Can someone tell Royal Mail...

Does seem a little spoilsport of the Royal Mail to do that, but then again it isn't really the town residents choice as to where it should be painted!
In my opinion it ought to be the athlete's choice whether its painted in their current residence or where they grew up. If Ben Ainslie wanted it to be painted in Lymington then they ought to paint it there, but if he wanted it painted where he grew up then the residents of Lymington haven't really got a foot to stand on.
 
hcm88 said:
Does seem a little spoilsport of the Royal Mail to do that, but then again it isn't really the town residents choice as to where it should be painted!
In my opinion it ought to be the athlete's choice whether its painted in their current residence or where they grew up. If Ben Ainslie wanted it to be painted in Lymington then they ought to paint it there, but if he wanted it painted where he grew up then the residents of Lymington haven't really got a foot to stand on.
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Quite right: it would be best if they asked the athletes (not sure whether they do or not). But Royal Mail PR can surely do a better job of relating to their audience by being a bit less stick up the bum about it. How about: "We love it that every town is proud of their connection to our gold medallists, we are too. But people can't just go around painting things that don't belong to them: that is actually a crime. Every winner only gets one postbox, Ben's is in xxx because that's where he lives and trains, and so to be fair to all the other athletes who only have one gold postbox each, we will be repainting this one red."
 
Charlotte's got two boxes painted. One in Enfield and one in Newent after the town mayor complained to the post office. Seems who you know !
 
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