · Post by **pickaname** » 23 Oct 2008, 16:20

You could always read Bukowski's "Post Office"...its scary how little the job has changed since the 60's

Timelord · Post by **Timelord** » 30 Oct 2008, 15:58

We've started using HCT's and the amount of people that say 'That's a big baby' is unbelievable, it's hard to keep smiling.

There are some really funny posts on here, I can realate to all of them!