Royal Mail is investigating after footage emerged showing one of its postmen struggling to walk on a delivery round after he reportedly managed to 'accidentally eat hash brownies.'
Videos shared on social media show the man barely able to stand up in Clapham, London, the Daily Star and Mirror Online reports.
According to posts on Instagram, the brownies were said to be stored by staff after they tried to deliver them to an empty home and there was no return address on the parcel.
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Words accompanying the Instagram Stories clip — which was later uploaded to TikTok by a different user — said: "We had a delivery of them with no return address and the house was empty and they were in our office for a month so we opened them and they got given out.
"They were eaten between 5.30am and 7.30am."
The poor postman had to be collected from his delivery route as he was unable to move his cart and when he got back to the office he was filmed sitting in a chair saying, 'I'm not right.'
A colleague is heard remarking that the postie had munched his way through two of the brownies before the chap admits he actually had four.
The viral video has received more than 22,000 likes on the app as Londoners found it hilarious that their postman had ended up in such a state.
One user said: "Crying because this is my postman."
Another added: "What? What kind of accident is this? Who gave them the brownies? Surely they didn't just eat anything they found lying around?"
A third said: "How do you accidentally eat hash brownies? Sounds like the best day of work ever."
Royal Mail has confirmed that the body is aware of the incident and has launched an investigation.
A spokesman told the Daily Star: “Royal Mail expects the highest standards of behaviour from our people at all times.
"We are taking this matter very seriously.
"We have commenced an investigation which will determine whether any further action, including disciplinary action, might be taken.
"We are also reminding all staff at the delivery office of the correct procedures for dealing with items with no address for delivery or return.”
The delivery service added that they are unaware of any health and wellbeing issues following the incident.
