'While you were out...'

[Night Train]

We went out today for a couple of hours after lunch, I took my parents shopping so for the first time in over a week the house has been empty.

We went out at 12.30 and returned at 2.30 to see the postman working his way up the road away from our house.
We had post, and a 'While you were out...' card for a package for me.

I reckon now that David Tennant is no longer Dr Who he has taken his time travelling antics to the Post Office.
The card claims to have been posted at 11.10 am 30/12/09.

I was working outside on my drive at that time both today and yesterday with no sign of the stupid, useless, time travelling postie. I can't even collect the parcel as the post office is closed.

I will be interesting to see if he is out revelling and seeing in the new year tommorow night and cheering when Big Ben chimes for 2.30am!

 

[marinyork]

In fairness to royal mail there are a lot of temps out and about at the moment it could have been done by someone other than that particular postie and they exaggerated the time/never stepped out of the sorting office and just got them to deliver the card/someone else did.

 

[rusky]

I take it you chased him down & got it from him ok?

 

[Twenty Inch]

They often just write the cards up in the depot and bring them out with them, leaving the parcels behind.

 

[philipbh]

Plausible explaination: RM tried to deliver the package earlier via Man in Van, entirely separately from the regular postal delivery.

We get "most" of the parcels here that way - rarely being bothered by the regular Post Man unless the envelope etc is too big for the letter box

 

[Arch]

Plausible explaination: RM tried to deliver the package earlier via Man in Van, entirely separately from the regular postal delivery.

We get "most" of the parcels here that way - rarely being bothered by the regular Post Man unless the envelope etc is too big for the letter box

Yeah, but the point is, the time and date on the card for attempted delivery, is a time when NT was in...

 

[philipbh]

Yeah, but the point is, the time and date on the card for attempted delivery, is a time when NT was in...

Oops missed that... or

1. the doorbell has an intermittant fault

2. the postman needs a new battery in his watch

3. something else...

 

[Arch]

Oops missed that... or

1. the doorbell has an intermittant fault

2. the postman needs a new battery in his watch

3. something else...

4. aliens abducted the postman and put his timing out of kilter.

5. he commutes from a different time zone and forgot to alter his watch.

6. he had his watch on backwards and it was actually 5 to 2....

7. Um...

 

[snorri]

I had one of these 'Sorry, you were out' cards on my doormat yesterday. There were no times and none of the boxes had been ticked, but my friendly postperson had taken time to write 'Parcel in shed' on a white space on the card, and there in the shed was my parcel.
They used to tell me if the parcel was in my big shed or the little shed, now I have to guess.
Praise be to the Royal Mail, long may it survive.

 

[marinyork]

I suspect it is just naughtiness. It doesn't necessarily mean it was 100% that postie's fault but it could have been.

Not good when the next day is a bank holiday and the day after that is a weekend though .

 

[marinyork]

I had one of these 'Sorry, you were out' cards on my doormat yesterday. There were no times and none of the boxes had been ticked, but my friendly postperson had taken time to write 'Parcel in shed' on a white space on the card, and there in the shed was my parcel.
They used to tell me if the parcel was in my big shed or the little shed, now I have to guess.
Praise be to the Royal Mail, long may it survive.

Absolutely. The problem is this usually fairly sensible practice really winds some people up whereas things at the other end of the scale really wind up a totally different set of people.

 

[Night Train]

I didn't chase the postie as I didn't notice the time and date on the card at first. I just thought 'damn!' and had a cup of tea before heading out to the Post Office. That is when I noticed the time and date.

I really wouldn't mind if the postie put the correct time and date down as I was out when he called.

I think it must have been a temp.

Just before Christmas I got a parcel delivered that was a bit of a handful.
The regular postie came early [ring, ring].
I shot out of bed, [riiiing, riiiing]
I grabbed a dressing gown and door keys, [ring, ring, riiiing]
Ran down the stairs trying to get dressing gown on, [RING, BLOODY, RING, RING]
Ran down more stairs [RIIIIINNNNGGGG!]
I opened the door to the postie.

'Late night was it?'
'Nah, just a big house!'

 

[661-Pete]

You know, just this once I feel a bit of empathy with poor old postie.

When we got back from our xmas break on Sunday, we found an unexpected parcel waiting on the doorstep. No card, just abandoned there. Inspection showed that the street and house number were correct for our house, but the name was wrong. After a bit of thought, my wife figured that it was probably meant for one of the addresses opposite.

Normally when we get a mis-delivered item we send it back to the sorting office and let them handle it. But, bearing in mind the festive season, and that the contents appeared to be chocolate which wouldn't have kept forever, and that we'd worked out where it was meant to go, we decided to Do Our Good Deed For The Day and deliver it ourselves.

Do you know, it took three attempts, first by my wife then by me, during the following day, to get the neighbours to open the door to us, despite the fact that it was perfectly evident there was someone in all the time? Once they did condescend to answer the door, they were grateful. Just goes to show, don't blame the postie every time!

 

[Night Train]

You know, just this once I feel a bit of empathy with poor old postie.

I know exactly what you mean.

As I say, I wouldn't have minded if he put the right time and day as he evidently called while I was actually out.

It is just stupid putting a different time and date on the card that happened to be a time I was in.

 

[BrumJim]

Went out the other night for a curry. Left the house at 18:00. Got back to find a "Sorry, you were out when we tried to deliver" card. After 6:00 in the evening? There's dedication for you.

My wife's favourite note was "Parcel left in the Compost Bin". And it was.