Royal mail are as bad for thisI was in the kitchen next to the door when the postman put a card through the letter box without knocking first. He just shrugged and walked off when i asked him why he hadn't bothered knocking
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Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:28,
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i swear sometimes they don;t even bother to take the parcels from the depotjust a big pile of those cards.
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Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on,
Wed 17 Apr 2013, 10:56,
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I've not lived in Britain for yearsbut I can guarantee that this is what they do in Norway. I had a bunch of parcels - all between 20 and 30 kg - shipped up with DHL from Germany. So they say they're delivering on a particular day, between 8 and 5. So I sit in the kitchen, where the buzzer for the door downstairs is. No bell goes all day. Next day the post office deliver a little slip telling me that they rang the bell but I wasn't in.
Obviously I complained to DHL and a week later someone bothered to reply to my complaint saying "Go to your local post office and talk with them".
So at least I know where I'll never spend money again. It's not just the inconvenience of having to go to a post office - without a car; I do not own a car - and lug repeated 20kg boxes back home. It's the fact that they out and out lie and don't give a shit when you catch them out on it.
(Obviously I complained to DHL and a week later someone bothered to reply to my complaint saying "Go to your local post office and talk with them".
So at least I know where I'll never spend money again. It's not just the inconvenience of having to go to a post office - without a car; I do not own a car - and lug repeated 20kg boxes back home. It's the fact that they out and out lie and don't give a shit when you catch them out on it.
boris the spider,
Wed 17 Apr 2013, 11:42,
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bloody Norwayi was charged £10 for a pint of beer out there.
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Wed 17 Apr 2013, 12:51,
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That's a common occurrenceI'd say an everyday occurrence but thankfully I'm not yet bankrupt. It's £11 for a bottle of wine in the shop (not shops, you can only buy wine from Vinmonopolet), roughly £3 for a tin of shit lager in the supermarkets. My current plan is to move back to Germany, where I will immediately destroy my liver in amazement at the 80c/bottle in supermarkets and £4 for wine, or to move back to Blighty which will even feel sane after this place.
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Wed 17 Apr 2013, 14:06,
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