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Cat ([personal profile] willowisp) wrote2009-03-21 04:47 pm
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Post Office Fail

Despite having marked the "Do not deliver on Saturday or holiday" box, the post office attempted delivery today. I called to see if I could schedule the redelivery myself and she apologized about the mistake, but said that USPS rules are that the recipient and only the recipient can do so. Requests for same day redelivery must be made by 2am local time, and the office is closed until 9am on Monday. I don't know if they will send someone to pick it up or if it will be delayed until Tuesday.

Unfortunately the registration cycle is started upon receipt of the deposit, and I can't do anything until they get it. In the long run one day probably will not result in the end of the world, but things like dorm room assignments are based on when the housing deposit is received, and I can't make the housing deposit until the registration process is triggered. The deadline for the housing deposit is March 27th, so I'm a little antsy about timing.

[identity profile] echoweaver.livejournal.com 2009-03-22 09:12 am (UTC)(link)
Gahhh. We are having Royal Mail drama here too. I was thinking such romantic thoughts about USPS, but this is wakup call that they all suck. Bah.

It probably won't be the end of the world, but it still sucks.

[identity profile] willowisp.livejournal.com 2009-03-26 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I keep looking for an LJ documentation of this drama and finding nothing. What's up, or is this something better relayed in person once you're back?

[identity profile] echoweaver.livejournal.com 2009-03-26 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I kept intending to post a rant about it. It's not your kind of drama, where you have a personal investment in something getting delivered. We've been having a lot of trouble getting a delivery of my brand of shoe inserts. They first tried to deliver just in those five minutes when one of us was leaving and the other was entering the shower and were thus naked, so we didn't answer the door. Since then, we've been through two attempts to reschedule delivery. The system is hard to deal with, and when we carefully rescheduled for Tuesday because we'd be gone Monday, they tried to redeliver on Monday anyway. It's been two weeks, and I still don't have my inserts.