It seems that this person has it in for RM posties.
Mind you the responses to her "blog" are supportive of the postie on the street.. unlike her!
I wonder if she still thinks the same a year on?
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/crist ... ng-on-tnt/
I wonder if she still thinks the same of RM posties a year on, in light of the recent C4 Dispatches documentary that aired the other week.
By Cristina Odone Politics Last updated: April 16th, 2012
Postman Plod from Viz: more than a grain of truth
I blame Postman Pat: kind and cuddly, animal-loving and child-friendly. It gave everyone the impression that posties were the best public servants, a beloved feature of the neighbourhood.
Yeah, right. Viz magazine's Postman Plod (see above) is nearer the mark. Postmen (postwomen are no better) have got away with sloppy delivery and lazy attitudes for years now. Thank goodness that, as of today, TNT Post UK is challenging Royal Mail by unveiling its first major UK trial of delivering post in the west London area.
Until today, the Royal Mail posties have got away with the kind of work ethic that would get them fired within minutes in the private sector. UK residents have to wait until midday for their post; post office hours are so unfriendly that only the unemployed can pick up a delivery before it is sent back to sender. Walk down a street in west London as I do daily, and you'll catch sight of the postman pushing his red trolley lackadaisically with one hand, while he is chitchatting away on his mobile, and even (in the case of one postwoman) enjoying a leisurely cigarette. Sometimes they stop off to deliver a "sorry you were out" card, often while you're still in.
Service? Think again. Work ethic? Come on! the Communication Workers' Union had a fit because Royal Mail dared ask postmen to walk four miles per hour in order to deliver to the 400-500 addressees they are supposed to reach on their daily, three-and-a-half hours' walk. Four miles per hour? That's far too much effort for union workers to waste on delivering the long-awaited gift, or the make-or-break job application. Three and a half hours? Ooh, that sounds like torture.
This is a mollycoddled profession, where worries about – yes, you've guessed it – "health and safety" had the former Royal Mail chief executive phase out cycling for his postmen: they risked hurting themselves by delivering our post on time.
Royal Mail Chat shows how nervous posties are about the prospect of privatisation. Royal Mail has clearly enjoyed their monopoly of our postal system, and are reluctant to give way to the competition; but I don't see how anything else will work. Bring on TNT, I say!
I hope she choked on her words if she watched it.
Bring on TNT with their 6 days a week delivery, more like 3 days a week and cut off at a set time, even if you haven't finished your delivery! Enjoy the future of your mail with their [TNT] deliveries, Cristina Odone.
Some nice positive feedback from people who's criticism of her comments makes for enjoyable reading
Wonder if she'll do another blog and retract her comments about RM deliveries etc.
Somehow I think not.
Assuming she is getting mail from RM, who's the postie on her round? I bet they "love" her!
