, it meant that the only members of staff that had managed to walk to work that day had to stay and answer all the post I had just delivered, and because I had managed to get there other customers may also make it and so had to stay until 5 o'clock because they had been told "If nobody turned up they could go home" 
!!About timemusic4essex wrote:That the other night on talk sports live(5) he rang in as he is a taxi driver and said that it is funny that with all the snow and bad weather that no ones has stuck up for the posties and he would just like to say his postlady has come out in all weathers to deliver his packets and letters.
I shook his hand and said really appreciate him sticking up for us
Essex mum
, makes a change from the moaning minnies slagging us off.
. It was sheet ice 1 week and 2 days of mail later I was sent out with a colleague, 4th call the resident came out and was so pleased to see us (and surprised too 
) and compared us to the marines???? 
must have watched a certain TV program I think. Every one we saw was glad to see us though so was re-assuring that we are appreciated on occasions