Would you complain / comment to Royal Mail about this?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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I have just received a letter from the new TNT postal service. As one might expect, for an ordinary letter with no size or signature issues, it has just been popped through our mail slot. This is what we would all expect, right?

I am wondering whether to contact Royal Mail because for the last two days, this has not been our experience with their postman. The last two days he has knocked on the door and rung the bell. He was greeted by my mother yesterday and my son today. Both times he has handed over the letters to them one by one, grilling them on the recipients. Today he queried whether “Ms Imaginatemum” was their mother, seeing as I don’t have the same surname as them.

This is not normal, right? I am not a particularly strident “don’t invade my privacy” person, but this seems a bit much. Also, I am married, I haven’t changed my name, but either way I don’t see why the postman needs to know this. I wonder about some of our very elderly neighbours, and whether they are getting the same grilling and how they feel about it. I also can’t understand how he can possibly finish his round on time! My mother is a bit concerned that getting us to open all our doors all the time is a way of casing out all the houses.

I have had friendly relationships with my posties in the past. Our last one got to know us over time, and worked out my local cafe hangout which was happily near his sorting office, so if I was in the window as he headed up to mine with a parcel, he’d knock on the door and give it to me there to save the whole “you are not at home, go to sorting office” card through the door palaver.

So a part of me is considering complaining, or at least commenting, as this door knocking and questioning seems a bit aggresive. But then another part of me is fearful that this guy has just got this job, maybe he’s a bit overzealous about getting to know his patch and has over-interpreted his role.

Would you contact Royal Mail or not?

[POSTMAN]

Weird.

[noggin1969]

[RedBagMan]

... this guy has just got this job, maybe he’s a bit overzealous about getting to know his patch and has over-interpreted his role.

Reckon this statement hits the nail on the head - especially as you can get so many different surnames at one single address - although you can learn a lot from the RTS letters that come back to your frame (the "not knowns" and "gone aways")

Not that weird really - just a little OTT with a hint of paranoia thrown in as wel ...

[fishtank]

Would you contact Royal Mail or not?

Of course you would...all the way to the top.
Demand a public enquiry...and a criminal investigation.
Or you could just tell him to stop.

[PhilthyPhil]

It is weird how peoples first response so often is to phone up and complain rather than try speaking to the postie first. Seems simple enough?

[Lounge Lizard]

"I have had friendly relationships with my posties in the past. Our last one got to know us over time, and worked out my local cafe hangout"
Breakfast in the cafe perhaps that'd make a change.

[stokes11eg]

Think just overly keen new start! Would just speak to postie, as I think he just wants to make sure he's getting it right!

[Straight4ward]

Our last one got to know us over time, and worked out my local cafe hangout which was happily near his sorting office, so if I was in the window as he headed up to mine with a parcel, he’d knock on the door and give it to me there

Yes, I could see how that might work - - - -

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