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17/08/2004, 12:38 PM
liamon

Post office hits new levels

Got home from work last week and there was a note in my letterbox stating that there was a parcel for me that wouldn't fit in the letterbox. Fair enough, that hapens and they normally have you collect it at the local post office. Not this time. The note stated that the parcel was in the .......rubbish bin. :eek:

Disbelief, but I checked and there it was, sitting on top of a pile of decomposing rubbish in my bin. A lovely present for my son's first birthday. Like I'm going to dress him in clothes form the bin! :confused:

Any one else able to top that?
17/08/2004, 12:54 PM
Peadar

Quote:

Originally Posted by liamon

Disbelief, but I checked and there it was, sitting on top of a pile of decomposing rubbish in my bin.

That's hard to believe!
You obviously went down to the Post Office to voice your disapproval?
I hope don't end up with a postal service comparable to Royal Mail.

I've had at least 3 incidents where An Post came up trumps for me when it seemed that I was in a no win situation.
One involved Ireland tickets.
Thankfully I've never had an unfortunate incident like you Liam.
17/08/2004, 1:17 PM
joeSoap

I had match tickets which I collected by courier in London end up in Dubai. DHL told me that it was an "easy mistake to make as both Dublin and Dubai have the same abbreviation code-dub".
Had to get my tickets cancelled and re-issued, which thankfully I was able to do.
17/08/2004, 1:26 PM
tiktok

Quote:

Originally Posted by liamon

The note stated that the parcel was in the .......rubbish bin. :eek:

Brilliant :D

Maybe he'd already seen the gift and decided the bin was the best place for it ;)
17/08/2004, 1:33 PM
Plastic Paddy

You want to try living in London with the excuse that passes for a postal service here. I had to stop having subscription journals delivered to my house because the useless tossers at the local sorting office kept losing them on me. As for bank cards, don't even go there. In fact, I'd like to hear from anyone in these parts who has a good word to say about Royal Mail/Consignia/Post Office/whatever they call themselves this week.

Over to you Sylvo... :eek: ;)

:D PP
17/08/2004, 1:36 PM
pete

Only problem i ever had with An Post was when magazines were going missing for couple of months but was caused by very similar addresses. Post Office guys said they have that problem in Dublin all the time cos of developers picking very similar names which An Post no control over...

I knew they didn't hold parcels too long in the local Office but dumping in the bin is extreme. I wouldn't let them away with that.
17/08/2004, 1:37 PM
Peadar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

In fact, I'd like to hear from anyone in these parts who has a good word to say about Royal Mail/Consignia/Post Office/whatever they call themselves this week.

If you're reading this Pete, your cheque is in the post. :D
Sent it today, tell me when you get it.
This thread could be 5 or 6 pages back by the time you reply :D
17/08/2004, 1:39 PM
pete

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peadar

...your cheque is in the post...

Heard that one before. :eek:
17/08/2004, 1:49 PM
tiktok

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

I had to stop having subscription journals delivered to my house because the useless tossers at the local sorting office kept losing them on me

PP

Were they losing them or opening and reading them during their tea-break? :D
17/08/2004, 1:59 PM
Plastic Paddy

Quote:

Originally Posted by tiktok

Were they losing them or opening and reading them during their tea-break? :D

Jaisus, for their sakes I hope not. I can't see the Catholic Herald or the St Vincent de Paul Magazine fitting in with the jazz mags the local posties usually "read"... ;)

:D PP
17/08/2004, 2:01 PM
the 12 th man

Quote:

Originally Posted by joeSoap

I had match tickets which I collected by courier in London end up in Dubai. DHL told me that

you know what dhl stands for
Documents.Hopelessy.Lost :D
17/08/2004, 2:18 PM
max power

[QUOTE=liamon]:

Disbelief, but I checked and there it was, sitting on top of a pile of decomposing rubbish in my bin. A lovely present for my son's first birthday. Like I'm going to dress him in clothes form the bin! :confused:

QUOTE]

whats new about cork people wearing clothes out of a bin anyway :confused:
17/08/2004, 2:42 PM
liamon

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Originally Posted by max power

whats new about cork people wearing clothes out of a bin anyway :confused:

Fair enough, but I don't usually rummage through my own bin for clothes.
17/08/2004, 2:58 PM
sylvo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

You want to try living in London with the excuse that passes for a postal service here. I had to stop having subscription journals delivered to my house because the useless tossers at the local sorting office kept losing them on me. As for bank cards, don't even go there. In fact, I'd like to hear from anyone in these parts who has a good word to say about Royal Mail/Consignia/Post Office/whatever they call themselves this week.

