Mail found in street

[mazza111]

We've been given a new postie where I and my daughter live. When I say new, he's new to the duty, not new to the job. Have noticed nearly every time he's on the duty (usually see him when I'm driving) that the letters are left sticking out the letterbox. This is not a major problem for my place as I have a front gate, but for my daughter, who lives in a ground floor flat, with letterbox at street level, it's causing major problems. She's just found DWP letters addressed to her in the street, opened. So we're guessing (hoping) that kids have opened them and discarded them. She had to move in with me from Halloween to New Year due to having a broken leg, and we were shocked that she wasn't receiving much mail, so guessing this has been going on for some time.

Right to the crux of the matter, I don't wanna get the kiddy into trouble, but, think it's serious enough for someone to have a word with him. What, as posties would you guys do? If I was around more I would tend to have a word myself, but as I only see him when I'm driving.... I'm in 2 minds whether to go round to the DO and have a word. The manager there is/was pretty fair and would probably only have a word, but at the same time, really don't want him to get in the sht if I can possibly help it. What would you guys do if it was you?

[DGP1]

First try to have a word and if you're not able to then just report it to the manager, I have no sympathy for people taking shortcuts which affect us all.

[mazza111]

Well, I tried to catch him today, but had a hospital appointment, so missed him yet again. Spoke to the lass who took a note of it, was a few others on her list for the same duty so don't feel so bad in mentioning it now. But still feel bad that I've grassed up a former colleague

Just really pisses me off when he does this, especially when you think how much of your info is on a DWP letter

[clashcityrocker]

If he isn't securing the mail, he isn't doing his job properly.
Leaving the mail hanging out the letterbox isn't too clever.

Unless you have put one of those stupid cage things behind the door and your draught excluder strips don't properly align with the letterbox and it is impossible to put the mail fully through the door?

[DGP1]

If he isn't securing the mail, he isn't doing his job properly.
Leaving the mail hanging out the letterbox isn't too clever.

Unless you have put one of those stupid cage things behind the door and your draught excluder strips don't properly align with the letterbox and it is impossible to put the mail fully through the door?

And then we're supposed to bring the mail back as inaccessible

[clashcityrocker]

And then we're supposed to bring the mail back as inaccessible

You can't bring it back when it is over half way in and you can't get it back out without damaging it. (ooh err missus)

[DGP1]

And then we're supposed to bring the mail back as inaccessible

You can't bring it back when it is over half way in and you can't get it back out without damaging it. (ooh err missus)

You shouldn't be shoving it in that hard then..............

[Cheetah]

First try to have a word and if you're not able to then just report it to the manager, I have no sympathy for people taking shortcuts which affect us all.

Here Here . Certainly not clever for the customer and definatly not clever for posties who take pride and do the job properly..... Any idiot running round taking shortcuts, ripping jobs up with no regard for the security of the customers private property is no colleague of mine.......

[mazza111]

Just to clarify, there's not even draught excluders on the letterboxes, never mind the cages. Nothing other than postie being lazy. The upstairs flats mail has just been dumped in the close and not even attempted to go through the letterboxes. I used to do this duty, he knows they all have individual letterboxes.

[mazza111]

And just got home from the doctors to find my daughter's mail on her door step. Thankfully not opened. Came to my own house and thought, oh at least he's put mine all the way through, yes he had, but it was next door's mail

[stokes11eg]

And just got home from the doctors to find my daughter's mail on her door step. Thankfully not opened. Came to my own house and thought, oh at least he's put mine all the way through, yes he had, but it was next door's mail

Not so good this! sometimes you just have to complain---

[mazza111]

I don't mind next door's mail. Everyone can make mistakes right? Pretty sure we've all done it at one point in our life.

[DGP1]

I don't mind next door's mail. Everyone can make mistakes right? Pretty sure we've all done it at one point in our life.

Not just once It's worse when you realise you do it

[Cheetah]

I don't mind next door's mail. Everyone can make mistakes right? Pretty sure we've all done it at one point in our life.

All of us without doubt, however with the amount of mistakes you describe this in my opinion is neglegence. Possibly racing round to finish early ?????

[westlondonpostie]

Had something like this a few months ago, accused of dropping mail in the street, turns out some fella had sussed out which places had cages behind the doors and was sticking newspapers halfway in the letterbox's so he would know which one I had been to then he would come along and reach in and pull the post out, those baskets are the ID fraudsters greatest friend.