Sue

Ladygooner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Must be a boy thing! xxxxxx I love steam trains too, I would have been excited to see one near here!

If people think their parcels are going missing in the post they should definitely report it - Royal Mail can't investigate if everybody just sits about waiting months for things they are expecting to arrive :)

Anyone know what happened at the Blue Mountain? Police cars and ambulance outside (8.30pm) and the pavement's all taped off with police incident tape.

Dunno, I've only been in there once on a Saturday afternoon during BonkersFest and it was jazz and poetry :) But no doubt I was very very very drunk so maybe it was actually brilliant 80s music and I was mistaken about the jazz and poetry :))

RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, with your folksy roots, I think you might be > the legend of zelda. If so I would like to play > you with a wii. > > xxxxxxxx Eh? I just googled zelda and it says something about evil darkness. Thanks. And Nyge, oops I mean Flapjackdavy, had to explain to me the other day what a wii was. :)) But back to buses or yet again my post will be zapped. Yes - they're crap of late. I feel another email to Tessa Jowell coming on. Not that any of them have ever seemed to have any effect whatsoever, sending them just makes me feel better :)) The constituent from hell, that's me :))

Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And if you get really drunk, you could try > the newly(ish) reopened Red Star, which used to be > open til 4... xxxxx The Red Star is a lot nicer inside than it looks from the outside, as we found out during BonkersFest when they had music and poetry in there as part of the festival.

I came home from work today to find a box placed next to my front door with the mat from my doorstep propped in front of it. The package had been ripped open and the inner packaging also ripped open. Whoever did it clearly didn't think the books I had ordered for Christmas presents were worth taking :-$ Maybe they're not into The Night Garden or Hairy McLairy from Donaldson's Dairy :)) and the other books were probably too heavy and conspicuous for them to bother trying to remove. The instructions when I ordered were to leave the package with a neighbour if I was out. Yes I've complained. No it wasn't Royal Mail, it was something called "Home Delivery Network", whose slogan appears to be "Putting the customer 1st". I think this may be the same organisation who once left a card with the words written on it "Your parcel is in the bin." It was. Luckily it wasn't the day the binmen came :))

Yeh, better six pairs of babies' socks for ?20 in Davina's Boutique than tumbleweed. When I balked (?) at the price the assistant said "Well, that is for six pairs, you know". Clearly I don't fall into their target demographic. :-$

Was the bank really robbed? I thought they had all sorts of security measures these days??

I had a PCSO come to my door the other night with one of these kits - they do seem very easy to use. She said there had been a lot of burglaries in this area recently. I told her I had nothing worth stealing but she seemed to disbelieve me (I once had my door kicked in and the house turned over, including the mattresses, and whoever it was left without taking a thing - admittedly that was twenty five years ago and I have since acquired a computer and a telly :)) )

Scottfield Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue - you are a legend... xxxxxx Eh? Which one??!! :)):)):))

Dulwichman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hoopers will be open from 12 to 3pm. Children are > allowed in with well-behaved children. xxxxxx Any adults allowed? :))

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Around ?2 for a 15 min journey on the train, and > you know when the next one's coming... vs ?1 for a > 45 min journey on the bus, and you have to stand > in the cold without any idea how long you'll be > there? Still, each to their own... xxxxxx The actual train journey might be 15 minutes (Ithink it's 12 actually) but at certain times of day you could be waiting (also in the cold) thirty minutes for a train, depending on what time you get to the station. You also have to buy a ticket and depending on queues could miss the train even if you happened to arrive when there was one due. You then have to walk home in the cold from ED station. As you say, each to their own :) I used to use the train quite a bit, but after a few hideous journeys from ED in the rush hour plus some hideous encounters with the man in the ticket office plus a run of cancelled trains, I now go out of my way not to use it these days ......

Deja Vu :-$

Erm, Hedgehog Bread? Is this like Badger Beer? Made of, blah blah?? :-$

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > dukesdenver - I'm sure you were rather cheesed > off, but I can't understand why anyone would get > the bus home from Monument, when you're just a 5 > min walk from London Bridge station? xxxxx Well it's cheaper for a start .... and you can use your Oyster card ....

