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simply_the_best
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Post by simply_the_best »

dvbuk55 wrote:Wen I worked in the callers office a toffee nosed pair came in with a couple of envelopes which were a bit wet but by no means papier mache - lady shoved them under the grill and said - "These are wet" and I said - "So was your Postman" - that was yet another complaint against me.
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I had an old boot come in once with a postcard and all the writing had run and she was complaining because she couldn't read it!! A postcard FFS :crazy:
DGP1
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Post by DGP1 »

simply_the_best wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote:Wen I worked in the callers office a toffee nosed pair came in with a couple of envelopes which were a bit wet but by no means papier mache - lady shoved them under the grill and said - "These are wet" and I said - "So was your Postman" - that was yet another complaint against me.
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I had an old boot come in once with a postcard and all the writing had run and she was complaining because she couldn't read it!! A postcard FFS :crazy:
I always refer it upwards (to whatever manager I can find) because I don't get paid enough to deal with people moaning about things that are out of anyones control.
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simply_the_best
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Post by simply_the_best »

disgruntledpostie1 wrote:
I always refer it upwards (to whatever manager I can find) because I don't get paid enough to deal with people moaning about things that are out of anyones control.

Ive learned my lesson mate, i just give them the customer services number now and let them not deal with it :left:
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Post by LDV 350 »

dvbuk55 wrote:Wen I worked in the callers office a toffee nosed pair came in with a couple of envelopes which were a bit wet but by no means papier mache - lady shoved them under the grill and said - "These are wet" and I said - "So was your Postman" - that was yet another complaint against me.
Thats the sort of thing thst thankfully got me banned from the callers office :nana :nana :nana
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Post by Lounge Lizard »

simply_the_best wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote:Wen I worked in the callers office a toffee nosed pair came in with a couple of envelopes which were a bit wet but by no means papier mache - lady shoved them under the grill and said - "These are wet" and I said - "So was your Postman" - that was yet another complaint against me.
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I had an old boot come in once with a postcard and all the writing had run and she was complaining because she couldn't read it!! A postcard FFS :crazy:
Precisely. That's why 90% of mail, and everything important, is sent in an envelope. So it shouldn't matter if the envelope is wet.