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Re: what do customers do that annoys you?

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plainpat wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:What about gates that are locked with the catch,and then either string or bike clip thingies around it as well! :d'oh!
And the hinge has gone at the other end so it opens the wrong way.....for about 6 inches....and then you p*ss over the top of it :mad
You watch when you do that or you will end up in the naughty room :wink:
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Re: what do customers do that annoys you?

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DGP1 wrote:
plainpat wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:What about gates that are locked with the catch,and then either string or bike clip thingies around it as well! :d'oh!
And the hinge has gone at the other end so it opens the wrong way.....for about 6 inches....and then you p*ss over the top of it :mad
You watch when you do that or you will end up in the naughty room :wink:

....and then you p*ss over the top of it :mad[/quote]



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Re: what do customers do that annoys you?

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"He Never Rang The Bell". That's what really annoys me. When they ring the office and say that after you've carded an item. We have an awful lot of elderly people where I work, and they don't like getting up in the mornings. A lot of them are deaf, or they've got those remote controlled doorbells that they've never replaced the batteries in the button bit. The times I've tried explaining to people that' it's more work NOT to deliver a parcel than to deliver it!
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Re: what do customers do that annoys you?

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Aprilaydee wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:What about gates that are locked with the catch,and then either string or bike clip thingies around it as well! :d'oh!
Or the string etc is so tight around the post that you struggle to get the dam thing off and back on again. Even worse when it's wet.
Fnarr, chuckle. Oh, right, I see what you mean. Anyway, if I can't untie the knot I just endorse the letter with an "address inaccessible" and move on. I'm not jumping gates for no-one, least of all some halfwit who indulges in S&M with their ironmongery.
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Re: what do customers do that annoys you?

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People who come to the door after the first knock and say 'sorry, I didn't hear you' . How the f*ck did you know I was here then? :chuckle
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I've got one,well for some strange reason it's 2,2 customers are complaining that i use the tradesman entrance in these high rise flats in the morning then i knock on their door instead of buzzing them from outside the building.

I tell them that's what the tradesman's button is for,and i aint buzzing you to get in when i can do it without you.
One claimed that the buzzer wakes him up so he's ready for me for when i get out of the lift.
He claims that he can't hear the door knock and only hears the card drop and then has to rush out to chase me before i go. :crazy: :d'oh!
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Re: what do customers do that annoys you?

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POSTMAN wrote:I've got one,well for some strange reason it's 2,2 customers are complaining that i use the tradesman entrance in these high rise flats in the morning then i knock on their door instead of buzzing them from outside the building.

I tell them that's what the tradesman's button is for,and i aint buzzing you to get in when i can do it without you.
One claimed that the buzzer wakes him up so he's ready for me for when i get out of the lift.
He claims that he can't hear the door knock and only hears the card drop and then has to rush out to chase me before i go. :crazy: :d'oh!
Well stop using it, and off to the naughty room with you :nervous
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Re: what do customers do that annoys you?

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DGP1 wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:I've got one,well for some strange reason it's 2,2 customers are complaining that i use the tradesman entrance in these high rise flats in the morning then i knock on their door instead of buzzing them from outside the building.

I tell them that's what the tradesman's button is for,and i aint buzzing you to get in when i can do it without you.
One claimed that the buzzer wakes him up so he's ready for me for when i get out of the lift.
He claims that he can't hear the door knock and only hears the card drop and then has to rush out to chase me before i go. :crazy: :d'oh!
Well stop using it, and off to the naughty room with you :nervous
If you must persist in using it, I can give you a website that might help you :whistle
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Re: what do customers do that annoys you?

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I don't know if it has been said already but it happened again yesterday ...

Just after they sign for an item and you pass it over they start reading the label and pass your pen back sooooooo slowly.
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Re: what do customers do that annoys you?

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smokerjim wrote:
DGP1 wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:I've got one,well for some strange reason it's 2,2 customers are complaining that i use the tradesman entrance in these high rise flats in the morning then i knock on their door instead of buzzing them from outside the building.

I tell them that's what the tradesman's button is for,and i aint buzzing you to get in when i can do it without you.
One claimed that the buzzer wakes him up so he's ready for me for when i get out of the lift.
He claims that he can't hear the door knock and only hears the card drop and then has to rush out to chase me before i go. :crazy: :d'oh!
Well stop using it, and off to the naughty room with you :nervous
If you must persist in using it, I can give you a website that might help you :whistle
:d'oh!
Was funny though,but can't be seen to be going off topic.
I Wrote-During Covid-Which is still relevant now
It's good to get these types of threads, the ridiculous my manager said bollox, so we can reassure ourselves that while the world is falling apart, Royal Mail managers are still being the low-life C***S they have always been.
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Re: what do customers do that annoys you?

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Had one today, signed for letter. Knocked on door. Rang doorbell. Knocked on door. Began to fill out p739. Knocked again after filling out basic information on p739 (walk, type of item, how long until it should be collected) - this allows me to 'recycle' said p739 if they suddenly turn up at the door. Nothing. Filled it out fully. Put it through. Walked all the way around the side of the house, was walking to the next house, then someone knocks on the window. THEY HAVE THE p739 IN THEIR HAND. So they'd gone downstairs, picked it up, then rather than come outside and STOP ME, they went back upstairs and knocked, THEN CAME DOWNSTAIRS AGAIN when I returned to the door!

What the hell is wrong with these people. Worse, I'd already filled out on my signatures card 'p739 left' so had to scrub that out and start on a new line. But there wasn't another sticker on the frakking thing, so I just had to contrive a solution on the card. Predictably, the customer acted the whole time they were signing as if it was my fault. My own mood was fiery, to say the least, but I kept a hold of my emotions - against my better judgement.
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Re: what do customers do that annoys you?

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POSTMAN wrote::d'oh!
Was funny though,but can't be seen to be going off topic.
Nah, that's what I'm here for - I go off topic, so you don't have to! :crazy:
I don't suppose your mouth bleeds every 28 days, does it?

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Re: what do customers do that annoys you?

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smokerjim wrote:
POSTMAN wrote::d'oh!
Was funny though,but can't be seen to be going off topic.
Nah, that's what I'm here for - I go off topic, so you don't have to! :crazy:
TBH that's what I'm for, the real reason for the naughty room :nervous
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Re: what do customers do that annoys you?

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DGP1 wrote:
smokerjim wrote:
POSTMAN wrote::d'oh!
Was funny though,but can't be seen to be going off topic.
Nah, that's what I'm here for - I go off topic, so you don't have to! :crazy:
TBH that's what I'm for, the real reason for the naughty room :nervous
And I'm just easily led... :oops: :wave
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Re: what do customers do that annoys you?

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Aprilaydee wrote:
DGP1 wrote:
smokerjim wrote:
POSTMAN wrote::d'oh!
Was funny though,but can't be seen to be going off topic.
Nah, that's what I'm here for - I go off topic, so you don't have to! :crazy:
TBH that's what I'm for, the real reason for the naughty room :nervous
And I'm just easily led... :oops: :wave
You need to stop showing us your ankles, that way we'll be much better behaved (except me and dvbuk).
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