I just watched the meter reading man
stand outside my house and fill in a 'sorry you were out card'.
Lazy fucker, didn't even knock.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sat 15 Nov 2008, 15:02, 10 replies)

If I saw that
I would have poked my head out and gone "Excuse me, I'm in."
( Bats, Sat 15 Nov 2008, 17:26, closed)

Well, I didn't
want to have him come in.

I don't care, it's not like it's the postman or anything.
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Sat 15 Nov 2008, 18:36, closed)

I've
seen this happen, my dad has seen this happen and my uncle has seen this happen - all on separate occasions.

It's akin to the paperboy chucking the papers in the river and claiming that he's delivered them (which I has also seen happen).
(dchurch bah, Sat 15 Nov 2008, 19:11, closed)

Parcels
Ive had it happen with a package from Royal Mail. Lazy arses.

Mind I think I did it when I used to deliver the Candis magazine; some houses were a bit...pikey...so I pretended thy werent in.
(kitescreech still here, Sat 15 Nov 2008, 21:40, closed)

bastard postmen
Same thing with the postman, had a few "while you were out" cards when I've been sat at home waiting for a parcel.

When my degree papers turned up in an A4 envelope with "do not bend" clearly written on it, the fucker scrumpled it up to push it through the letterbox, so I've got a crease through the piece of paper that I spent several years studying for (actually a lie, only about 3 months in all with those being the last, but it's the point of it that matters), again whilst I was in.
( flapmeister knows where your mum lives, Sat 15 Nov 2008, 22:06, closed)

parcel
This seems to be standard operating procedure for most couriers when I lived in Aberdeen. Without fail, no matter which courier it was or even the post/parcel force, they would just fling the note through the letterbox without bothering to knock. Ths meant having to either hang around all day the next day while they pretend to redeliver it, or drag myself to the sorting office to be told "it must still be in the van, you can collect it tomorrow".

Lazy fucks.
(dave likes cheese, Sat 15 Nov 2008, 22:21, closed)

How's this for lazy?
my electric company used to send a chap round to read the meter every month, it's on an outside wall so no entry required. Well occasionally I'd get a card saying "we couldn't read your meter this month please draw the dials on this card and mail it back to us" sod that, in the bin with it. It happened again the following month and I sent the card back without the dials filled in saying "I'll be happy to do your meter readers job for one days worth of electricity" I got a phone call after that and they didn't think that was going to work.

Next bright idea wast to install some sort of transmitter or cell phone thingy in the meter and it would "phone home" it's readings to the mother ship. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. Either way I don't do their job for them, lazy tossers.
(Lurkaloid awarded wanking black belt on, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 1:08, closed)

the flip side
Back when i used to do this for a job we would sometimes fill out the sorry we missed you cards in the van parked round the corner. We wernt being lazy just trying to preserve ourselves. Marsh farm estate in Luton anyone?

Normally the meter readers are paid on a contract rate so its not in their best interests to skip jobs.

Then there are members of the public who cant be arsed to open the door for you despite looking out the windows at you stood there in your uniform.
(welgar, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 2:05, closed)

Marsh Farm
'nuff said
( snee held his breath since, Tue 18 Nov 2008, 11:06, closed)

Oh, I've had that
Not the meter reader, but courier companies.

When I've stayed in on my day off from work, expecting an important delivery.

Not even playing music, just to make sure I would not miss the doorbell.

Two days in a row - a bloody card would appear on my doormat, claiming that I was out!

Never, ever use "Business Post".
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Sun 16 Nov 2008, 12:05, closed)