I've trashed the US Postal Service on more than one occasion through this blog. It usually involves my annoyance at the dwindling number of boxes available in the neighborhood and the habit the local post office has of delivering mail every other day or so, and pretty much never on Saturdays (when I heard that the post office was going to cancel Saturday mail delivery, I had to remind myself that such a thing still existed. The good people of Takoma Park Maryland will not miss Saturday mail delivery because it's been basically non- existent for years.
Here's my latest rant, triggered by this commercial which tells me that I am a priority of the United States Postal Service. On Thursday April 10 I flew to Vermont for spring break. Before leaving, I arranged to have my mail held by that wonderful US Postal Service which considers my convenience a priority. I checked the box which stipulated that mail delivery would be resumed on Monday April 21, and all held mail would be delivered on that date.
Here's the confirmation I received from USPS:
| Your hold mail request April 14 - April 21, 2014 |
| You have requested Hold Mail Service for 04/14/2014. Keep your confirmation number handy in case you need to edit or cancel this request. If your mail is currently being held, it can not be cancelled. But you can still change the end date. |
Ok, so I had a great time in Vermont and got back on Sunday. USPS let me know they hadn't forgotten about me, because I had this notice in my email box (the only mail box USPS currently seems to recognize:)
| The last day for your hold mail request is April 20, 2014 . |
| Your Hold Mail Service for April 14 - April 21, 2014 is ending. We'll be resuming your regular mail delivery on 04/21/2014. Remember to pick up your held mail at the Post Office® if you're not having it delivered to your address. |
Can you guess what the problem is? You got it- it's Wednesday afternoon, April 23, and I have yet to receive my accumulated mail- or any mail, period. Hmm.....acknowledgement of hold request. Notification of resumption of mail delivery. Everything working fine....except.....resumption of mail delivery.
Thanks, USPS. It's great to know I'm a priority. Maybe you could let the people at the Takoma Park Maryland post office know. They haven't got the memo. Maybe you sent it USPS?
Same here, we don't get mail or a couple of days and then they jam up the box. We also have to send mail from a town other than Pint Pleasant, as mail will take an extra WEEK went sent from here rather than from the next town over. Way to go, I'm a priority all right; they make it their top priority to screw me over as often as possible.
ReplyDeleteHere's an update- it's Saturday, April 26. Still no mail. I finally filled out a complaint form today.
DeleteMeanwhile, the people who live downstairs continue to get mail- so it's not like they are skipping the building. Just me.
Thanks, USPS.