Postman Pat should be fired!

Those of you with young children will likely know what I mean. I often watch Cbeebies on BBC with my young daughter and one of the shows is 'Postman Pat' - now the Special Delivery version. In writing terms, each episode of Postman Pat follows the ' idiot plot ' model. Which is to say that all the characters have to be idiots for the plot to work. And this is precisely what I believe Postman Pat should be fired. Normally, the post suggests to us that a 1% failure rate is very reasonable (that itself is questionable, since they deal in millions of objects and 1% failed delivery amounts to tens of thousands of objects not being delivered...). Regardless of whether we accept the post's claims, the simple fact that Pat screw up his delivery EVERY show warrants a serious look at his work record by his supervisors. His record is made all the worse by the fact that he only has about ten people to deliver to. Yet still he finds ways to lose or mix up their packages--everything from Teddy bears to reels of film. He even lost a cow once. There is no doubt that the people of his district would be better served with a new postman.