A POST office could be forced to close unless 83-year-old Roy Hobbs accepts that he does not have the correct documents to renew his car tax.
Hobbs has been standing at the counter in the Gloucestershire village of Tetbury for seven weeks now while staff attempted to explain to him that the book he is holding is not his car’s logbook but a slim volume on fly-fishing.
Repeated attempts to tell him an MOT and insurance certificate are necessary to tax his 2007 Ford Fiesta Ghia have failed, and it now seems likely Hobbs will remain in place until death.
Nathan Muir, who just wants some f**king stamps, said: “I know he was probably in the war and all that shit but can’t we just pick him up with a forklift?
“He may actually be dead. He’s leaning pretty heavily against the counter and I don’t see any breath steaming the glass.
“How long have I been here? No idea. But I’m next to the paperbacks and I’ve read Doctor of My Heart, The Ambassador’s Mistress and one about a dishy vet.”
In the last eight months, more than 80 post offices have closed because of customers’ inability to complete their transactions and piss off.
A branch near Telford was shuttered after a woman spent a month returning more than 6,500 packages to Asos, while Mossley lost its Post Office after retired headteacher Margaret Gerving brought in a collection of coins with a total value of £67,899,540 and 28 pence.
