ROYAL Mail seems to deliver almost as many tales of postal woe as it does letters.

The latest lapse saw a York postie going home at the end of his shift, before he had finished delivering the letters on his round.

This may be one small failure, but it was a big nuisance to those who received no mail - and such lackadaisical behaviour lets Royal Mail down horribly.

Second class indeed.

Updated: 09:57 Monday, July 12, 2004