Letter: Don't call postmen and women lazy

Letter: I feel I must reply to Denise Lee's letter in the Star dated February 1.

I applaud her husband and all others who tried and succeeded during the recent poor weather, but as a Royal Mail employee I take exception to the "unlike the post office" comment.

We tried our best every day, through several inches of snow at times, to deliver everyone's mail and I must stress that this was not just one or two delivery points but between 400 to 600 on average. The decision on the non-delivery days were made purely for safety reasons.

I hope this "pacifies" anybody who thinks we took the "lazy" option.

PR Gaut

Trench