For some unexplained reason, my mail is ending up at other people's houses. This mail never makes it to me, except in rare cases. Sometimes my (correctly addressed, but incorrectly delivered) mail gets forwarded back to sender marked "attempted, unknown." Sometimes it disappears altogether.
All the credit card offers make it to my house just fine. It's only the stuff I pay for, or work assignments, that end up lost.
To the neighbor who dropped off my National Geographic last Sunday: Thanks!
To the person who received my (rare and difficult to find in this country) book on the seventeenth century British civil service and didn't put it back in the mail: Huh? You can't possibly want to keep that book!
To the post office: I've been really nice when I've reported these problems to you, despite the fact that by losing a (correctly addressed) package of work, you cost me three weeks of income and inconvenienced my client. Your failure to read addresses and take mail to the address that's written right on it also inconveniences the booksellers from whom I've ordered things. The excuse you offer, that you are using different carriers for my route, is not sufficient. Presumably all these different carriers can read, so what's the problem?
211 words | April 27, 2006 09:21 PM | Because I saidHi, Ilike the remarks about the post. We have our carrier tell us when she's off, and take mail to the PO. The last time she took Vacation we got someone elses mail. I wrote on it delivered to the wrong address and dated it. The next day not only did I get that same letter back, but also a priority mail for the same folks. That involved closing for a 1/2 hour and going to complain to the postmaster and taking photos of the mailbox showing the various addresses that get mail there. So far that has fixed. If you get the Postmaster do not let them fob you off with a flunky.
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I get to talk to a supervisor. I've had wrongly delivered mail returned to my house multiple times before, until I chased down the mail carrier and waved the letter at him. Once I even received someone else's checks! Those I delivered myself, I didn't trust the post office.
Next time I'll take pictures. I would never have thought of that.
I'm glad you're enjoying the blog. Thanks for stopping by.
Posted by: 100wordminimum at May 2, 2006 09:47 PM