Royal Mail bureaucracy gone mad. (Are they serious?)

[Cut+Squirt]

Ah yes, good old royal mail. . . Everyone has a horror story to tell. . Mines is as follows.

I ordered two lithium batteries and a charger from a shop in the Midlands. . I hasten to add
this was a top end charger and was worth a bit of money. . Anyway I paid extra for next day
guaranteed delivery. It never arrived. Many phone calls later to RM and the company who sold me it revealed
that it had been delivered to my address and signed for the day after I ordered it.

Obviously rubbish as neither me or the Wife was home. . Anyway eventually the company came good and send
me out replacements free of charge.

Approximately a month later I was hosing down the patio area behind my house and tucked under my shed was . . Yes you guessed it my parcel, signed as delivered by. . . . . Wait for it, the fricking postman.

No calling card, no knock on the door the next morning . . . and the parcel hidden under my shed. . . What a idiot.

 

[private fraser]

People get fired for that sort of thing.......in the private sector.
They are privatised now so things might change but the union is very militant so good luck with that.

The (now) profitable business was privatised but the pension scheme (with it's massive black hole) still remains in the public sector so taxpayers (us) are still liable .

 

[Psyxologos]

Ah yes, good old royal mail. . . Everyone has a horror story to tell. . Mines is as follows.

I ordered two lithium batteries and a charger from a shop in the Midlands. . I hasten to add
this was a top end charger and was worth a bit of money. . Anyway I paid extra for next day
guaranteed delivery. It never arrived. Many phone calls later to RM and the company who sold me it revealed
that it had been delivered to my address and signed for the day after I ordered it.

Obviously rubbish as neither me or the Wife was home. . Anyway eventually the company came good and send
me out replacements free of charge.

Approximately a month later I was hosing down the patio area behind my house and tucked under my shed was . . Yes you guessed it my parcel, signed as delivered by. . . . . Wait for it, the fricking postman.

No calling card, no knock on the door the next morning . . . and the parcel hidden under my shed. . . What a idiot.

How much do you want for it?


Just joking....

 

[billh]

Last time this happened to me was with an eBay purchase of little value. They wanted 7p + £1 fine. I ignored the card and let them send the parcel back to the sender. Made me feel much better. I would have had to travel 6 miles each way to collect from the RM Office, approx 2l of diesel.