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?

Whenever I have been to the post office they always state that buying a stamp is no guarantee that they will deliver the letter to were its meant to be. So frankly I think the postie in managing to deliver your letter to you has gone over and above what is required.

This is hilarious, I'm in stitches at the OP's inability to let this go.

Gosh, this is unbelievable.

Op - if you were so desperate for your post, and as the postie isn't allowed to just hand you your mail in the street, why didn't you offer to change the car wheel, leaving the postie free to go deliver your letter.

That way, you would have done a good deed for the day, and the postie would have done his job to your satisfaction.

I think what he did was brilliant...and the world hasn't even stopped turning!

set your dogs on him op. I don't know what the servants are thinking these days keeping you waiting like this! bloody disgraceful.

I wonder if it occurred to the OP to see if she could lend a hand with the tire-changing?

That way, the postie would have been done quicker and it would have been a nice thing to do. Plus, OP wasn't doing anything anyway, other than curtain twitching and getting irate.

Doubt that very much though - suspect the OP is a troll person who walks by anyone needing help.

Oooooh, massive cross-post with shimmering - great minds, eh

Well the customer if Royal Mail isn't you OP. It's the sender if the letter so as such you can not ask for anything specific.

On a customer pov, the letter should be delivered in a day normally if it's first class. There is no time limit to it, just an indication if a day. So the postman still delivered the post as per the agreed service. It would have been different if the post was supposed to arrive before 1.00pm and it had arrived at 1.30. but not if you saw the postman at 10.00am, he delivered the post at 12.00 and hanged a tyre in the mean time
The fact he was having a chat etc has nothing to do with you as recipient ie who the letter is delivered to, or as a customer, when you send the letter. This might be an issue for the company but this is an internal issue that had to be dealt with internally they might well have nothing to say about it if he still does his round within the time frame he was given

Tbh I think you were stressed and pissed off by a tight deadline but have put all your anger onto the wrong person. A bit like killing the messenger.

Well none of our post matters as much as op's does. We haven't had to wait for drs appointments, test results, cheques, job offers or school admissions allocations have we. Nope not us.

"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."

Speak for yourself, nomorepat - and while you are about it, stop implying that people who think what the postman did is OK, are just 'toeing the party line'. You have NO right to imply that they are not being entirely honest.

And to answer your question - no, it wouldn't bother me if my postman was helping someone change a tyre, or having a chat. I think the world is a better place for having someone like him in it.

NOTHING dreadful happened because your mail was delayed by 20 minutes. Get over yourself.

Giles

Did you not read my post about waiting for my game guide to arrive? That was massively more important than a poxy cheque/hospital appointment/school admission letter.

Get some perspective

:o

That jammy dodger is for the OP obv.
Having been a postie her attitude sucks big cocks.

Oh dear! I can understand getting worked up about the contents of a letter/ not being able to exert control over the delivery time causing anxiety and over-reaction.

The dogged commitment to curmudgeonliness is though.

You got your letter, move on!

Great minds indeed mum73

Is it just me that is secretly wishing a flat tyre upon the OP, and her poor postie goes sailing past her, finger in the air?

There is also the idea that the postman was actually using his break time to change the tyre.

He is entitled to take a break from delivering post and can use this to chat/help/fix if he so wishes.

If i was your postman OP i would rearrange my round so your street was the very last one i delivered to.

Heartbroken73 if it meant the Postman delivered his rounds earlier to me I would have offered but I do not know how to change a tyre-like most mners in that respect. And you are completely wrong about me not offering assistance to anybody. Completely and utterly wrong.

I love our postie. God knows what time he gets home as he has tea and cake at numerous places around here - picks stuff up from my mum and gives it to me (or vice versa depending on what direction he is going), helps out the elderly with all sorts etc etc. If the weather is bad and he can't get up the tracks then he leaves stuff with somebody else who is going that way later or in a tractor etc.

He is very well thought of in these parts and a real treasure. But some days I don't get post till very late. But if that means Elsie up the road has company for half an hour, and Bill gets help with something then so be it!!!!

I think this thread is a wind up. My post is real.

What makes you think MNers can't change a tyre ?

Perhaps the OP can call the Daily Mail and be in a sad face photo, holding up her late post?

Ooh, you're back op. I'll ask again.

What difference did it make to you, having to wait longer than you anticipated for today's post?

So you have no idea how to change a tyre, yet you begrudge your poor postie helping someone else do something you are incapable of doing?

Jeeeeez. You really are a piece of work.

My postie is named Greg. He's very nice, always stops for a chat (mostly about the football). He'll get a bottle of wine at Christmas from me

He keeps an eye on the 90 year old lady 2 doors down, if I have a parcel and I'm not in he'll pop it in his car and bring it to me later, often on his way home and on his time. When I had a phone delivered recently and the address was wrong he knew it was for me from the name so brought it straight over.

I think I probably have the best postie ever and I'm bloody grateful for him because over the years he saved me dozens of trips to the PO and several lost items. And yes, he's still wearing shorts

He was being a Good Samaritan. Stop being so miserable.