We had an entertaining time when visiting the post office (run by Ireland’s commercial organisation An Post) the other day. One thing that the keen observer might note when visiting our rental property is the lack of letterbox. There is a handy workaround for this that has been in operation for years, namely leaving one of the conservatory windows open for the postman to drop stuff through.
The lady at the post office seemed to think that we should try to shift into the modern era, so gave us a leaflet on external mailboxes – 70-odd EUR gets you something both you and the postman can open, but no one else. We broached the subject with P who has been maintaining the house for decades, to sound him out on whether or not the landlord would be willing to stump up the cash. He waved his hand dismissively and said “oh no, not at all”. So that’s that dead in the water!