We need to run community courses on Battle Field Skills, to combat the "Sorry not at home" card sharks.

About this never ending issue of "being carded, when you actually ARE at home - instead of delivering the parcel" shit...

If you think being lied to - them telling you your not at home, when you are, and not delivering the parcel, when they should, and them thinking your going to spend your time and resources picking the parcel up from the depot, after you have paid them to deliver it to you, is not OK.

And when this crap just goes on and on and on...

No matter how many times you complain, no matter how many times your on hold for hours, no matter how many times you go to pick up parcels and some fuck has stolen them, they can't be found, they are at the other depot, they wear an Australia Post uniform and drive an Australia Post van - but they are contractor - so it's nothing to do with Australia Post...

And every time you try to complain, nothing gets done...

The dick head executive seem intent on their cash grabbing scams and running Australia Post into the ground....

And these clowns are just wasting your fucking time...

Like I don't condone dragging the driver out of the van and beating the absolute crap out of them, but I understand the relentless grind of bullshit that leads to it and why people might do it.

In a more humorous light, it may be time to study some ancient battle field skills used to defeat the issue of charges - be it infantry, cavalry or the oncoming charge of an escaping Australia Post van.

A pike is basically a spear like object, that is too big to throw (much) with a single arm.

And they have been used in war since the invention of clubs.

Here is a less ancient version of the same thing....

Here is a formation getting into position to repel a cavalry charge..

And here is a bunch of clueless pricks, holding formation, and getting shot at, instead of gutting the fucking riders, in a group lunge.

Well the idea of using a pike, or a pike like object, like a crow bar or a length of water pipe, wielded in such a way as to aim it carefully into the radiator and engine compartment of a charging, non delivering Australia Post van, may indeed have some fucking merit.

Because:

a) It will stop the van.

b) You can then bail up the bludging bullshit artist postie, and MAKE them hand over your package, unless of course they have ever so thoughtfully forgotten to bring anything other than an empty van and a pocket full of pre filled out cards,

c) And you can post videos and pics of the whole thing on social media, and become an internet legend..

d) And you can tell the clowns running Australia Post - "We are not putting up with your shit any more".

e) Before gathering the entire suburb up for a refurbishment of the delivery centre, fulfilling the Community Service obligation, by replacing it's management and giving a free staffing upgrade - by replacing every bad postie on the spot.

f) Followed by a ransacking of Australia Post's head offices, complete with turfing the CEO and bludging executive out on their arses.

Or...

Rather than taking a piss poor standard of management and service personally, you can sack the "card shark" by sacking the entire company.

You can fuck Australia Post off, and go to real world stores to buy your gear, or only order online from retailers who offer shipping (or pick ups) by anyone else, or through anyone else except Australia Post, even to the point where you can push for the last mile of delivery to be done by local courier in regional areas, instead of by Australia Post.

I mean it really ought not come to skewering the van to stop the stealing, but when the $6 million dollar man, is getting less packages delivered than ever, and after how many years now, and this never ending issue of the customers getting carded - he still has a job?

It's time vote out the dick head who gave him the job, and vote in some one who will sack him.