Saturday morning post deliverys to STOP

It's because of the current situation Lollin the amount of post has increased.

sorry MawB no, they need to reduce the postage cost then if they are not giving us a full service. The same applies to the BBC who think it is ok to stuff loads of repeats but not offer a discount.

That’ll be interesting as we have only been getting one delivery a week, on a Saturday!!

Our postmen are great as are our refuse collectors & garden waste people.
Funnily enough I was just coming in from Waitrose 10 mins ago- shopping for a neighbour & they were taking the garden waste. I stopped & thanked them & said how much we appreciate them carrying on working. They were really pleased & said it was so nice to know they are appreciated.
One small gesture did a lot of good.

Although it's supposed to be only during Lockdown, I reckon it will continue! just another kickback!

It sounds like some people are getting regular deliveries. We are getting once a week here, although one week we had Mon, wed and Fri. We waited nearly 2 weeks once. Seems round here it depends if you're postie is off work or not and if so you rarely get a delivery. When we get post it's about 20 - 30 items as we get a lot. It's a bit frustrating as we've had a covid death of m-i- law (in care home) which was very difficult and still awaiting death certificate ( had to register over phone) for death over 3 weeks ago. Still we will get there in the end but sad to say that we are only posting stuff if essential and phoning or emailing instead if at all possible.

Why does the virus stop delivery?
Well Jane if you stop and think - there may be staff off sick/quarantining; social distancing at work will surely have affected working conditions including the space available for staff ; transport to and from work may be harder and again social distancing may well have added to the time involved in the actual delivery at your door.
Enough reasons for you?

We've noticed we've not had a daily delivery for a number of weeks but understand completely it's to do with supporting staffing resourcing etc so not jumping up and down about it. As we seem to be getting an alternate day delivery and that works well enough, it would make sense for that to be standard practice until things sort themselves out. Anyway, it makes the anticipation of receiving expected nice things all the more enjoyable!

I miss my postie as he moved when his wife was offered a promotion but it meant moving to Berks.
I have a postlady now. ?

I remember two postal deliveries a day and if you posted local in the morning it reached its destination in the afternoon. For a penny.

Oh I'm glad my birthday was 2 Saturdays ago. I didn't get any mail on the day anyway. All cards were sent well in advance by family and friends. Very little comes on Saturday anyway.

KittyLester.. less junk mail, don`t kid yourself , they will still shove it through the letterbox, just not on a Saturday!

ROYAL mail... duh!

well I think we should still get deliveries Have you seen the cost of postage??? So first class posted Friday would be lucky to arrive Monday? Why does the virus stop delivery? Wish there was a good alternative. Hermes etc are ok for parcels but letters (I do competitions/crosswords) need the post. Fed up Banks don't want us in "essential only" shops the same. Wait until all over when they are begging us to come in with 2 for 1 offers etc.

@Teetime parcel deliveries will continue on a Saturday as normal.

posties aren't /have never been just post deliverers. Of course there are always the exceptions in any business but I miss our posties and can't ask after the regulars at present who haven't been around.

Anyone else remember 2 deliveries a day? Sunday afternoon post box collections?
Now Saturday postbox collections 7am! Weekdays 9am!

We're not getting post on a daily basis here at the moment

Which is fine

They're doing a good job keeping going.

I think “load” refers to workload , (ie number of deliveries etc) not the weight of the bag Lee137
Most of the posties I see have a trolley anyway.

We don’t have a regular postie but my mum does and he is lovely.He always looks in and waves to her and will take any letters she wants posting.We are so grateful to him as we live 50 miles from her so gives us peace of mind to know he is checking on her.

My postie really cheers me up .

Before CV If he saw my car at the door he would rattle the knocker so we can have a little chat. I miss that these days. He knows that I will take parcels in for anyone too. I once asked him to get rid of anything in a brown envelope and not to post it through my door thank you very much and now it’s a standing joke..... “I put all your mail through number 25...miserable so and so........so here I brought you number 18’s which looks so much nicer”

I'm a little confused - they say it's to 'ease the load', but the Saturday post will still have to be delivered, most probably on the Monday, increasing the load on posties then...

Does that include parcel deliveries?

My postie is great. Meaningful letters are few and far between, but inevitably I have been using mail order more than usual and he cheerfully leaves my packages on the back doorstep as requested and gives me a wave through the window. Two posties have been doing the work of three around here and I'm sure it is the same in most areas.

My daughter and son in law are both posties and say this has been coming for a while....
Not to help them but cut staff and wages.
It’s been done now as the bosses know that the posties won’t take action against it because of covid situation.
They’ve also been told no share dividend or bonus this year as RM losing money yet everyday is like at Christmas and workload so heavy.
Don’t get me or them wrong they both love the job and know they are appreciated by the general public (mostly).

Our garden refuse has now started again. Hurrah.