SighNo that's not what I was saying, and I don't think attacking me personally and reducing my opinion to a simplistic statement of 'I don't know and I don't care' is very productive.
I was merely saying that other hard working people (mostly small and family run businesses) who have had a difficult enough time with the recession and credit being pulled by banks are the real losers in this pissing contest between Royal Mail and the CWU.
I hope the posties do get their way but not at the expense of other companies that aren't large enough to weather all these negative external forces - and yes, my business is strong enough to survive these strikes and many more, but I know of other companies who are more reliant on the postal service and telling them they deserve to be ruined because they rely on the Royal Mail is pretty harsh. The reality is that if they do survive, they will adapt and they will use alternative mail delivery services - like Amazon is now doing.
(I was merely saying that other hard working people (mostly small and family run businesses) who have had a difficult enough time with the recession and credit being pulled by banks are the real losers in this pissing contest between Royal Mail and the CWU.
I hope the posties do get their way but not at the expense of other companies that aren't large enough to weather all these negative external forces - and yes, my business is strong enough to survive these strikes and many more, but I know of other companies who are more reliant on the postal service and telling them they deserve to be ruined because they rely on the Royal Mail is pretty harsh. The reality is that if they do survive, they will adapt and they will use alternative mail delivery services - like Amazon is now doing.
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