Frank Hucklenbroich wrote:
> Am Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:05:00 +0100 schrieb d4g4h4@yahoo.co.ukDavid Horne,
> _the_ chancellor:
>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Can you circulate this around especially as Xmas is fast approaching -
> >
> > There is a definite postal scam in the UK, and it's nothing to do with
> > this fake rubbish. It's the Royal Mail, who seem increasingly unable to
> > deliver letters properly.
>
> Same here in Germany. Next ear they open the makret to private
> post-companies for letters. Going to be funny.
>
> > I frequently receive post (received two
> > yesterday, including a subscription magazine) which has no resemblance
> > to my address.
>
> I can top that: They did sent me a bank-account printout from a total
> stranger that has also no resemblance to my adress. Guess who sent it to me
> - the department in the German Post that is responsible to track lost
> letters ("Service-Center Briefermittlung" *LOL*).
I'm not sure if that makes me feel better, but at least it's not
confined to here.
> > I'd have thought that apartment complexes like this
> > would be pretty easy for postal deliverers- i.e. they can deliver to 180
> > addresses very close to each other, and covered from the elements.
>
> Some of them prefer to drop the whole lot in one of them to finish work
> early. Thinking "They're neighbours anyway, so they can sort it out
> themselves".
I've noticed that here too, though I know that some stuff which had been
incorrectly addressed (the organisation had my apartment number wrong)
never arrived, nor was it returned, and the people in that apartment
claimed they never got it either...
>
> > Apparently, reading a clearly marked address is too much for some
> > people...
>
> When I look at some of the folks over here working for the post and parcel
> services, it's not really surprising. Then again, it's one of the lowest
> paid jobs. If you can't get a job as a waiter in the pub you deliver
> letters.
I don't think postal workers earn a lot, but they're not the lowest paid
either. I suspect very lax practise over the entire organisation. And I
gather it's not as modern as the system in other countries.
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