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?

I almost wish the OP has the kind of dodgy postie who steals your amazon packages or opens cards to check for cash, not the kind who helps people out and is friendly. Then she might have something to complain about.

Binkyridesagain, so what about the FIFTEEN minutes he spent chatting then? He's an arse and he is ALWAYS doing this sort of thing? I would not report him, but by goodness, when he's not around, the mail gets delivered a lot more quickly.

His job is to deliver mail. Not chat to people in the street.

Our post comes pretty late on in the day so I wouldn't want to rely on it arriving at a specific time.

I don't go out hunting down the postman though

He's not an arse, he's a lovely postman!

He also spent 6minutes stroking the cat at number 37 :o

He is an arse? You know him then?

What difference did it make to you that your post came a bit later than you expected? Serious question.

Gileswithachainsaw, wouldn't surprise me. Perhaps he wormed it an' all and delivered its kittens whilst mopping Splodgekins (cat) sweaty brow*

*or cat equivalent.

I still remember the absolutely lovely postie who brought heavy stuff in for me when I was hugely pregnant. He came in to see DD2 after I'd had her and told DP how happy he was for us.

This is possibly irrelevant but it gives me a Warm Glow, so I reckon YABU.

He does deliver the mail. It gets there when it is supposed to (I.e on the day he is issued with it).

Most people aren't sitting next to their letter boxes waiting to pounce, or stalking the streets monitoring their postman. Both those things are odd.

I'm pretty certain that Royal Mail would see an employee who helps people out and is friendly while wearing their uniform (and delivering his mail) as a very good thing. That's the best kind of advertising they can get.

Misery guts jobs worth types don't do anyone any favours.

He gets his job done in the time allotted to him. It is none of your business how he does that. He doesn't stand there when you're getting ready to out casting aspersions on how long it takes you to do stuff and what you should not do.

Calling him an arse? Aren't you just a treat?

Why don't you write to the bbc and see if you can co host "postie watch" with bill oddie

Really, ArbitaryUsername, never waited for exam results or job application results or a cheque or anything else important in the mail, then?

To have not done so is odd IMO.

What is more, once he's been around and he's not got your mail that day, you can get on with other things. He shouldn't be making people wait when his job is to deliver mail. He can be helpful and play Mother Theresa in his own time.

Yabu simply because he wasn't late delivering your post, it just got to you later than you wanted it to! You'd have hated my ex, he used to do half his round, pop round for brekkie (1hourish) then carry on. He also used to leave half the post in his boot if he couldn't be bothered and just do it the next day. He was a rubbish postman, and boyfriend come to think of it!

My Postie has a natter to me, breaks his day up, talking to people as he goes along, I haven't invited him in for a brew yet but he does like having a peep in my garden.

I've also scooped a postie up from the pavement when he went arse over tit on some ice, maybe I should have left him, wouldn't have wanted to interfere with his round

I'm pretty sure Royal Mail would not view it as a very good thing at all. None of my business what other mn-ers do for a living, but I'll say this: if you were going 'off piste' in your jobs to carry out arbitary acts of kindness (not talking about genuine emergencies here) for others instead of doing your jobs, would your employer be pleased? I think not.

nomorepat the world you live in sounds like a cold, grey sort of place. That is all.

erm yes my DHs employers were very happy when he changed the tyre on a couples car, they saw it as a very good advertisement for their company.

You can't have that much to do if there's time for documenting chat times and stalking postmen

I've waited for stuff in the mail, but I'm pragmatic enough not to be sitting by the letter box or stalking my postman.

Last time I was 'waiting' for post it arrived a few days later than I'd expected. Nothing to do with my postman, the sender just took longer to process stuff than I'd've liked. Still, I didn't complain or grumble to anyone.

If you wanted it by a certain time, you need to pay for special delivery. If you're not going to do that, then stop imaging that your 60p stamp made you your postie's line manager.

I'm willing to put money on you being the sort of person that treats your waiter like s/he's not really a person. Do you click your fingers to get their attention and such like?

you sound like a peach op.

Gosh, OP, you're just lovely, aren't you?

And having read your comments on the thread about the little girl, who on earth are you to complain about anyone?