GMTV attacking postal workers?

[Roy Mayall]

GMTV have started a campaign denigrating postal workers.

As it says on their website:

"Has your postman put a 'while you were out card' through your letterbox when you were at home? Email us your stories

Do you have a gripe with your postal service? Have you ever received a "while you were out card" notifying you of a package, even though you were in the house at the time?

We're looking for people to take part in an investigation to discover how good their postmen are."

Here is the link if you want to reply on behalf of us hard-pressed posties:

http://www.gm.tv/be-on-gmtv/43719-email ... ories.html

[POSTMAN]

I've contacted them and pointed them to this thread,give them examples like mine below that i posted in a previous thread.

Ok,deep breath,here's some instances of what's happened to me this week alone.

One place,done the knocking thing,saw the spy hole went dark as if someone's behind it,then went light again,so waited,knocked again,nothing,thought feck this, wrote a card and scarpered.

Another one,which was today,knocked on the door and someone looked out from a side window,waited,knocked again,nothing,wrote a card and scarpered.

Another one,knocked,nothing,as writing card knocked again,as putting card through door saw someone behind it,waited,nothing,thought again feck this and scarpered,bout 20 mins later going back to my van some dude comes out of the house waving the card,but was someone different because of the clothes he's wearing,says he's just got in and found the card,i said you're having a laugh as someones in there as i saw them,looks at me with a blank face.

Want more?,knocked,nothing,write card and knock again at the same time,nothing,go,coming back down the other side of the road 10 mins later bird comes out waving the card,i said i knocked,she said i know i asked who is it and you didn't answer,ffs!

I'm spoiling you aint i,want another,knocked AND rung bell nothing,done them again,nothing,writing card and had to move to a ledge,saw through the widow some bird doing her hoovering,knocked on window (scared the s**t out of her) and waved packet.

One more,knocked, you know the rest,some bird chases me down the road,sorry i was on the phone.

Oh,and had loads of the underpaid ones,parcelforce and courier ones.

[noggin1969]

just sent them this :

[Roy Mayall]

I think maybe some of the executives at GMTV have shares in private mail companies.

[singingpostman]

Reply sent including an invite for them to join me on my round. Dont suppose that will be taken up !

[dados]

Reply sent including an invite for them to join me on my round. Dont suppose that will be taken up !

nah mucker,RM would send round the suits to ensure everyone was in,postie looks like a plank again

[Roy Mayall]

This is what I've just posted:

Shame on you GMTV, attacking the victims rather than those who are really responsible. The Royal Mail is being run down by the Government to make it ripe for privatisation. Postal workers are under extreme pressure, too much work, not enough time to do it in. It's not our fault that things are going wrong: it is the management and government who are behind this. Private mail companies use the Royal Mail network in order to extract profits. Every letter sent by a private mail company and delivered by a Royal Mail postal worker costs the Royal Mail 2p. With a regulatory system like this the business is bound to fail. Do some proper investigation for a change and stop repeating old stories. Check out who is on the board of Postcomm and you'll see: they all have interests in private mail companies. These people were appointed by government, so it's the government who are behind it.

[fishtank]

I think maybe some of the executives at GMTV have shares in private mail companies.

Remember who your dealing with here.

" British media regulator Ofcom has fined morning TV programme GMTV 2 million pounds ($4.03 million) for letting viewers enter competitions they had no chance of winning."

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Sorry had to move and edit some posts on here as it is possible that GMTV may visit. We all do like banter but some of the stuff on here may put them off.

Sorry if your post has been moved but I hope you understand.

[DGP1]

Sorry had to delete move some posts on here as it is possible that GMTV may visit. We all do like banter but some of the stuff on here may put them off.

Sorry if your post has been moved but I hope you understand.

And it wasn't even me for a change

But I have put P739s through peoples doors only for them to chase me down the road waving the card wanting their packet even though they didn't come to the door at the time their usual excuse is 'I didn't hear you'

[Daco]

What about all those who cant find the key to the front door and your standing there for 5 minutes and they dont come back so you have to card them.

[Pat Ostman]

Sorry had to delete move some posts on here as it is possible that GMTV may visit. We all do like banter but some of the stuff on here may put them off.

Sorry if your post has been moved but I hope you understand.

And it wasn't even me for a change

But I have put P739s through peoples doors only for them to chase me down the road waving the card wanting their packet even though they didn't come to the door at the time their usual excuse is 'I didn't hear you'

Happened to me as well. I was the one that got a tirade of abuse from a customer because I rang the doorbell and dared to ALSO knock.

[DGP1]

Sorry had to delete move some posts on here as it is possible that GMTV may visit. We all do like banter but some of the stuff on here may put them off.

Sorry if your post has been moved but I hope you understand.

And it wasn't even me for a change

But I have put P739s through peoples doors only for them to chase me down the road waving the card wanting their packet even though they didn't come to the door at the time their usual excuse is 'I didn't hear you'

Happened to me as well. I was the one that got a tirade of abuse from a customer because I rang the doorbell and dared to ALSO knock.

Not to mention the 'I thought it was the police knocking' All these people have to ask themselves is 'Why would I spend the time writing out a P739 when it would be quicker to knock the door and deliver it?'

[steven100]

GMTV is mince anyway unless they are sun readers maybe they watch GMTV. Or maybe neds around the country. Really attacking posties just tells us what a low mentality the producers have.

[slave]

How pathetic, they must be desperate for something to whinge about, glad I'm too busy working to be able to watch this kind of shite TV!

As for cards - how about other companies, had a guy chasing me down the road the other day asking if I dropped a card through his door, not RM I said, good old private companies that do a better job than us