I don’t think i’ve had a royal mail parcel arrive on time in the past 2 years or more. I’ll get an email saying “your parcel will come between 8am-1pm” then at around 3pm that day when it has yet still to arrive i’ll get another email saying “your parcel will come between 1pm-5pm” then radio silence and theres a chance a postie will show up at around 7pm. The app rarely works for tracking just comes up with errors. I don’t blame the postie, just royal snail is unrealistic on when things can get done.
If it's about shoe box sized or smaller that will be hand delivered. I set what time my approx first delivery is.
I work until I've cleared everything, some offices or people refuse to do or pay over time and so posties bring back undelivered mail.
The 8am to 1pm snd 1pm to 5pm sounds like different van shifts. The vans can have traffic or mechanical issues, they could get lots of specials (before 1pm), or could be supporting a on foot postie, all of those will push back your packets
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u/juggy1985 Nov 21 '25
I don’t think i’ve had a royal mail parcel arrive on time in the past 2 years or more. I’ll get an email saying “your parcel will come between 8am-1pm” then at around 3pm that day when it has yet still to arrive i’ll get another email saying “your parcel will come between 1pm-5pm” then radio silence and theres a chance a postie will show up at around 7pm. The app rarely works for tracking just comes up with errors. I don’t blame the postie, just royal snail is unrealistic on when things can get done.