Royal Mail has launched a probe after staff at a London sorting office allegedly got high by accidentally eating cannabis-laced brownies from an unclaimed parcel.
Video of the incident, which emerged Tuesday, appeared to show postal workers struggling to stand after eating the cakes at a delivery office.
The clip was posted on Instagram and captioned: “Today almost all the posties in ****** accidentally ate hash brownies and I had to pick them up one by one cause they were so high”.
One of the postal workers appeared completely out of it, and had to be helped with his delivery. A colleague could be heard telling him: “You’re just really high.”
Another can be seen on the film saying the worker had eaten two of the hash brownies. He then corrected them while slurring his words, and said “four” which was met with laughter from colleagues.
A voice could be heard saying: “I think it’s weed”.
One member of staff said he was walking to a door and thought he was walking forever.
The video added: “Say a prayer for [postal worker’s name] right now, hopefully he is asleep or he is singing with the unicorns.”
The office was allegedly sent the package a month ago, but it was left unclaimed and had an address for an empty house - so posties decided to eat them.
Royal Mail said it had launched an investigation. Some of those involved have reportedly been suspended.
A spokesperson said: “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 Standard has contacted Royal Mail for further comment.
