Royal Mail postman sacked for taking post home and delivering it on his day off

Postie Walacy Ramos had been on his round when he felt under the weather so took the parcels home to deliver in his own time, only to be seen by a colleague and later sacked

A Royal Mail postman who took more than 100 parcels home with him when he fell ill on his round was sacked when he was seen delivering them on his day off.

Walacy Ramos had kept the 130 parcels in his living room overnight without asking his superiors when he suddenly fell unwell.

Deciding to finish the round the next day, he was spotted by some of his colleagues who reported him and he was later sacked.

However, Mr Ramos took the case to a tribunal and won an unfair dismissal case against Royal Mail.

The tribunal was told Mr Ramos was dismissed without notice in February 2019 – but his superior was later told by occupational health he had earlier raised issues with his mental health.

The tribunal ruled the Royal Mail had not taken his mental health into account.

Employment Judge Rachel Beckett said: “Could a reasonable employer have decided to dismiss Mr Ramos for acting in the way he did in this case? I find that they could not.

“The circumstances leading to the claimant failing to deliver all the mail in his shift were as a result of medical conditions which Royal Mail had been made aware of.”

Last month, it was reported a postman is being investigated after allegedly branding a customer a ‘c***’ in a delivery note – because he mistakenly thought her dog had bitten him.

Suzannah Ashton was stunned when she spotted the foul-mouthed surname a Royal Mail worker appeared to enter in the “signature” box after being unable to hand the parcel over to her.

Suzannah had ordered £72-worth of clothing, but after failing to receive either the parcel or a “something for you” card she contacted the store she bought it from.

Sheryl Flint, boss at Sparkles Boutique, dug through her emails to trace the tracked item and unearthed a ‘proof of delivery’ notification from May 13 that provided the scanned location and a postman’s “signature”.

Shockingly, it appears the disgruntled postie tapped the 53-year-old PA’s surname into the handheld device as “c***”.

Suzannah, from south west London, said: “It’s disgusting and incredibly insulting. At the end of the day they’re meant to be Royal Mail.

“They work in the queen’s name, the clue’s in the name – Royal Mail.

“At Royal Mail they have those little handheld things that they put the surname in. It’s meant to be my name, he’s put my surname as ‘c***’.”