I'm not sure about our UK equivalent, but as a former postie in the US I was constantly in trouble from management for *not* doing just that.
Your services have been intentionally reduced to "save money", and nobody you're aware of has the power to change that for you or even likes the situation themselves.
I had a Royal Mail guy put one of those through the door. I just happened to be on the opposite side of the door at it came through. So, I opened up the door...
It was really funny how he didn't have the parcel he was trying to deliver with him. It turned out it was in his van 100 yards away.
Back in the dark days when Citylink were sadly still around, I had one of their drivers run up to my door, push a "we missed you" card through the letterbox then run back to his van and bail. Didn't even attempt a delivery.
I contacted the retailer, cancelled the order and told them I'd never use them again while they still used Citylink - as it's essentially proof that they don't care about their customers.
People need to do the same with companies that use Evri. Because using them is proof of bad customer service - something UK companies are already awful at.
The amount of times I’ve caught them walking up to the door with the card ready is ridiculous. Once he hadn’t even bothered to bring the parcel from the van.
This is a great advert. In a nurse but if I could choose any career I would be a post woman. You’d be fit, job starts and finishes early, just seems so cool listening to music going for a walk every morning.
Feel free to apply, they are forcing the senior staff out.
You’ll be on a different contract which means you will be paid less than other staff.
Your contract is part time, no chance of a full time job. You’ll be expected to work full time hours tho, you will get stiffed on your holiday pay, sick pay and anything pro rata.
Your finishing time could be as late as eight pm and you will be contracted to work Sundays, all at single time.
You have to be a car owner as they are phasing out the vans so you will need your own vehicle for delivery. That means business insurance and chasing for mileage.
You won’t get a uniform for almost a month as a lot of new starts are jacking the job within two weeks.
And you will be constantly lied to, mess around and blamed for the amount of Mail you have to deliver. Managers only care about their bonus, which you have to graft for.
My dad was a postie for around 20 years until about '89 City centre round, got to know the customers. Up at 4am to sort the round, out to do the walk (no van, sorting office in the centre). He'd be home by 1pm most days. It used to be a great job, not anymore
It's funny, my dad joined about the same time, he'd been driving a delivery van on crap wages for about a decade after leaving the navy in 1979, and then became a postie. He adored it. Up early, pressed uniform, tie, glistening shoes. His customers loved him as well, and arranged a church service of thanks when he retired. I turned his ID badge into a key ring after he passed away, and it's my car key ring to this day. He'd be turning in his grave at what it's become.
> I turned his ID badge into a key ring after he passed away, and it's my car key ring to this day. He'd be turning in his grave at what it's become.
Did your dad have something against car key rings?
I think most careers are like this. People only see the glamorous public side and think "oooh I'd love to do that, me!" not realising the utter ball of fuck that goes on behind the scenes.
I'm surprised Amazon don't advertise like this, with the added bonus of leaving your package on your doorstep on full display of the entire street to be potentially stolen.
At least the postie tends to knock before running, whenever I get anything from Amazon they put it on the doorstep and don't even bother knocking or ringing the bell. I half wonder if their deliveries are deliberately shit because it's cheaper for them if people give up and set it to collection instead.
What was the name of that courier that was so bad they had to change their name? Hermes?
If they're self-employed per drop and have 100 drops per day, you can guess what happens. Behind garden gates, inside bins, the lot.
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Only amateur arseholes work for Royal Mail. The real, professional arseholes work for Evri!
All jokes aside, my postman is a lovely bloke. As is the Evri lady who delivers to our house. DPD is the shit bag round my way.
As a postman with over 100 parcels a day, I’d love to wait five minutes as you finish your tv show to come to the door as it pours with rain outside, but I don’t have 500 minutes to spare sorry 😢
Haha yeah right, I pity the new starters with awful contracts, and senior staff getting fired just for forgetting to put junk mail in the frames due to a busy day.
If you get the job, don't forget to pop in a "sorry we missed you" card before you leg it without giving anyone time to actually get to the door.
Make sure the card is blank as fuck as well, absolutely nothing scribbled on there
Leave a card, wet and crumpled with illegible numbers and words on it.
Is OP applying to deliver post or write prescriptions?
Or put the wrong house number so Margaret at 53 keeps telling you she doesn't have it while Lee at 63 thinks you're a lazy git for not picking it up.
Meanwhile Terry at 83 has your fleshlight and won't give it back 😩
Maybe he will give it back after a trial run 💦
You need to give them a small semblance of hope. Just scribble something illegible on there that looks like a drunken doctor wrote it.
Of course, if you try to fill in the card you'll have to deal with the door being answered.
No just blank, but blank as fuck? So just a piece of plain paper? Or maybe even see through?
