Wet Letters today

[music4essex]

Hi gang

As a lot of you know it was very wet today especially in the essex area I am
I had my last bag to deliver which takes about 45 mins to do, This bag lays in my cycle box on the front which does not have a cover and is open to the elemnts.

A Lot of letters over the course of my duty were wet when put thru L/boxes.
Any way got to my last house and had 4 letters the last letter at the back which was A4 size was inside my bag trying to keep as much wet of it as possible , but as you know with our red bags they do soak up the wet.
I put the letters in the householders box on there wall, walked down the path past another house and then into mine which has 30ft garden to front door,
Just put the keys in the front door and this guy came out of the house with the A4 letter shouting at me what is this holding the A4 letter in the air, (Though lets not be sarcastic here, could have said it was a letter) and just replied it is wet,
you know the complaints procedure get in touch with the office.I mean there he is in the pouring rain and the letter is getting wetter.

Now I could have taken the letter back to the office with me and put it in the little bags that say sorry for the damage , but they would have complained getting the mail a day letter, or even worse RM trying wilful delay,

I tell ya it beggars belief with some people out of 425 calls probably only one that complains lol

Essex Post mum

[Dushku2309]

425 calls !!!

FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE !!!! I dream of having that number..

Mine's closer to 700

[Howard]

Hey music,dont you have them plastic yellow bags for the inner of your pouch there ?


Anyways,theres always one moaner mate,the others understand,way of the world buddy.

[Robocop]

425 calls !!!

FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE !!!! I dream of having that number..

Mine's closer to 700

I've got 277! Doesn't make it any easier,apart from the D2Ds.

[LouBarlow]

Give me 700 terraced houses any day.

[krussel]

Sadly in over 20 years and dispite trying all sorts of solutions i have not found an answer to this. I know how you feel when your standing there dripping wet and someone is ranting because their mail is water damaged.
Its paper and paper does not stand up well to water, end of.

You cant win

Hope you had a cuppa and dried out yourself though

[venger]

"My post's all wet!"
"Yeah it's raining"
Some customers are right clown shoes.

[delboy]

come on guys why do you think they give us waterproff yellow bag with our pouches....











































































lol....

I'll get my coat..

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I use bin liners - works a treat and last longer than the yellow bags. Also you can fold the tops over the mail keeping it even drier.

I did have one though complain once about wet letters. I politely suggested, as I was dripping on their door step that as I was wet through it was a bit difficult to keep letters dry no matter how hard I try. I also suggested that if he found a way of keeping paper dry when water is falling out of they sky he could make a fortune.

[cookie]

I can keep the mail dry in my pouch, it's the bundle that i'm delivering that can get soaked. I've tried using a clear plactic bag for the bundle i'm delivering, you can see the address easily and keep the letter dry.

[POSTMAN]

911,twin towers ect,USA mail delayed to UK,customer complained,"what has that got to do with it."

[LouBarlow]

You would have thought modernisation would address such an obvious flaw. There must be bags that offer more protection during a downpour?

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I use bin liners - works a treat and last longer than the yellow bags. Also you can fold the tops over the mail keeping it even drier.

You`ve too much time on your hands and care too much

They are free - council leave them when they empty the bins