Dan
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10:11:47 pm on June 27, 2009 | # |
When dropping off our daily mail run at a local Post Office, I was duly informed by the clerk that I had to change the window envelope style to a landscape stype with the window in the middle of the envelope. (Ours is portrait with the window near the top left of the envelope — pretty common.)
I asked her if this was something new that just started and if she had any flyers or literature that would address this issue. The conversation became quite interesting:
Clerk: “That requirement has been around for years, we use machines to read the address.”
Me: “So do you have any flyers that state that the way I’m doing it is wrong?”
Clerk: “No it’s just we prefer it the other way”
Me: “So you won’t accept my mail if it’s not dead center and landscape oriented?”
Clerk: “We just prefer it as it makes our job easier”
Me: “So what you are saying is since you don’t want to manually sort my mail I need to redo all my envelopes and receipts? If you give me something from the USPS that I have to change it I will but not for convenience sake that’s what I pay for.”
Clerk: “I don’t want to have this conversation anymore”
You can probably deduct my opinion, without me ranting.
Zeth 12:42 am on August 24, 2009 | #
I know what your talking about! Absolutely shocking!