Over to you Sylvo... :eek: ;)

:D PP

Cheer's PP there'll be a pint waiting for yer tomorrow night in Raff's.
The situation regarding the packet in the bin, there's no excuse for that, it's just as easy to take the packet back to the office as it is to dump it like that. The guy deserve's to have his ass kicked that's just lazy.
As for the situation here in London PP, yer right it is a joke and the buck for this lay's with the management, cause they're the one's that have taken a public service that had a 96% first class next day delivery and turned it into a joke private profit making company.
They've cut everything from job's to selling off main sorting office's across main city's in Britain just like An Post have in Ireland, yet none of that money that they save or have made through sale's in post office property we see at ground level being ploughed back it to the service the same as our fellow worker's at An Post are seeing with management back in Ireland, :mad: but we do see management being rewarded for making as many cut back's as possible which affect's us just as much as the public that we are trying to provide a service to.
As for stuff going missing. Speaking from my own office We've only had one instance (one two many) of stuff getting stolen by a full member of staff in the last fourteen year's.
The major problem with theft come's from the huge amount of casual staff that is not vetted that are brought into sorting office's by management who are suddenly copping on that their huge cut back's have left a workforce not able to cope with the volume of work or are brought in out of badness by management in personel battle's with the workforce to deprive them of overtime. Anytime office's are flooded with casual worker's massive amount's of mail alway's get's stolen, management are fully aware of this major issue but refuse to do anything about it becuse once the mail has left the office and out on the street's to be delivered it's not there problem and that's what they keep saying.
IF i see yer tomorrow i'm just talking football. :mad:
17/08/2004, 3:14 PM
Plastic Paddy

Quote:

Originally Posted by sylvo

IF i see yer tomorrow i'm just talking football. :mad:

Good. Glad to see that I've drawn the sting in advance. ;)

:D PP
17/08/2004, 3:54 PM
Peadar

Quote:

Originally Posted by max power

whats new about cork people wearing clothes out of a bin anyway :confused:

How foolish of you to assume that every Cork City fan is from Cork!
I'm sure if the clothes were for Liam he'd chuck them in the washing machine and moan about it for a few hours but where a little baby is concerned you don't take any risks.
17/08/2004, 4:30 PM
liamon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peadar

How foolish of you to assume that every Cork City fan is from Cork!
....

To be fair, my location is still down as "somewhere in Cork". Bit outdated as I now live in Tipperary.
17/08/2004, 5:09 PM
Pat O' Banton

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plastic Paddy

In fact, I'd like to hear from anyone in these parts who has a good word to say about Royal Mail/Consignia/Post Office/whatever they call themselves this week.

Can't wait to hear you slagging of the Post Office when its Sylvo's round tomorrow night ;) :D
17/08/2004, 5:18 PM
liam88

True story-My Uncle in Cobh sent me a had-made Green, White and Gold Willie warmer and a couple of Ireland football books :)
NEVER CAME and I only found out he had sent them when he was asking me about them over when I was over in Cobh :mad: :mad: :eek: :mad:
Don't know which side of the sea the blame lies on and to be honest i don't care who's responsible but I want my willie warmer! (and ma books!)
17/08/2004, 5:26 PM
Plastic Paddy

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Originally Posted by liam88

Don't know which side of the sea the blame lies on and to be honest i don't care who's responsible but I want my willie warmer!

Ten quid and a visit to Guildford town centre most Friday nights should sort you out on that front. If you're lucky, you might even get some change. :eek: :p

:D PP

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