Royal Fail - Act II
02-Apr-11 - twice in three days? The Royal Fail once again seems to be employing some person to whom the technology of the doorbell is a closed book. This is how it went:
10:44 - I am at the door, looking for the mail. There is none
10:45 - I am in the kitchen and notice that there is something on the doormat
10:46 - I go back to the door to find a card saying that they tried to deliver at 10:45 but I wasn't in
10:47 - I open the door, but the bird has flown, presumably in a private jet or some other high-speed contrivance
10:48 - I ring to complain and after the endless and expensive (08456) announcements am put through to some hapless post-person, who says "nothing to do with me, guv, but you can file a formal complaint if you like"
10:53 - I lose the will to live
Monday - yet another trek to the outer spiral arm of the galaxy (i.e. Worthing Post office) to find that it's some useless press-release that I didn't want anyway.
I have always been opposed to privatisation of public services and, with the single exception of telephones, every privatisation of the 1980s and 1990s has been a financial disaster for the taxpayer. But if privatisation of the Royal Fail is the only way to get the staff an intensive seminar on such complexities as 'doorbell ringing' and 'knocking on doors' then it'll get my vote. Not that anyone will ask.
I don't believe it!
10:44 - I am at the door, looking for the mail. There is none
10:45 - I am in the kitchen and notice that there is something on the doormat
10:46 - I go back to the door to find a card saying that they tried to deliver at 10:45 but I wasn't in
10:47 - I open the door, but the bird has flown, presumably in a private jet or some other high-speed contrivance
10:48 - I ring to complain and after the endless and expensive (08456) announcements am put through to some hapless post-person, who says "nothing to do with me, guv, but you can file a formal complaint if you like"
10:53 - I lose the will to live
Monday - yet another trek to the outer spiral arm of the galaxy (i.e. Worthing Post office) to find that it's some useless press-release that I didn't want anyway.
I have always been opposed to privatisation of public services and, with the single exception of telephones, every privatisation of the 1980s and 1990s has been a financial disaster for the taxpayer. But if privatisation of the Royal Fail is the only way to get the staff an intensive seminar on such complexities as 'doorbell ringing' and 'knocking on doors' then it'll get my vote. Not that anyone will ask.
I don't believe it!
posted by John Radford at
11:17
1 Comments:
Hello John, You are so right! Had similar thing here where I received a card to say there was no stamp! I caught the postie but he was unable to accept money and didn't have the 'missing' item with him.
After a costly park in Connaught car park and price of stamp & handling - the item was advertising! Even though I was furious the marketing did not work as I can't remember who it was from!
Hope you are well.
Sue xxx (WCWT)
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