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Shout Out to the Royal Mail
Jan. 11th, 2023 02:49 pmI pulled a wet, soggy, empty envelope from my letter box today. It was wet because it is raining and I hadn't noticed the envelope was part way through the letter box, so my fault. It was empty because the person who posted it had forgotten to put my card inside.
What was really amazing, and why I'm giving the shout out to the post people around here, is that it was delivered to me at my address rather than to me at my daughter's address, which is what was written on the envelope.
When I thought I would be moving out of my house on the 20th of December, I messaged a few friends to say that it might be safer to send Christmas Cards to E's address, 5 miles away, rather than mine in case they arrived late due to all the postal strikes currently occurring. I didn't organise a formal re-direct of my post, it was just a casual shout out. This means that the local post people have noticed that an envelope has been addressed to me c/o my daughter in the next town and gone to the trouble of putting together the pieces of the jigsaw: house back up for sale, other post still going to the usual address and made a deliberate decision to deliver to me rather than what the envelope said to save me trouble. This in the middle of strikes. Well done my local sorting office / postman!
What was really amazing, and why I'm giving the shout out to the post people around here, is that it was delivered to me at my address rather than to me at my daughter's address, which is what was written on the envelope.
When I thought I would be moving out of my house on the 20th of December, I messaged a few friends to say that it might be safer to send Christmas Cards to E's address, 5 miles away, rather than mine in case they arrived late due to all the postal strikes currently occurring. I didn't organise a formal re-direct of my post, it was just a casual shout out. This means that the local post people have noticed that an envelope has been addressed to me c/o my daughter in the next town and gone to the trouble of putting together the pieces of the jigsaw: house back up for sale, other post still going to the usual address and made a deliberate decision to deliver to me rather than what the envelope said to save me trouble. This in the middle of strikes. Well done my local sorting office / postman!
