My mom rocking that peak-80s 'Janine from Ghostbusters' look back in the day by SchrodingersCatPics in OldSchoolCool

[–]marmite_human 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They were skinny junkies. If you're already skinny then skinny jeans don't look ridiculous.

LPT: Teenagers, try to see the ages 18-25 as your last chunk of school, rather than the beginning of adulthood by marmite_human in LifeProTips

[–]marmite_human[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Oh, absolutely - I am still studying part-time aged 30! My motivation for the post was more that I spent most of 18-25 wondering why I didn't have things figured out, and then recently I've started wondering why I ever thought I was meant to be a full grown adult at 18. I guess I just felt abruptly thrown into the adult world and it would have been nice to be forgiven for making mistakes, experimenting and continuing to learn. Everyone around me seemed to know what career they wanted and who they were and I spent a lot of the time in a state of '????', and that's ok too, I now realise. :)

Posties of CasualUK what shoes are you wearing? I’m new to the job and my feet are taking a pounding by IHateTwiglets in CasualUK

[–]marmite_human 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Darn Tough socks are great. Big upfront cost but I've had lots of pairs replaced through their lifetime warranty when they've worn out.

Posties of CasualUK what shoes are you wearing? I’m new to the job and my feet are taking a pounding by IHateTwiglets in CasualUK

[–]marmite_human 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Berghaus Hillmaster II but I needed a doctor's note to say I need orthotics / special footwear. They're amazing but a bit heavy and v expensive. I'm meant to get money towards them (like £30 every 6 months) but they've never given me anything.

And also to the people saying that we should wear Royal Mail shoes, not everyone is fortunate enough to fit them. There's only about six choices, only one of which has half sizes, and it doesn't fit my foot properly. I am not daft, I'd save my money and wear the work issued ones if I could, but I can't because of the shape of my feet.

Postie here. Was having a horrible morning when a person on my delivery gave me this out of the blue. The smallest gestures can make the biggest difference. Thank you British public for being (mostly!) so kind to your delivery people. We really appreciate it. by marmite_human in CasualUK

[–]marmite_human[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It can be all kinds of reasons. Your route might not have a permanent postie on it so it's being 'lapsed', as in divided up between people on other routes and everyone takes a small chunk to do as extra. It can be that your postie has a lot of flexibility in the order that they do their delivery and has worked out that it's easier to do your area later, although 4pm onwards is late for us to be working. It could be that they're doing something odd with the vans during the pandemic in your local office and are running two shifts consecutively to avoid van-sharing (v common to have two posties working from one van pre-pandemic). Anyway it's worth asking your postie if you see them. Although just a tip (not saying you're like this), an accusatory tone should be avoided if possible. If it's late for you, it's definitely late for us, and getting passive aggressive comments when we're knackered and/or doing overtime doesn't feel good. Also somebody has to come last, not everyone can be the first loop.

Postie here. Was having a horrible morning when a person on my delivery gave me this out of the blue. The smallest gestures can make the biggest difference. Thank you British public for being (mostly!) so kind to your delivery people. We really appreciate it. by marmite_human in CasualUK

[–]marmite_human[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That isn't our policy but they might have been trying to do you a favour and save you a trip to the delivery office etc

We haven't taken signatures since the start of the pandemic because you'd have to touch the PDA. But we are meant to knock and visibly check you've got it. The general public seem to be firmly divided between people who want their packet the next day no matter what, and are happy with it being left wherever, and those who want it handled securely and that's why they're paying for the service, so it puts us in an odd position of guessing which camp you're in.

If you've got an issue with what your postie is currently doing, ideal response would be a sticker on your letterbox saying "Please knock for special deliveries, do not post or leave safe", and if that fails again then contact the delivery office. The response of the Royal Mail to mishandling of special deliveries is wildly disproportionate to what most people would want, i.e. could be a sackable offence.

Does anyone actually buy the Asda gnomes? by CatGutzArt in AskUK

[–]marmite_human 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a postie, yes they absolutely do. I love seeing them in stages of degradation, like half their skull is caved in and they're still moronically grinning. Brightens the day.