Warning thieves are operating in your area...
Posted by: JamieL_v2 on 14 December 2010
Yes in your local postal sorting office, temporary staff are covering the Christmas period. Also some permanent staff may well take advantage of the seasonal post too.
If post is not registered at £5 a go then you are taking a chance on it arriving. Recorded is bugger all use, and may also flag up to thieves that there is value in the letter.
We have also been told that we currently have to wait 15 days for first class (next day supposedly!) recorded post to be considered lost, and that there is no compensation for anything contained in the post (valuables, money and jewelery - which pretty much means everything).
Most staff in the postal system do a great job, and under some appalling cuts that are making the job a misery to many, but there are a few who evidently know that they can hide in the system and steal to their hearts content.
So far this year we have had one item 'go missing', last Christmas, two. From now on most presents will be taken when we next see those we are giving to, or maybe just out money directly into their bank accounts.
Perhaps I am expecting too much, and I do remember Jack Dee putting complaining about the post in perspective 'First class is getting too expensive to send a letter? Here's forty one pence, see how far you get with that.'
I know that one member of the forum is a good hard working worker for the post office and I certainly do not wish to cast any negative views in their direction, I am just passing on my experiences of how a few rotten eggs can negatively affect the whole system.
If post is not registered at £5 a go then you are taking a chance on it arriving. Recorded is bugger all use, and may also flag up to thieves that there is value in the letter.
We have also been told that we currently have to wait 15 days for first class (next day supposedly!) recorded post to be considered lost, and that there is no compensation for anything contained in the post (valuables, money and jewelery - which pretty much means everything).
Most staff in the postal system do a great job, and under some appalling cuts that are making the job a misery to many, but there are a few who evidently know that they can hide in the system and steal to their hearts content.
So far this year we have had one item 'go missing', last Christmas, two. From now on most presents will be taken when we next see those we are giving to, or maybe just out money directly into their bank accounts.
Perhaps I am expecting too much, and I do remember Jack Dee putting complaining about the post in perspective 'First class is getting too expensive to send a letter? Here's forty one pence, see how far you get with that.'
I know that one member of the forum is a good hard working worker for the post office and I certainly do not wish to cast any negative views in their direction, I am just passing on my experiences of how a few rotten eggs can negatively affect the whole system.
Hi JamieL_v2
I don't know if you were refering to me as the member who works for the Post Office as the hard working bit threw me
but as to you not yet receiving any packets it might be because Royal Mail are trying to "deliver" Christmas mail on the cheap. I had an Amazon packet sent out last Thursday with their Prime service and that still hasn't arrived,they also sent out 3 more items yesterday through Prime and they haven't arrived either.They did send out a book yesterday with City Link and that did arrive today.
The main problems seem to be with the mail centres not processing the mail quickly enough,probably due to being staffed with part-timers and casuals and not having enough hours to do the job properly.For example today we didn't have that much mail or packets come to the delivery office despite the mail centre being completely full of letters and packets.We have heard that there are yorks of Amazon packets that have'nt been processed and I dare say that will apply to other online retailers also.We haven't yet received our pay slips that should have arrived last Thursday.
Not a very good picture painted of Royal Mail but then maybe this is what it wants as it makes the job of privatising it a little bit easier.
I hope this as been helpful but then again it probably hasn't been.
Kev
I don't know if you were refering to me as the member who works for the Post Office as the hard working bit threw me
but as to you not yet receiving any packets it might be because Royal Mail are trying to "deliver" Christmas mail on the cheap. I had an Amazon packet sent out last Thursday with their Prime service and that still hasn't arrived,they also sent out 3 more items yesterday through Prime and they haven't arrived either.They did send out a book yesterday with City Link and that did arrive today.The main problems seem to be with the mail centres not processing the mail quickly enough,probably due to being staffed with part-timers and casuals and not having enough hours to do the job properly.For example today we didn't have that much mail or packets come to the delivery office despite the mail centre being completely full of letters and packets.We have heard that there are yorks of Amazon packets that have'nt been processed and I dare say that will apply to other online retailers also.We haven't yet received our pay slips that should have arrived last Thursday.
Not a very good picture painted of Royal Mail but then maybe this is what it wants as it makes the job of privatising it a little bit easier.
I hope this as been helpful but then again it probably hasn't been.
Kev
Crozier (and his partner in crime Leighton) were the biggest thieves of them all. Goodbye to bad rubbish I say!quote:Originally posted by nap-ster:
Where's Mr Crozier when you need him. Oh, he's at ITV.
If you think it’s bad now, just wait until it’s Privatised!
The price of postage will double, the workforce will gradually get replaced with cheap labour (from anywhere in the world), and the profits before people culture will only please the executive managers [BIG bonuses for them!] along with the City and it’s very wealthy carpet bagging shareholders.
By then thefts in the postal system will have soured, and the people making the money won’t care when it’s no longer a public service, and there will be nothing we can do about it.
Very sadly i think this is all going to happen
Debs
quote:Originally posted by naim_nymph:Crozier (and his partner in crime Leighton) were the biggest thieves of them all. Goodbye to bad rubbish I say!quote:Originally posted by nap-ster:
Where's Mr Crozier when you need him. Oh, he's at ITV.
If you think it’s bad now, just wait until it’s Privatised!
The price of postage will double, the workforce will gradually get replaced with cheap labour (from anywhere in the world), and the profits before people culture will only please the executive managers [BIG bonuses for them!] along with the City and it’s very wealthy carpet bagging shareholders.
By then thefts in the postal system will have soured, and the people making the money won’t care when it’s no longer a public service, and there will be nothing we can do about it.
Very sadly i think this is all going to happen
Debs
I agree Debs, it's what you see everywhere they are 'privatising' public services.
And IMO it can't be anything else, private companies are only taking money out of the company for their top-salaries, bonuses and shareholder payments.
All this has to be paid for by increased consumer prices and reduced workstaff and lower quality.
Sad isn't it.
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aleg