tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post8021063794809424520..comments2024-03-20T10:01:20.599+00:00Comments on Dave Gorman: PostDave Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02260701102207639816noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-3815643904736556802008-12-12T22:22:00.000+00:002008-12-12T22:22:00.000+00:00We had a problem last year where anything resembel...We had a problem last year where anything resembeling a chrismas card had the site cut open, to look for cash inside. Forunatly none of my family were that generouse ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-52390934622382597602008-12-11T12:02:00.000+00:002008-12-11T12:02:00.000+00:00If you go on the Royal Mail website you can arrang...If you go on the Royal Mail website you can arrange the specific day you want them to redliver (except Sunday) which they do for free. I get all my parcels redelivered on weekends this way because of the problems you have mentinoed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-40892946192453387822008-12-01T21:03:00.000+00:002008-12-01T21:03:00.000+00:00LOL - Is that irony or what Dave!I had the 4 light...LOL - Is that irony or what Dave!<BR/><BR/>I had the 4 lightbulbs as well. I don't think they fit any of my light-fittings though (that haven't already got energy savers in). I know I didn't have to go and collect them, but I honestly can't remember if they left them outside for me, or they squished them through the letterbox (in which case they might be broken anyway I suppose.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-76346978083155576782008-12-01T12:52:00.000+00:002008-12-01T12:52:00.000+00:00Damn why I can't get free lightbulbs??!!I stood in...Damn why I can't get free lightbulbs??!!<BR/><BR/>I stood in a queue at Lightbulbs'R'Us for 45 minutes the other day only to find out the guy behind me was working for British Gas and buying a nice set of four lightbulbs for a Mr D Gorman!!!<BR/><BR/>Damn you Dave!!!!<BR/><BR/>Chuckling my buttocks offAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-21752335574985783432008-11-29T19:48:00.000+00:002008-11-29T19:48:00.000+00:00The other day I had a card through the door saying...The other day I had a card through the door saying someone had sent me something with insufficient (or in this case no) postage attached and I would have to pay the postage plus £1 to receive the item. I went to the post office and paid the £1.27 for the envelope. Upon opening, I discovered I'd paid £1.27 for a voucher worth £1 that my mum had sent me! At least I didn't queue for long so not too much of an inconvenience, but still mildly annoying...Judehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11579660384238552341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-31644051229426334162008-11-28T14:36:00.000+00:002008-11-28T14:36:00.000+00:00The can of worms (or should it be Pandora's Box?) ...The can of worms (or should it be Pandora's Box?) has been officially opened.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05982169647551553285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-46697698632957360442008-11-27T23:06:00.000+00:002008-11-27T23:06:00.000+00:00This is really uncanny, as I too have recently end...This is really uncanny, as I too have recently endured a "We tried to del......" moment too. One of the postmen has taken to leaving undelivered parcels in our recycling bin... Hope he doesn't do this on Thursdays as this is bin collection day... Just imagine if we had been sent some free paper, it would be recycled before we even had the chance to use it! Not that is likely to happen anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-48795207050008149922008-11-26T21:31:00.000+00:002008-11-26T21:31:00.000+00:00I'm sure British Gas do so they can get some bonus...I'm sure British Gas do so they can get some bonus points on the way to becoming a 'Carbon Neutral' company. A lot of companies do things like this so they can claim carbon neutrality.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09900903444776875293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-89686084461882827302008-11-26T19:51:00.000+00:002008-11-26T19:51:00.000+00:00Do I take it you are actively looking for 'Genius'...Do I take it you are actively looking for 'Genius' suggestions to reform the post office?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-26765078835905050582008-11-26T19:18:00.000+00:002008-11-26T19:18:00.000+00:00I wonder why British Gas have done it. Lots of peo...I wonder why British Gas have done it. Lots of people probably feel more annoyed by them now than they did before. <BR/>Very odd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-60581781226291905972008-11-26T18:39:00.000+00:002008-11-26T18:39:00.000+00:00About 3 years ago, when I was living in the area, ...About 3 years ago, when I was living in the area, I heard my letterbox snap shut, just as you described. Sure enough it was one of those cards telling me I had a parcel. I was working from home at the time, so possibly wearing a dressing gown and odd socks or something. By the time I got myself together and opened the door the postie was 3 doors down. I caught up with him chatting to another postie. It took me a couple of seconds to realise that they were stuffing post into a litter bin on the street corner. They hastily stopped and handed me my parcel, which turned out to be a returned showreel from a company with no intention of employing me. I can't remember why I didn't report the rogue postmen. I suppose it was all too surreal and I just put it out of my mind.Ali Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564279505839703839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-34377483911155558862008-11-26T16:08:00.000+00:002008-11-26T16:08:00.000+00:00I too have had the free 4x bulbs from British Gas ...I too have had the free 4x bulbs from British Gas saying "Dear Customer..." even though I don't use them (hence the addressee being 'Occupier') but my postman simply left them by my front door for all passers by to see and also to get wet in the rain.<BR/>But I'm glad as my sorting office is around 6 miles away (no direct public transport either, so it'd take 4 buses in total for around 3 hours travel time) and I have had to go there enough recently for the "you were out when we tried to deliver.." cards which have also been delivered to me when I was at home - no doorbell ring, nothing. I guessing they chose not to bring the parcels with them and probably even fill the cards in before leaving the sorting office!