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Royal Mail
Surprise, surprise. I received a birthday card this morning. It was posted on the 4th of December for my birthday on the 7th. Seven days to travel less than 100 miles - is that a record or par for the course these days?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.In the early 1960's I was a postman in London where we had 4 deliveries a day, the last one in early evening. There were times when a letter was delivered on the same day as it was posted, all for an old 2d. How things have changed. However in defence of recent happenings, there has been serious disruption to transport links throughout the country which could explain some of these delays.
Yes, belated happy b., maggiebee (in case I missed it).
Just to say that I am feeling more sympathetic to our local postal service since meeting our regular postman at about 3.30.
He's had a week off with this horrible chesty infection that we and everyone seems to have and he says that there are 10 staff off with the same thing, which he reckons is unprecedented. He and the remaining workers are fixated on getting it all done by 24th Dec. and working as hard as they can.
I believe him, he's been our postie for 10 years.