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The Unwritten Rule!!!

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ewancurze
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The Unwritten Rule!!!

Post by ewancurze »

Just finished a lovely holiday in the Scarborough area,however i made a silly schoolboy error :oops: ........being a delivery postman myself i made the error of speaking to one of the local posties!! and got such a miserable contemptuous reply i was stunned into silence(not easy).I know every office has a few like this but most are decent people, so any on here from the Scarborough office who knows the idiot who was delivering on the cliff path up by the castle overlooking North bay on Thursday about 1ish? please pass the message on that lifes too short mate,CHEER UP.
Oh and if he wants to swap his round with my charming inner city council estate walk..... :Very Happy

P.S.
He probably didn't hear what i called him about 10mins later when i passed him again :whistle
gremah
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Re: The Unwritten Rule!!!

Post by gremah »

How brave of you to abuse him, he was probably having a bad day we all have them :cool
steven100
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Post by steven100 »

He probably still had halve his round to go. Was it 2 pm.
ewancurze
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Re: The Unwritten Rule!!!

Post by ewancurze »

gremah wrote:How brave of you to abuse him, he was probably having a bad day we all have them :cool
I only give back what i get.

Plenty of times on my delivery i dont want to talk but dont give off to others even when its "no bills" "Your late" etc.

Good manners cost nowt.
Indy
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Post by Indy »

ewancurze wrote:so anyone on here from the Scarborough office who knows the idiot who was delivering on the cliff path up by the castle overlooking North bay on Thursday about 1ish?
Oh come on thats NOT on!
ewancurze
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Re: The Unwritten Rule!!!

Post by ewancurze »

Indy wrote:
ewancurze wrote:so anyone on here from the Scarborough office who knows the idiot who was delivering on the cliff path up by the castle overlooking North bay on Thursday about 1ish?
Oh come on thats NOT on!
:Very Happy
Dorset Plodder
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Post by Dorset Plodder »

I'm often approached by Fellow Posties who are escaping the Smog and Pollution of the City to visit my wonderful corner of the world OOH ARR! :Very Happy I don't mind those that are still in the job, they often ask, "Have you got any Vacancies in your Office?" :left: but those that left even a few years ago tend to wind me up a bit.

"2 O'Clock!...I used to be finished by 11 O'Clock...you're dragging your feet a bit aren't you lad...you want to get a move on! :roll: I normally say, "How long since you left Royal Mail?" Anything over 3 years and I just tell them they haven't go a clue about how this Business has changed since they left. "Have a word with your Local Postie and ask him how things are Mate" :Very Happy
Like all Wage Slaves, he had two crosses to bear: The people he worked for and the people he worked with! (Stephen Vizinczey.)
krussel
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Post by krussel »

If i see a Postie while on holiday and i get a chance without interupting him / her too much i always say hello :Very Happy

I normally get a positive response and have a good joint moan etc :left:
Rows of houses all bearing down on me........I can feel their blue hands touching me.......All these things in all positions.........All these things will one day take control..........
glenfiddich
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Post by glenfiddich »

i think i'd be grumpy having to deal with them hills day in day outImage
ewancurze
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Re: The Unwritten Rule!!!

Post by ewancurze »

krussel wrote:If i see a Postie while on holiday and i get a chance without interupting him / her too much i always say hello :Very Happy

I normally get a positive response and have a good joint moan etc :left:
Yep thats what i was hoping for,see how things are in other parts etc
singingpostman
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Post by singingpostman »

Personally once I am on holiday the last thing I want to do is to talk about the godforsaken job, that and the bo11icking I'd get from the wife if I tried to do it !
anTi
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Post by anTi »

There are total Aholes in every office. Christ knows there are more than a few in mine!!!
boogyman
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Post by boogyman »

anTi wrote:There are total Aholes in every office. Christ knows there are more than a few in mine!!!
you want to get to our office, theirs f---ing loads of arsoles!
Lounge Lizard
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Re: The Unwritten Rule!!!

Post by Lounge Lizard »

ewancurze wrote:Just finished a lovely holiday in the Scarborough area,however i made a silly schoolboy error :oops: ........being a delivery postman myself i made the error of speaking to one of the local posties!! and got such a miserable contemptuous reply i was stunned into silence(not easy).I know every office has a few like this but most are decent people, so any on here from the Scarborough office who knows the idiot who was delivering on the cliff path up by the castle overlooking North bay on Thursday about 1ish? please pass the message on that lifes too short mate,CHEER UP.
Oh and if he wants to swap his round with my charming inner city council estate walk..... :Very Happy

P.S.
He probably didn't hear what i called him about 10mins later when i passed him again :whistle
"He probably didn't hear what i called him about 10mins later when i passed him again .... on the cliff path up by the castle overlooking North bay"
- and if he did you would probably very quickly have found yourself at the bottom of the cliff. :shock: :sad: :shock:
Thorby Bislam
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Post by Thorby Bislam »

That's a lapsing walk. It could be anybody. And we have council estates too but holidaymakers never see them. And why should they? One sink estate is pretty much like another.
Just spilt stain-remover down my shirt. Now how do I get that out?