Comments on: Get a grip, An Post. http://englishmum.com/2008/05/12/get-a-grip-an-post/ Living in Ireland, shopping, kids, greyhounds, cooking, more shopping and a load of rubbish about, well, nothing really Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:34:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: englishmuminireland http://englishmum.com/2008/05/12/get-a-grip-an-post/#comment-4402 englishmuminireland Tue, 13 May 2008 11:53:05 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=640#comment-4402 Moon: You two even come up with the same lies. There's no denying those genes. Oh and your pressie? Already in the post mate!! Martin: I got that this morning too! Had to laugh. 'How to complain'. Yeah, I know how - see my blog!! Moon: You two even come up with the same lies. There’s no denying those genes. Oh and your pressie? Already in the post mate!!

Martin: I got that this morning too! Had to laugh. ‘How to complain’. Yeah, I know how - see my blog!!

]]> By: englishmuminireland http://englishmum.com/2008/05/12/get-a-grip-an-post/#comment-4401 englishmuminireland Tue, 13 May 2008 11:48:28 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=640#comment-4401 Jen: Exactly. How can it not be their responsibility if it was posted with money in it and arrived without it? I don't get it. Wee One: I wonder if it's just UK to Ireland that suffers or if it's everywhere. I get a lot of post from England and it's always bloody late. June: Luckily (or unluckily) I'm not considered sensible enough to be let loose with a credit card of my own but yes, I get your point. I just got charged £25 for paying a UK bill late though, all because of the Irish postal system. They should reimburse me! Bugs: See comment 15. You can tell you two are related. Evil minds think alike! Isit: You're right, of course, it's just the easiest way of sending a pressie. Next year we'll have to have the 'please don't send money' conversation so as not to line the skanks' pockets. Jen: Exactly. How can it not be their responsibility if it was posted with money in it and arrived without it? I don’t get it.

Wee One: I wonder if it’s just UK to Ireland that suffers or if it’s everywhere. I get a lot of post from England and it’s always bloody late.

June: Luckily (or unluckily) I’m not considered sensible enough to be let loose with a credit card of my own but yes, I get your point. I just got charged £25 for paying a UK bill late though, all because of the Irish postal system. They should reimburse me!

Bugs: See comment 15. You can tell you two are related. Evil minds think alike!

Isit: You’re right, of course, it’s just the easiest way of sending a pressie. Next year we’ll have to have the ‘please don’t send money’ conversation so as not to line the skanks’ pockets.

]]> By: englishmuminireland http://englishmum.com/2008/05/12/get-a-grip-an-post/#comment-4400 englishmuminireland Tue, 13 May 2008 11:44:27 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=640#comment-4400 Jeez, leave the house for five minutes and you all come visit! Thrifty: LOL! You're right! Although our regular postie is absolutely lovely...he said that when the mail first arrives it can be sorted by all sorts of 'hired help', who obviously spot a nice, brightly coloured envelope and help themselves. Grandad: Oh, that was from me. Sorry x Aidy: They did that to me, the fuckers. Went to collect it and it had gone back to the UK. They said the local post office is too small to hold onto things. Gits. Nats: I think that's the worst of it. Mind you, people used to the fantastic (I'll never complain about Royal Mail again) service in the UK don't think twice about putting 'Master S Surname' on the envelope, which is kind of a big hint that there might be money in it :0( Jeez, leave the house for five minutes and you all come visit!

Thrifty: LOL! You’re right! Although our regular postie is absolutely lovely…he said that when the mail first arrives it can be sorted by all sorts of ‘hired help’, who obviously spot a nice, brightly coloured envelope and help themselves.

Grandad: Oh, that was from me. Sorry x

Aidy: They did that to me, the fuckers. Went to collect it and it had gone back to the UK. They said the local post office is too small to hold onto things. Gits.

Nats: I think that’s the worst of it. Mind you, people used to the fantastic (I’ll never complain about Royal Mail again) service in the UK don’t think twice about putting ‘Master S Surname’ on the envelope, which is kind of a big hint that there might be money in it :0(

]]> By: Martin http://englishmum.com/2008/05/12/get-a-grip-an-post/#comment-4392 Martin Tue, 13 May 2008 08:22:48 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=640#comment-4392 Is it just a coincidence (or have An Post been reading your blog) this very morning I (and the rest of the country?) received a booklet from that very body telling us how to resolve our complaints. I'd say you got 'em rightly stirred up. (If you didn't receive it there is a helpful note to tell you how to complain....) Is it just a coincidence (or have An Post been reading your blog) this very morning I (and the rest of the country?) received a booklet from that very body telling us how to resolve our complaints.
I’d say you got ‘em rightly stirred up.
(If you didn’t receive it there is a helpful note to tell you how to complain….)

]]> By: Moon http://englishmum.com/2008/05/12/get-a-grip-an-post/#comment-4377 Moon Mon, 12 May 2008 22:54:05 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=640#comment-4377 I can't believe it ...... so I thought you were being rude EM when you didn't thank me for the card I sent you, now I understand why ..... there was $100 in there as well .... Bloody postie ! Still, now we know how to send stuff ok, your card to me will arrive on the 24th all ok, complete with pressie ......... ? I can’t believe it …… so I thought you were being rude EM when you didn’t thank me for the card I sent you, now I understand why ….. there was $100 in there as well …. Bloody postie !

