Royal mail

[GarethM]

Well, only if they have one of those tiny kitchen waste ones, seems a bit over kill to throw the package into a full size wheelie bin.

[GarethM]

The Telegraph: France to deliver letters just three days a week – while Royal Mail pleads to end six-day service.

 

France to deliver letters just three days a week – while Royal Mail pleads to end six-day service

WWW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK

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Britain and Germany are now outliers as Europe's postal services evolve

 

[Mick Dempsey]

To say I hate La Poste is an understatement.

 

I sent off my birth certificate, the marriage certificate of my parents and other original documents via recorded delivery to Ireland to get my Irish passport.

 

Not hearing anything (a slip confirming delivery) in a week I went into the post office to enquire.

 

She looked at the ‘puter and said ‘don’t worry the parcel is safely in Tunisia’

 

They lost it and the documents forever. Took me months to organise replacements and get the passport.

 

A pox on them!

 

 

Edited December 26, 2022 by Mick Dempsey

[scbk]

1 hour ago, GarethM said:

The Telegraph: France to deliver letters just three days a week – while Royal Mail pleads to end six-day service.

 

France to deliver letters just three days a week – while Royal Mail pleads to end six-day service

WWW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK

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Britain and Germany are now outliers as Europe's postal services evolve

 

"Next-day deliveries will only be available if customers email the text to La Poste, which will then print out the letter at a local branch before passing it to a postal worker."

 

Sounds like telegrams are back!

[Stubby]

8 minutes ago, scbk said:

"Next-day deliveries will only be available if customers email the text to La Poste, which will then print out the letter at a local branch before passing it to a postal worker."

 

Sounds like telegrams are back!

Will be see a load of red BSA bantams poodeling about ? 😄

[scbk]

Meanwhile in Norway, the land of strong unions etc, they only get letters twice a week 

[trigger_andy]

2 hours ago, scbk said:

Meanwhile in Norway, the land of strong unions etc, they only get letters twice a week 

But do you really need physical letters delivered more frequently than that? 

[Mick Dempsey]

1 minute ago, trigger_andy said:

But do you really need physical letters delivered more frequently than that? 

I don’t believe so.

It’s 19th century technology.

We have to find a way of making genuine emails legitimate, a bit like a blue tick on Twitter. 

[GarethM]

Does that also apply to parcels tho or is it all private companies. As Norway and Sweden don't really have eBay as such.

[doobin]

6 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I don’t believe so.

It’s 19th century technology.

We have to find a way of making genuine emails legitimate, a bit like a blue tick on Twitter. 

Sounds like a (useful) job for blockchain technology…