I recently received a letter from Royal Mail (please click on it to read):
Should I send this reply:
Dear xxxxxxxx,
I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 11 May.
I can quite assure you that my dog most definitely did not attack the postman who normally delivers mail to my home.
I admit that the dog does bound and bark in a scary manner, and I will be the first to admit that this is intimidating. I am not sycophantic towards the dog, but I would like to add that this dog is a rescue dog who has been beaten remorselessly and abused on a daily basis – indeed the previous owner was prosecuted. Therefore the dog has some issues, which we are trying to work on – this has included the purchase of a fluorescent orange overcoat.
A dog attack would involve biting – I can appreciate that it might seem like a big dog running towards you while barking would do that, but it hasn’t, it didn’t, and it won’t. So to say the postman has been attacked is an exaggeration.
However I did not like the way the dog reacted and did try and speak to the postman after the event to try and re-assure him it wouldn’t happen again. I even phoned Royal Mail to put this point across.
Re: the paragraph “I do hope that this course of action will not be necessary, and that you are able to control the dog during what is a relatively short period of time required to make a delivery”. I can control the dog during what is a relatively short period of time required to make a delivery, but with deliveries these days being at random times, who knows when the post will come? Even at the grand old age of 31, I remember it was not so long ago the post arrived before you awoke. I am told in some parts of the country this still happens.
Because of this recent ‘incident’, we are now keeping the dog indoors until the post has arrived, whenever that will be.
I would also like to point out that it is not Royal Mail’s accepted standard to write addresses with the county name if the postcode is present. Secondly, the post town should be in upper case.
With regards,
The Occupier
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Should I send this reply:
Dear xxxxxxxx,
I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 11 May.
I can quite assure you that my dog most definitely did not attack the postman who normally delivers mail to my home.
I admit that the dog does bound and bark in a scary manner, and I will be the first to admit that this is intimidating. I am not sycophantic towards the dog, but I would like to add that this dog is a rescue dog who has been beaten remorselessly and abused on a daily basis – indeed the previous owner was prosecuted. Therefore the dog has some issues, which we are trying to work on – this has included the purchase of a fluorescent orange overcoat.
A dog attack would involve biting – I can appreciate that it might seem like a big dog running towards you while barking would do that, but it hasn’t, it didn’t, and it won’t. So to say the postman has been attacked is an exaggeration.
However I did not like the way the dog reacted and did try and speak to the postman after the event to try and re-assure him it wouldn’t happen again. I even phoned Royal Mail to put this point across.
Re: the paragraph “I do hope that this course of action will not be necessary, and that you are able to control the dog during what is a relatively short period of time required to make a delivery”. I can control the dog during what is a relatively short period of time required to make a delivery, but with deliveries these days being at random times, who knows when the post will come? Even at the grand old age of 31, I remember it was not so long ago the post arrived before you awoke. I am told in some parts of the country this still happens.
Because of this recent ‘incident’, we are now keeping the dog indoors until the post has arrived, whenever that will be.
I would also like to point out that it is not Royal Mail’s accepted standard to write addresses with the county name if the postcode is present. Secondly, the post town should be in upper case.
With regards,
The Occupier
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