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?

"HesterShaw Thu 28-Nov-13 14:36:02: Ok OP, you need to be nicer. HTH"

^^That

Our postman chats his way gently through his round, checks on people, gives me parcels if he happens to see me elsewhere, occasionally signs for things on our behalf, is always smiling and friendly, and goes home at the end of his round to look after his elderly mother and his bee hives. In an extremely rural community he is very much a member of that community, as are the people who run the sub post office. Which is why Royal Mail still needs some protection from the full cold wind of market forces. OP maybe next time you should use one of the courier companies which think they can compete - see what their customer service is like and then see how you feel about your friendly local postman.

fyi OP he wasn't let. So er, get over yourself?

*late, I hate my keyboard.

My colleagues and I are currently happily sitting at work discussing bum sex, strap ons and nipple clamps. My boss obviously isn't fussed as she's sitting here as well. Do you really think that everyone spends their entire working hours literally doing nothing but work?

NomorePat
The road to hell is paved with good intentions

The meaning of the phrase is that individuals may have the intention to undertake good actions but nevertheless fail to take action. This inaction may be due to procrastination, laziness or other subversive vice. As such, the saying is an admonishment that a good intention is meaningless unless followed through, which is notoriously difficult for common good intentions such as losing

So, the postman did a good thing and is not on the road to hell after all, he was not a lazy, uncaring meanie, he was a good Samaritan!

Reeling, yep! I prefer "do unto others" myself.

andy

Well it is Friday so that's ok :o

Ok, so you like a what if do you Pat and sorry if this have been done already, I got bored reading everyone agreeing that yabu and other not seeing it. So here it is ....... What if that girl with the flat tyre had just been told a kidney was available and she had to get to hospital, what if she had had a call saying a relative was in hospital and needed her, what then, would you expect her to be left without help so you don't miss a bloody letter that you received anyway?? And the person he was talking to, what if he was asking the post man if he had seen a young girl that needed help? What if he was saying thank you for helping his relatives in their time of need?

You just assumed your letter was more important than anything else happening today, what an utterly self centred way to live your life. And yes, I wouldn't mind my post being late if I knew it meant someone else being safe, it's called human kindness you might want to look that up!

can't believe this is still going. I have a funny feeling this may end up in classics.

OK, well since I started this thread, I feel it's fitting that I invoke Godwin's law

reelingintheyears, I disagree Hitler had -in his eyes not any rational human beings' eyes- good intentions and he followed them through.

And I'm not saying my postman is on the road to hell at all; just that situations arise that are negative based upon the good intentions of others.

He probably meant well, but what if he had injured his hand? How would he explain it away to his boss-remember, changing tyres would not be described as being 'injured whilst carrying out job' like slipping on a pavement might be. He'd have been disciplined. Simple as that.

Also, his good intention would have led to the post not being delivered that day; who would cover for him at such short notice? So everybody in my street misses out on important mail for his 'good works'.

If he had been injured by slipping on the pavement, I wouldn't moan as that would have been unavoidable.

But he wasn't hurt, you did get your post. You need to get over yourself and stop trying to make out that someone being kind is unreasonable. It isn't.

I would of been annoyed if he was dawdling, having a fag or going for a pint or something lol not if he was helping someone who needed it.

Fucking hell

You are using the saying wrongly.

Your Postman is not Hitler and if he'd injured his hand you'd have horror, had to wait till someone else could do his round.

No, I am afraid that you are using the saying wrongly, reelingintheyears, Hitler -deranged as he was - had good intentions in what he did-he wanted to create a super-race.

I cannot stress how evil I think Hitler was; in his own mind, though, he was doing the right thing i.e. he had good intentions.

Let's imagine you were married to this postman (just for a second or two) and he came in having injured his hand having changed somebody's tyre.

I'd feel sick to the stomach because I would know that Royal Mail would come down on him hard and he wouldn't get paid.

Being kind

What a lovely postie

I would like to think if I was stuck and needed a tyre changed and a man (sexist sorry I know) walked past me he would help

Some people like to help others and he went an extra mile

Our old postie used to have sight problems. Say if we lived in no 10, we'd sometimes get our own letters, sometimes we would get letters for 110 or number 01. Often we'd get letters for number 3 or 35 or various other random houses that have numbers not even remotely close to no. 10.

The new one is always late, but he can see so I is happy. As long as he delivers the right mail, to the right house at some point during the day, then he can do what he wants afaic.

Oh ffs you get more and more deranged.

Like you would give a shit if he hurt himself changing the tyre. Don't make out you would care about how work would treat him.

Hitler did not have good intentions, he had bad intentions, he was a mad man and wanted to eradicate whole races of people.

You cannot compare, comparisons are odious is another saying.

Look up Godwins law.

Bows out of discussion.

21 pages in and we've gone from postie not doing his job to hitler had good intentions.

Is it a full moon? has the world actually started revolving around the OP? am I the only sane person left on the planet?

Can we get back to postman pat and Jesse the cat please, at least that had some normality about it.

Hitler? Just when I thought this thread couldn't get any more ridiculous.

:o

Hitler had good intentions.

Of course he did Pet, he was nothing but sweetness and light and he was only deranged on the occasional off day.

A bit similar to you and your concern about the postman's uninjured hand.

You are clearly having a similar off day to Hitler.

No, you are using it wrongly not that you will ever admit to it and again with the what ifs. He didn't pop for a quickie, he didn't hurt himself, he didn't try to create a super-race and he didn't post dog shit through your door. He delivered your mail on time, in good condition and he possibly made someones day. I notice you don't address the people asking what if the person he helped needed to get to hospital etc.

You are being unreasonable. Accept it. Move on and try to be a bit more understanding and kinder in future. What a bleak world if none of us helped each other or spoke while working.