Post Office of the future

[Miss Demeanour]

I have just been to the post office

So what you may ask 

It has recently been 'done up'

As you enter you are met by a concierge type person ..."what service would you like madam "I was asked .

If you wanted a counter service you are given a ticket ( just like the deli counter at Sainsbury's ) and directed to go and sit in the comfy leather chair seating area until your number is called 

"I just want to post a parcel abroad " I said

I was then told that I didn't need to wait ....and directed to the self serve machines.

Plonk it onto the weighing machine ...type into the screen where you want it to go to and then choose from the menu your delivery options.

Out pops the printed stamp label. Stick it on and pop it into the box right next to machine 

Less than 2 minutes all in all 

I appreciate it's no guarantee that it is going to get there but nevertheless a totally different experience than the one I had been prepared for 

[Nick]

So what are you sending to Cyprus this time? 

[Snoopy]

????????? 

[Miss Demeanour]

Sod all  

[Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons)]

I have just been to the post office

So what you may ask 

It has recently been 'done up'

As you enter you are met by a concierge type person ..."what service would you like madam "I was asked .

If you wanted a counter service you are given a ticket ( just like the deli counter at Sainsbury's ) and directed to go and sit in the comfy leather chair seating area until your number is called 

"I just want to post a parcel abroad " I said

I was then told that I didn't need to wait ....and directed to the self serve machines.

Plonk it onto the weighing machine ...type into the screen where you want it to go to and then choose from the menu your delivery options.

Out pops the printed stamp label. Stick it on and pop it into the box right next to machine 

Less than 2 minutes all in all 

I appreciate it's no guarantee that it is going to get there but nevertheless a totally different experience than the one I had been prepared for 

Good grief does this mean I will no longer have to queue behind wrinklies dressed in beige and smelling of stale urine, them not me you understand, well, possibly me one or twice.

[Miss Demeanour]

Nope ...no queueing ...or untidy like queues

People waiting but sitting comfortably until their number was called...

I might go back later - just to sit 

[Uncle Mort]

I have just been to the post office

So what you may ask 

It has recently been 'done up'

As you enter you are met by a concierge type person ..."what service would you like madam "I was asked .

If you wanted a counter service you are given a ticket ( just like the deli counter at Sainsbury's ) and directed to go and sit in the comfy leather chair seating area until your number is called 

"I just want to post a parcel abroad " I said

I was then told that I didn't need to wait ....and directed to the self serve machines.

Plonk it onto the weighing machine ...type into the screen where you want it to go to and then choose from the menu your delivery options.

Out pops the printed stamp label. Stick it on and pop it into the box right next to machine 

Less than 2 minutes all in all 

I appreciate it's no guarantee that it is going to get there but nevertheless a totally different experience than the one I had been prepared for 

Good grief does this mean I will no longer have to queue behind wrinklies dressed in beige and smelling of stale urine, them not me you understand, well, possibly me one or twice.

Of the course the comfy sofas will probably end up smelling of stale wee.

[Barman]

Sod all  

[Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons)]

Nope ...no queueing ...or untidy like queues

People waiting but sitting comfortably until their number was called...

I might go back later - just to sit 

Take a Thermos flask and a tartan trolly just to set the mood like.

[Miss Demeanour]

Sod all  

Don't worry - your crimbo pressy will get there in time 

[Miss Demeanour]

Take a Thermos flask and a tartan trolly just to set the mood like.

and a travel blanky ...wot a good idea.

You are sheer genius Miss C 

[Barman]

Sod all  

Don't worry - your crimbo pressy will get there in time 

[Miss Creant Commander of the picklement and baking BAb(Hons)]

Take a Thermos flask and a tartan trolly just to set the mood like.

and a travel blanky ...wot a good idea.

You are sheer genius Miss C 

I am a wrinklie and I claim my ?5.00...

[Barman]

I've been to the post office of the past today in Limassol...

Posted fifty assorted cards  - had to lick and stick three stamps on each... I can barely speak now with glue mouth...   

Why can't they invent a machine that simply prints the value of the stamp on the card...? 

[Snoopy]

Here in the UK we can buy self adhesive stamps or we can buy postage on-line and print the "stamp" direct to a sticky label  


But of course according to Lord Rumba of Rio our postal service needs updating.