Royal mail = bunch of thieving work shy gits.

Thefts etc from within the post are now so common that there was a sketch about it on one of the hogmanay comedy shows. Everybody I know has suffered some kind of issue at least once with the post. One thing guaranteed though, is that any junk mail will always make it through your door. Apparently that is how they make most of their money these days.

I once sent a birthday card (to Ian as it happens) with cash in it through the regular mail, it was stolen. It took me two letters and a phone call to get refunded for the card and the stamp. Never any mention of them trying to catch the thief, basically it was my fault for not sending it recorded delivery.

In recent years letter post has declined significantly, and will continue to do so. Online financials, email and the like increasingly make letter post redundant. In terms of parcel delivery the Royal Mail already lags far behind its competitors and I don’t see it catching up.

For me the only hope is that when the organisation finally admits severe financial problems, they don’t get bailed out and the mail service as we know (and hate) it will have to change. Meantime the only action we can take to speed that along is to make sure we return junk mail.