There was a bit of a kerfuffle in the Cage last year when someone complained of vast quantities of uncollected mail in the 'S' through 'U' pigeonhole. Some of the other lettered boxes were similarly overflowing, and I have sympathy with anyone who has to search through the same 38 pieces of mail to find the promised form/brochure/whatever that isn't there.
Various solutions were proposed, but were met with a howl of protest and threats of legal action against anyone who dared interfere with The Post (Pratchettian moment there, sorry). It was interesting to note that the loudest emails (if emails can have a property 'volume' then these had it) — sent to the entire department, naturally — were from the worst offenders.
With the New Year, there is a subtly different problem. The pigeonholes are once again straining under the weight of payslips and sequencing invoices. And I do not recognize the names. Do new Cage inmates not get shown where mail is delivered? Do they not go for tea or lunch? Do they even care about dead tree communication? If anyone has an entertaining and legal solution to this annoyance, please feel free to let me know.
