Abusive postman

angeline

So this morning a postman attempted to deliver a parcel to my house. I was asleep. He left one of those notices. Anyway, I checked the Ring footage as I noticed a missed ring on my phone and never saw him before. He got annoyed at having to write the notice, rang the doorbell again looking quite agitated, then put the notice in the letterbox and turning away he said 'f*****g useless c**t'. He obviously knew he was being recorded so it was very deliberate. I'm shocked to be honest as anyone would be. I will be complaining but hope they actually do something.

ToweringPerformance

Get on with your life for goodness sake.

hurikane

Mother of gawwwwd.

Don't forget to contact your solicitor, first thing Monday morning and get a claim in.

kowloonkev

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121984767#Comment_121984767

This is her life by the sounds of it. Imagine finding a notice from the postman that you have a parcel and then going back over the footage of said postman putting the notice through the door. LOL. It has to be a wind up

VG31

At least he leaves a notice. My postman just leaves everything outside the front door ("signature required" or not). He couldn't care less whether there's anyone at home.

SuperBowserWorld

Well, swap jobs/careers and see how you feel about having to deliver mail. Especially during stormy weather.

Big Bag of Chips

Do postmen normally deliver on Saturdays?

whelan2

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121984861#Comment_121984861

Just packages

HeidiHeidi

If a tree falls in the forest and there's nobody to hear it, does it make a sound?

Similarly, if someone mouths frustration into thin air, and there's nobody to hear it, is it abuse?

What a bizarre thing to get wound up about!

Nigel Fairservice

I wouldn't bother doing anything. It's not really worth anyone's time. Our postman calls to us very early. Sometimes we are up and sometimes we are not. You can set your Ring to auto respond. One of the stock responses is Please Leave the Package Outside. The postman always does now when he hears that and saves us sprint down the stairs while trying to get dressed.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121984921#Comment_121984921

No.

endofrainbow

European Court of Human Rights should be your next stop.

SteM

OP, could he have been taking about ring doorbell itself? It's hard to tell from what you typed out. Maybe he rang it expecting to get a reply from you and wss frustrated when he didn't.

angeline

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121984793#Comment_121984793

Yes this is my life now. I suffered a stroke 2 months ago and am bedbound.

Mrs OBumble

What exactly are you complaining about? The postman did not abuse you: how could he, when he never even saw you?

He said rude words on your property, for sure. But he was talking to himself. Most jobs wouldn't have a problem with that.

Furze99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121984966#Comment_121984966

I'd bet they were just swearing at the fecking doorbell thing. If this was a packet/ parcel delivery from An Post, it's also very likely they received a text the night before advising delivery next day. We get them regular.

StevenToast

Youll get no sympathy here OP.

Gusser09

Who cares

angeline

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121985427#Comment_121985427

What exactly am I complaining about? Is there something wrong with you? Maybe I have higher standards than you, but I don't expect a member of An Post to refer to me as a 'f*****g useless c**t' because I didn't answer the door.Totally unprofessional behaviour. Obviously…

tayto lover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121985703#Comment_121985703

Maybe he was talking to himself?

Big Bag of Chips

Why do you think he was talking about you specifically? His pen might not have worked. His smart watch might have started buzzing with a low battery warning after he only charged it. He might have received a text from a colleague who rang in sick at that exact time. He might be pissed off with people who have gone to the bother of installing these camera door bells so that they can always answer a caller only to find that 90% of people don't bother answering to them 🤷🏻‍♀️. I'd say he rings more doorbells than the average person so knows how these things are working out.

You have no proof that he was talking specifically about you.

angeline

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986014#Comment_121986014

I guess because I saw the footage I am 100 per cent certain. If a text message came in he would have looked at his phone. He didn't. It's not his job to get annoyed at Ring doorbells or people who for many reasons don't answer them. Just like ordinary doorbells. Anyway, I'm confident in what I saw and I have dealt with evidence a lot so know all about proof.

tayto lover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986106#Comment_121986106

That's not proof of anything except that he was frustrated. It's human nature and I often call myself a useless **** or unlucky ***** if things are not going right or if I make a mistake. Human nature.

