My mother sent me a card with $20 for no real reason, and the card arrived opened with no money in it.
She didn't even touch her pumpkin. It's a freak with no face.
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sj - Mar 19, 2007 11:31:30 am PDT #1472 of 10003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Connie Neil - Mar 19, 2007 11:35:46 am PDT #1473 of 10003
brillig
the card arrived opened with no money in it.
Obvious card-shaped things are notorious targets for crooked postal workers, unfortunately.
When I did customer support for USPS (AKA hell support), Christmas was a horrific time of year for that. Though it happens a lot other times. Honest postal employees want to smack around those losers.
sj - Mar 19, 2007 11:39:47 am PDT #1474 of 10003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm not going to call and yell at anybody. It doesn't seem worth it. It just kind of sucks and Mom's aggravated.
Connie Neil - Mar 19, 2007 11:46:27 am PDT #1475 of 10003
brillig
It just kind of sucks and Mom's aggravated.
Oh, yeah, it's a very sleazy thing to do. But if she wants to send you stuff again, she might want to put it in a regular envelope. Somewhere in your postal connection system is a sleaze.
Connie Neil - Mar 19, 2007 11:48:16 am PDT #1476 of 10003
brillig
cereal
You might want to report it anyway, at least to the postmasters on either end. If there are multiple reports, they will pay more attention and check for a bad apple in their offices.
JZ - Mar 19, 2007 12:09:29 pm PDT #1477 of 10003
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Though it's not always the postal workers... in my grandfather's neighborhood there was a thief who just went up and down the streets checking mailboxes and taking card-shaped envelopes; s/he, whoever it was, knew the neighborhood was populated by lots of older people who had trouble seeing out to the street (and their mailboxes) and weren't mobile enough to jump up and run after someone rifling through their mailbox even if they did see something suspicious. I think the asshole was eventually caught, but just about exactly none of the money was recovered.
Cashmere - Mar 19, 2007 12:28:08 pm PDT #1478 of 10003
Now tagless for your comfort.
Stupid mail thieving bastards.
Owen's been singing about making pies all day and our pie store is closed. Feh. I'm craving PIE.
Luckily my dental insurance will cover 80% of the procedure. I'm not getting this done until the summer though.
askye, I'm glad you're getting this done. And yay for the coverage to pay for most of it!
sj - Mar 19, 2007 12:28:55 pm PDT #1479 of 10003
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Though it's not always the postal workers... in my grandfather's neighborhood there was a thief who just went up and down the streets checking mailboxes and taking card-shaped envelopes; s/he, whoever it was, knew the neighborhood was populated by lots of older people who had trouble seeing out to the street (and their mailboxes) and weren't mobile enough to jump up and run after someone rifling through their mailbox even if they did see something suspicious. I think the asshole was eventually caught, but just about exactly none of the money was recovered.
I was home and went to get the mail a couple seconds after I heard it arrive, otherwise I would have suspected my neighbors.
Topic!Cindy - Mar 19, 2007 12:46:09 pm PDT #1480 of 10003
What is even happening?
Sean, I hope you can get S's script filled, and that she's feeling better, soon. Gah.
Owen's been singing about making pies all day and our pie store is closed. Feh. I'm craving PIE.
Great. Now I am, too.
tommyrot - Mar 19, 2007 12:51:51 pm PDT #1481 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Where I used to live I'd sometimes get envelopes that had the corner flap torn up, almost as if someone had peeked inside. After a while I noticed that this was only happening to envelopes that looked as if they contained cards.
That's also the place where I got ungodly late mail delivery. The latest I ever received mail was 8:20 PM.