How do you do it?

Blue29 · Post by **Blue29** » 04 Sep 2011, 12:41

Looking for all the pointers you've got here as it's only a matter of time before a resident gets narky and waves a fist at me.

How do you post the tiniest, flimsiest letter or more usually D2D through a uPVC door letterbox with bristles set as firmly as an angry sperm whale with a wired jaw without turning the item into a shredded ball of crumpled neo-junk? Oh, and how to you do it efficiently?

I'm hopeless at thin single letters - our wage slips are the worst. What's the trick I'm missing?

DGP1 · Post by **DGP1** » 04 Sep 2011, 12:43

No trick just force them through anyway you can (without sticking your fingers through

), if they've a problem then they'll have to sort out their letterbox. Any threats by them are reported to the manager and they'll have their mail held until they come up with a solution.

knackeredneedadayoff · Post by **knackeredneedadayoff** » 04 Sep 2011, 12:45

bend them in half and push through

resperin · Post by **resperin** » 04 Sep 2011, 13:13

^ folding the mail items usually make it "thick" enough to push through the bristles. if needed fold it three or four times. the only people whose mail i dont have to fold are usually the boxes outside the wall. its all about minimizing physical contact with the letter box

Post by **protect us** » 04 Sep 2011, 13:26

I can't believe I'm reading this !! Defo a manager in the making !!!

Indy · Post by **Indy** » 04 Sep 2011, 13:30

resperin wrote:^ folding the mail items usually make it "thick" enough to push through the bristles. if needed fold it three or four times. the only people whose mail i dont have to fold are usually the boxes outside the wall. its all about minimizing physical contact with the letter box

Had a complaint that after the mail was 'folded' I and bent a credit card so badly that it was unusable. In mitigation the customer had a track record of being an ahole.... go figure!

Post by **coxie** » 04 Sep 2011, 13:31

burn them

clashcityrocker · Post by **clashcityrocker** » 04 Sep 2011, 13:45

Push it through with a dog peg.

resperin · Post by **resperin** » 04 Sep 2011, 13:54

Indy wrote:
resperin wrote:^ folding the mail items usually make it "thick" enough to push through the bristles. if needed fold it three or four times. the only people whose mail i dont have to fold are usually the boxes outside the wall. its all about minimizing physical contact with the letter box
Had a complaint that after the mail was 'folded' I and bent a credit card so badly that it was unusable. In mitigation the customer had a track record of being an ahole.... go figure!

i also fold the rims on the amazon packets as they arent the same size as the item inside, which i' also do if i had a letter with a card in so it doesnt damage the card.

ElvisGaddafi · Post by **ElvisGaddafi** » 04 Sep 2011, 15:01

Sometimes I don't know if a post is serious or not. But, giving you the benefit of the doubt....fold it and push it through corner first.

demon · Post by **demon** » 04 Sep 2011, 15:08

bend them

Post by **mazza111** » 04 Sep 2011, 15:14

shove thru with red wallet, do they still issue those to posties?

Eric Cantona · Post by **Eric Cantona** » 04 Sep 2011, 15:20

Do what my postie does, leave it hanging out of the box!

Blue29 · Post by **Blue29** » 04 Sep 2011, 18:59

protect us wrote:I can't believe I'm reading this !! Defo a manager in the making !!!

Nope, just plain old me I'm afraid. I was thinking about how to be a better postie by looking after the mail but with the number of stupidly design boxes about the best i can do it fold then stub the letters on the bristles. Sure, most are okay but there are a good number where the mail ends up literally like a ball. I've never recieved post in the way I'm delivering it, but then I have a bit of a clue about considering how it gets to my mat.

By asking the question I thought I'd un do an avalanche of terrific, time served experience about getting it through without so much as a fold in half.

So, is a scrumpled ball of letter and envelope acceptable - am I doing as good as it gets? It seems so.

Thanks all for the confirmation.

Post by **Lounge Lizard** » 04 Sep 2011, 19:01

Blue29 wrote:Looking for all the pointers you've got here as it's only a matter of time before a resident gets narky and waves a fist at me.

How do you post the tiniest, flimsiest letter or more usually D2D through a uPVC door letterbox with bristles set as firmly as an angry sperm whale with a wired jaw without turning the item into a shredded ball of crumpled neo-junk? Oh, and how to you do it efficiently?

I'm hopeless at thin single letters - our wage slips are the worst. What's the trick I'm missing?

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