<BR/>What a cheek, and they don't even whistle any more (or was that the milk man, whatever happened to him?)Thingyamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880817371299779418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-3339861730985963432008-11-26T16:05:00.000+00:002008-11-26T16:05:00.000+00:00Yep, I've had the same experience too, with the li...Yep, I've had the same experience too, with the lightbulbs as well. The Royal Mail are rubbish. In fact, so rubbish and anachronistic are they that I wrote a very long rant on my blog about them. In case you're interested, it's here: http://www.43things.com/entries/view/1241175Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-37830267564648098432008-11-26T15:58:00.000+00:002008-11-26T15:58:00.000+00:00I had the same thing, why on earth the don't send ...I had the same thing, why on earth the don't send a voucher for 4 light bulbs I will never know. At least I can then choose if I want them or not.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955010721354235282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-50625609507533955002008-11-26T15:00:00.000+00:002008-11-26T15:00:00.000+00:00Hi Dave - hopefully my parcel-based experience tod...Hi Dave - hopefully my parcel-based experience today will balance out yours. As I arrived home form work this afternoon my elderly neighbour poked his head around his gate and said 'I've got a present for you' and went back inside. As I waited at his kitchen door there was the gloriously unmistakable smell of a beef joint roasting in the oven. When he came back out with the parcel he'd taken in for me he smiled and said 'There you go, Christmas has come early for you'. <BR/><BR/>How wonderfully, perfectly nostalgically British was that?? <BR/><BR/>Just lovely :)Julie Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606220227331834682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-12684822354568572262008-11-26T14:53:00.000+00:002008-11-26T14:53:00.000+00:00Goodness I think I have been through just about ev...Goodness I think I have been through just about everything you have mentioned. Including some fella with a black and white cat doing an bunk with my wedding dress two years ago.<BR/>I too have been in Post Offic collection office to collect a parcel. Early Christmas gift? A birthday gift, no-no the same as you lightbulbs. I expended more energy getting to and from the post office, standing in line for half and hour and opening the parcel than the lightbulbs will actually save.<BR/><BR/>As for them putting a note through the door without trying to deliver it in the first place. Our postie did the exact same thing the other day and even waved to me sat at my dining room table. Cheeky git.<BR/><BR/>Ok rant over.A Thrifty Mrshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00593954537911177381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-17517241226129359192008-11-26T14:49:00.000+00:002008-11-26T14:49:00.000+00:00I has exactly the same thing - although the posty ...I has exactly the same thing - although the posty had written "bulbs" on the card he shoved through the door. This was extremely baffling as I hadn't ordered any bulbs, and I wasn't sure how he knew the contents of the package (unless he'd been planning to steal them, seen what they were, and then changed his mind!).<BR/><BR/>What's most bizarre is they claimed to be a "thank you" for British Gas customers, yet we get neither our gas nor electricity from them. Like you Dave, we already have energy saving bulbs throughout the house (except the kitchen downlighters, which have what appears to be a very rare size and fitting, and bulbs cost £7 each for the energy saving variety, versus a few pence for standard ones - would have been a much more appreciated gift if BG had sent those instead).<BR/><BR/>Wonder if I can get anything on ebay for them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-74429631794487551442008-11-26T14:12:00.000+00:002008-11-26T14:12:00.000+00:00I too have had the card through the door when I've...I too have had the card through the door when I've been in. In fact, recently I was working from home for the day, and had said incident happen. When I work from home, I sit in front of an upstairs window, clearly visible from the road, because that's where our computer is. Mr Postie, had to quietly open and close the gate on the way in and out, and carefully close the letter box (because we have one of those horrible snappy ones I hated as a paper boy not so many years ago, which make a racket when the close) to avoid being heard. He should be a ninja not a postman!Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08743044776105897128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-91292615953107496212008-11-26T13:57:00.000+00:002008-11-26T13:57:00.000+00:00Gorman, I feel your pain!I've caught my cheeky pos...Gorman, I feel your pain!<BR/><BR/>I've caught my cheeky postman stuffing the card through the door when I'm blatantly in a couple of times.<BR/><BR/>Royal Mail do this thing now where you can have them bring your parcel to your nearest post office for 50p - but it's free over the Christmas period.<BR/><BR/>I feel a little dirty for passing this on, as I found this out from a piece of junk mail, posing as a Christmas card, from said delivery company.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-44340966838440523932008-11-26T13:20:00.000+00:002008-11-26T13:20:00.000+00:00I had a thieving postie once, when I was in Uni in...I had a thieving postie once, when I was in Uni in Leamington. Cost me a girlfriend, too. A girlfriend and a birthday cheque from a relative. Right now I'm probably more bitter about the latter.The Imaginary Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525958928789383304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4588205362847565197.post-15461546966506773182008-11-26T13:19:00.000+00:002008-11-26T13:19:00.000+00:00On one occasion I stopped a postman after leaving ...On one occasion I stopped a postman after leaving one of the dreaded 'we tried to deliver...' cards - only to discover he hadn't even got the parcel with him!<BR/><BR/>Then there is the card that was dated 3 weeks ago, and if you didn't know they only keep parcels for 3 weeks - fat lot of good that was.<BR/><BR/>I should agree things are better, but our postman still tries to shove large soft packages through a small hard hole (erm...).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com