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Is it just me, or has Royal Mail gone downhill badly? (self.ukcasual)

submitted 1 year ago by Transcendant to c/ukcasual

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Obv I don't want to get too deep into privatisation weeds as we don't want to get into the dreaded (whispers) politics in this comm. But I'm interested to know if other people are noticing the postal service deteriorating.

Mail for other houses (my door number is clearly marked)... delivery timelines missed... then the icing on the cake, had a delivery that was supposed to come up to Newcastle delivered while I'm not at home, they left it in a 'safe place' despite one not being designated.

Want to hear what the 'safe place' was? Out on the street, jammed behind a random neighbours wheelie bin! So yeah that's £110 of new clothes gone to some lucky local who swiped it. Boooo, Royal Mail, booooo!

To counteract the whinge, I just made a banging pizza almost from scratch. Success!

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[–] mtorpey 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never had the sort of shenanigans you’re talking about, but there’s definitely been a decline in service – late deliveries, posties racing the clock, and a general sense of perpetual crisis.

Homemade pizza is something else though. Love a nice thin and crispy margherita straight from the oven.

[–] Transcendant 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, apparently up here (Newcastle) they're given a minimum time to do each street. Wouldn't surprise me if that's a national thing as the new company tries to make it as profitable as possible, poor postmen and women are suffering the same crap as Amazon drivers most likely.

Back to the pizza... I've made my own sauce in the past (it was meh), not sure if you've seen in your supermarket but Heinz now do passata, was pretty good.