I’ve never noticed this before, but apparently our Royal Mail service have mastered time travel which is surely a very useful ability to have in their line of work.
This afternoon I took a brisk stroll to the post box to drop off some mail before last collection. I wasn’t sure what time the last collection was so I checked the mailbox to see. It was then when I understood the secret behind the efficiency of our great British postal system… time travel!
The collection times notice on the front of the post box reads “Last collection Mon-Fri 5:51 pm.” But right underneath that, for those people who might find they’ve missed that final collection, there is some further information. “A later collection is made from Lancelyn Court Post Office at 5:45 pm.”
It made me laugh anyway.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 3, 2008 at 9:03 pm
I think the US postal service stole their methods of operation from you guys!
Wrote the following comment on Jun 4, 2008 at 5:06 am
Maybe they meant 4.51 p.m.?
And yes, there’s a reason why it’s called “postal”. ^^
Wrote the following comment on Jun 4, 2008 at 7:09 am
does this post mean that you sent me my stuff? lol
man i love ur guy’s mail box thingys they look so tight. way cooler than our dumb huge ugly ones out here.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 4, 2008 at 8:29 am
Nothing surprises me about Royal Mail.I have 3 redirection’s in place and there isn’t a week goes by when they don’t screw it up.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 4, 2008 at 9:45 am
And as if to add to the joke that post office isn’t even open anymore!
https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7200649.stm
Wrote the following comment on Jun 4, 2008 at 5:46 pm
I know there are differences between words we share in American English with British English, but what about that ‘post box’ looks box shaped to you guys? :-)
Wrote the following comment on Jun 4, 2008 at 7:21 pm
I particularly like it when things arrive before I’ve placed my order. It means I no longer need to place an order, and saves me all the dilemma of whether I want to order something or not.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2008 at 1:59 pm
simple…
muppets.
done.
Wrote the following comment on Jun 5, 2008 at 2:06 pm
5:51pm. That’s very precise. I think you should go there and see if he turns up at exactly 5:51pm.