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<p>[QUOTE="Rushmore, post: 25919130, member: 17011"]Had a horrible experience with the USPS this week.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wednesday I had a package coming. I live in a manufactured housing division where all the mailboxes are in a central building. I drove by my house on the way to the mailbox building and I noticed something lying on the wall of my house below the front door doesn't have steps as I have a deck on the side of the house so I enter the house that way. I get over there to see and it was the package and a notice for a registered lettee. In the mailbox building there are lockers with keys and if you have a package that doesn't fit it goes in there and the key goes in your mailbox. Four of the lockers were empty. According to my USPS Informed Delivery it was 4:57 when the package was delivered and I got there about 15 minutes later.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was so irate it wasn't funny. I filed a complaint with the USPS online.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thursday morning on my way to work I stop at the PO and talk to the supervisor. Never apologized and was bull me. Said it must have got put in the wrong locker and someone must have laid it there. I said that's impossible as that door has no steps so it's not an entryway. Also I had a notice for a registered letter and that was stuck on the door and only the letter carrier would have stuck it there. The ironic thing is I have a mailbox next to the side door on the deck. Why couldn't they have put it there or leave a note in my mailbox to pick it up at the PO.</p><p><br /></p><p>I said to her if I have packages that don't fit in my box and no lockers are available leave a note in my box and I'll come get it at the PO . I told her it better never happen again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thurs night I ran into a couple I'm friends with who live in the same park and they said that's not protocol. If there aren't enough lockers they are supposed to put a note in your box to come pick it up. They actually have an agreement with park management to do that. They said that was a total FUBAR on the carrier's part.</p><p><br /></p><p>Friday I went to the PO again, spoke to the supervisor and reminded her of that. She said she did talk to the carrier about it. Thankfully my Coin Talk Secret Santa package arrived safe and sound. And my Amazon gift cards from my employer. </p><p><br /></p><p>This was just plain laziness on the carrier's part. And USPS doesn't care. Last year at this time I was living in an apartment building and had the same issues with theft. And one time the carrier didn't even bother putting my mail in my box just left it out in the open. Landlord's response was to give me a camera and tell me to hook it up myself. Which is why I decided to move.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Rushmore, post: 25919130, member: 17011"]Had a horrible experience with the USPS this week. Wednesday I had a package coming. I live in a manufactured housing division where all the mailboxes are in a central building. I drove by my house on the way to the mailbox building and I noticed something lying on the wall of my house below the front door doesn't have steps as I have a deck on the side of the house so I enter the house that way. I get over there to see and it was the package and a notice for a registered lettee. In the mailbox building there are lockers with keys and if you have a package that doesn't fit it goes in there and the key goes in your mailbox. Four of the lockers were empty. According to my USPS Informed Delivery it was 4:57 when the package was delivered and I got there about 15 minutes later. I was so irate it wasn't funny. I filed a complaint with the USPS online. Thursday morning on my way to work I stop at the PO and talk to the supervisor. Never apologized and was bull me. Said it must have got put in the wrong locker and someone must have laid it there. I said that's impossible as that door has no steps so it's not an entryway. Also I had a notice for a registered letter and that was stuck on the door and only the letter carrier would have stuck it there. The ironic thing is I have a mailbox next to the side door on the deck. Why couldn't they have put it there or leave a note in my mailbox to pick it up at the PO. I said to her if I have packages that don't fit in my box and no lockers are available leave a note in my box and I'll come get it at the PO . I told her it better never happen again. Thurs night I ran into a couple I'm friends with who live in the same park and they said that's not protocol. If there aren't enough lockers they are supposed to put a note in your box to come pick it up. They actually have an agreement with park management to do that. They said that was a total FUBAR on the carrier's part. Friday I went to the PO again, spoke to the supervisor and reminded her of that. She said she did talk to the carrier about it. Thankfully my Coin Talk Secret Santa package arrived safe and sound. And my Amazon gift cards from my employer. This was just plain laziness on the carrier's part. And USPS doesn't care. Last year at this time I was living in an apartment building and had the same issues with theft. And one time the carrier didn't even bother putting my mail in my box just left it out in the open. Landlord's response was to give me a camera and tell me to hook it up myself. Which is why I decided to move.[/QUOTE]
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