Still, now we know how to send stuff ok, your card to me will arrive on the 24th all ok, complete with pressie ……… ?

]]> By: Isitjustme? http://englishmum.com/2008/05/12/get-a-grip-an-post/#comment-4340 Isitjustme? Mon, 12 May 2008 18:42:54 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=640#comment-4340 Actually I should 'fess up here.I have two brothers who both hold prominent positions in An Post management and they've both advised me (as they do everyone) not to send cash or uncrossed cheques by post because while the majority of An Post employees are (like most folk) honest, there are always some skanks. Late post is quite another thing...thats just the shitty system. Actually I should ‘fess up here.I have two brothers who both hold prominent positions in An Post management and they’ve both advised me (as they do everyone) not to send cash or uncrossed cheques by post because while the majority of An Post employees are (like most folk) honest, there are always some skanks.
Late post is quite another thing…thats just the shitty system.

]]> By: Don't Bug Me! http://englishmum.com/2008/05/12/get-a-grip-an-post/#comment-4336 Don't Bug Me! Mon, 12 May 2008 18:31:35 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=640#comment-4336 Trust me, you don't know how much a postal system ca suck until you've live in Canada. You can post a letter in Vancouver, bound for an address in Vancouver and it can take anywhere between 7 and 10 days to get to there. Now, I am English, and so I am very good at moaning and whinging and whining and complaining, but you will never hear a bad word out of my mouth about the English postal system - they can get a letter from England to Australia in 4 days - I can even get one from one side of town to the other in a week here! BTW, you have just given me an excellent idea of what to give the elder brother for a birthday present next year. I shall send him a card, that has obviously been opened and then resealed and then when he asks I shall tell him, in my most outraged voice, that there was 50 quid in there! Generous to a fault, me. Trust me, you don’t know how much a postal system ca suck until you’ve live in Canada. You can post a letter in Vancouver, bound for an address in Vancouver and it can take anywhere between 7 and 10 days to get to there. Now, I am English, and so I am very good at moaning and whinging and whining and complaining, but you will never hear a bad word out of my mouth about the English postal system - they can get a letter from England to Australia in 4 days - I can even get one from one side of town to the other in a week here! BTW, you have just given me an excellent idea of what to give the elder brother for a birthday present next year. I shall send him a card, that has obviously been opened and then resealed and then when he asks I shall tell him, in my most outraged voice, that there was 50 quid in there! Generous to a fault, me.

]]> By: Isitjustme? http://englishmum.com/2008/05/12/get-a-grip-an-post/#comment-4335 Isitjustme? Mon, 12 May 2008 18:29:07 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=640#comment-4335 Em. We NEVER send money/cheques/rough cut diamonds in envelopes that even remotely resemble birthday card envelopes. Sorry, I should have warned you about An Post. Survival guide en route as I type. Em.
We NEVER send money/cheques/rough cut diamonds in envelopes that even remotely resemble birthday card envelopes.
Sorry, I should have warned you about An Post.
Survival guide en route as I type.

]]> By: Natalie http://englishmum.com/2008/05/12/get-a-grip-an-post/#comment-4329 Natalie Mon, 12 May 2008 16:56:53 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=640#comment-4329 Hee hee, you will NOT believe this...I got home today to find a Christmas card from my sister!!! The envelope had been opened and resealed with selotape, the little tune 'thingy' was broken and then I noticed the post mark...23 April, did my sister try to avoid the rush? Nah, she sent it late, and to the wrong house number, but somehow we got the card!!!! LOLAL Hee hee, you will NOT believe this…I got home today to find a Christmas card from my sister!!! The envelope had been opened and resealed with selotape, the little tune ‘thingy’ was broken and then I noticed the post mark…23 April, did my sister try to avoid the rush? Nah, she sent it late, and to the wrong house number, but somehow we got the card!!!! LOLAL

]]> By: june in florida http://englishmum.com/2008/05/12/get-a-grip-an-post/#comment-4327 june in florida Mon, 12 May 2008 16:17:17 +0000 http://englishmum.com/?p=640#comment-4327 How does that work with your credit card bills you mail? Here the card companies barely give you enough time to pay the bill anyhow and if you have the post office screwing you around you must get charged a lot of late fees, never mind your credit rating.I guess pay online would be the way to go, but when you are paying a credit card bill,huh?Our rates just went up today to .42 cents per 1st class letter.Hey just figure you got your xmas cards early. How does that work with your credit card bills you mail? Here the card companies barely give you enough time to pay the bill anyhow and if you have the post office screwing you around you must get charged a lot of late fees, never mind your credit rating.I guess pay online would be the way to go, but when you are paying a credit card bill,huh?Our rates just went up today to .42 cents per 1st class letter.Hey just figure you got your xmas cards early.

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