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Is the British "Royal Mail" secretly running An Post?

Run_to_da_hills

I was in Dublin city Ctr today and snapped up a few photos of an employee of an Post collecting mail from a box off Grafton St using UK Royal Mail collection bags. I didn't think An Post was a subsidary of "Royal Mail". Perhaps anyone from An Post could explain this matter.

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Victor

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I was in Dublin city Ctr today and snapped up a few photos of an employee of an Post collecting mail from a box off Grafton St using UK Royal Mail collection bags. I didn't think An Post was a subsidary of "Royal Mail".

Bags simply wander between systems, seeing the world, kinda like with those J1 visas.

phantom_lord

why would that be the first conclusion you come to on seeing that? far more likely it's something like that they just were using some bags lying around from mail that was sent from Britain.

challengemaster

If stuff is sent from England usually its via royal mail, so I'm sure there's a few bags and whatever sent over containing things, that are just kept. I think unless you see a Royal Mail design on the post office/vans/etc you've nothing to worry about

Also you must have looked quite odd taking pics of a mailman

Run_to_da_hills

Victor wrote: »

Bags simply wander between systems, seeing the world, kinda like with those J1 visas.

This would not have happened in the bad days of the 80ies.

Fratton Fred

Half the Post Boxes in Dun Laoghaire are old Royal Mail ones painted Green (Except they refer to George rather than Elizabeth), so maybe they are.

Blisterman

No, otherwise it'd wouldn't cost twice as much to send a letter from London to Dublin, as to send a letter from London to Belfast, further away.

rossie1977

challengemaster wrote: »

If stuff is sent from England usually its via royal mail, so I'm sure there's a few bags and whatever sent over containing things, that are just kept. I think unless you see a Royal Mail design on the post office/vans/etc you've nothing to worry about

or mailboxes perhaps, there are loads of old royal mail boxes still in ireland they just painted them green
leitrim http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Dromod_Station.jpg http://www.stockphotography.co.uk/Upload/Stock/Watermarked/24372.jpg
dublin http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Johnstownbridge_WB74.jpg

Dudess

An Post are obviously a bunch of PC West Brits - kill 'em all!!!

mike65

TheY shOUld all be ripped out! IMM outraged I am!

Mike.

Robbo

800 years of oppression and now this? Foreign rule through postal equipment? My local SF TD is going to hear about this...if where I live was backward enough to elect one.

Run_to_da_hills

Robbo wrote: »

800 years of oppression and now this? Foreign rule through postal equipment? My local SF TD is going to hear about this...if where I live was backward enough to elect one.

Just imagine if we voted YES, we would have every sort of post bag from Europe being used.

RayM

I must admin, An Post are using quite a few red vans at the moment. That's it, I'm joining the Real IRA before this goes too far.

Robbo

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Just imagine if we voted YES, we would have every sort of post bag from Europe being used.

I'm pretty sure Coir already put that on a poster for the No campaign.

RasTa

lol at stopping to take a photo. I done some xmass casual delivery work for An post most if not all of the mail bags are RM(also worked for them 2, no An Post bags).

Run_to_da_hills

RasTa wrote: »

lol at stopping to take a photo. I done some xmass casual delivery work for An post most if not all of the mail bags are RM(also worked for them 2, no An Post bags).

You mean to say An Post is using stolen property for its daily Dublin collections :eek:

Im sure there is a small print, i.e "Property of Royal Mail".

biko

Funny, I saw the same thing yesterday and was a bit surprised at first.
The mail collectors probably just use the bags that are sent back and forth between us and UK.

Run_to_da_hills

biko wrote: »

The mail collectors probably just use the bags that are sent back and forth between us and UK.

You would think that they would sort all this out on the mail boat before it docks.

ejmaztec

If the Royal Mail were running the Irish postal system, you wouldn't be seeing much mail coming through your letter-box.

Ponster

ejmaztec wrote: »

If the Royal Mail were running the Irish postal system, you wouldn't be seeing much mail coming through your letter-box.

Proof that they *are*running it then !

ejmaztec

Ponster wrote: »

Proof that they *are*running it then !

Revealed - a major conspiracy. The British never left the country, they just painted everything green in the hopes that nobody would notice that they were still running the show. Man the barricades!

marco murphy

RM Bags :@ What next ?

See a lot of red lorries driving round with Royal Mail scratched out.

javaboy

There's no conspiracy. I bet there's a bunch of people in Royal Mail p***ed off that An Post never return their bags.

It's similar to how people use charity bags as free bin bags.

corkgal1981

Haha! This thread is brill! I work for An Post! Those bags are swiped from the planes after they bring over mail from Britain. So no, we're not in a secret plot with the British, we're just stealing their bags!! Honestly though, all the bags get mixed up, its just that the Royal Mail ones kinda stand out cos their the only country who bother putting their name on the bags!

Sherifu

This is big Ted.

rossie1977

corkgal1981 wrote: »

Haha! This thread is brill! I work for An Post! Those bags are swiped from the planes after they bring over mail from Britain. So no, we're not in a secret plot with the British, we're just stealing their bags!! Honestly though, all the bags get mixed up, its just that the Royal Mail ones kinda stand out cos their the only country who bother putting their name on the bags!

who is going to believe that now seriously

bags mixed up yeah right, its a conspiracy i tells ya; thats why the boyz tried to protect the gpo back in easter 1916, they failed though

snickerpuss

I would have just asked the bloke if I was that bothered.

Eoin

javaboy wrote: »

It's similar to how people use charity bags as free bin bags.

The same charity bags that always have a company number instead of a charity number on them?

corkgal1981

Im always fascinated by peoples ideas regarding post! The other day someone asked 'If I buy stamps today do I have to use them today?'!!! Also, people have a huge interest in knowing the collection times...it all ends up in the same place that night! Doesnt matter if you post it at 6am or 6pm!

Fratton Fred

ejmaztec wrote: »

Revealed - a major conspiracy. The British never left the country, they just painted everything green in the hopes that nobody would notice that they were still running the show. Man the barricades!

Don't be daft, if that were the case we would all support Man United, watch Corrie, err read the Sun, shop at Tesco, go to Shagaluf on holiday.....:eek:

Quick, off to the Conspiracy theory forum

Agamemnon

Haha Britishers, you may take our freedom but we'll steal your forking post bags and never give them back!!!