26 Apr 2012
Postal Failure
I bought my house about two years ago. It was a foreclosure and it was in terrible shape, but it was a great deal. One thing I did not realize, though, was that the previous owner owed people money and he had left without telling people where he was going. So ever since I bought this house I have been receiving lots of mail that was meant for him. I’ve even had people come to my front door, demanding to talk to him because he owed them money.
Anyway, I finally got tired of receiving his mail, so I took the most recent letter I’d received down to the Post Office and talked to them about it. They told me that they understood and they would take care of it.
The next day I checked my mail, and there, in the mailbox, was the very same letter I had just given to them yesterday. They took care of it, all right – they delivered it right back to me. Just as I had asked them NOT to do.
Thanks, Postal Service.