October 16, 2007
With his several of his monthly ‘art’ magazines long overdue, Guru is delighted that an end to the postal dispute seems to be in sight.
However, he must declare that he is of the strong belief that any agreement must see an end to the disgraceful ‘Spanish practices’ exposed by Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier.
Guru is outraged that his postmen, rather than delivering letters and parcels in all weather and guard dog conditions like their upstanding forefathers, were lounging around drinking San Miguel, eating tapas, gelling up their hair and slagging off the Portugese.
Surely it is unacceptable in the 21st century for Royal Mail workers to not just take a two-hour siesta but to return to work chain smoking and talking about that evening's bull fight.
Guru presumes the postmen and women will show great promise in their letter delivery during the first few weeks of the European Championships next June - but then suddenly go missing at the quarter-final stage.
