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deristrong
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Post by deristrong »

Got an older couple with a dog who have asked that on days where they have no mail that I post something through their door. Turns out their dog sits staring at the letter box until I've been. He'll give up eventually but can be there for hours. Top floor flat as well but, of course, I do it anyway.
robbertwhitton
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Post by robbertwhitton »

Well done you,but don’t be late back and want to claim,the grinches within this company will no doubt frown upon that customer relationship,old school posties would happily do that no doubt,but I guess I could be wrong
yubin282
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Post by yubin282 »

i always find it strange the customers that have stuff on the door/letterbox like "save the planet, save the trees" blah blah, yet they receive every magazine/catalogue you can think of every day
twoloops
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Post by twoloops »

iPhone with wireless headphones in listening to podcasts soon sorts that out, I very really hear or talk to anyone, one was chasing & shouting me today, he had no shoes & socks on, I could see him out the corner of my eye & kept walking, he had to come to me, not me go back to him for his packet :chuckle
arnold cheshire
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Post by arnold cheshire »

We had a business that required all mail to be bundled with elastic bands
Navalron
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Post by Navalron »

deristrong wrote:Got an older couple with a dog who have asked that on days where they have no mail that I post something through their door. Turns out their dog sits staring at the letter box until I've been. He'll give up eventually but can be there for hours. Top floor flat as well but, of course, I do it anyway.
Nice one bud. :Applause :Applause :Applause :Applause :Applause :Applause
blue1873
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Post by blue1873 »

mattycash wrote:iPhone with wireless headphones in listening to podcasts soon sorts that out, I very really hear or talk to anyone, one was chasing & shouting me today, he had no shoes & socks on, I could see him out the corner of my eye & kept walking, he had to come to me, not me go back to him for his packet :chuckle
Definately" not "old school .Whatever has become being civil and courteous, :hmmmm words and deeds that
are lost on todays younger generations :d'oh!
lightningpostman
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Post by lightningpostman »

just the other day, a good customer of mine a elderly couple there fuse box had blown out.

invited me in , quickly established it was the kettle that kept tripping the fuse.

went on my way 2 days later i delivered the replacement to a happy couple :dance
twoloops
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Post by twoloops »

No! .......... Mr lightningpostman what about when its your day off or your on holiday & your poor relieve postman has to cover your duty & all the old biddies want light bulbs & milk fetching? Don't do it, the likes of you f**k the job up :arrrghhh
goneaway
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Post by goneaway »

deristrong wrote:Got an older couple with a dog who have asked that on days where they have no mail that I post something through their door. Turns out their dog sits staring at the letter box until I've been. He'll give up eventually but can be there for hours. Top floor flat as well but, of course, I do it anyway.
Do you end up going there on a Sunday and Bank Holidays as well? :whistle
Villadaft
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Post by Villadaft »

mattycash wrote:No! .......... Mr lightningpostman what about when its your day off or your on holiday & your poor relieve postman has to cover your duty & all the old biddies want light bulbs & milk fetching? Don't do it, the likes of you f**k the job up :arrrghhh
You do know you will be old one day and might need a little help from someone pal?
Well done Mrlightninpostman, no harm in helping people along the way.
Postie45
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Post by Postie45 »

lcook282 wrote:i always find it strange the customers that have stuff on the door/letterbox like "save the planet, save the trees" blah blah, yet they receive every magazine/catalogue you can think of every day
not only that, the amount of paper saved by 1 or 2 people not having a leaflet made is in any realistic terms equal with zero
blue1873
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Post by blue1873 »

mattycash wrote:No! .......... Mr lightningpostman what about when its your day off or your on holiday & your poor relieve postman has to cover your duty & all the old biddies want light bulbs & milk fetching? Don't do it, the likes of you f**k the job up :arrrghhh
Absolute " gentleman" you are :d'oh! Salt of the earth :hmmmm :thumbdown
deristrong
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Post by deristrong »

goneaway wrote:
deristrong wrote:Got an older couple with a dog who have asked that on days where they have no mail that I post something through their door. Turns out their dog sits staring at the letter box until I've been. He'll give up eventually but can be there for hours. Top floor flat as well but, of course, I do it anyway.
Do you end up going there on a Sunday and Bank Holidays as well? :whistle
No. The dog's not stupid. He has his own calender.
lightningpostman
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Post by lightningpostman »

mattycash wrote:No! .......... Mr lightningpostman what about when its your day off or your on holiday & your poor relieve postman has to cover your duty & all the old biddies want light bulbs & milk fetching? Don't do it, the likes of you f**k the job up :arrrghhh
i treat people how i wish to be treated, i help when i can and would think like minded people would offer my gran a hand off the bus, pick up my grandads cane if it slipped ouuta his hand.

good resides in all of us and the most simple gesture like helping someone/ treating people with respect and dignity makes for a better sociaty.

the job is F"d up right after we were floated on the stock exchange now RM are squeezing blood out of a stone...i have the upmost respect for the frontline but believe the people behind the desks have the easiest ride without breaking a sweat.

cwu should sponsor a hr/management work day were the entire office lot get to do 3-6 duties from every office and see how what the front line actually does.

back to whrere i left off , offer a hand now and again, one day when you least expect it some one with good intentions will come to you/your families aide.