r/mildlyinfuriating • u/roop26roop • Nov 07 '19

Selfish Parking

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u/IAmNotMyName Nov 08 '19

Isn’t the mailman a government authority though?

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u/DezzaJay Nov 08 '19

Not any more since Royal Mail was privatised.

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u/DezzaJay Nov 08 '19

They did try and change the name to Consignia years back and most people didn’t know it changed and caused a lot of confusion so if IIRC they just changed it to Royal Mail. It was just the post office before that.

I couldn’t tell you all the facts on that as I’m not sure. However we still use stamps as we always have which have the queens head on, to deface one would technically be illegal so that’s where the royal bit comes from I guess.

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u/collinsl02 Nov 08 '19

The Post Office still exist as a government-owned entity separate from the Royal Mail.

The Post Office handle things like old age pensions, government forms, sending parcels, selling stamps etc and are separate from the Royal mail.