As if the Royal Mail didn't have enough problems already, it can now add seagulls to that list.
Not content with just stealing chips and shitting on the odd English seaside goer's baldy head, the angry birds have now focused their aggression on attacking mailmen and women.
A postwoman was unable to reach some letter boxes on Tuesday because of 'swooping attacks' by the birds. It is of course completely understandable. Amazon Prime is an extremely desirable service that not all people are lucky enough to be able to afford so it was only a matter of time before jealousy led to theft.
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A Royal Mail card posted the following day said the street in Maryport, Cumbria, had been 'inaccessible due to dangerous conditions' with 'seagulls' noted as the reason.
Credit: Paul Blenkharn
The homeowner, Paul Blenkharn who took a photo of the delivery card, thought the whole thing was a joke.
"I just found it extremely funny. I just can't grasp how a postman or postwoman had been unable to deliver an item of mail due to seagulls," he told BBC.
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"I thought somebody's really, really got to be having a joke here."
This isn't actually the first time that The Royal Mail has blamed seagulls for not being able to deliver post. In Cornwall, in 2013, it was basically Armageddon. Want to watch a seagull attacking someone and a lady really angry she can't get her post? Here you go.
Credit: SWNS
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In total four homes got no mail because of the homing missile seaside birds and the Royal Mail issued a statement, saying: "The safety of our people is paramount to Royal Mail and these swooping attacks made it difficult for the postwoman to continue to do her job."
Words by Matthew Cooper
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