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[omimouse]

So, why the hell do you bother having someone sign for a package if you don't even double check to make sure that it is in any way similar to the name *on* the fucking package?

We just got an e-mail notification that a recent delivery was signed for by Sowards, an oil field company somewhere in the same city that we live in. Sowards, Front Desk, to be precise.

The 'ship to' address has a completely different street number, to say nothing of the fact that we have a street *name*, whereas *they* have an address that lists off US Route 60.

UPS says it wasn't their fault, as they handed the local delivery off to the local Post Office, which has not exactly been a bastion of accurate delivery of late. Then again, neither has the local UPS driver. The company has been called, but the e-mail got here after 5 PM, so a message was left. Postmaster General gets in tomorrow morning at 7:30, and he's the only one who can access their computer records, so there will be a call there tomorrow.

Just, what the everlovin' fuck?

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[elisabeth.livejournal.com]

I've run into that kind of BS myself; the Post Orifice is anything but accurate. I regularly get mail for neighbors, and at least twice I gotten invoice statements for a Home Depot 20 miles away.

Any chance of getting over to this Sowards place and recovering the package?

*hugs*

[louisadkins.livejournal.com]

I left a message at Sowards regarding the package, but the email didn't arrive until after 5pm, so that's gonna be something for tomorrow.

[elisabeth.livejournal.com]

That utterly sucks. Hopefully the folks at Sowards have hung onto the package... and hopefully it's not something that's critical.

[ladyfox7oaks.livejournal.com]

And hopefully they haven't opened it, going "Gee What's THIS? It came to us, so it *Must* be ours..."

[elisabeth.livejournal.com]

If that's the case, may it please be something innocuous.

[ladyfox7oaks.livejournal.com]

AMEN...

[omimouse.livejournal.com]

Should they open it, they will quickly realize it is *not* theirs, as they are an oil, coal, and natural gas company . . . and the package has damn near nothing in common with any of the above.

Also, while the contents are *obviously* legal in the US, I hope that no one at that company shares a name with either myself or Louis, or they're gonna get a shit ton of questions.

[louisadkins.livejournal.com]

I believe that would count as tampering with mail, as it has not been delivered successfully to the addressed owner. :/ Not sure, though.

[sidhebird.livejournal.com]

LOL! Ooooh, bad driver! No driver biscuits! He's gonna get in *trouble*!

..But then, it's the post office. They lost a package of mine for three weeks, and misdelivered another one that I was never able to track down. I don't think they have the same criteria as FedEx or UPS. (I've heard that FedEx is more careful, but really it depends on the driver, and to some degree the local managers.)

[ladyqkat.livejournal.com]

I certainly hope your Postmaster is more intelligent than one we had in Cupertino.

Three times I had a bill payment returned to my house because 'there was no stamp on the envelope'. Well, there was no stamp because the envelope was one of those "No postage required if mailed in the United States", prepaid by the company whose bill I was paying.

I finally went down to the Post office, demanded to speak with the Postmaster and, in my very best 'project from the stage to the rear of the auditorium' voice (AKA - heraldic), asked him, point blank with a lobby full of customers, if our city of Cupertino, California was or was not a part of the United States. He spluttered a lot to the guffaws of the folks in the lobby and, I think, personally delivered the payment to the company.

Good luck!