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Post by **POSTMAN** » 10 Oct 2007, 16:35

Tuck in.

http://postwatchuk.blogspot.com/2007/10 ... ction.html

Wild Rover · Post by **Wild Rover** » 10 Oct 2007, 16:40

No need to reply, this sums it up

Yes! What a brilliant idea! Why not open up the market so that other companies can compete to deliver your mail? Except for one small problem. It has already happened. And do you know what? No other company is willing to set up an end-to-end delivery service, because it costs too much. And then they have to charge their "customers" more, and then their "customers" find the rates they were getting aren't so good any more and it works out just as economical to pay Royal Mail to deal with their mail. What a joke- if any of you people think that the collapse of Royal Mail and the sacking of 130,000 + workers is going somehow improve your postal service then there really is no hope for anybody. Alternatively, let's employ loads of non-english speaking staff to do the job. Oh but wait, what happens when you employ them (as seen in the Dispatches programme)? Quality of service becomes 0% All the letters either go in the wrong letterbox, into a bin or else into the pocket of a nearby African gang to pilfer the credit cards.
Meanwhilst, keep slagging of your hard-working postman who tries his best to make sure all your badly addressed letters and parcels get to the right address, wether it is cancer-inducing hot weather, torrential rain, or freezing snow. All for 190 quid a week (that's what I get paid). Some of the people commenting on here don't deserve a postal service.

mdtomuk · Post by **mdtomuk** » 10 Oct 2007, 16:46

Yep I've Blogged!

strangler · Post by **strangler** » 10 Oct 2007, 16:59

Wild Rover wrote:No need to reply, this sums it up

Yes! What a brilliant idea! Why not open up the market so that other companies can compete to deliver your mail? Except for one small problem. It has already happened. And do you know what? No other company is willing to set up an end-to-end delivery service, because it costs too much. And then they have to charge their "customers" more, and then their "customers" find the rates they were getting aren't so good any more and it works out just as economical to pay Royal Mail to deal with their mail. What a joke- if any of you people think that the collapse of Royal Mail and the sacking of 130,000 + workers is going somehow improve your postal service then there really is no hope for anybody. Alternatively, let's employ loads of non-english speaking staff to do the job. Oh but wait, what happens when you employ them (as seen in the Dispatches programme)? Quality of service becomes 0% All the letters either go in the wrong letterbox, into a bin or else into the pocket of a nearby African gang to pilfer the credit cards.
Meanwhilst, keep slagging of your hard-working postman who tries his best to make sure all your badly addressed letters and parcels get to the right address, wether it is cancer-inducing hot weather, torrential rain, or freezing snow. All for 190 quid a week (that's what I get paid). Some of the people commenting on here don't deserve a postal service.

Great post, every word.

dididw · Post by **dididw** » 10 Oct 2007, 17:02

strangler wrote:
Wild Rover wrote:No need to reply, this sums it up

Yes! What a brilliant idea! Why not open up the market so that other companies can compete to deliver your mail? Except for one small problem. It has already happened. And do you know what? No other company is willing to set up an end-to-end delivery service, because it costs too much. And then they have to charge their "customers" more, and then their "customers" find the rates they were getting aren't so good any more and it works out just as economical to pay Royal Mail to deal with their mail. What a joke- if any of you people think that the collapse of Royal Mail and the sacking of 130,000 + workers is going somehow improve your postal service then there really is no hope for anybody. Alternatively, let's employ loads of non-english speaking staff to do the job. Oh but wait, what happens when you employ them (as seen in the Dispatches programme)? Quality of service becomes 0% All the letters either go in the wrong letterbox, into a bin or else into the pocket of a nearby African gang to pilfer the credit cards.
Meanwhilst, keep slagging of your hard-working postman who tries his best to make sure all your badly addressed letters and parcels get to the right address, wether it is cancer-inducing hot weather, torrential rain, or freezing snow. All for 190 quid a week (that's what I get paid). Some of the people commenting on here don't deserve a postal service.