How to deal with a Royal pain?

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For a long time, a grumpy git has delivered parcels via a van. He never smiles, he never talks and he doesn't care enough to do his job right.

Today I had a lot of parcels delivered. So many that a tray was needed to carry them. When he arrived, I was unaware - I was busy tidying myself up in the bathroom. He took the parcels next door. My uncle tells me he carried the tray to the door and then let everything on the tray roll towards the ground.

I can't say if the damage was done then or before - I wasn't there - but one of the G. W jiffy bags had a hole. The set itself has a dented corner. The other sets all have lesser knocks, too - nothing serious - and the jiffy bags bubbles in certain areas were burst.

The fact that I had four G. W sets sent and none arrived without any imperfections tells me he isn't doing his job right. Surely at least one should've arrived without a knock? They were only sent on Sat!

If I confront him about it, he's going to deny it - he's a prick. If I get aggressive about it, he'll more than likely have a football game with my parcels before giving them to me in the future. And if I complain about him, he'll be told who complained and will more than likely make every effort to damage my ****. So, how do I deal with this guy - do I do nothing or run the risk of making matters worse?
 
Complain to a higher authority than him at the whatever parcel company/Royal Mail. He might resent you even more, but he'll have to take better care of your parcels 'cause otherwise he knows you'll just complain again, and if that kept happening he'd be fired.
 
Place a bear trap under the door mat, while he is trapped explain to him that he is going through the same pain you feel when you open you parcels and their contents are not in perfect condition.
 
Order somthing registered to be signed then when it arrived all beatern bludgeon the bastard to death with it.
 
I was about to go off on a rant about the pointlessness of the royal family and how we ought to get rid of them............peacefully if possible but not wholly necessary.

Anyway, when he gets to your house, he probably thinks to himself "Not that grumpy git, dude never smiles or speaks to me".

Obviously I'm not one to judge on the matter, but not everyone is happy and smiley, especially at work. Maybe he just despises his job and isn't too good at hiding it or perhaps he's having a tough time of life in general. Have you ever tried to be courteous and friendly with him? I don't know if you acknowledge him properly but sometimes it's just a case of sparking up a conversation. Afterall, he delivers your precious parcels.

I had a similar problem with the post lady, she used to just leave packages in full view of anyone passing our house, I had a little chat with her, politely asked if she could leave any packages behind the bin and since then she's been okay.

If he is that bad, just report him to his company. Worst case scenario is that he turns out to be a sociopath, finds out who complained about him and then slits your throat but come on, what's the likelihood of that?
 
My postman steals/opens stuff. I tried to make a formal complaint but I'm not sure anything was done about it yet. The RM complaints process is a complete pain and they insist you get the sender to complain, even when you *know* it's your postman and affects post from numerous unrelated sources.

The only satisfaction I get is that he's putting his job on the line to steal the worst of the absolute dross I order. I can't think he managed to get rid of Mahoromatic 3 or Little Women for very much money. He hasn't stolen anything valuable so far! Maybe he'll get bored of it after a few more offensively mediocre DVDs.

R
 
^ Except he's not really putting his job on the line if the complaints process is so bad it allows him to continually get away with it, is he?

That's terrible, and punishment is required - He's not much different to that copper in another thread abusing his position like that, though I would think a kneecapping should suffice for this particular case.
 
Oh also, when I was younger, I worked as a xmas temp, sorting packages and parcels. If you saw what I saw, there's no wonder that parcels don't turn up perfect. Most of those people didn't care, throwing parcels around like they were american footballs.

There are too many people out there with a lack of respect for their job.
 
Yuvie said:
There are too many people out there with a lack of respect for their job.
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I think the problem is a lack of respect in general, no just for their job.
 
Altir said:
Send yourself a bomb.

the problem will solve itself.
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Idiot, you take a poop in the bag, then put something heavy in, and send it to yourself. Here's how it works:

1) Postman collets nice, weighty Parcel
2) Postman thinks "Man... Rui's ordered something valuable now!"
3) Postman opens parcel and tries to grab heavy object at the bottom of the parcel
4) Postman gets a handful of ****
5) LULZ


Simple, eh?
 
ayase said:
Except he's not really putting his job on the line if the complaints process is so bad it allows him to continually get away with it, is he?
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Yeah, I'm hoping my complaint is actually being actioned, slowly, and one day he'll just disappear. If I ever catch him in the act doing something weird (like the time he posted a batch of DVDs through the letterbox without their packaging or invoices, because he'd opened them and discarded the wrapping) I'll give him a Rui-style telling off at great length.

Spyro201 said:
Simple, eh?
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I worry about you sometimes :)

R
 
I had a postman like this, I made a formal complaint to royal mail about items being continually damaged and even gave dates of when this happened and the cost of the items, I got a very nice letter from royal mail with a cheque in it covering all the items.
 
I was going to say to grab him when he reaches the door, place a cloth full of chloroform in his face. drag the body to the shed and tie him up in a chair. by the time he comes round he'll be shocked and tied up with a spotlight in his face, using a voice changer explain the importance of delivering everyones mail correctly. make him sign a contract or something to say he will deliver them properly. then knock him out. go for a 2 hour drive and dump him somewhere.

But then i thought.....take a picture of you putting a dvd in a package, then posting said package to your own address. then when it turns up damaged take more pics and then take it to the company with complains
 
Rui said:
(like the time he posted a batch of DVDs through the letterbox without their packaging or invoices, because he'd opened them and discarded the wrapping)
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What!? That's outrageous. You'd think that upon finding goods not to his liking, a thieving postman would dispose of the evidence rather than deliver it sans packaging. He must believe that he's untouchable.

I hope someone hasn't half inched my Urusei Yatsura DVDs. Three farking weeks I've been waiting, and I can't imagine a package containing 20 DVDs would be easily misplaced.
 
@Rui I hope something gets done for you and if it does not, maybe you should point out that tampering with the mail is a serious offence, and that you may be forced to involve the police if The Royal Mail internal investigation process does not provide an adequate outcome.
 
Rui said:
Spyro201 said:
Simple, eh?
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I worry about you sometimes :)
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Was that meant in a friendly-joking sort of way or should I start to rage at you?

Someone give that man a medal NOW or perhaps a knighthoo
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d00de, you don't like Aion. We get that. That's a bit over the top though, aint it? If you can't contribute to the topic, then just don't bother man.
 
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