Daily Annoyances

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

Marketing - we moved here 5+ years ago and we still get mail for the previous owners.

Just 5 years? That's nothing: I was still getting mail for the previous owner's husband for nearly a decade after I bought this place, and he'd died several years before she sold it to me.

The really funny thing, though, is that about half of the junk was offers for life insurance :-)

[Thymeclock]

Originally Posted by jamesqf

Just 5 years? That's nothing: I was still getting mail for the previous owner's husband for nearly a decade after I bought this place, and he'd died several years before she sold it to me.

The really funny thing, though, is that about half of the junk was offers for life insurance :-)

Well, at least they are delivering it to the correct address.

For several years I was getting delivery of my neighbor's mail to my address, at least once every month or two. My house looks totally different than theirs and both houses have the address clearly posted near their front doors, so there was no reason for confusion. We both had lived in our respective houses for 25 years. After delivering their mail myself several times, I then took it to the post office and explained the persistent error to the USPS management. Each time they promised it wouldn't happen again. But it kept happening. They gave me little red stickers to put on my door where my mail slot is to alert the mail carrier to actually read the address before delivering. It kept happening. I put numerals an inch high stating my address on the mail slot itself, leaving no possible doubt as to what my street number is. It kept happening. Finally, in frustration, I went to the post office once last time and told the supervisor in no uncertain terms that his mail carriers were just plain STUPID. (After all, their only job is to deliver the mail to the correct address. If you can't even do THAT right, what good are you?)

It kept happening. With my patience exhausted, I simply got a red marker and wrote in large letters on each piece of wrongly delivered mail: DELIVERED TO THE WRONG ADDRESS - then deposited them in the nearest mailbox.

Finally, that cured it.

[PaleMelanesian]

Related mail-delivery issue I have. The Martins live at 123 Smith street. The Smiths live two blocks away at 1123 Martin street. Yeah, we get mail mixed up now and then.



* names changed

[Arragonis]

Back at work after a week off and Mrs A's birthday in Paris

[Piwoslaw]

When someone starts panicking because my low-fuel light came on with a beep. As if they didn't see that the onboard computer estimates another 185km. As if they didn't know me

[320touring]

Originally Posted by Piwoslaw

When someone starts panicking because my low-fuel light came on with a beep. As if they didn't see that the onboard computer estimates another 185km. As if they didn't know me

My mother has a thing about always having 1/4 of a tank in the car..

I've used it numerous times to aviod having to fuel the family car

but now I'm a grown up, I dont...

[Frank Lee]

Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian

Related mail-delivery issue I have. The Martins live at 123 Smith street. The Smiths live two blocks away at 1123 Martin street. Yeah, we get mail mixed up now and then.

When I was a kid the school bus driver and I had the same name (no relation). Well, at least it was convenient for us to exchange wrongly delivered mail- I saw him Monday-Friday.

[larrybuck]

I can identify with post office nightmares!

I have a PO box where I prefer my most important mail to go

For about 6 months, nothing of my most important came through.

My car insurance guy called me up on two different occasions, as my unknown payments were in a rears: he couldn't believe himself how badly it was screwed up!

I had to remember to contact my bill providers, before the monthly due date, and square away what I owed them.

I had two separate meetings face to face with the post master, to no avail!

Finally, it was found out that a previous boxholder (same box) had a last name somewhat similar to mine; and for those 6 months, all my importants were being sent to a different town about 15 miles away, and that the current boxholder there was simply trashing MY mail!!!

What a nightmare! Now I have a good street address; but I'm gunshy of dropping the PO box now that it's finally working; because who knows how badly it might re-occur if I try to change it????
YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Joenavy85]

53 Hours without power thanks to a 30 minute Wind storm. 75+ MPH winds knocked out a whole lot of power lines. Thankfully, my fridge was mostly empty due to my upcoming 18 Day road trip, so I didn't lose much food to the heat, just a quart of milk, and 2 partial bags of shredded cheese.

[Thymeclock]

Originally Posted by larrybuck

I can identify with post office nightmares!

I have a PO box where I prefer my most important mail to go

For about 6 months, nothing of my most important came through.

My car insurance guy called me up on two different occasions, as my unknown payments were in a rears: he couldn't believe himself how badly it was screwed up!

I had to remember to contact my bill providers, before the monthly due date, and square away what I owed them.

I had two separate meetings face to face with the post master, to no avail!

Finally, it was found out that a previous boxholder (same box) had a last name somewhat similar to mine; and for those 6 months, all my importants were being sent to a different town about 15 miles away, and that the current boxholder there was simply trashing MY mail!!!

What a nightmare! Now I have a good street address; but I'm gunshy of dropping the PO box now that it's finally working; because who knows how badly it might re-occur if I try to change it????
YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The worst part of it is that no matter how badly they screw up, you can't even sue them. I tried once and the case was rejected. You can't sue the U.S. Government.