I hate that! I hate it so much!
it drives me insane when they don't even bother trying to deliver something when you've been in all day but them claim that they did. cunts the lot of them
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:34, archived)

Top tip:
Don't wait in, go out, enjoy life, collect parcel from depot at convenient time :D
( Dekazer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:35, archived)

Depots are usually about 5 miles out of town
which is a real pain for people without a car.

Parcelfarce really are cunts but the rest aren't much better tbh.
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:36, archived)

I get all
my parcels and deliveries (even my new laptop) delivered to my office. Everyone delivers here already so nothing's ever late.
( Dekazer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:37, archived)

I do this, too.
Are we related?
( Geordie Al, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:44, archived)

Yes.
Can I borrow a twenty spot till Christmas?
( Dekazer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:46, archived)

As it's generally agreed by evolutionary geneticists
that all human beings are descended from 'mitochondrial Eve', an archaic Homo sapiens female who lived in Africa some 150,000 years ago, yes.
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:48, archived)

Jungle bunny

( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:56, archived)

Ras klart!

( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:57, archived)

Well and truly
over my head cabron!
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:01, archived)

Soiled female sanitary item:
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ras-clat

Dam' fool honkey Babylon white bwoy...
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:07, archived)

I and I thought it was
German mon.
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 11:13, archived)

I think it'd turn heads
when my Livedoll gets delivered
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:45, archived)

Not if you
pay the extra £1.50 for the 'special' discreet delivery. Don't you know anything? *belm*
( Dekazer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:46, archived)

Surely they must question
the amount or 'torches' and 'thermos flasks' you seem to buy?
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:48, archived)

Depot? Convenient Time????
I'm sorry, but since when are opening hours 6:30am-12:30pm and 6:30am-9:30am on Sat convenient?

Bloody Royal Mail
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:37, archived)

Seems convenient enough
for picking something up before work.
( Newington, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:41, archived)

Not if it's in completely the opposite direction to work.
And goddammit.. 6:30-9:30 on Saturdays? what is the bloody point?
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:44, archived)

Okay.

I didn't even know there was a 6.30-9.30 on Saturdays.
( Newington, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:49, archived)

Good god, this whole thread makes me feel awfully smug.
Our local depot is right in the middle of town, has its own parking and opens 8am till 7pm on weekdays, and until 12:30 on Saturdays.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:42, archived)

(Aye, mine too)
I suddenly feel rather lucky, and so will shut up.

But getting things delivered to a business premises works a lot lot betetr!
( Dekazer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:44, archived)

You are very spacky handed today.
Are you flicking the bean?
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:45, archived)

Yes*
I always type this badly, I'm just not in the mood for editing today. A little distracted maybe.

*No.
( Dekazer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:50, archived)

In Nottingham
the depot was about 6 miles out of town, at the back of a large industrial estate, it opened from 03:00 - 04:00, except when it didn't, and was guarded by automatic, motion-detecting machine gun nests and barbed wire.
( Geordie Al, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:46, archived)

Jesus. that's harsh.
I mean, Nottingham...
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:53, archived)

And letters are delivered clenched between the pert buttocks
of dusky maidens, right?
( Mr. Tea 'ulmmm'/'mmneurgh', Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:45, archived)

Pah! I've lost count of the number of times
I've had to complain about the skiddy letters. Serves me right for living in Reading, I suppose...
( Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:48, archived)

That would explain the pubes I found in the letterbox,
yes.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:50, archived)

This,
but it's open until 1.30 on saturdays.
( sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:47, archived)

Royal Mail & Parcelforce normally have different depots
because they are, to all intents and purposes, different companies.

Royal Mail depots normally keep postal worker-style hours and Parcelforce are usually open til later at night.
( Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:46, archived)

But it's on the far side of edinburgh
and I can't drive
or I would have
( Giant bunny jumping out like a large happy tourettes rabbit, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:37, archived)

which far side?
is it the one near me?
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:38, archived)

sighthill

( Giant bunny jumping out like a large happy tourettes rabbit, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:40, archived)

ahhh
the other side from me. shirley that's the near side to you though?
( Jadeviper was still alive on, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:40, archived)

since I can't drive
It's pretty much the same
( Giant bunny jumping out like a large happy tourettes rabbit, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:42, archived)

I really wanted it in time for the fair
And am so pissed off that they did not deliver it on time. I'm also quite irritated that I did use the tracking feature and it said nothing about having to rearrange the delivery
( Giant bunny jumping out like a large happy tourettes rabbit, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:36, archived)

They claim that the building I am in doesn't exist.
Fuckers!
(tacpprm has a mmrpcat, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:37, archived)

*TRADE SECRET***TRADE SECRET***TRADE SECRET*
When I was a postie I used to see some of the guys writing out cards for all the "Signed For.." packets before they set off on their rounds.

They claimed it saved them time because it meant that they could just post the card through the door and leg it, rather than waiting around for someone to answer the door/find a pen/ask questions/exchange pleasantries/etc.

I pointed out that delivering the mail was part/all of the job - even if it added another couple of minutes to their round.

It was a small minority that did this, though. Most of them played by the rules and took pride in their work.
( Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:40, archived)

given the time they claim
they delivered (17:47) I seriously doubt the driver was anywhere near where I live anyway
( Giant bunny jumping out like a large happy tourettes rabbit, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 10:41, archived)