To think this is really creepy?

[thelittlefox]

So, this happened this afternoon, and at first I thought it was rank but funny, but I am now starting to think maybe I should do something/complain...

My postman is rather indiscreet. He's well-meaning and friendly but does like to overshare people's business. I learned long ago not to tell him anything I didn't want spread around our village, but he's pretty harmless really.

Yesterday he asked me to take a parcel for my neighbour, and said "give her a big smile when she comes to get it". I looked at the package and there was nothing about it to explain what he meant, but he said "google the return address hahaha", tapped his nose and went on his way. I am ashamed to admit that I did what he suggested, and it turns out the parcel was from Lovehoney. Completely plain packaging, you would literally need to know Lovehoney's postcode to know who it was from.

So I had a bit of a smirk to myself, although I'm not 12 so it wasn't really THAT exciting. Thought it was a bit grim that he'd pointed it out to me, but whatever.

Today, he asked me if I had googled it, and I said yes, but I asked him how come he knew? He said that someone at the sorting office kept an eye out for the postcode and alerted the delivery guys. He also said that the same guy also looked up the names on Facebook and passed their pictures around. At this point I went from having a bit of a laugh with him to being quite grossed out, and I told him he should have a word with his mate, as that's disgusting! He said (still smiling and joking about) "I'll tell him then that from a woman's point of view he's a pervert" and wandered off.

This is fucking horrible, isn't it? To go to the lengths of looking up names and addresses, it's borderline stalky, even if the pictures are public. The more I think about it, the more it bothers me.

So, am I being unreasonable to be worried about this, or should I forget about it (and get my butt-plugs posted to my sister to be the safe side )?

I know somebody who works for the postal service, and she has told me yes, they have a snigger when thry see the Love Honey packages

This is just embarrassing for your friend and her colleagues. Are they 15?

OP, did you tweet/complain to Royal Mail?

Father Ted and the Others in the Lingerie Dept. Where's Mrs Slocombe and her furry friend?

My postman told me to “have a nice day” with a rather knowing smile when he handed over my Bondara parcel the other week (condoms and lube, so kinky).

Do you know the postie’s name? I bet he’d appreciate a Love Honey parcel just for him, delivered to the sorting office of course.

Doesn't the sorting office have better things to do? Yep specially as there are supposedly huge delays at the moment

This doesn’t surprise me, I think working in the sorting office/as a postie attracts “stunted development men” as it’s an entry level job.

For example this man I went to school with is a postie - he was a sex pest at school, left with no gcses and no further education, chronically single judging by his post/tweets about his fondness of Romanian prostitutes and @‘ing women for sex🙄 this is absolutely something he would do and find hilarious

@sofiaaaaaa

This doesn’t surprise me, I think working in the sorting office/as a postie attracts “stunted development men” as it’s an entry level job.

For example this man I went to school with is a postie - he was a sex pest at school, left with no gcses and no further education, chronically single judging by his post/tweets about his fondness of Romanian prostitutes and @‘ing women for sex🙄 this is absolutely something he would do and find hilarious

They're better paid than I am as a TA.

@davidsong

Outsider with a penis here. Was reading this with my other half and was pretty shocked by it, so I told Lovehoney about this thread. I also told them to expect an article in the Daily Hate about it, and that they should consider changing their courier to one that isn't a hotbed of knicker-sniffing perverts.

IMO OP's a coward for not telling her postie that he's bang out of order, and so is everyone at Royal Mail who rolled their eyes and said nothing. A well-placed "u fuckin wot m8?" nips most bad behaviour in the bud before it escalates, and that's all of our responsibility.

Thank goodness a MAN has waded in to sort this out for us poor helpless women. This isn't about you, it's for the OP to decide what to do.

@longwayoff

Father Ted and the Others in the Lingerie Dept. Where's Mrs Slocombe and her furry friend?

That made me 😂😂😂

(However, disgusting posty 🤮🤢 hope OP has reported him)

It's not OP's personal problem, it's OP's neighbour's problem and at the very least it's a problem of everyone in their postal region, but more likely the entire nation. So we should let it continue why exactly? Because the feelings of an anonymous poster on a message board is worth more than the privacy of millions of people?

In a feminist utopia someone with the "right" genitals would have stepped up on page 1, but they didn't. So I'm fulfilling my gender role; woman complains, man does something about it. If you don't like that then try encouraging women to do less of the former and more of the latter until we have gender parity in this area.

My post above should have quoted the one by tofuschnitzel, dunno why it didn't.

Well at least tell Love Honey so they change the address

Absolutely disgusting behaviour, not sure where it falls in terms of criminality but it's definitely something Royal Mail should be made aware of.

Looking up customers details on social media and sharing pics of them is awful

I know the wife of a postie and it’s true that they do recognise the addresses. The discreet packaging is useless!

@sofiaaaaaa

This doesn’t surprise me, I think working in the sorting office/as a postie attracts “stunted development men” as it’s an entry level job.

For example this man I went to school with is a postie - he was a sex pest at school, left with no gcses and no further education, chronically single judging by his post/tweets about his fondness of Romanian prostitutes and @‘ing women for sex🙄 this is absolutely something he would do and find hilarious

This is such a vile post. My dad was a postie for twenty years and I'm utterly disgusted by what you've said. You make me sick.

Is women ordering sex toys really such a funny thing?? These men (and everyone else obviously) and here because gasp a woman had sex!

These men are probably wanking every night, and yet a woman ordering lingerie, lube or even a DILDO is absolutely hilarious.

Do they laugh at the sanitary protection in the supermarket? And the knicker section at M&S?

Pathetic.