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i have a deep, cold feeling of dread, as I just got a package redeliver slip for a very valuable international package that's pretty much irreplaceable. Gulp.
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armchair_warrior » i had all my mail forwarded to a different address. I miss alot of important mail for my house in ps.
Make sure to complain! Getting a bunch of people to complain is about our only shot to do anything about it. And also never use USPS when possible.Did Someone Say Walk? -
only problem is ive been complaining to the van brunt station for 17 years. once a year or so i call and biach that the mail is being left in the lobby. i think ive filled out a farm a couple times as well. so have others in my building. inevitably one has to move on to other portions of ones life bureaucracy in action
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in case anyone was losing sleep over my package, I finally got it. Even though it was sent registered, signature required, the mailman dumped it by my door, no signature. Thank god it didn't rain! (Oh, and this was after I had gotten a redeliver slip, and they never redelivered on the date I requested. It only got redelivered after calling the USPS 800 #)
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This happened to me in Manhattan, but there may be a moral... I got a package slip once, and went to my local post office the next day to retrieve my package. The window clerk looked for it but didn't find it after a few minutes, and returned to the window saying "it must still be out on the truck." "But...why would they have put a slip in my box yesterday if they were going to take it out on the truck again today?" I asked. The clerk shrugged and suggested I call the Post Office's 800 number to complain about my carrier and try again the next day. Dubious, I left. But about a half a block down the street, I saw a mail truck, with the driver inside, taking a quick sandwich break. I walked up and asked him if he knew who delivered to my building. "I do," he said. So I asked him why he put a slip in my box if he was going to try to re-deliver the following day. He blinked. "I didn't do that," he said. "Can I see the slip?" I gave it to him. "Huh. You know, I actually remember this very package, it's definitely in the post office." I asked if he could come find it for me, but he declined, saying he was on his break. I thanked him, said I'd try going back myself, and as I was walking away, I happened to mention that the desk clerk had suggeted I file a complaint about him. He froze. "He told you to complain about ME?" he said. He asked to see the slip again, then put his sandwich down, started up his truck and said "gimme a couple minutes to park; go back in and wait for me in the lobby. We're gonna take care of this RIGHT NOW." I returned to the lobby (the desk clerk even waved at me and asked if I was making a complaint, and I just cheerfully said "I'm doing something even better"), and a few minutes later, the carrier appeared at the same window with my package, called me over, and gave it to me. I walked out just as he was turning to the desk clerk and asking, "Now, WHY did you tell her to file a complaint about me when the package was right over on the shelf right there?...." The moral of the story: sometimes getting results on a post office complaint depends on who you complain TO.
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Queen I hope you registered a complaint about the slacker behind the counter!
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queencallipygos » This happened to me in Manhattan, but there may be a moral... I got a package slip once, and went to my local post office the next day to retrieve my package. The window clerk looked for it but didn't find it after a few minutes, and returned to the window saying "it must still be out on the truck." "But...why would they have put a slip in my box yesterday if they were going to take it out on the truck again today?" I asked. The clerk shrugged and suggested I call the Post Office's 800 number to complain about my carrier and try again the next day. Dubious, I left. But about a half a block down the street, I saw a mail truck, with the driver inside, taking a quick sandwich break. I walked up and asked him if he knew who delivered to my building. "I do," he said. So I asked him why he put a slip in my box if he was going to try to re-deliver the following day. He blinked. "I didn't do that," he said. "Can I see the slip?" I gave it to him. "Huh. You know, I actually remember this very package, it's definitely in the post office." I asked if he could come find it for me, but he declined, saying he was on his break. I thanked him, said I'd try going back myself, and as I was walking away, I happened to mention that the desk clerk had suggeted I file a complaint about him. He froze. "He told you to complain about ME?" he said. He asked to see the slip again, then put his sandwich down, started up his truck and said "gimme a couple minutes to park; go back in and wait for me in the lobby. We're gonna take care of this RIGHT NOW." I returned to the lobby (the desk clerk even waved at me and asked if I was making a complaint, and I just cheerfully said "I'm doing something even better"), and a few minutes later, the carrier appeared at the same window with my package, called me over, and gave it to me. I walked out just as he was turning to the desk clerk and asking, "Now, WHY did you tell her to file a complaint about me when the package was right over on the shelf right there?...." The moral of the story: sometimes getting results on a post office complaint depends on who you complain TO.
This story is great!Did Someone Say Walk? -
I live in the North Slope. We get mail for our neighbors, the same house number, but on any other parallel street, etc., all the time. for a while we were assuming the landlord's children, who live on the upper three floors, were taking care of it. Then we saw them throw incorrect unopened mail in the garbage. Since then, my wife and I began taking nice neighborhood walks, putting people's mail where it was supposed to go. If you see us approaching your mailbox, please don't shoot us. We might have your tax return on us.
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J0518 » I live in the North Slope. We get mail for our neighbors, the same house number, but on any other parallel street, etc., all the time. for a while we were assuming the landlord's children, who live on the upper three floors, were taking care of it. Then we saw them throw incorrect unopened mail in the garbage. Since then, my wife and I began taking nice neighborhood walks, putting people's mail where it was supposed to go. If you see us approaching your mailbox, please don't shoot us. We might have your tax return on us.
Isn't that against some kind of (federal) law?Ok, now I'm crazy. Another goal achieved.
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