My last post seems to have disappeared from the thread???? :-S Edited to say: It said that I felt that trying to compare entertainment was trying to compare chalk and cheese ... where's it gone?! On request I had cleaned up this thread so that a number irrelevant messages were removed, the original poster wants to keep this as "on topic" as possible - The Administrator

cathg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I had one of those "sorry you were out today" > cards when I was in, but what bothers me is > slightly different. I don't know about other > letter boxes, but our box says daily collection is > at 5.30pm, but they frequently empty it during the > day too. In fact they've just been. I guess they > don't want to tell us there are more collections ? > if they did we'd only go and post more letters > wouldn't we? xxxxxx I imagine they just put the time of the last collection on the box, as this will be most important to people wanting to know if they've caught the last post or not. Also this time of year boxes are emptied more frequently as otherwise Christmas cards would be overflowing through the slot and onto the street :)

PeckhamRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But they often mis-deliver (or completely NOT > deliver when it comes to parcels). Why should they > be paid more? Pay the same, maybe. But not more. xxxxxx Because at certain times of the year it's essential to the mail service to have casuals, and if they aren't paid a reasonable rate they'll go and work elsewhere. Then everyone will complain they aren't getting their letters and parcels delivered.

Nero Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I hopped on a a 171 and then > changed. Got home in record time, in fact - less > than 30 mins, door to door. xxxxxx Yeh I usually get the first bus that comes and then change, but sadly there are some starting points where that doesn't work, and Oxford Street is one of them .... unless I'm missing a trick somewhere ....

But the casuals don't get sick pay or a pension or many employment rights - surely casuals/agency staff are always paid more than permanent staff, for those reasons?

Yes - hurrah! Two deliveries a day! And you could even predict when they were going to arrive! But "once over the ground" was a continually talked-about theme even back in the seventies. As was moving to a system like they have in some other countries where you collect your mail from the post office, or some other central point. Maybe you're right and people don't want efficiencies - on the other hand, nor do they want to pay double the price for their stamps, and as I understand it the main reason for bringing in one delivery a day was to save costs. Edited to say: I seem to be lucky as I've had very good service from the posties lately, which hasn't always been the case in ED in the past, and all in all I think we should be grateful we do actually get our post delivered to the door.

Mark Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, all we're asking for is for suggestions about > categories, don't worry about the how, what and > why etc etc that's for us to sort out. Here's an > example of what we're after: > > I would like to suggest Best Entertainment in East > Dulwich > This could cover comedy nights, folk nights, open > mike nights etc etc. I know this doesn't really > tick the customer service box but it would give > recognition to the hard working people who put on > those nights and give enjoyment to the people of > East Dulwich. xxxxxx Probably shooting myself (or rather the Goose) in the foot here, but it's like comparing chalk and cheese .... But hey, if you think it would work, go for it! I think the awards are a great idea :)

RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > According to the news this morning, there's > currently something of a dispute between the > postal workers / their union and the managers. > The report said that posties are obliged to > complete their rounds at a rate of 4mph, and if > they don't are risking getting into trouble with > management, and one guy complained of bullying. > Upshot - some of them aren't stopping to collect > signatures etc in order to make the rounds in the > allotted time. > > Management dispute their story and say the actual > required rate is slower (think it was 2.5mph). > > So in a nutshell, that could be your answer right > there. Appalling state of affairs, not > necessarily the posties' fault perhaps. xxxxx Back in the day, whenever the managers were timing the posties' rounds, the union used to instruct the posties to walk as slowly as possible. I think there was a "finish and go" policy at the sorting office, so it was in the posties' interests that their round appeared to take as long as possible to complete. And then of course when they actually did the round in real life, it took much less time so they all got to go home early.

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > heh heh - we too were waiting for well over 30 > mins for a 176 outside Somerset House this week - > at least 2 or 3 of every other route passed by. > I'm in agreement about the service going downhill > really - I'm just not sure what the reason is. > Seems a bit to easy to blame it on Boris... xxxx It's bad in the mornings as well. Soon I'm going to be ending up walking several stops further up the route - I've already moved up one, and still the buses arrive full when they eventually arrive! :-$