Post early for . . . - Paul Robinson (16th Nov 2007 - 10:49:54)
Let me say at the outset of this post that I have nothing but praise for our village postmen and ladies. I know that during the recent strike most if not all of them continued to work and speaking personally I got a delivery everyday during the national dispruption.
But now that they are working to the new agreed practices the time of delivery has slipped several hours and some people are getting their first delivery close to the time that the late lamented second delivery used to be made! With the inevitable increase of use over the Christmas period who knows when we might get our deliveries.
Add to this the disappearance of the Sunday collection, the closure of rural post offices and what we are witnessing is the death by slow cuts of the postal service.
When Adam Crozier and his board trouser their obscene bonuses perhaps they might reflect upon the fact that what they are being rewarded for is an overall deterioration of a distribution service that was once the envy of the world
Paul Robinson
Re: Post early for . . . - jo herridge (17th Nov 2007 - 16:03:12)
I couldnt agree more.
I have lived here since Feb of this year and have had two regular postmen. They both have taken the time, when my 3 yr old asks them questions like where you going?, what you doing? what's in there? it's my birthday today etc etc . they never seem to mind. he says he wants to be a postcode man when he is bigger!
I have been told that they start at 6am now whereas before it was 4.30am which accounts for some of the time delay in which i used to get my post a few months ago. They work in all weathers probably have to deliver more junk advertising mail than ever before and they still do it with a smile!
Its a shame that post offices all over the country are closing thus making it difficult for the elderly and less mobile people to access their services. It's the same with most companies'. The people at the top of the pyramid get richer while everyone on the bottom take the flack for the changes that get made.
