On 2006-09-20 17:03:34 +0100, Stuart said:

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:37:36 +0100, Andy Hall wrote:


AND when the postman trudges along your street with the rain ****ing down .

Thats why I usually put sellotape over the address if I have printed out a
label,although usually I just write it with a pen .

Stuart

Good grief

What a palaver.

This is why professional delivery organisations supply little plastic
stick on envelopes to take the label and any other documents.

Why is it a palaver ?

Because you are having to put in extra effort and thought to cover the
shortcomings of an organisation who couldn't organise a **** up in a
brewery with the glasses laid out and the taps turned on.


As I said .
" although usually I just write it with a pen "

I shouldn't need to worry about their logistics issues. It should be
possible to read their specs. for delivery requirements (e.g. weight,
dims, value, origin) write it on the address label, call them and
that's it.

Ha..You don't want much ..You prepared to pay for all that ?

Absolutely. In comparison with titting around with the shortcomings of
Royal Mail it is extremely cheap.



These people are paid to deliver a service. The customer should not
have to think about the postman's wet weather arrangements.

Well some of us DO think about other things apart from themselves and anyway
it's my letter so if I choose to protect it's delivery details from getting
obliterated by rain then that's my choice .

It's not an issue of being selfish.

This is a business transaction, not a charitable arrangement.

They are being paid to deliver a service. That's it. The boundaries
of that are collection, delivery and a means of tracking properly in
between, not worrying about whether the postman's bicycle has a flat
tyre.

If you want to do stuff to accommodate the shortcomings of these
buffoons then fine, but at least recognise that there is a cost
associated with it.



All the time that customers go on accepting this nonsense from Royal
Mail, they will never improve. In reality, they are the Austin Rover
of the communications industry. Trading on past glories and living on
delusions of grandeur. It would be far kinder to kill them off
now rather than to see their inevitable slide into oblivion.


Nonsense .

You may think that now. You probably thought that Austin Rover was a
viable business as well. It's all just emotional nonsense, supporting
untenable business models and outmoded ways of carrying them out.
This is the 21st century, not the mid 19th.

I'll make a prediction. Royal Mail will not exist in anything close to
its present form 10 years from now.