aibu to think postman should not be changing tyres/ talking at length with people on his rounds?

[Nomorepat]

Waiting for an important letter which is dependent on what time I receive it today. So go for a stroll to see if postie is in area. There is he is in the next street changing some girl's tyre for her-I know this is not his car and ours is his last street. He then proceeds to chat to this girl for about 10 minutes, then another woman for about 5 minutes.

I am peed off about this. AIBU?

Am I the only person thats wondering how op got to where she needed to go after the letter arrived. I have been worrying that Thomas is helping with an emergency on the line and that Bertie is similarly engaged. Noddy, well he visting Tess so no taxis. Course op could drive. Hopefully she wouldn't get a flat tyre. Or walk. Can't think of a kids reference for that. Distracted by lamb chops.

It isn't the man in Sainsbury's job to wait by my car and warn me I'd got a flat tyre, but I'm massively Glad he did.

Being able to pump it up at their garage and meant DD2 wasn't standing on the doorstep wondering where I was.

OP, I'll ask again. What difference did it make to you, having to wait longer than expected for your post today?

Report him Giles, sitting down on the job will NOT be tolerated.

I really couldn't care if I had to wait longer while the post man helped someone, or had a chat with someone who may not see another person all day. The world doesn't revolve around me though but it seems it does you.

I very nearly did reeling he was having a drink and every thing

He should have been delivering till he passed out in the heat god damn it

It revolves around me when the postman whose wages I help pay for through ridiculously high stamp prices decides to chat all day and change tyres, yes. Yes, this does revolve around me. As it revolves around every other customer of Royal Mail, too.

All this revolve around you stuff is nonsense in this situation.

come on OP, YABU and we all know it. Your postie sounds lovely, as is ours. sometimes the postie will be the only person a housebound person may see or speak to for days on end. They are often the ones who raise the alarm about folk taken ill, because they notice things and know their patch. It is LOVELY when someone goes out of their way to help change a tyre or something. It has happened to me and I cried like a loon because the guy who helped was so sweet and calm and I was in a total panic. random acts of kindness make the world a better place and just maybe that woman whose tyre he changed will be on here later to say how he made her day, got her to her interview or work on time etc etc.

Look OP, if it was that vital that you received it before a certain time it should have been sent by a different method, email, or one of those arkane services that require you to fill in forms at POs and stick stuff on your letter, or something. It can be done! The normal standard mail service doesn't have any time-related guarantees as far as I know. It simply promises to take something with the right postage on it from one place to another. They did that. Hurrah!

The postmen here are like pillars of the community. They have jump started cars, helped old ladies in need etc. He always manages his round - so what's the problem?

Anyone see this at the top of the page. ^

Tyre Fitting On The Drive

www.Event-Tyres.co.uk

Tyre fitting at home on your drive or at your workplace car park

All day? I thought he chatted for 5 minutes? Quite worrying that you even timed in.

Anyway, surely the person he helped also pays his wages so that argument is sort of nulled anyway not that it was a valid one anyway

Does anyone have a brick wall please? I need to bang my head against it.

Just wait until you're waiting for something and the Postie's chatting away for 10 minutes down the road. Won't be quite so forgiving of him then, I bet. Nor will anyone here.

I know how crazy this is going to sound OP, but I have actually experienced waiting for important mail. My old postie (we live elsewhere now) was on my route for 13 years. He was fantastic and knew everyone by name on the street. I loved him. Never, once, did I think he wasn't doing his job properly if the post wasn't there when I wanted it.

And we were last on his route too. My post generally used to arrive during the school run at the end of the day - big fucking deal. If I wanted something urgently, I paid for special delivery. It's not your postman's fault that you are a) tight and b) miserable/rude/Grinchy*

*delete as applicable.

Do you honestly believe you are the only person who's waited on important post?

So really, what difference did it make to you, having to wait longer than expected for your post today?

OP, may I ask, HOW did you know this letter would be arriving today specifically? I work at the PO and first class mail takes 1-3 days, second class 3-5. No mail is GUARANTEED to arrive on a certain day unless you send it Special Delivery or a similar service. What if the letter hadn't been in his mail bag?

Hard nosed op. Where is your community spirit? Maybe he was for to take a break anyway?

As it revolves around every other customer of Royal Mail, too.

Right, so that's all of us here then - and we don't give a shit and we think your postie is fucking wonderful. So who would Royal Mail prefer to listen to?

Dear god OP are you still arguing?!

The postman is not in dereliction of his duty. You got your post within the time allowed. One of my mates is a postie, you can crack on and get your round finished extra quick and then finish for the day or you can go a bit slower, pause for a tea break (or to change a tyre) and finish your round later. As long as you finish in time, job's a good 'un.

Are you usually this ridiculous?

Think majority of people on here have had to wait for important post but wouldn't moan at the postman for doing these things.
Still cant believe how unreasonable and rude you are. I have actually been waiting for my mail this week.
I wouldn't go moaning if my nice postie was helping a man or woman change a flat. My god we need nicer people in this world, we definitely have enough nasty ones.

op answer the question? if so.important why send normal mail? could of been lost? btw still imagining youstalking the postie lol

I'm starting to think the OP is a troll... This has gone beyond the realm of the ridiculous.

Fucking hate these threads.

OP: AIBU
EVERYBODY: yes!!!
OP: no I'm not

You got your post. Ergo he did his bloody job!!!

My post comes at different times everyday. Providing it arrived before 4pm then he has done his job.

I had a parcel arrive while I was reading this thread earlier! It's a conspiracy, I tell you.

And it was a very important parcel too - without the contents I can't get any further in the first dungeon in Zelda .

The only way the op can salvage this is to tell us what was in the letter! Then we will all realise that a random act of kindness was NOT in any way shape or form as important as her letter.