Christmas is an event that generates additional postal demand, revenue and profit, so you'd think they'd welcome it. Also it's an event fixed in the calendar and happens the same time every year so should be easy to plan for. And, to a large extent, they do, taking on extra temporary staff to cope with the increased workload.

remember when they took on extra staff for christmas, though that was ROYAL MAIL not not some foreign version of yodel

Christmas soon, so an extra event they can use for late deliveries. An event that happens every year without fail. Makes it difficult for them to plan around it?

At the moment we are only getting two deliveries a week of letter post because locally they are prioritising parcel post.This has been causing problems with appointments and if any deliverys are sent out letter post we are having to allow an extra week. This is in an inner city area and is suppost to be temporary due to staff shortages,so far has been about two months.

That's twice within 4 weeks that Royal Mail have lied to me by e mailing a delivery day and failing to meet their own promise. What a useless bunch they are  

  

Mind you the sentimental piece about the Warship Goliath was touching and special to your memories. Performs well and like the viaduct over the river

I really don't think the rest of the members would shut up just for me to take a vid

Great videos mick especially over the viaduct but probably could have done without the chatter.

They show up multiple times in a location when they are still there later and get rescanned so that the royal snail knows where they still are.

My latest order seems to be parked in Milton Keynes for delivery in a slot 2 hours ago. Doing better than B&Q whose timber delivery is now 5 hours late and I imagine won't be turning up today. I think I shall be petty and re-order it from their rival and tell them where to stuff it.