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I’ve been without a mobile phone for almost a fortnight now thanks to this stupid postal strike. I’ve just had to look up what it was all about because the first I knew of it was about four days after it had started and I realised I hadn’t had any post for a while. According to the Guardian:
The action began on October 17 with the suspension of 16 delivery drivers in Southall, west London, after they had refused to volunteer to take special delivery items to destination addresses rather than depots. The Royal Mail said that the addresses were on the routes anyway, but the drivers said it was not part of their normal work. Work was moved to the nearby mail centre at Greenford, where workers refused to handle it. They, too, were suspended.
…the result being 20,000 out on strike and the new chip for my now-blocked mobile being stuck among the backlogged mail.
It’s left me feeling guilty about all the people who might have been trying to get in touch - especially the ones who only have my mobile number and have probably been texting while it’s been out of action - but it has at least proved one thing: I barely need one at all.
I always suspected that was the case, as my bill is rarely more than
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