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Originally Posted by Sparkle
This happens to me quite a lot too, in fact the saturday before last I was awaiting the doorbell to ring for a parcel but never did. Sly buggers dropped the red note through the outer slide door. The problem was that I didn't find it until nearly 3pm by which time the collection office was long closed, wasted my morning and early afternoon awaiting that parcel. I was furious and gave the guy behind the window an earful on Monday.
On an episode of a Scottish comedy show called "Chewin' the Fat", the incident you described happens, where the postie gets "caught" putting the red slip through the door but doesn't have the parcel. Hilarity ensues !
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Being an ex postie that really is shocking if the postie does indeed do that. My pet HATE though was people complaining that i never rang their doorbell or knocked their door when i did SEVERAL times only for them to either not hear it or be pottering about in their back garden. I then would need to carry the item about with me for the rest of the delivery so why any postie would want to put the "red card" through without ringing the doorbell is beyond me. I never knew of ANY posties that actually done this though.
If however the postie was putting the card through without actually bringing the item then that is inexcusable. While not defending that type of action unless you have worked for Royal Mail you cannot understand just how much pressure these guys are under to complete their deliverys. Some get 4 hours to make a delivery that can take at the minimum of 5 hours and work the extra hour for nothing just to make sure that they complete and dont suffer the bullying and harrasment that so often occurs in the job.
When i was last there (2009) we did get paid up to 3p for election material and could refuse to deliver if we didnt want to however someone else would then need to deliver the items.