Today I saw the USPS truck making its rounds down my street. I’ve been expecting a package to be delivered soon, if not today. When I went down to my mailbox to check my mail, what did I find but a “sorry we missed you” delivery attempt notice. I didn’t hear a knock on my door and I didn’t have the tv or radio on, so I can only assume that the postal worker was too lazy to walk up the stairs to my apartment and give it to me. Either that or he/she made a very weak and perfunctory attempt at knocking.
To make matters worse, the USPS doesn’t even automatically attempt to redeliver the next day as UPS and other private services do, much less for up to three attempts like UPS. One has to contact them to request it. And since I am flying out of state for several days tomorrow, I’ll have to stop by the local post office early in the morning to pick up my package. [sarcasm] Thanks for the inconvenience, Uncle Sam. [/sarcasm]
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