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Today, the postman put through my letterbox....

123 replies

LennyThePenny · 18/03/2023 15:45

One small packet and 4 elastic bands... 😂

He must've known I needed them...

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NORTHERNIRISHGIRL2023 · 18/03/2023 18:19

I just love receiving small packages through the post to take forever removing the elastic bands first before even getting to open my parcel! 🤣

Magnoliasunrise · 18/03/2023 18:21

No BAM socks here either - what even are they?

DobbyTheHouseElk · 18/03/2023 18:22

My SIL gets free BAM socks all the time. She didn’t ask for them. She gave me a few and DD nicked them. They looked lush.

I signed up to their marketing in the hope of free socks…nothing. I want them to much.

No postie here today. We had an amazing postie. A real community hero. He’d been doing the round for ever. Checked in on the oldies and was generally worshiped. Now we have a fairly miserable postie who plays hide and seek with the post.

CountryParsonPetal · 18/03/2023 18:24

You're getting a special service, my postie just throws the elastic bands on my drive (on the rare occasions he actually delivers to our street).

Goingoutdancing · 18/03/2023 18:32

Car renewal documents and this years council tax. ( ouch)

LadyLapsang · 18/03/2023 18:32

Nothing. Very rare that they bother to deliver these days.I’ve complained more than once. Deliveries often have 15 - 20 items. Used to have a great postie, but they moved him to another round and his replacement is on long term sick leave. The cover guys tell me they can only deliver if there are also parcels. South London.

NORTHERNIRISHGIRL2023 · 18/03/2023 18:37

Normally I'd find elastics all over my driveway but lately still attached to my parcels. Sure saves me picking them all up on a wet & windy day! 🤣

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 18/03/2023 18:39

LennyThePenny · 18/03/2023 15:45

One small packet and 4 elastic bands... 😂

He must've known I needed them...

I’m trying to sing this to the tune of On The First Day of Christmas.

BestIsWest · 18/03/2023 18:44

What I think is a card for tomorrow and a Seasalt catalogue.

MonumentalLentil · 18/03/2023 18:45

Lolreally · 18/03/2023 17:04

A reminder from nhs thatbI haven't sent them my poo to test for bowel cancer 💩

Me too!

Dragonfly97 · 18/03/2023 18:46

My copy of Fortean Times (spooky shit).

RicherThanYews · 18/03/2023 18:46

I've been collecting abandoned elastics at the pigeon hole in work, it's been 4 years and it's known that I collect them so people leave them there for me. Now I have a bouncy ball the size of a large grapefruit 😁😁😁
Today the postman delivered a box from Thortful that DH won't let me open 🤔

HemlockStarglimmer · 18/03/2023 18:51

Royal Mail delivered the Christmas present I ordered in November and cancelled in January as it was still a no show. And for which I have long since received a refund.

Ilovetocrochet · 18/03/2023 18:54

Lolreally · 18/03/2023 17:04

A reminder from nhs thatbI haven't sent them my poo to test for bowel cancer 💩

Ha, I got the poo test kit in my post today!

MakingTheVeganYorkshirePud · 18/03/2023 19:00

A big gold envelope with Postcode lotto written on it....oh wait, that was a dream.

What are all these elastic bands? I've never had an elastic band in my hallway or on my drive. Also, no free socks.

wlv12 · 18/03/2023 19:13

A bill.

BigglyBee · 18/03/2023 19:20

I got a box of goose eggs (for hatching), a new bank card for my son and a few bills. Plus a letter from my electricity supplier complaining that I haven't been topping my meter up very often (this is true, because of the vouchers).

WinterMusings · 18/03/2023 19:21

Madcats · 18/03/2023 17:27

Wait, what! I've not had my freebie BAM socks since pre-lockdown.

Have I just fallen out of favour?

@Madcats I've never had any. A big mistake on their part!!

Billyhargrovesmullet · 18/03/2023 19:22

Moonpig cards I ordered for my mum

ArcticBells · 18/03/2023 19:23

Advertising fodder for the recycling box

evtheria · 18/03/2023 19:24

Not the new Beano, much to DS's annoyance.

Train007 · 18/03/2023 19:27

Ichosetheredpill · 18/03/2023 18:10

Nothing. We have a parcel box outside the gate otherwise either the JRT would have murdered the postman by now or I would have murdered the JRT.

Our postman is always trying to make friends with my JRT and has a game with the JRT if she is jumping up at the letterbox !

Train007 · 18/03/2023 19:28

Billyhargrovesmullet · 18/03/2023 19:22

Moonpig cards I ordered for my mum

When did you order the card . The one I ordered hasn’t arrived:(

AndrexPuppy · 18/03/2023 19:37

Post men/women use them to keep bundles of post together and organised in their bags. For some reason they always seem to unbundle the piles on my drive and fail to pocket the bands.

AndrexPuppy · 18/03/2023 19:38

I’ve never had the bloody socks either.