Remember when the Royal Mail delivered before 9am?

I_M_Weasel · 16 Aug 2011 at 13:36

Mine's always before 9am, about 22 hours before.

Hedge · 16 Aug 2011 at 13:41

Its not exactly possible when most posties actually arrive on their round at about 8-9am... some people will be at the start of the round, and others will be at the end. Therefore some people get the Mail at 8-9am, others get it around 2-3pm at the end of the round.

scorza · 16 Aug 2011 at 13:42

Service Improvements.

Vonhelmet · 16 Aug 2011 at 13:45

We're lucky if ours arrives by lunchtime.

Hedge · 16 Aug 2011 at 13:47

A lot of people dont realise that they actually get mail that they wouldnt previously have gotten until the following day. Yeah it might come after 9am, but the fact is, if the postie had left at 5am certain letters wouldnt have been through the system by that time.

There used to be an early and late post. Now its one full one which covers both and makes better business sense.

Evoss · 16 Aug 2011 at 13:48

Mine still does, usually between 8:30-9:30.

tuftyfella · 16 Aug 2011 at 13:51

well we have a new postman/woman every 3 months it seems, sometimes they deilver before 9am, others as late as 1pm, so ide probably say its down to the posty

scorza · 16 Aug 2011 at 13:52

Hedge said:
A lot of people dont realise that they actually get mail that they wouldnt previously have gotten until the following day. Yeah it might come after 9am, but the fact is, if the postie had left at 5am certain letters wouldnt have been through the system by that time.

There used to be an early and late post. Now its one full one which covers both and makes better business sense.

I dispute this for two reasons. Firstly I've worked in a Royal Mail sorting office (in the run-up to Christmas) and we were always very good at getting first class mail out by the cut off date - second class was a different matter. Secondly I swear that these days I only ever get post every other day.

Hedge · 16 Aug 2011 at 13:56

scorza said:
I dispute this for two reasons. Firstly I've worked in a Royal Mail sorting office (in the run-up to Christmas) and we were always very good at getting first class mail out by the cut off date - second class was a different matter. Secondly I swear that these days I only ever get post every other day.

Well I worked as a Postman for about 8 months and I also worked in the Sorting office in Gateshead in the run up to Christmas as overtime and I am just going from a lot of what was said at the time. As for getting post every other day, thats probably not the case, it just might feel that way.

gillywibble · 16 Aug 2011 at 13:59

Ours delivery the letter post even when it been snowing.

Luseac · 16 Aug 2011 at 14:04

Ours was delivered about 20 minutes ago, and that's early.

Cosimo · 16 Aug 2011 at 14:10

Our new postman is back to morning delivery around 10:30. I bet the previous postman was “popping” in somewhere during his round.

PhilthyPhil · 16 Aug 2011 at 14:12

simulatorman said:
Our new postman is back to morning delivery around 10:30. I bet the previous postman was “popping” in somewhere during his round.

Or just delivering in a different order....

Razor-BladE · 16 Aug 2011 at 14:15

Mine sometimes does (at uni house), I got my post at about 9 this morning.

dekez · 16 Aug 2011 at 14:17

Mine doesn't arrive until 1pm

anuraj · 16 Aug 2011 at 14:19

My postman came at 6 once. Wasn't fun.

teaboy5 · 16 Aug 2011 at 14:20

Are you all complaining about it arriving in the afternoon?

Someone has to get it late! They can't deliever all the mail first thing in the morning.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 16 Aug 2011 at 14:23

Get with the times people, it's called Modernisation. Technically we can now deliver to town addresses as late as 3.30pm and up to 4pm out in the sticks.

The plan is something like this.

1. Start later
2. Annoy general public
3. ?????
4. Profit!!!

anuraj · 16 Aug 2011 at 14:24

teaboy5 said:
Are you all complaining about it arriving in the afternoon?

Someone has to get it late! They can't deliever all the mail first thing in the morning.

But they used to. Stop hiring lazy walkers royal mail. My postman walks like 5 meters every minute.

teaboy5 · 16 Aug 2011 at 14:27

anuraj said:
But they used to. Stop hiring lazy walkers royal mail. My postman walks like 5 meters every minute.

Ours used to as well, until more routes were added onto his route and therefore it took him longer.

The roue my post is on is around 50-60 mile a lone.