Ash.J.Williams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986106#Comment_121986106

You basically recorded a mans private thoughts well done

Ash.J.Williams

I've actually noticed this lately as people get doorbell cams and phone app they go full paranoid apparently more people knock then they ever knew previously

angeline

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986163#Comment_121986163

Words, not thoughts!!!!!!

angeline

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986173#Comment_121986173

The opposite to be honest. I never realised the amount of cats that walk in front of my car every day. That's as exciting as it usually gets in my place. It was a novelty at first but not anymore.

blue note

You should replace that doorbell with a normal one to avoid such future incidents.

Rackstar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058345437/abusive-postman

You might not have seen the postman before, but he certainly knows you.

con747

Op, I remember a thread you started a few weeks ago about having to go into a bank to withdraw money so if you were bed bound how were you going to manage that? Maybe I remember it wrong, I must check my followed threads so if I'm wrong accept my apology.

Widdensushi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986190#Comment_121986190

Honestly, get another interest, people curse to themselves all the time,, don't be petty and try to ruin someone's lives, affect their children possibly by following this,, it's a real case of tmi, you would be stressed less without that doorbell.

Yoshimi79

Sure what's wrong with calling someone a f*****g useless c**t?

angeline

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986242#Comment_121986242

Have you heard of wheelchairs??

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986281#Comment_121986281

It's potentially offensive if said to your face. It's not offensive if you are asleep and view it afterwards on a Ring app.

OP, I say some horrible things, most of the time directed at myself. Sometime I am a useless dumb xxxx.

Focus on yourself and getting better. You can't worry about the post man. He might be having a really bad day. You don't know what's going on in his life. That day might have been truly aweful for him.

con747

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986305#Comment_121986305

"so if I'm wrong accept my apology" I was wrong so, but look up the meaning of "bed bound". If you are recovering from a stroke this is hardly going to help you recover.

rameire

The Keele University researchers found that swearing can increase a person's pain tolerance by up to 33 percent.

The postman may have been using this technique.

I use it all the time when encountering physical pain and mental pain.

It works a treat especially when dealing with people of this world.

Deja Boo

It's likely more about him and his problems, than it is about you. You were probably just the momentary scapegoat for their frustrations. Try not take it (or anything said in haste) to heart.

Uncle Pierre

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986305#Comment_121986305

With all due respect, if you can get about by using a wheelchair, then you are not bedbound.

Mobility impaired, yes. Bedbound, no.

dazzler101

Was probably a bit ignorant by the postman. But For your own sake It would just forget about it and move on. life is too short!

extra-ordinary_

Send the footage to An Post customer service, totally unprofessional behaviour.

Annasopra

He swore at the doorbell not at a person. No big deal.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986353#Comment_121986353

Why would you want to encourage that?

Perhaps he forgot that he was meant to make the kids lunch. Perhaps he is parenting on his own. Perhaps he placed a stupid bet on the horses the day before. Perhaps he was having a bad day.

Do you ever speak out not expecting that people are desperately trying to find offence, even by replaying footage after a good snooze.

I wondered why delivery drivers stopped ringing the doorbell and just leaving the parcel. I now understand.

angeline

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986353#Comment_121986353

Thank you. I've every intention of it.

angeline

Okay. This is my last comment here as I realise that 9 out of 10 people are just keyboard warriors just like that cowardly postman. Most of you have nothing else to be doing. I'll come back here to let ye know the outcome of the An Post/Comreg investigation. Like it or not, while at my front door Mr Postman was at his place of work and has to adhere to certain rules of conduct/behaviour.

con747

Some people….

CoBo55

This should be good, I've tapped the star😏

extra-ordinary_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986393#Comment_121986393

I don't know about your own self-talk, but please tell me you don't call yourself a useless cnut?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986511#Comment_121986511

You choose to insert that word. I said xxxx

please do not Imply that that is what I said.

I have many other words that I privately say to myself. You cannot .....cannot find offence with that.

extra-ordinary_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986393#Comment_121986393

Perhaps he is parenting on his own. Perhaps he placed a stupid bet on the horses the day before.

So, he's either talking to his kid (!) or himself in these scenarios, which you obviously think as reasonable enough, hence my question to you. That's not hard to understand is it?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121986542#Comment_121986542

Was his kid in the video????

You choose to use a word beginning with C that I did not.

Please don't make your issues mine.

Jim2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121985027#Comment_121985027

Well in that case you need to have a serious talk with yourself, because complaining about a postman abusing a door bell is not the way to go!