Postal may not like this one, but I do have a "stupid move USPS" story from years ago...
Moved to a new neighborhood, private gravel road, everyone down there asked the local P.O. if they'd offer up delivery to the house, you know, let us put up mailboxes at the end of each driveway. They said no, no biggie, we put all of our mailboxes at the end of the road like they wanted, got on with life. The arrival of packages meant we'd get a card and head to the P.O. for pick up; no biggie, we got used to it. Well, months later, I'd ordered some pretty pricey shirts for a drunken Buffett show, and came home one day to see the most colorful rainbow of fabric ripped to shreds all over my yard. I got out of the car thinking "That looks likes the gaudy shirts I ordered! How did they get here?!"
I immediately call the P.O. and I'm told "Oh well, sorry, but we're not responsible for packages left at the house..." :wtf: ??? The postmaster refused to acknowledge that they'd previously told us they would NOT deliver to the house, and then she said "We're trying to help patrons, so sometimes we put deliveries on your steps" :wtf: again...and she pretty much doesn't care, refuses to accept any responsibility for this at all.
I ended up having to contact the regional manager and explained everything that happened, from the history of us all asking for home delivery, being told no and then all of the sudden, they're doing it, stuff gets torn up by a neighbor's dog and they say too bad?? He apologized profusely and said "That never should have happened" and the USPS had to pay to replace the shirts. I could not believe the postmaster didn't care at all, and even went so far as to say they just did us a favor
I had to go to the P.O. and fill out a form stating they could not deliver to the house. BTW, we now have mailboxes at the end of every driveway :cookoo:
No offense Postal, but sometimes certain individuals can't see the forest for the trees