Postman boycotts house after rude letter accuses him of not delivering parcels

A postman has put a ‘rude’ resident on his ‘naughty list’ and vowed to blacklist them over Christmas after they left a ranting note stuck to their door accusing him of pretending to try to deliver their parcels.

The handwritten message was plastered on the customer’s front door warning the postie to ‘not even think about’ leaving an attempted delivery card, claiming he had ‘pretended’ to ring the doorbell on the previous Saturday.

The note then declared that they had been in all day when the note was left, before rudely demanding in capital letters that he ‘ring the bell and deliver the parcel’.

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The furious postal carrier named Dave, not his real name, snapped a photo of the message and posted it in a social media group for other posties on December 1, proclaiming he hopes they ‘enjoy collecting their mail from the office over Christmas’.

The postman has bragged about having a ‘naughty list’ repeatedly over the last two years, stating that anyone who leaves notes on their door get put on there, from which there is ‘no way off’.

Royal Mail are claimed to have backed their postman’s bold stance, as Dave claimed that he had since been ‘told not to deliver to them’ while the situation is investigated.

Enraged postmen and women rallied behind their colleague, condemning the resident’s ‘cheeky and awful attitude’ and ‘unnecessarily snarky’ note, pointing out that no postie would want to hold onto someone’s mail longer than necessary.

Dozens backed Dave’s stance and suggested he issue P739s from here on – Royal Mail’s code for their ‘sorry we missed each other’ attempted delivery red note.

Dave, who had been completing that round for the past decade, says it’s the second time he’s been spoken to like this and that he has no plans to deliver there again in the future.

Royal Mail said their staff work ‘extremely hard’ to deliver mail to customers and while the vast majority is securely delivered if they’re believed to not be at home they will attempt to deliver the item to a neighbour and leave a card.

The ranting note taped to the front door read: “Royal Mail. Don’t even think about putting a card through the door without ringing the doorbell and pretending that the delivery was attempted but no one was in – as happened on Saturday.

“We were in all day and we’ll be in today, Tuesday. RING THE BELL AND DELIVER THE PARCEL.”
It was shared on Facebook and amassed more than 500 likes and comments – where the note writer was branded a ‘tosser’.

In a series of comments responding to questions from other postal workers, Dave said: “[I’m] not planning on delivering there in the future, it’s the second time I’ve been spoken to like this along with the van share guy.
“[They] stopped tipping a few years ago after accusing one of us of theft and speaking to us like sh*t.

“It wasn’t me [who left the attempted delivery note], probably a parcel driver but it’s my delivery I’ve had for the last 10 years.

“[But it] would have been one of the parcels we left for someone else to do, either way it’s aimed at us.

“On the positive side, i got a nice tip from one of the decent customers not long after.”

When users demanded an update on the row, Dave said: “[I’ve been] told not to deliver to them and ignore them for now until it gets looked into.”

Over the last two years, Dave has openly written about his ‘naughty list’ repeatedly and even claimed he would stand in the ‘worst weather’ to happily write a missed delivery note for those on it.

In June 2020, he wrote: “I’ll gladly stand in the p*ssing rain and cold to write out a 739 for someone like that, they will never get off the naughty list as long as I’m on the duty.

“Any note left on door saying waiting for a christmas present or passport leave with neighbour or some other place, no can do bud, enjoy your trip.”

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Hundreds flocked to the post to share how inappropriate they thought the resident’s message was – with a few querying how they even knew the missed delivery was attempted by Royal Mail.

One commented: “They couldn’t possibly have been in the garden/shower/had some loud noise going on when the bell was rung. That would mean it might be their fault, and we couldn’t have that could we.”

Another remarked: “Would have more than likely given my tuppence worth, redelivering that. Such an unnecessarily snarky note to leave.”

A third added: “Some vile people about these days who have no idea about the pressure or work we go through.”
Another said: “Yup, no more mail for you sunshine.”

A fifth commented: “They would get a knock very early or last call of the day.”

Many delivery people were quick to comment on how leaving a missed delivery card is always a last resort for them – given ‘writing the bloody card is more work’.
One said: “Don’t know about anyone else but I love carrying parcels around with me all day making my bag heavy.”

Another commented: “Why do people never think that it’s actually much easier for us to get packets delivered and not have to take them back to the office.”

A third remarked: “Please and thank you cost nothing.”

Another said: “Why do these f**kin people think we want to stand there for five minutes writing a card out. What about this…turn the f**kin volume down on This Morning and get your fat ass up of the sofa, in a gravy stained onesie and answer the door…Oh but you have probably got a pizza burning in the oven.”

A fifth joked: “Don’t p*ss off your postie he knows where you live.”

Others also shared similarly ‘sh*tty’ behaviour and run-ins from their difficult and unappreciative residents too.

One commented: “There’s always one idiot. I had someone swear at me because I rang the bell three times (knew she was in). ‘I was in the f***ing shower I heard you the f***ing first time.’ Form left after that.”

A second said: “It’s psychological, I have someone on my round always thinking I’m holding back their parcels, it’s personal…Ha ha…Usually stuff from China, cheapest postage…They don’t understand the journey their thing has taken…I reckon virtually every round in the country has at least one of those.”

A Royal Mail spokesperson said: “Every single item of mail is important to us. Our postmen and women work extremely hard to deliver to mail to customers across the country, six days a week, in all weathers.

“Thankfully the vast majority of items are securely delivered to customers, but if we believe a customer is not at home, we will attempt to deliver the item to a neighbour and leave a card.

“If we can’t deliver to them, we’ll leave a card and take the item back to the Customer Service Point where customers can either collect it or arrange a redelivery. We would advise anyone who has delivery concerns can contact the Royal Mail customer service team.”

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