The United States Postal

[Lady's Human]

No, I didn't leave a word out.

The United States Postal Service has unofficially changed it's name to the United States Postal.

They have completely forgotten the last word of their former name, SERVICE!

We had some nasty rainstorms Monday, and the street I live on had many washouts. One washout was in front of my house, at the driveway, which, not surprisingly, is where my mailbox is.

We had no mail yesterday, and the mail which had been placed in the box for pickup was untouched. Soooooooo...

I called the local Post Office, and spoke to a woman there. I asked about the lack of both delivery and pickup, and was told that yes, it was because of the washout. I asked if they were going to notify me of the suspension of service, or were they just planning on waiting for everyone to call and inquire. Their answer?

"We mailed a suspension of service notice to everyone who was affected"


How am I going to get the notice IF YOU'RE NOT DELIVERING MAIL TO THE ADDRESS????????

As I tell my supervisor on a routine basis.....Don't begin to tell me that its the employee's fault that we're losing money.

[wombat2u2004]

Bummer !!!!

[pomtzu]

Out here, if the carrier can't get to the box for any reason, then the mail won't be delivered. Whenever we have any sizeable amount of snow, this happens, since the snow plows throw enough snow in front of the box to make it impossible to pull their car up to it. So you can either shovel it out, or pick your mail up at the post office until the area is clear.

Send a notice of suspension??? - DUH! How brilliant is that?

[Taz_Zoee]

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"We mailed a suspension of service notice to everyone who was affected"

That needs to go on one of those "dumbest" lists. Like the stupidest criminals type things. That's just ridiculous!

Did you say anything to this person about this statement? Of course, what's the use.

[Cataholic]

I agree that mailing a notice out to a residence that doesn't receive mail at the moment is lame.

But, really, if there is a washout, don't you just presume things won't be business as usual? If we got a foot of snow, I would presume the mail wouldn't be delivered. If my street was closed off for some reason...no mail, no trash, no deliveries, etc.

Where you expecting a lottery check or something?

[Lady's Human]

I agree that mailing a notice out to a residence that doesn't receive mail at the moment is lame.

But, really, if there is a washout, don't you just presume things won't be business as usual? If we got a foot of snow, I would presume the mail wouldn't be delivered. If my street was closed off for some reason...no mail, no trash, no deliveries, etc.

Where you expecting a lottery check or something?

1) The washout really isn't that big. If they wanted to deliver they could. There's a small gully in front of the mailbox, nothing I can't negotiate. There are small areas all over the road which were washed out, but the road is still passable.

2) A foot of snow? "Neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." If snow is delaying your mail, you need to call the postmaster and complain, especially living in the snow belt.

3) The street wasn't closed. It's a rural area, you can get up and down the street just fine.

4) In your line of work, you should realize that certain documents have deadlines for delivery and return to the sender.

It embarrasses me to no end that the United States Postal cannot deliver on their promise and charter, which is delivery to every address, every day. This was hardly Katrina.

All I would expect is a phone call, even a robocall, saying that mail couldn't be delivered because ________ fill in the blank.

[aTailOf2Kitties]

"Neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."

that was never an official Post Office slogan. Back in the 1890's the architect who designed the New York City General Post Office included it in the building design, but the PO never claimed it.

It was originally said by the Greek historian Herodotus about 2500 years ago and referred to the Persian mounted postal couriers during the war between the Greeks and Persians about 500 B.C.

[Lady's Human]

Of that I'm well aware, however the Postal SERVICE is a delivery SERVICE which is required by law to provide certain services to every address in the US every........single.......day. Excluding natural disasters, which this wasn't, they (we) have an obligation to the public to meet their expectations.

I work for them, and it embarrasses me when they fail to meet their legal requirements, and then give lame answers and excuses when customers inquire about the poor service they receive.

[Cinder & Smoke]

GOOD GRIEF!!

"We mailed a suspension of service notice to everyone who was affected"


How am I going to get the notice IF YOU'RE NOT DELIVERING MAIL TO THE ADDRESS????

> shakes head <
Postal Logic at it's best.

Makes me wonder if OUR PostMistress got detailed up to your PO.
She'd fit right in.

[DJFyrewolf36]

"We mailed a suspension of service notice to everyone who was affected"

This is about as wonderful as my ISP tech support saying "We emailed you an answer to your support ticket"

I CAN'T GET ONLINE thats why I called you!!

One good note about the Post Office here...they fixed my vandalized lock without making me pay the lock change fee. It was like pulling teeth from a Rhino but at least they did it!