An Open Letter to my Letter Carrier

[ShannonS]

Dear Sir or Ma'am,

I got a parcel notice in my mailbox today.

You didn't bother to put the very small parcel of ejuice into my mailbox, fine.

You didn't bother to go 5 steps into my building and knock on my door to deliver it to me. I can live with that. I know you did not attempt to do so because I was home all day, chained to the computer to catch up on charting.

However, you DID mark on the slip that you tried to.

Liar, liar, pants on fire! (but I digress)

You didn't bother to drop it off at the apartment office like most of the letter carriers do. I guess I can cope. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that until I had walked 3 blocks down to the office in 104 degree heat.

After determining that my package is at the post office, I trudge back to my apartment to get my keys, climb into my mobile oven (aka any car in Texas in summer) and fight rush hour DFW metro traffic to get to the post office before they close.

I was thrilled that I made it to the post office in time. I was not thrilled to spend the next 15 minutes standing in line with other hot and irritable people waiting to get their packages.

My mood brightened when my turn arrived as they were locking up for the night. My juice was here.

Alas, the clerk shook his head. He refused to go look for my juice because the slip came today and it was still on the mail truck and would not be available to pick up until tomorrow.

I insisted that the letter carrier did not attempt to deliver the package. I mean, why would you carry a package with you that you have absolutely no intention of delivering, right? My words fell on deaf ears. To cover for the mailman, you refused to even check.

So, my lovely juice is spending the night at the post office, having never left.

So Mr-or-Ms-Letter Carrier and any associated conspirators, I curse you all.

May the clerks all get paper cuts and may the carriers all step in sidewalk landmines.

Grrrrrr.

Sincerely,

A Taxpayer

 

[LowThudd]

Good one! What a pain. I hate the USPS sometimes.

 

[AtomPunk]

My girlfriends father worked for the post office for 30 some odd years before retiring this year. A common misconception: Taxes pay for the Post Office. Taxes used to pay for it, but no longer. The USPS runs on what it charges for postage. I got a lecture on it the one time I brought it up.

However, I agree with you. And this goes for all package delivery companies. I have had many many instances where they never tried to deliver the package. I've even had the USPS say they delivered it and when it wasn't in my mailbox I found that the package was at the Post Office!!! And what is it about working at the Post Office that makes people lazy, grumpy, and generally disturbed?!?! Anyways, I hope you get your juice ShannonS!

 

[sgtdisturbed47]

It took almost a week for my package of juice to go from Arizona to north Idaho, a 3 day trip at most with Priority shipping. It sat in Arizona for most of that week.

 

[HighHeeledGoddess]

They delivered my wedding dress to the wrong P.O. Box. I had to harass them everyday for a week while I stared at my pick-up slip through the little vacant window in the box next to mine. It was the 1st and last thing I ever (tried) had delivered to that box, having opened it specifically to have the dress sent to!

 

[keyzygirl]

I luv my mailman.He always smiles and waves when he has a package and avoids eyecontact if he doesnt.You can tell from up the street if he has it or not.LOL

 

[thorn]

Like I've said on other threads....File a report with the main USPS Headquarters number so they can keep a log of mishandled mail for you. After 4 or 5 times, the problems finally quit for me, but it took headquarters action to get on the butts of my local office. Local office can't push it under the rug with the buddy system if upper management is coming down on them.

 

[irishdrummer13]

Hi Shannon..........they did the same thing to me......not once, but twice. ..............Damn government workers!!!

 

[HappyCamper]

I luv my mailman.He always smiles and waves when he has a package and avoids eyecontact if he doesnt.You can tell from up the street if he has it or not.LOL

Funny stuff
When my mailman comes to the door giggling and tells me "another package for you", or he is laughing at me cuz I'm waiting by the mailbox... that's when I know, maybe I should cut back a little for a week or two.

 

[Krandle]

I had fond memories of our mailman as a kid. He was always very nice to me and went out of his way to talk with me. My mom was fond of him too. Some years later it occurred to me that my dad was very short and our mailman was rather tall. I'm 6'2.

Despite my possible kinship with the USPS, I know your pain with things that go undelivered. I have 3 car mag subscriptions that come very late and a bit worn every single month. Last month we had a replacement mail woman and they both came right on time and without a wrinkle. This month our regular guy was back and I got 'em over a week late again. My wife's mags come early and with no wear month in and month out.

 

[thelook]

We had papers that needed to be signed and returned asap sent to us through registered mail.
The carrier, never even got out of the truck, just put a slip in the box that they tried to deliver!
It was a Friday so you can guess we missed the deadline for the papers.

 

[AngusATAT]

Since this is not a review, I am moving it out of the Reviews forum.

 

[ShannonS]

Geeze. I posted this in the review section? So sorry..LOL!

 

[firefox335]

I don't see this as a indictment of the USPS as much as an indictment of people who are just bad at their jobs.

 

[LowThudd]

I don't see this as a indictment of the USPS as much as an indictment of people who are just bad at their jobs.

When there are so many people hired by the same company who don't do their job well, then it is the responsablility of the company in question. For instance, if McDs were hiring many employees who didn't properly serve food(or at least worse than it is now), people would complain about the company who did the hiring. But I do agree. It is more than likely the "Bad Apple" thing going on.

 

[Elendil]

When there are so many people hired by the same company who don't do their job well, then it is the responsablility of the company in question. For instance, if McDs were hiring many employees who didn't properly serve food(or at least worse than it is now), people would complain about the company who did the hiring. But I do agree. It is more than likely the "Bad Apple" thing going on.

I would venture to say that the number of "bad" postal employees is actually a small percentage of the total postal workers.

And most McD's are franchises and so a bad employee is not a reflection on the parent corporation.

 

[LowThudd]

I would venture to say that the number of "bad" postal employees is actually a small percentage of the total postal workers.

And most McD's are franchises and so a bad employee is not a reflection on the parent corporation.

True, that is what I meany by "bad apple" thing. Good point about McDs

 

[LowThudd]

Like the saying "there's a few bad apples in every bunch".

 

[Stephaniems]

Where I lived a few years ago, I always got the "tried to deliver BS". I have been a SAHM since kids. Such a pain to trudge down to the post office. Now that I've moved the packages are usually put right next to my door. I put a table there just for packages .

I think they make to much money so some of them they don't even try to do a good job.

 

[LowThudd]

Where I lived a few years ago, I always got the "tried to deliver BS". I have been a SAHM since kids. Such a pain to trudge down to the post office. Now that I've moved the packages are usually put right next to my door. I put a table there just for packages .

I think they make to much money so some of them they don't even try to do a good job.

Also they have very good job security. It takes quite awhile to train someone to be a trustworthy mail carrier. They know they won't get canned, for the most part because people don't complain higher than their local branch, so it goes nowhere.