Outrage as Lewes Post Office is closed today due to weather

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Outrage as Lewes Post Office is closed today due to bad weather.

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The closure of Lewes Post Office has caused outrage among customers today.

The branch was closed due to the snow storms which swept through the county in the last week.

The branch also closed early, around 2,30pm, on Friday due to bad weather.

In the short time the Sussex Express was outside the High Street building more than 10 people stopped to complain about the closure.

Customers outside the building were given no explanation for the closure.

But a angry customer left a note pinned to the door saying: “This Post Office being closed is a disgrace.”

Customer Sally Porter said: “They ask us to use them to save them from closing down and so why are they closed today.

“Everything else in the town is open. What’s the reason for it, they don’t even give us a reason.

“It’s a disgrace. Local papers tell us to support the local Post Office because it will close and I’ve walked down here to Post Office to post a parcel for my grand-daughter.”

Another customer, who wished to stay anonymous, said: “This is the only Post Office in town. They have closed all the others down. I think it’s an absolute disgrace just because we have a little bit of snow.

“To inconvenience people the way they are doing, it’s obviously big business and I think it’s grossly unfair.”

A Post Office spokesman said: “Lewes Post Office is closed today due to the bad weather resulting in the branch team being unable to get to work. We apologise to customers for any inconvenience caused.”

The spokesman added: “On Friday, I believe it was snowing heavily and the PO manager like many other retailers on the high street wanted to ensure that employees got safely home.

“The branch did open on Saturday as normal but this morning the weekends heavy snow has meant the branch team have been unable to get into the office.”

[BernardBresslaw]

"Outrage" because you have to delay posting a parcel by a day? Heaven forbid these people should encounter some real world problems!

[Lincox]

Not really, most major companies would have contingency plans for bad weather. If the other shop staff can make it in, then there is no reason for this branch to be closed. It,s not a plague, it's a relatively small amount of snow.

[fishtank]

Nah i'm with Bernard,words like outrage should be kept back for...outrages.
This is pissed off territory,nothing more.
Newsworthy...do me a favour.

[bexhil palace]

I bet they will explode when the Royal Mail gets privatised.
That will be something to get outraged about.

[fishtank]

I bet they will explode when the Royal Mail gets privatised..

Spontaneous combustion as Lewes Post Office is closed for good.

Several customers of Lewes Post Office inexplicably burst into flames today as news of the permanent closure of Lewes Post Office was released.
"I'm incandescent with rage" said one passer by.
The newly mutualised WH Smith-Tesco-Post Office Franchise was unavailable for comment.

[DB1100]

An inconvenience that's all,nothing major like what's just happened in Algeria.