Royal Mail deliveries in Snow - Sheffield Area

[Anna B 1,414]

Anybody had any mail in Ecclesfield area yet?

[steep 11]

I,ve heard no deliveries in s2 till monday.

[stewpot54 10]

Been told by employee that there will be no post until Monday at the earliest from Pitt Lane depot.

[rachaellee 10]

any1 no if theres any post been delivered on shirecliffe road S5

[willnotbite 10]

I talked to the sorting office at halfway this morning (to find out if we had any parcels there that i could collect), and the lady explained that they haven't been able to get the lorries up there all week, they were hoping to try get a delivery up Saturday morning, or at the latest Monday all being well..

[Poppy9 10]

Nope.

 

Its not safe for the post men and women to be walking on the icey foot paths to deliver post.

Post cant be delivered to the drop boxes, which are mainly on uncleared side roads.

 

 

Just wondering why boots with spikes on designed to walk on snow and ice can't be provided? Also strange that it was 'safe' to walk on those same icy footpaths in the 70's, 80's and 90's. I wouldn't want anyone to risk hurting themselves but there are solutions to this which keep everyone safe!

[Hanksy 10]

Just wondering why boots with spikes on designed to walk on snow and ice can't be provided? Also strange that it was 'safe' to walk on those same icy footpaths in the 70's, 80's and 90's. I wouldn't want anyone to risk hurting themselves but there are solutions to this which keep everyone safe!

 

They get the chains for the boots, but it doesnt stop the falls etc... you know health and saftey in any job is bad.

 

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[Sheff photo 10]

It's understandable if post can't be delivered but the lack of communication is completely unacceptable. They only need one person in an office to answer the phone and give people info but in S10 there is no answer. Even a recorded message on the answer phone explaining the difficulties etc. would be something. How hard would it be to update the royal mail website with postcode estimates of when post will get moving again? There is no excuse for bad customer service.

[kirakk 10]

It's understandable if post can't be delivered but the lack of communication is completely unacceptable. They only need one person in an office to answer the phone and give people info but in S10 there is no answer. Even a recorded message on the answer phone explaining the difficulties etc. would be something. How hard would it be to update the royal mail website with postcode estimates of when post will get moving again? There is no excuse for bad customer service.

 

Explaining the difficulties etc

LOOK outside

[Sheff photo 10]

If I can't offer a service to my clients i am on the phone to explain when I can. Why is that crazy? I have got more info about expected delivery times from the sheffield forum than the royal mail website and phone lines combined. thats not right.

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[RichJay 10]

If I can't offer a service to my clients i am on the phone to explain when I can. Why is that crazy?

 

I agree. It wouldn't be difficult to have a web page that was updated to say which areas wouldn't be having deliveries.

[LOGIK 10]

We live near the Co-Op on Derbyshire Lane and havent had any post since Friday

 

Needless to say, the missing post includes my snow chains and Christmas gifts