The reason it's now 24 hours is because of cuts.

When RM was opened up to competition they had to make the business pay for itself. One way of saving money was to make all delivery routes (walks) bigger. The average walk used to take around 2.5 hours, now it takes more like 5.

In your local delivery office there is a place called The Locker. This is where all the undelivered parcels get taken. The locker is only open for part of the day (until 2pm here). If your postie leaves you an "undelivered" docket he can't guarantee to be back at the sorting office before the locker closes. If he isn't back before it closes your parcel won't get logged in that day. It has to wait til the next day when another member of staff does the logging in.

Hence you can't collect for 24 hours.

If you want to blame anyone then blame whichever government it was that saw fit to privatise the postal service

Sorry but I get really wound up when I think posties are being given a hard time.

As I said before, walk a mile (or 10) in my (old) shoes.

Longdogs, having contributed to this thread, I found myself doing a bit of research, did you know there is a national centre of excellence for teaching couriers how to use a doorbell? It is located in Wales, in Pressthatin.

Do they get a certificate? I am already licensed to climb a ladder you know.

Longdogs, having contributed to this thread, I found myself doing a bit of research, did you know there is a national centre of excellence for teaching couriers how to use a doorbell? It is located in Wales, in Pressthatin.

Groan!

Groan!

Longdogs, having contributed to this thread, I found myself doing a bit of research, did you know there is a national centre of excellence for teaching couriers how to use a doorbell? It is located in Wales, in Pressthatin.