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Dorset Plodder
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Post by Dorset Plodder »

One of our lads has been having a problem with one particular customer. He likes to address his mail: Maj Smith, Old Rose Cottage, Back of Beyond, Duffershire, OL1 6IT (No road name) :d'oh!

There's lots of Old Cottages, Old Smithys, Old Police Houses etc in the DO and some even have the same name. So it's a pain on IPS trying to get all these to the right walk. Admittedly he usually puts his post code so that can help (although we don't all memorise all the postcodes in the DO :crazy: ). He's been putting the Red "Dear customer this mail doesn't show your correct postal address" sticker on his mail in an attempt to at least get the road name included.

Upshot is the customer's made a complaint to customer services (Who as we know NEVER back up us Posties) :thumbdown It's come through to the DO that the Customer now has an "Alias" for his address (DOMs made a note in the walklog = Big Deal). He's been instructed to stop put stickers on this customers mail. Seems he's a bit of a "Victor Meldrew", why he doesn't like to use his full address is a mystery. :hmmmm I've never heard of these "Alias" Addresses before... any comments? :cuppa
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t3mcIUQWE2
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Post by t3mcIUQWE2 »

An alias address is usually when an idiot that has a number likes to use a name instead. They can officially register this.
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Post by Postie45 »

the time to have not delivered these items has passed as you could have said incomplete / insufficient address and killed them off. Now that its a known alias address it will have to be delivered.
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Post by Dorset Plodder »

Postie45 wrote:the time to have not delivered these items has passed as you could have said incomplete / insufficient address and killed them off. Now that its a known alias address it will have to be delivered.
I believe this is what started the complaint off. "The Old Postie knew where I lived" type scenario. New Postie took over and thought "FFS What's going on here"? and killed off a load of his favourite "Gentleman's Magazines" :whistle

Maj Smith wasn't a happy teddy and kicked off. Personally I think it's probably just a Snobbery thing, IMO you give a Dog a name....Not a House. :cuppa
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Post by Dorset Plodder »

97gaz wrote:Alias' are usually added into Aplus.
Cheers Gaz. I'll get him to check that's done. Some of the villages can have up to a hundred cottages with names. :shock: Thank God not all residents are stupid, however I suppose if all those cottage names were entered into the A Plus the mech should at least put them in walk order? :thumbup
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Post by bmccoll »

The problem with Walk Logs is who ever has the time to read them? :crazy: