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Acrylic-bob · 07-12-2005, 18:56

In May this year, Royal Mail was so delighted to report a profit of £537 million in the previous twelve months that it decided to award it's boss, Adam Crozier, a bonus of £2.2 million, this on top of an annual salary of £500,000. It also awarded every postal worker a bonus of £1,074.

Very nice! Very generous and large hearted of them! But still, 16 million items of mail go missing each year.

Today the postal regulator POSTCOMM announced a 2p rise in the cost of stamps, to take effect on April 1st 2006. The reason for this increase? To plug the £4billion black hole in the Royal Mail pension scheme.

Postal workers retire much earlier than the rest of us.

If they are so worried about their pensions, why aren't they plugging the hole from their own pockets, rather than awarding themselves huge bonuses? Why should the public be made to pay to keep these dyslexic parasites in the manner to which they aspire?

Still, never mind, Royal Mail loses it's monopoly next year and for some reason the phrases "rude awakening" and "serves em right" keep popping into my head.

07-12-2005, 18:56	#1
Acrylic-bob God Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tragic Conn Posts: 4,007 Blog Entries: 15 Liked: 3 times Rep Power: 2473	First class prices for a second class service In May this year, Royal Mail was so delighted to report a profit of £537 million in the previous twelve months that it decided to award it's boss, Adam Crozier, a bonus of £2.2 million, this on top of an annual salary of £500,000. It also awarded every postal worker a bonus of £1,074. Very nice! Very generous and large hearted of them! But still, 16 million items of mail go missing each year. Today the postal regulator POSTCOMM announced a 2p rise in the cost of stamps, to take effect on April 1st 2006. The reason for this increase? To plug the £4billion black hole in the Royal Mail pension scheme. Postal workers retire much earlier than the rest of us. If they are so worried about their pensions, why aren't they plugging the hole from their own pockets, rather than awarding themselves huge bonuses? Why should the public be made to pay to keep these dyslexic parasites in the manner to which they aspire? Still, never mind, Royal Mail loses it's monopoly next year and for some reason the phrases "rude awakening" and "serves em right" keep popping into my head. __________________ Enough is ENOUGH Get Britain out of Europe Last edited by Acrylic-bob; 07-12-2005 at 18:58.