oldguy57
MB Enthusiast
Well said and this highlights the personal affects of this total debacle. I can't begin to imagine what it must have been like to go through this. Still some seem to dismiss the whole affair - must be galling for the victims.We as a family are right in the middle of this with the PO. It was one of the businesses our family owned.
I cannot begin to tell you the hurdles and heartache the PO have put us through over the last 20 years - it’s actually unforgivable.
They accused us of stealing an amount less than the cost of servicing an E63 at the dealer. The post office was closed and many people lost their jobs.
There is not enough space in the internet for me to go on about it.
I have spoken to the majority of people you may have seen on TV/Twitter etc and a lot of them are broken both financially and mentally.
The debates of right and wrong can continue here but I will say one thing. The overwhelming majority of sub postmasters are real salt of the earth people who would not touch the crowns money. They were literally pillars of their communities and held the trust of many many in those communities. Episode 1 of the drama showed where Jo kept a pensioner’s payment book in the PO so the lady wouldn’t lose it. That is pure trust.
This was usual practice along with other tasks such as explaining personal forms, filling in other forms for those who couldn’t read or write (very common) and the list could go on.
“The behaviour of the executives” as one of you put is to blame entirely.
I could go on and on and on.