Yo!

I own a business. My business was affected by the recent postal strikes - customer payments were late getting to me, so I had to pay all (well, all 3) of the staff salaries out of my own pocket, blah blah blah.

Eventually everything got sorted out with no harm done and a microscopic amount of inconvenience.

I have now received a standard letter, signed with a scan of Allan Leighton's signature, saying that the customer compensation scheme do not cover disruption due to industrial action. Fair enough, I think. I imagine that all businesses affected by the strike would have got the same letter - I hadn't complained (to the Post Office).

The letter then goes on to say that as a gesture of goodwill on behalf of the customers, the Post Office will donate £1million towards the London bid to host the Olympic Games.

How on earth can such a donation be relevant to compensation? How can this donation be relevant to me? Do I care? No, not really. Just a bit baffled by the 'logic'.

ag

It's obvious

If London does get to host the Olympics then there will be a boost to commerce in London making you rich.

Not convinced ??



Nana

Nana

Fair points, but how is this bid related to the disruption?

The Olympic bid will (and is) go(ing) ahead regardless of whether the postal workers are on strike; and irrespective of whether or not I suffered any disruption.

Still baffled.

ag