Government efficiency!

[Cinder & Smoke]

I can take it to them, apologize and assure them we did not read it
and do not know they have advanced to the next level of Scientology
or not paid the bank for three months or whatever.

< snikker >


I have to re-read it three times before it starts to sink in that it's
not MY mail I'm looking at.

I seal it back up with Scotch tape and write a lil "note" near the address:
"Delivered to [MY ADDRESS] on [Date]; Opened by Mistake";
then put it back in my mailbox and raise the "Flag" to be sure the Carrier
stops the next day.

Magazines are a little more difficult to get rid of when the get into
the wrong rural mailbox ...
I never notice AT the mailbox - I always drag 'em in and upstairs.
Usually read the darn thing and wonder "HOW did I get on THIS list?"

Finally look at the address --- OOOPsie - not mine!

Trying to write a 'note to the Carrier' beside a magazine address is futile ---
I've carried the SAME magazine from the box into the house as many as three times -
on consecutive days ... she NEVER sees 'the note'.

It takes a full-sheet (8 1/2 x 11) with a BIGG-Print Note and the mag
propped up inside the mailbox before it will move on towards it's proper destination.

I shouldn't complain; the Regular Carrier and her Regular Relief know everyone
on the route and DON'T make mistakes; the goof-ups happen when the
route is done by a "Substitute Carrier".

[Lady's Human]

Sara,

The correct thing to do with misdelivered mail is to place it back in the mailbox with whatever outgoing mail you have.

If you want to be nice, place a note on it plainly stating that it is the wrong address. Mail is sorted in the plant by machine, they DO make mistakes, and a wrong letter can easily wind up buried in the correct mail for an address.


Blue,

Where did the USPS budgetary status come into this? Just because something is under Congressional oversight doesn't mean it has a line item in the budget.