Dear USPS,
Today I got a lovely card from my Valentine's Day swap pal.
Isn't that panda adorable? It's a pop-up card! She says hi and tells me that there's more to come - I can't wait. :D
I also received a second envelope from the USPS:
Click to embiggen if you can't read it.
Now, I see two problems with this situation.
#1 (noted in red) - The collection envelope states there is 34 cents postage on the envelope, when there is very clearly $1.
#2 (noted in purple) - My SP went into the post office and had a postal worker weigh and put the postage on this envelope - that is apparent from the kind of label which is on it. I know, I spend lots of time at the post office, and even the label from the APC is not like that. So even if there *is* 34 cents postage due, that is not my fault and not my SP's fault!
Sorry USPS, you're just going to have to eat that 34 cents since it was your own mistake. After being incredulous, I was actually quite amused by this. Thanks SP for inadvertently giving me some extra amusement today.
Now, let me say that overall our postal system is very good. I know that, and I appreciate it. Sure, packages get lost. Sure, they keep raising the rates. But on the whole we have an efficient and affordable postal system, and I'm glad it works as well as it does. But this? This is just silly! :P
And yes, this post is only very tangentially related to knitting. Sorry. Um, look, socks!
Isn't that panda adorable? It's a pop-up card! She says hi and tells me that there's more to come - I can't wait. :D
I also received a second envelope from the USPS:
Click to embiggen if you can't read it.
Now, I see two problems with this situation.
#1 (noted in red) - The collection envelope states there is 34 cents postage on the envelope, when there is very clearly $1.
#2 (noted in purple) - My SP went into the post office and had a postal worker weigh and put the postage on this envelope - that is apparent from the kind of label which is on it. I know, I spend lots of time at the post office, and even the label from the APC is not like that. So even if there *is* 34 cents postage due, that is not my fault and not my SP's fault!
Sorry USPS, you're just going to have to eat that 34 cents since it was your own mistake. After being incredulous, I was actually quite amused by this. Thanks SP for inadvertently giving me some extra amusement today.
Now, let me say that overall our postal system is very good. I know that, and I appreciate it. Sure, packages get lost. Sure, they keep raising the rates. But on the whole we have an efficient and affordable postal system, and I'm glad it works as well as it does. But this? This is just silly! :P
And yes, this post is only very tangentially related to knitting. Sorry. Um, look, socks!
Labels: gifts, sp, twin socks, WIPs
posted by Unknown at
5:24 PM
2 Comments:
Ugh! The postal workers in my town barely speak english. (a nice thing for a government job, I think) And it's pretty dismal to be in the office. While I'll probably stop getting mail immediately, I do find the fact that I get my Netflix in a 1 day turn around pretty great.
These are the same twin socks that you were working on at knitting group, right? They look much darker IRL, either that, or the lighting in the Ike Box is just horrible.
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