Post Man Wrong House

TheDevil | 09:25 Thu 12th Mar 2020 | How it Works

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So the postie has put a card through my door, saying there is a parcel at the post office. Issue is the post man must be a complete plonker because not only do I live at a different house number AND street name, but I live literally across the village.

What do I do? Do I have to do anything? I'd rather put the card in the bin and forget it happened I don't want to go out of my way.

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gness

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Do happy up a little, TD..... :-)

14:20 Thu 12th Mar 2020

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pixie374

TD, the least effort, while still doing something, would be just to put a cross through the address on it, write "delivered to wrong address" next to it and put it back in post box. They can redeliver to the right house, then.

TheDevil

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Oh my people need to read the thread before coming in to say what an awful human I am.

I have a life I haven't got time to be driving round the village and why on earth should I use my time, petrol and effort fixing someone elses mistake? I could get coronavirus from going here there and everywhere!!

TheDevil

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Pixie, the least I could do is literally nothing. And the royal mail man on the phone said so. He said that would be fine I have no responsibility or obligation, but I did let them know of their error.

Tilly2

Don't be mean. Take it round to the right house. Do something helpful.

pixie374

That's why I said "while still doing something". Of course it isn't your responsibility, it would just be helpful... and taken about 5 seconds, without having to negotiate the annoying phone systems they use...

TheDevil

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I can't remember the last time I saw a post box

douglas9401

Blessed be the serial Answerbankers, they "haven't got time to be driving round the village".

Stop it please, my ribs won't take it.

Peter Pedant

// It's not my responsibility and for all royal mail know i'm not in the position to do anything.//

why do people ask about what to do
and then blather about responsibility? easy answer - you have no duties in respect of this

write on it - "delivered to wrong address" and repost
( yeah yeah OK it is a long way to the nearest red box)

The only time I worried is when the postie signed for a letter for me which er wasnt.... and I wasnt sure if it were a CCJ

pixie374

TD, just stick it in the car with you and throw it in one when you see one. Anyway, it's sorted now, but it will save you time if it happens again x

Peter Pedant

thx Doug
and yet they have time to blaart endlessly on AB about duty and responsibility

does that remind you of the AB fave - president Trump ?

aelmpvw

by the time you had typed your post and read all the advice you could have dealt with it ...

sherrardk

So you haven’t got time to drive around the village (which by its very definition wouldn’t take long as it’s a village) but you’ve got time to post on here about it. The milk of human kindness really does over flow sometimes.

TheDevil

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For all you know I have raging gout.