The late late card

woodbine

This morning we received an xmas card which was franked 15th dec and only 30 miles away, so that's 27 days to deliver ?
And it had a first class stamp on it !

leeCal

I’ve heard there are hold ups in the post generally. Bills seem to get through okay though ☹️

janer1967

I am still waiting for some chestnuts which were due on 23rd dec good job I managed to get some at local asda to have with sprouts and bacon for xmas dinner 

chiarieds

My best friend used to be a postie. He reckons things have gone to pot since he retired. Seems he was right.

Lisatho11987777

On locdown where I am the post only comes every two days because the staff are off with corona virus  and at one point there was no one to run the sorting office 

Tori_Scope

Blimey @woodbine! I also had a Christmas card come through quite late that had been sent with a first class stamp. 

Royal Mail are experiencing delays due to coronavirus and related issues at the moment. The amount of items being sent has hugely increased, and they obviously have to ensure that the necessary safety measures are in place. 

OverlyAnxious

One of my elderly relatives hadn't had any post for two weeks over the Christmas period.  She has no internet and missed lots of cards & bills that she was expecting.

Eventually her neighbour complained to RM and it turned out the whole street had missed a delivery for 2 weeks!  It arrived the day after in a huge pile!

I appreciate that lots of people are off currently but I don't understand why they didn't get a nearby postman to swap routes at least once a week, if not every other day.  

Lisatho11987777

@OverlyAnxious we still only getting our post every two days lol ? 

OverlyAnxious

lisathomas50 said:

@OverlyAnxious we still only getting our post every two days lol ? 

Well, at least that's better than every two weeks!