No post on sundays, why?

[Outlander]

Ok lately Ive ordered a few things online and knew I would recieve them either on Saturday or Monday because there is no post here in the UK on Sunday.

Can anyone tell me why there is no post on Sundays? Is it to do with 'day of rest' crap? or is it to do with something else? If it is to do with some old religious bollocks then stuff that lol. I had a brief browse and couldnt see the answer so maybe someone could enlighten me.

I remember when all the shops would be closed on a Sunday and when banks would be closed also, but nowdays everywhere is open where I am including the banks. Time doesnt stop anymore on Sunday and for most folks it isnt a day of rest anymore so why not have post on this day as well?

Anyone help me here?

 

[Everz]

because sunday is day of rest!

 

[Samaroon|Terracotta]

Doubt you'll recieve them on Monday either Outy baby Bank holiday and all, and I'm still waiting on 3 things from ebay

 

[Outlander]

ok well yea you know what I mean, usually anything ordered to arrive over the weekend is either Sat or Mon delivery ignoring bank holidays just dont see why they cant get someone to deliver it on the Sunday? its just another day after all.

 

[Samaroon|Terracotta]

ok well yea you know what I mean, usually anything ordered to arrive over the weekend is either Sat or Mon delivery ignoring bank holidays just dont see why they cant get someone to deliver it on the Sunday? its just another day after all.

I blame postmen being fat and lazy in this day of age!

 

[Ezteq]

because god in actual fact is a postman.

 

[Dandare]

I get enough bills and crappy letters be it junk mail or whatever, so pweeese give me one day off

 

[Megarevs]

ok well yea you know what I mean, usually anything ordered to arrive over the weekend is either Sat or Mon delivery ignoring bank holidays just dont see why they cant get someone to deliver it on the Sunday? its just another day after all.

because being postman is hard work, try running around for 4 hours with 13kg on your left arm. And NOONE want to work 7 days a week, its hard enough with 6 days :x

 

[tris-]

summit to do with the bible isnt it?

same with the crappy sunday trading laws. someone told me when i was younger, you cant trade till 11am so people have a chance to goto church.

maybe its not true. but being associated to religion any old crazy fucking bollocks is true. hell they even believe in jesus roflwaffles

 

[noblok]

summit to do with the bible isnt it?

Yes, but not directly. Back in the industrial times when people started demanding more social rights, one day rest a week was one of their demands. This was decided to be a sunday because of the religious influence. In Belgium there was quite a debate about it (liberals and socialists didn't want the day of rest to be associated with religion).

 

[Mey]

The Day of Rest is on saturday god'damnit!

 

[Shagrat]

just because you dont share someone else's religious beliefs doesnt give you the right to belittle or ridicule their "old crazy fucking bollocks".

Show a little maturity, it's no wonder the world's going down in flames. People really should start thinking before putting their mouths/keyboards into gear.


And no, I'm not a christian/mormon/insert religion here, I'm an Agnostic if it needs labelling, but each to their own in my opinion. I, at the end of the day, might be wrong

 

[tris-]

just because you dont share someone else's religious beliefs doesnt give you the right to belittle or ridicule their "old crazy fucking bollocks".

People really should start thinking before putting their mouths/keyboards into gear.

the worlds going to shit because you cant say anything without it being pollitically correct anymore. if i think its rediculous then why shouldnt i say that?

 

[Ctuchik]

ok well yea you know what I mean, usually anything ordered to arrive over the weekend is either Sat or Mon delivery ignoring bank holidays just dont see why they cant get someone to deliver it on the Sunday? its just another day after all.

so just because ur impatient means other ppl have to work on their day off?

man if life were that easy.

are YOU prepared to work all week with no day off?

:touch:

 

[Adlatus Hellbringer]

the worlds going to shit because you cant say anything without it being pollitically correct anymore. if i think its rediculous then why shouldnt i say that?

It has nothing to do with political correctness. Its do with offending peeps. I may not be religous but i accept that a lot of peeps are and i respect that. What u said could b seen as rude to some people.

 

[noblok]

It doesn't necessarily have to mean that postmen have to work 7 days a week though. If you have 7 postmen for 6 rounds they can all take a day off and the post will be delivered every day.

 

[Mey]

just because you dont share someone else's religious beliefs doesnt give you the right to belittle or ridicule their "old crazy fucking bollocks".

Show a little maturity, it's no wonder the world's going down in flames. People really should start thinking before putting their mouths/keyboards into gear.

ROFL, i'm sorry for stating my opinon on a DISCUSSION FORUM!

Maturity is shown in the ability to discuss things without being offended by it.

Lets go around a take everything off the world that could offend someone.. Goodbye Art, Goodbye Music, Goodbye Freedom of speech, Goodbye Bible (its offensive to Homosexuals and Atheists.)

