Post box closed by RM chiefs -because dogs keep weeing on it

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Post box closed by Royal Mail chiefs - because dogs keep weeing on it

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Postal chiefs have closed a postbox...because dogs keep WEEING on it.

The postbox at the corner of Albert Road and Hartford Road in Bexley, south east London, had its slot locked shut and a ‘Closed’ notice pinned to it this week.

Royal Mail workers, however, also taped a grumpy note to the postbox reading ‘This box has been closed due to the fact members of the public are allowing their dogs to urinate on the door’.

The action was taken after local posties complained to bosses that when they went to open the door to get all the letters out they often found it covered in dog wee.

Sandra Richards, 51, said she saw the sign this week as she went to post a birthday card to her granddaughter

She said: “I went to post a birthday card to my granddaughter and saw the postbox was closed and had a note pinned to it - I had to walk half-a-mile to the next postbox.

“I couldn’t believe it when I read it - I mean dogs always wee on postboxes and lampposts, it’s the natural way of things.

“For this to happen is just another example of how health and safety can be used as an excuse for not getting on with the job.”

A spokesman for the Royal Mail said that dogs peeing on the postbox had been ‘an issue’ for a while and advised locals to walk to the nearest alternative postbox just over half-a-mile away.

He said: “Dog fouling has been an issue for some time at this Bexley postbox.

“The box is sited at the entrance to a recreation area where dogs are let off the lead to run free.

“We have taken the decision to re-locate the box further away and we apologise to customers for the temporary disruption to their service."

[mark_e]

Why not get romec to put the box a bit higher off ground level?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

Why not get romec to put the box a bit higher off ground level?

Indeed plenty of space to do it. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.44604 ... DLUe-Q!2e0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[music4essex]

I remember when I was a collections driver in Hastings old town, During the summer they use to have horse and carriage rides and the guy who ran it always parked the horses by the postbox and quite often there was horse manure by it , always had arguments with him over it ,

alas on to pastures new in another county

Essex mum

[UnhappyGremlin]

She said: “I went to post a birthday card to my granddaughter and saw the postbox was closed and had a note pinned to it - I had to walk half-a-mile to the next postbox.

Oh diddums.

“I couldn’t believe it when I read it - I mean dogs always wee on postboxes and lampposts, it’s the natural way of things.

Well, it isn't really, is it? Why don't dog owners take their dogs elsewhere to piss? It's not like there is a shortage of lampposts to piss on.

“For this to happen is just another example of how health and safety can be used as an excuse for not getting on with the job.”

Yeah. Selfish lazy posties don't want to get dog piss on their hands. It's nothing to do with the possible negative health aspect at all.

Some people.

[NWpostie]

We had one where kids kept putting fireworks in it, eventually we decided to close the box and removed it shortly after, people weren't too happy about it, if they had stopped their kids from being anti social, we wouldn't need to remove it in the first place. They obviously did not think about the consequences when they decided to act like silly buggers and they are the first to complain.