Royal Mail: isn’t it quicker to knock?
A quick search shows I’m not the only one this has happened to: having been in all day long I discover a card from Royal Mail has come through the door saying “Sorry you were out” and telling me to pick up a parcel the next day.
On the card are the following pieces of information:
- Some kind of parcel ID number
- The time
- The date
- My name
- The first line of my address
- The type of item (checked box)
- The number of items (there are several this time)
- A check in the box saying it’s too big for the letterbox
- The photo ID serial card number of the postman
- A check in the box telling me to pick them up from the delivery office
- The date I should pick them up
I coudn’t write it all in less than 27 seconds. Surely it would have been quicker to just ring the bell?
It is common practise within Royal Mail for the postman to leave large items at the sorting office or the nearest post office in rural areas.
It is the same for recorded delivery items.
I have had countless problems with this but having made complaints I now get my mail delivered by writing to them authorising the postman to merely open the door and pop them inside.