Dude confronts SingPost delivery man about knocking on his door and running off before he could answer

Photo: Andy Lau/Facebook
Photo: Andy Lau/Facebook

Singapore Post may have had its share of positive coverage in the news (with caring postmen and quirky mail), but one netizen recently raised the question of its delivery service standards in a post that made the rounds on social media.

Apparently, the incident involved a SingPost delivery man knocking on his door for “a few seconds”, and before the resident could answer, the man quickly turned away and left a note. So he did what any able-bodied person who was really looking forward to receiving his package would do: he ran out, spotted the delivery bike, and camped out till the man appeared. (Some pretty impressive ninja skills there.)

When confronted, the delivery person was reportedly unable to give a valid reason for his behavior. The resident eventually got his parcel, and the entire thing took just five minutes — although it could be shorter if the delivery man had just waited outside the door.

However, in subsequent comments, it was revealed that the item had remained at the back of the vehicle, meaning the delivery man perhaps assumed that no one would be home and already intended to rush off after knocking.

His experience struck a chord with numerous other netizens, who shared similar experiences with the delivery service.

Just this week, a Straits Times forum letter regarding this issue was published as well, with the writer urging SingPost to “first concentrate on its main business of mail delivery” because “its service standards leave much to be desired”. He cited examples like slow delivery, lost mail, and the frequent missed delivery of parcels to back up his claim that it was “lacking in its basic role as a service provider”.



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