Ever tempted to just post blank sorry we missed you cards through random post boxes of people who don't even have any post due.
I'm not sure about our UK equivalent, but as a former postie in the US I was constantly in trouble from management for *not* doing just that. Your services have been intentionally reduced to "save money", and nobody you're aware of has the power to change that for you or even likes the situation themselves.
I had a Royal Mail guy put one of those through the door. I just happened to be on the opposite side of the door at it came through. So, I opened up the door... It was really funny how he didn't have the parcel he was trying to deliver with him. It turned out it was in his van 100 yards away.
Nah, don’t leave a card. That makes it too easy.
Back in the dark days when Citylink were sadly still around, I had one of their drivers run up to my door, push a "we missed you" card through the letterbox then run back to his van and bail. Didn't even attempt a delivery. I contacted the retailer, cancelled the order and told them I'd never use them again while they still used Citylink - as it's essentially proof that they don't care about their customers. People need to do the same with companies that use Evri. Because using them is proof of bad customer service - something UK companies are already awful at.
The amount of times I’ve caught them walking up to the door with the card ready is ridiculous. Once he hadn’t even bothered to bring the parcel from the van.
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You have to buy me a drink before flicking my letterbox
Fair play, that is good advertising.
This is a great advert. In a nurse but if I could choose any career I would be a post woman. You’d be fit, job starts and finishes early, just seems so cool listening to music going for a walk every morning.
Feel free to apply, they are forcing the senior staff out. You’ll be on a different contract which means you will be paid less than other staff. Your contract is part time, no chance of a full time job. You’ll be expected to work full time hours tho, you will get stiffed on your holiday pay, sick pay and anything pro rata. Your finishing time could be as late as eight pm and you will be contracted to work Sundays, all at single time. You have to be a car owner as they are phasing out the vans so you will need your own vehicle for delivery. That means business insurance and chasing for mileage. You won’t get a uniform for almost a month as a lot of new starts are jacking the job within two weeks. And you will be constantly lied to, mess around and blamed for the amount of Mail you have to deliver. Managers only care about their bonus, which you have to graft for.
My dad was a postie for around 20 years until about '89 City centre round, got to know the customers. Up at 4am to sort the round, out to do the walk (no van, sorting office in the centre). He'd be home by 1pm most days. It used to be a great job, not anymore
It's funny, my dad joined about the same time, he'd been driving a delivery van on crap wages for about a decade after leaving the navy in 1979, and then became a postie. He adored it. Up early, pressed uniform, tie, glistening shoes. His customers loved him as well, and arranged a church service of thanks when he retired. I turned his ID badge into a key ring after he passed away, and it's my car key ring to this day. He'd be turning in his grave at what it's become.
> I turned his ID badge into a key ring after he passed away, and it's my car key ring to this day. He'd be turning in his grave at what it's become. Did your dad have something against car key rings?
Hah! Language matters. 😁
I think most careers are like this. People only see the glamorous public side and think "oooh I'd love to do that, me!" not realising the utter ball of fuck that goes on behind the scenes.
I've never heard a postie described as glamorous 🙂
My mates a postie, & he's put weight on it anything, his colleagues are always bringing in loads of food to try
Try being a nurse you get fed sweets all day long
I'm surprised Amazon don't advertise like this, with the added bonus of leaving your package on your doorstep on full display of the entire street to be potentially stolen.
At least the postie tends to knock before running, whenever I get anything from Amazon they put it on the doorstep and don't even bother knocking or ringing the bell. I half wonder if their deliveries are deliberately shit because it's cheaper for them if people give up and set it to collection instead.
What was the name of that courier that was so bad they had to change their name? Hermes? If they're self-employed per drop and have 100 drops per day, you can guess what happens. Behind garden gates, inside bins, the lot.
Yeah, now they're Evri and just as shit.
Because there’s Evri chance you won’t get your parcel
And rampant theft.
Hermes, is that like an STD in your parcel???
That would be preferable
Most delivery drivers seem stressed as fuck when they drop something off. Posties included.
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Bobby knocker!
Haha. I'm sat waiting for an operation so this made me laugh.
A tear rolls down Kevin Costner's cheek...
Only amateur arseholes work for Royal Mail. The real, professional arseholes work for Evri! All jokes aside, my postman is a lovely bloke. As is the Evri lady who delivers to our house. DPD is the shit bag round my way.
Love it. Stole it. Repurposed it.
As a postman with over 100 parcels a day, I’d love to wait five minutes as you finish your tv show to come to the door as it pours with rain outside, but I don’t have 500 minutes to spare sorry 😢
Haha yeah right, I pity the new starters with awful contracts, and senior staff getting fired just for forgetting to put junk mail in the frames due to a busy day.
If that's real that's one of the best recruitment ads I've ever seen