Postman Folding Letters

maklabouhlel · 5 Jul 2019 at 11:08

Does your postman fold that could easily fit through the letter box without folding? Most of the time it doesn't bother me but I recently received some important documents which now have permanent creases.

VincentHanna · 5 Jul 2019 at 11:11

Ask him/her not to fold them?

maklabouhlel · 5 Jul 2019 at 11:18

VincentHanna said:
Ask him/her not to fold them?

I did, many times.

byeo · 5 Jul 2019 at 11:19

maklabouhlel said:
I did, many times.

Time for plan B. Find where he lives and poo through his letterbox.

UTmaniac · 5 Jul 2019 at 11:20

byeo said:
Time for plan B. Find where he lives and poo through his letterbox.

But no folding.

Andrew_McP · 5 Jul 2019 at 11:26

Our letter box has pretty stiff draft excluding bits. I doubt it's possible to get a letter through in less than half an hour without folding it and pushing it through with the fold. It's possible that this technique becomes automatic for postfolk, even if some letterboxes don't require it.

VincentHanna · 5 Jul 2019 at 11:34

Yeah, having posted things through my own very stiff letter box with draft excluding bit, I can see why our postie folds letters

byeo · 5 Jul 2019 at 11:39

UTmaniac said:
But no folding.

Only curling...

dirtybeatfreak · 5 Jul 2019 at 12:16

Forgive my ignorance, but shouldn't the sender have sent the documents in one of those stiff cardboard envelopes and a 'do not bend sticker' if it mattered?

Feek · 5 Jul 2019 at 12:26

No, my postman does not delivery folded letter post.

Maximum Triceratops · 5 Jul 2019 at 12:29

Postpeople are not allowed to put their fingers through letterboxes in case their fingers are eaten by dogs (this happens very regularly) if they get injured in this way then they could be found at fault. If your documents have been damaged by folding then complain to the sender who may not have put them in a "do not bend" envelope.

Efour · 5 Jul 2019 at 13:25

Yeah cardboard backed, do not bend envelope seems logical if they are that important.

Re-order them? Pay extra for posting

Or

Deal with it.

Semple · 5 Jul 2019 at 13:50

Agreeing with the last few posts as well.

Most things i've ordered that have been important documents have come in a do not bend envelope.

Randomface74 · 5 Jul 2019 at 13:55

Yeah posty here does it by default coz the letterboxes have stiff brushes.

Spook187 · 5 Jul 2019 at 13:57

Buy cheap buy twice

wedrum · 5 Jul 2019 at 14:07

Geez some live boring lives

dymetrie · 5 Jul 2019 at 19:00

Feek said:
No, my postman does not delivery folded letter post.

What about when it's snowing?

singularity · 5 Jul 2019 at 19:01

wedrum said:
Geez some live boring lives

I do, boring is brilliant

Malevolence · 5 Jul 2019 at 19:06

Yes they do. What irks me more though is the times they deliver, yesterday the post was pushed through just before 19:00. Whatever happened to post being delivered in the morning?

Uther · 5 Jul 2019 at 19:09

Surely having 'Do not bend' on the letter just makes them want to do it more?
Our regular postie doesn't bend letters, in fact he's brilliant. When he's off and they send someone else the letters are always folded in half.