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

Run_to_da_hills · 20-06-2008 06:21PM #1

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.

Victor · 20-06-2008 06:24PM

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 · 20-06-2008 06:25PM

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 · 20-06-2008 06:25PM

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 · 20-06-2008 06:26PM

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 · 20-06-2008 06:27PM

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 · 20-06-2008 06:32PM

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 · 20-06-2008 06:33PM

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 · 20-06-2008 06:36PM

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

mike65 · 20-06-2008 06:37PM

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

Mike.

Robbo · 20-06-2008 06:39PM

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 · 20-06-2008 06:56PM

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 · 20-06-2008 06:56PM

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 · 20-06-2008 07:00PM

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 · 20-06-2008 07:06PM

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 · 20-06-2008 07:10PM

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 · 20-06-2008 07:12PM

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 · 20-06-2008 07:16PM

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 · 20-06-2008 07:24PM

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

Ponster · 20-06-2008 07:32PM

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 · 20-06-2008 07:50PM

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 · 20-06-2008 08:37PM

RM Bags :@ What next ?

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

javaboy · 20-06-2008 08:42PM

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 · 20-06-2008 08:49PM

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 · 20-06-2008 08:51PM

This is big Ted.

rossie1977 · 20-06-2008 08:53PM

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 · 20-06-2008 09:11PM

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

Eoin · 20-06-2008 09:15PM

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 · 20-06-2008 09:16PM

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 · 20-06-2008 09:55PM

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 · 20-06-2008 10:39PM

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

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

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