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Comedian Al Murray recounts a run-in with industrial-scale stupidity: "Car insurance company rang, without having sent me a renewal letter, asking for money. Made them answer security questions." In the same vein, tell us your stories about pointless paperwork and corporate quarter-wits

(, Thu 23 Feb 2012, 12:13)
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I remember something similar from waaaay back
With Royal Mail?

Letter was posted from London and addressed to W1, but managed to go to West Indies, Wisconsin and somewhere in Canada (maybe Winnipeg) before it was delivered correctly.
(, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 10:06, 2 replies)
I think the Women's Institute had a pop at it too.

(, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 10:33, closed)
Yeah, they'll have a pop at anything, that lot.

(, Wed 29 Feb 2012, 19:43, closed)
I was talking to a Postman from Doncaster, England
Who said they often received letters in their sorting office addressed to The Doncaster in Australia, especially if The letter writer had made the VIC ( short for Victoria ) at the end of the address look like UK by making V look like a U and the putting The C a little bit too close to the I .
(, Thu 1 Mar 2012, 7:25, closed)

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