Patronised by The People's Post Office

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 03 Dec 2007, 14:47

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What is the best form of defence for a cash-strapped post office network brought to its knees by the Government? Attack. This can be the only explanation for that ridiculous Â£10 million advertising campaign about 'The People's Post Office.'

People? They must mean us. At best it is simply patronising but at worst an insult to all those struggling branches and customers across the land. Ad men sitting on their beanbags must be having a good laugh at how they have pickpocketed the Post Office with such ease.

Take that latest clunky piece of marketing designed to show how 'relevant' the post office is by force-feeding us The People's HomePhone and Broadband. They use a gormless looking subpostmaster - given the innocuous title of Ken - with a mug of tea in his hand.

The brew up isn't for us but appears to be a two-fingered metaphor for anyone with brains.

'Our broadband runs at up to 8Meg.*' That's really, really fast to you and me.' Just because many post office users are elderly it does not mean they are babbling idiots - and * loosely translates into 'no chance'.

So, please Ken, don't confuse us with your pretend customers, which include such A-list luminaries as Keith Harris and Orville and Bill Oddie, who are paid to suffer this artless drivel.

Just think what Â£10 million could do if it was ploughed into the network rather than wasted on such spin?

The timing of the advertising campaign also has a nasty smell. It seems to be an all too obvious cynical bid to divert attention from the real 'cost-cutting' closure of 2,500 branches.

jafferpants · Post by **jafferpants** » 03 Dec 2007, 15:19

Ironic isn't it The peoples post office, but the people have no say whatsoever to stop them being closed. Just goes to prove the total contempt that the powers to be have for their citizens.The very same reason that leighton&crozier treat us like a bunch of twats because once again they have proved how cheaply the majority can be bought hence they have no respect. Can you blame them.

IWW Fellow Worker · Post by **IWW Fellow Worker** » 03 Dec 2007, 18:04

TrueBlueTerrier wrote: A-list luminaries as Keith Harris and Orville and Bill Oddie

They could start their own television series. "Waste of Time Team."

BELIAL · Post by **BELIAL** » 03 Dec 2007, 19:26

jafferpants wrote:Ironic isn't it The peoples post office, but the people have no say whatsoever to stop them being closed. Just goes to prove the total contempt that the powers to be have for their citizens.The very same reason that leighton&crozier treat us like a bunch of twats because once again they have proved how cheaply the majority can be bought hence they have no respect. Can you blame them.

Surely you are not suggesting that these far reaching , inclusive periods of consultation are not as they are made to appear? You cannot mean that the outcome of these CONSULTATIONS is predetermined

NickiKitten · Post by **NickiKitten** » 03 Dec 2007, 21:19

Now they have fricking boyzone! I am still sickend by a few years back when they had Elton John, madness!
No money, in the words of our illustrious manager "Bull-s**t!"

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 04 Dec 2007, 13:44

BELIAL wrote:
jafferpants wrote:Ironic isn't it The peoples post office, but the people have no say whatsoever to stop them being closed. Just goes to prove the total contempt that the powers to be have for their citizens.The very same reason that leighton&crozier treat us like a bunch of twats because once again they have proved how cheaply the majority can be bought hence they have no respect. Can you blame them.
Surely you are not suggesting that these far reaching , inclusive periods of consultation are not as they are made to appear? You cannot mean that the outcome of these CONSULTATIONS is predetermined

Sorry Belial I have some bad news. Father Christmas does not exist he is a sham designed by Royal Mail to get us all to send cards. Whereas PO closure consultation ..........................................

BELIAL · Post by **BELIAL** » 04 Dec 2007, 14:02

I refuse to believe that father christmas does not exist , I will only accept this if Lovejoy makes an official announcement.
You'll be telling me next that RM want to steal five years pension payments from me

jafferpants · Post by **jafferpants** » 04 Dec 2007, 14:09

BELIAL wrote:I refuse to believe that father christmas does not exist , I will only accept this if Lovejoy makes an official announcement.
You'll be telling me next that RM want to steal five years pension payments from me

I still remember to this day the shock of realising santa was not real. My mother said "i know it has broken your heart but you are 36"

BELIAL · Post by **BELIAL** » 04 Dec 2007, 14:18

Fancy telling you that when you were only 3foot tall

jafferpants · Post by **jafferpants** » 04 Dec 2007, 14:27

BELIAL wrote:Fancy telling you that when you were only 3foot tall

Nice one

BELIAL · Post by **BELIAL** » 04 Dec 2007, 14:31

I was expecting a rude response about it having nothing to do with height

jafferpants · Post by **jafferpants** » 04 Dec 2007, 15:29

BELIAL wrote:I was expecting a rude response about it having nothing to do with height

Rude me!!! not in the season of goodwill. Tis the time to be jolly and in our job that's not easy.

meweavy · Post by **meweavy** » 04 Dec 2007, 15:50

again it just goes to show how out of touch these bigwigs are..this advertising campaign just seems to rub everybodies nose in it..

how can they be advertising the p.o and spending an absolute fortune while they are at it...and in the same breath systematically close them all down in the process..

they are either completey fecking clueless or failing that,a sick bunch of twats who just wants to rub everybodies nose in it..

i dont know one person who hates these ads..
my mum works for the p.o and sooner or later she will be out of a job.
and will she get any redundancy...
f**k no..coz they spent 10 million on f***ing westlife and wendy the stuntman richards..

jemima · Post by **jemima** » 04 Dec 2007, 19:44

I was told that every year, Father Christmas chooses one postie from each country he visits, to help him with the deliveries and to help eat the mince pies everyone leaves out for him.

BELIAL · Post by **BELIAL** » 04 Dec 2007, 20:35

Yeh an when he gets sick he issues a stage three and the next year he gets a part time helper. And he makes all the elves do their C2C's in one night for nothing and when Donner Under and Blitzen went on strike cos of the trackers, Rudolf scabbed for the whole dispute

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