 

[tris-]

soz, i only treat people the way i wouldnt mind someone treating me. i have no beef if someone wants to belittle what i believe in. it is their oppinion after all, isnt it? so there is no reason i should take it to heart.

maybe its just round here, but we were always taught to treat people in a way you wouldnt mind them to treating you.

if i think someones religion is stupid, why am i not allowed to say that? you got it, because its not PC. these days if you dont like it then shut the fuck aparently :/

 

[Outlander]

so just because ur impatient means other ppl have to work on their day off?

man if life were that easy.

are YOU prepared to work all week with no day off?

:touch:

hire more staff duh! and there are things called shifts!

 

[Mey]

For Once I agree With Tris- Too much PC shit these days, no wonder we never get anything sorted out becuase it might offend someone, of FFS get a grip.

 

[tris-]

aaahh i feel all warm inside

 

[noblok]

maybe its just round here, but we were always taught to treat people in a way you wouldnt mind them to treating you.

That's quite self-centered. Round here we are taught not to treat them in a way you wouldn't want to be treated. Avoiding harm, rather than attempting to do well. I also have this feeling that belittling someone's oppinion is not an attempt to 'do well' .

Maturity is shown in the ability to discuss things without being offended by it.

Belittling someone's opinion without giving arguments is hardly discussing. If tris- had said "Religion makes no sense to me" then I'm sure Shagrat wouldn't have taken offense. Saying it is (stating it as a fact, rather than an opinion) "crazy fucking old bollocks" (very negative and insulting connotation) is a different matter.

 

[Ctuchik]

hire more staff duh! and there are things called shifts!

sure. are u willing to pay extra tax for that? probably a whole lot more tax to.

 

[tris-]

That's quite self-centered. Round here we are taught not to treat them in a way you wouldn't want to be treated. Avoiding harm, rather than attempting to do well. I also have this feeling that belittling someone's oppinion is not an attempt to 'do well' .

my aim was not to do well. i just treat people in a way i wouldnt mind them treating me because thats what we are brought up to do.
look at it this way - if i state my oppinion that someone elses oppinion is shit, is it my problem if they dont like that? maybe they shouldnt take it to heart. they have no reason to. if someone gives their negative oppinion about me, should i care? well, no not really. there is no reason in the world i should give a shit.

if someone is going to follow a religion as if it was fact and tell everyone what they believe is fact, then they sure as hell should be able to take someone telling them they think they are talking shit.

the bible offends what i believe in personally, so should people HAVE to stop talking about anything related to it?

 

[tris-]

also btw, isnt a true christian/catholic supposed to prayer for people who dont follow christ? for god to forgive us? if thats the case why should they be offended when i tell them i think they are talking shit?
they should be instead praying for me, because they trurly believe what they believe.

 

[noblok]

my aim was not to do well. i just treat people in a way i wouldnt mind them treating me because thats what we are brought up to do.

That principle doesn't work. Someone with a deathwish wouldn't mind if someone killed him. This does not give him/her the right to kill people (extreme example, but it's a simple analogy). Less extreme: someone with a rape-fetish wouldn't mind being raped. This does not give him/her the right to rape everyone. Etc, etc

Religion isn't quite as homgeneous as you make it out to be either. You see religion as strictly orthodox, I don't think there are many catholics left who still believe in such a way.

 

[Darksword]

the worlds going to shit because you cant say anything without it being pollitically correct anymore. if i think its rediculous then why shouldnt i say that?

YEH MAN TRUE DAT!

ALL BLACKS ARE CRIMINALS
ALL PRIESTS ARE PEDOS
ALL ABOS EAT HUMANS
ALL WOMEN ARE DYKES
ALL DYKES HATE MEN
ALL GERMANS ARE NAZIS

oh wait...maybe that shit could offend someone?

 

[Darksword]

also btw, isnt a true christian/catholic supposed to prayer for people who dont follow christ? for god to forgive us? if thats the case why should they be offended when i tell them i think they are talking shit?
they should be instead praying for me, because they trurly believe what they believe.

your clueless. Yeh they can pray for you and forgive them, but that doesnt mean you can freely go out of your way to insult them in the belief that they have to freely forgive you. Based on these principles, lets forget about the world wars, the slave trade and the current iraq war. Why? coz they should forgive us.

 

[noblok]

your clueless. Yeh they can pray for you and forgive them, but that doesnt mean you can freely go out of your way to insult them in the belief that they have to freely forgive you. Based on these principles, lets forget about the world wars, the slave trade and the current iraq war. Why? coz they should forgive us.

How does that analogy work? In the strict orthodox sense christians should always forgive. Victims of the world wars etc should not, according to the doctrines inherent to the world war.

Edit: I don't see why forgiving someone necessarily means that you shouldn't take offense though.

 

[Darksword]

How does that analogy work? In the strict orthodox sense christians should always forgive. Victims of the world wars etc should not, according to the doctrines inherent to the world war.

The world war offended alot of people, as does insulting a religion. Tris seems to be saying its ok for him to say what he wants about them because they should just forgive him. Ok fine, then forget about all the other things in the world that offends people. Why? well why should a christian forgive you because your running your mouth? Why should Tris, or anyone, not being specific here, be allowed to insult a religion based on the fact that they will forgive you?