When i were a nipper, the post used to come before i left for school in the morning. Nowadays im lucky if we have it before 3pm.
Id be happy if they just admitted it's all gone to shite, went to once a week delivery, but sent you a daily email with a photo of your mail so you could choose to go pick it up if you wanted. At least that way id not spend huge amounts of hours waiting for my postie (who is pete wells's twin brother, by the way) to lightly tap his foot outside my house (the 'postmans knock' of childhood legend) then fire his 'little red slip cannon' through my flap and leg it, making me wait 24-48 hours for it to go the half mile to the depot so im allowed to pick it up.
SBT