Bah, humbug! I'm sick of the Royal Mail in general, but it's even worse at this time of year. And don't use the excuse of Christmas as far fewer people are sending things through the post these days. In the past the demands on the service at this time of year were horrendous, but the mail got through. No longer is that the case.
In our street we do quite a bit of redeliverng of letters and parcels due to the obvious inability of the postman to read the correct number. And I've forwarded on Christmas cards that ought to have gone to Nuneaton and Coventry, where presumably there are streets with the same name as ours.
I posted 6 Christmas cards in the pillar box at the end of our street, all for addresses within a mile of me. All first class. That was Sunday so they caught Monday's 7.00am post. Keeping in mind they all went from the same box at the same time how come one arrived the next day, one on Wednesday, two on Thursday and two have vanished without trace?
I ordered some Salar salmon from one of the Scottish Islands. It never arrived. It appears from the tracking number that it's been residing in the Edinburgh Royal Mail sorting office for over a week, but no one is quite sure 
The poor staff at Salar salmon say, when I rang them, that parcels have been misdelivered all over the UK. One woman received 5 orders, one of which only was hers and the rest clearly labelled for other customers. They have no option but to 'rely' on the Royal Mail as it's a little island and no other means to transport it. Their business is suffering as a result.
I've just come home to find three letters lying on the wet pavement outside our house!
And did I hear on the news last week that the Royal Mail may go on strike next week in the run up to Christmas? I think they've a cheek.
Ah, I love Royal Mail, much to the disgust of my son-in-law who works for the opposition 
DGS2 and I love Postman Pat and DSIL claims bitterly that it's very true to life - always something damaged or dropping off the back of his van, and wasting money deploying the helicopter when Pat's forgotten to collect something from the sorting office, is running late after chatting up Mrs Goggins, or has got his head stuck in a tree again...
Seriously, when I think of the number of things I've had delivered safely and cheerfully over the years, in all weathers and sometimes with the address on the front totally wrong, I think they do a great job. A couple of my relatives are still in the habit of putting cash in with cards, and it has always got to us. Though there will, of course, be bad apples in every barrel.
Reviving this thread as yet again I'm fed up with Royal Mail - I can't say 'our postman' as there's rarely the same one twice. So todays Wooden Top has delivered junk mail x 2, two of almost everything
Can anyone tell me, can I stop this junk mail being delivered? I'm tempted to put each one in an envelope and address it back to the company that sent it - without a stamp so they'll have to pay at the other end.
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