I'm not getting my mail, dammit!!

[matty]

For some reason, I'm not getting my mail. This has happened several times. It screws up voter registration, magazine subscriptions, etc. I'm not even getting bills or junk mail. Just no mail.

I've complained to the Post OFfice three times now, but still no mail. What the fuck? Isn't the Post Office supposed to get me my mail no matter fucking what? What's their problem?

Anybody got any non-violent suggestions?

[slam]

maybe if the front of your house didn't look condemned, the mail-person might be more inclined to stop by.

as it's been for the last few years, they're probably scared of tetanus.

[larryhead]

Try leaving a nice holiday card for your Postman with $20 in it.... if that doesn't work... use anthrax next time. :D

[bubz_bluez]

no but i have some violent sugestions. find a dead rodent and stuff it into your mail box... than the next time they try to stick your mail in your box BAM !!!

bubz

[andikay]

It might help if you put your name on your mailbox.

Some postal carriers refuse to deliver if the boxes aren't labeled.

[Soul Queen]

Your not the only one not getting your mail. The Floridian Postal system is FAR FAR worse than you can imagine.

We still gets Poof's mail, but none of our own. I called the federal number and complained and my local post office. i got a bitchy reply that everything was being delivered. Which is a damn lie! The day after that I got a box full of mail. When we moved I talked to our Postal Delivery guy personally, I sent in the form. Doesn't matter.

Your best bet is to go to the post office and see them personally. They are probably holding your mail. Why?

Its a mystery.

I love the dead rodent idea. Of course as long as you find one already dead in a gutter. No rodents were actually harmed in "teaching the post man a lesson."

[matty]

I tried going down there, but the line is horrendous. When you finally reach a postal worker and inquire about your mail, they give you the run around. They always want to take my name and number and "someone will get back to me."

Eventually, I called the Dept. of Consumer Affairs. Beverly at Con Aff was outraged. She saw that I had filed this case three different times over the last year, and requested a follow up three different times over the last month. My PO hadn't even given the customary "received complaint" response. Beverly is on the job.

I try to call the PO every morning, but the phone rings and rings and nobody ever picks up. I'm going to find out my postmaster's name and call him/her at home, I've decided. Every day. Until I get my mail.

[JVO]

For what it's worth, I go to the downtown post office everyday and if you go between 8:30 - 9:30 am there is not a single person in there. Also the lines move remarkably fast. There is an attractive older lady with bright white hair who really seems to know what is going on. I bring her complicated questions at least once a week and she is always able to help. You might just have to wait one day and catch the mailcarrier when they deliver mail and explain your problem or else get a po box.

[larryhead]

Yeah... I was going to say a PO box might be your best bet.

[Diamond Vision]

that's a rip off!

PO boxes just pay those bastards to not do their job.
I say you hunt down your mailman and follow the chain, going all the way back to the post master general if need be, find the lazy asshole and beat him with 2x4!

... with a nail in it!

[matty]

Sweet Mailbox Justice!

Today I received a call from some lady at my local PO. She was quite bitchy. She claimed to know nothing of the three complaints and three follow-ups, and seemed to imply that I had gone to Consumer Affairs without first trying to contact the PO.

While she was bitchily grilling me on who I had talked to and when, she must have found my mountain of mail. It turns out that my postal worker had taken an extended leave, and they had a sub come in to take over his rounds while he was gone. Subs cannot deliver mail without a name on the mailbox (good call Andi). They are supposed to hold the mail for ten days and then send it back where it came from, but the sub had just been piling it up in a bin. The lady apologized for the mix-up, politely told me I should put my name and address on my mailbox, and today when I got home there was a heap of magazines and bills stuffed haphazardly into my box.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have many magazines to catch up on. Thank you for your suggestions--they have been filed for future use.